If you hadn't already noticed, we're slap bang in the centre of that period where companies beat their chests and boast about the previous year's sales. And hot on the heels of last night's impressive PlayStation 4 install base update, SCEUK has revealed that its next-gen system was the best-selling console in Britain last year. Quelle surprise.
The manufacturer didn't provide specific data for the region, but did state that its system came out on top on both Black Friday and Cyber Monday, which is a bit of a shock considering the scale of some of the deals for the Xbox One. The organisation also stated that it performed best in November and December combined, and in the final week of the year.
None of this is especially surprising, of course, but it is a dramatic turnaround from the previous generation, where the PlayStation 3 struggled against the established Xbox 360 from launch. It's a testament to the organisation's aggression in this nation, though, as it's matched various price cuts from the competition every step of the way.
Perhaps the folks over at SCEA should be paying attention...
[source mcvuk.com]
Comments 9
The Chav Gen dying out then in the UK & Jumping into the PS Brand again? COOL
I really had my doubts about PS not following Xbox' pricecut, but now I realize it was for the best. With some of the crazy offers big retailers made in the US, they really undermined the value of the One; am I supposed to pay $399 now for a console which was as cheap as $150 with the deduction of bundled games and store credit?
Sony let retailers fight the battle for the cusfomer themselves and judging by the numbers they were right. If you sell 18.5 million units in a year which saw a lot of problems (PSN, 2.0, Driveclub) and won't be remembered for its games, imagine what you can do with the current line up!
Good to see Sony reigning supreme again, although my faith in them has taken a huge dent last year. But even with Sony being arrogant and consumer unfriendly, they can't top MS: everything but the USA are 3rd world countries to them and they make absolutely 0 effort to hook us Europeans up with good deals and the same services as the US are getting.
Sure, Sony is holding out as well with services like Vue and Now, although lots of European countries have way better broadband, but the differences aren't so huge as with the Xbox.
But in the end you can clearly see we're all winners here. MS has done a lot to make up for the bad start, Sony has learned from the mistakes they made last gen and even Nintendo is being overly generous with no less than 2 free games they gave away this year it you met certain criteria.
Definitely impressive given all the Xbox One deals. Makes you wonder what it'll take to knock the PS4 down at this point.
@ShogunRok Honestly, if they continue the way they are doing, I don't think they can be stopped at this point - especially in Europe.
Incredible figures. I wonder what the xbone figures actualy are. If it is correct that the ps4 outsold the xbone on Black Friday and Cyber Monday as well as the whole of December, what a result.
The xbone tried to nearly give theirs away. I thought Sony would be easily beaten, but shows what I know about marketing.
I was actually beginning to fear for the ps4, as the xbone seemed to be on the right track. Now I fear for the xbone what with all the big hitting exclusive ps4 game coming this year.
Play up Sony
Sony Play up
Microsoft may have had price cuts but if we're honest they didn't provide value, especially when ACU & Halo were busted.
Ps4 owns. But we need more vita sales. Come on people buy yaselves a vita. There excellent
@mikey85
True, very true!!
@bman2112 innit man. I love my vita use it most days. Killzone is amazing on vita
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