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GfK’s latest stats reveal significant growth for the new consoles. However, the overall UK physical games market is down by eight per cent, dropping from £2.294bn in 2014 to £2.1bn last year. That number includes all game, console and accessory sales.

Retail reports say that there are now around 5.5m gamers in the UK that own either a PS4 or Xbox One.

 

Xbox One software unit sales rose 51.4 per cent in 2015 year-on-year (and 38.2 per cent in revenue). PS4 game sales increased by 53.4 per cent (40.2 per cent in revenue).

http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/ps4-and-xbox-one-shine-but-physical-gaming-sales-drop-to-2-1bn-in-2015/0161195



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Likely 3.1 and 2.4



That doesn't sound to bad sales wise for the UK and it's only 2 years.



Roronaa_chan said:
Likely 3.1 and 2.4

 

The gap is still increasing. 



Awesome sales from both PS4 and X1 :)



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So undertracked here?



kowenicki said:
So current gen home console sales for UK at 6.1m versus 5.2m in Japan?

Finally the UK market overtakes the Japan market in home console sales. Japan ended narrowly ahead last gen I think but this time it wont even be close.

It was always above Japan since last gen, but If the NX comes out Japan will overtake the UK i think. Even the PS4 is outpacing PS3 sales now there



kowenicki said:
Ruler said:
kowenicki said:
So current gen home console sales for UK at 6.1m versus 5.2m in Japan?

Finally the UK market overtakes the Japan market in home console sales. Japan ended narrowly ahead last gen I think but this time it wont even be close.

It was always above Japan since last gen, but If the NX comes out Japan will overtake the UK i think. Even the PS4 is outpacing PS3 sales now there

NX? that would be next gen?  The PS4 outpacing the PS3 in Japan means little when the XboxONE is non existent and the WiiU is way lower than the Wii.

 

Comparing specific discrete gens this is the first time UK > Japan

 

Last gen it stands at 

Japan: 24.82m

UK: 23.83

 

 



wouldnt matter because its about what is today, we know the NX will pretty much replace Wii U sales



The software chart: 6 xbox exclusive only 2 ps4.



That's good for UK, I guess.



Bet with Teeqoz for 2 weeks of avatar and sig control that Super Mario Odyssey would ship more than 7m on its first 2 months. The game shipped 9.07m, so I won