UK PS4 sales narrowly beat Xbox 360 in 2013

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While 3DS was the best-selling game system of the year

PS4 was the UK's top-selling home game console of 2013.

As previously revealed by retail monitor Chart-Track, UK PS4 sales surpassed 530,000 units in 30 days. In doing so, sales of Sony's new console topped annual Xbox 360 sales by just a couple of thousand units, MCV reports.

Boosted by a strong software release schedule, 3DS was the UK's best-selling game system of 2013, while Microsoft managed to shift 364,000 Xbox Ones in the UK during the console's first five weeks of availability.

PlayStation UK boss Fergal Gara said: "We are delighted with the very strong sales of PS4 to date. Since we unveiled the console, gamers have shown huge interest in the PS4. Our focus now is rebuilding stock levels so those have not been able to get a PS4 can finally experience the next-gen. I'd like to thank the gamers, our retail and publishing partners who played a big part in making this success possible."

Worldwide PS4 sales topped 4.2 million units as of December 28, Sony claimed on Tuesday.

Microsoft said on Monday that Xbox One sales hit three million globally by the end of 2013.

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gmlukensPosted:

They seem even to me really

Imagine_DragonsPosted:

Latias
Aggie What else are you going to expect from a console that 100 dollars cheaper.


It has also been out the whole year vs the PS4 month and a half.
So the ps3 is barely selling right now. It's mostly used ps3s circulating, and getting cheaper by the day,

LatiasPosted:

SynesisSwft I'm honestly shocked. Congratz to Sony even though PS3 Was a fail.
PS4 was released 2 weeks before the Xbox One and still only managed to outsell the Xbox One by a couple thousand more?
Its obvious which console will be leading by the end of January.

"whatch out, Incoming butthurt PS4 fanboys"


Actually it outsold it by 1.2 million. The PS3 was not a fail by any means, it outsold the xbox 360. You sound a little butthurt about your XB1.

GubbinsPosted:

That is crazy, I have always been an xbox guy. I might consider going to ps4.

SynesisSwftPosted:

I'm honestly shocked. Congratz to Sony even though PS3 Was a fail.
PS4 was released 2 weeks before the Xbox One and still only managed to outsell the Xbox One by a couple thousand more?
Its obvious which console will be leading by the end of January.

"whatch out, Incoming butthurt PS4 fanboys"

LatiasPosted:

Aggie What else are you going to expect from a console that 100 dollars cheaper.


It has also been out the whole year vs the PS4 month and a half.

SwiftPosted:

What else are you going to expect from a console that 100 dollars cheaper.

MultitaskPosted:

Fiji Good old sony winning the race already


Yeah i knew they would win with the Ps4 :D

MaggardoPosted:

The PS4 is selling a lot better than I had expected!!

CaszechPosted:

Well, the playstation is cleaning up right now.


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