I find it difficult to believe any consoles sales figures that start with the following statement “[Console Manufacturer] has announced†but in this case they are being backed up by a third party company (Chart Track) so I am guessing it’s safe…
Anyway Microsoft has announced that sales of the 360 in the UK have increased by 214% over the last two weeks and is now outselling the PS3 by 2:1… This sales spike is not only limited to the UK with sales all over Europe increasing at the same time, though it must be pointed out that we are not told what the overall European sales increase is.
It does appear that the price cut is having the desired affect and Chris Lewis from Microsoft is confident that the increase will continue through the silly season and that they will also have enough stock to cater for the demand, which is always nice to hear.
Though it’s not all bad news for Sony, when we look at the last 12 months in the UK market the PS3 is actually ahead of the 360 by 100 000 units having sold 1 million units to the 360’s 900 000.
The Wii is obviously still miles ahead in total and weekly sales, can anything ever stop that thing?Â
Source: Videogamer
Last Updated: October 1, 2008
ewie
October 1, 2008 at 07:56
This all bodes good for our gaming future, with all 3 making decent sales, we know that we will get 3 next gen consoles in the future and that 3rd parties will be developing for all. It also show that people are price sensitive and
that microsoft have a slight advantage above ps3 because
they will always be cheaper, don’t see the ps3 lasting 10 years at all, expect a ps4 earlier and support for the ps3 being only a year after the launch of the ps4 purely because of costs.
J
October 1, 2008 at 08:07
Ps3’s gpu is a bit less pwerfull than the geforce 7800gt ,imo thats y crysis wont go to console ,and the wii is for kids, seriously…. .Xbox is still the best bet ,going now for 50% less than the ps 3 maybe not as powerfull ,but GEARS 2 and cheap, YATAA!!
Wesley
October 1, 2008 at 09:23
Im glad to see M$ starting to see sales again, its such an awesome console, despite the expensice accesories. Just wish they could lower the price bar on those things aswel