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SwiftDeath · Nov 25, 2013

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2013-11-25-xbox-one-outsells-xbox-360-two-to-one-in-uk-launch

The Xbox One outsold the Xbox 360 two-to-one in the UK when you compare both console's launch periods.

The Xbox 360 launches in the UK in 2005 - nearly eight years ago.

Sales of the Xbox One, which launched on Friday 22nd November, amounted to 80 per cent of all home consoles sold this week.

10 of the 16 Xbox One launch titles debuted in the UK's top 40 chart, which counts physical sales only - exactly the same number of titles that appeared in the top 40 of the week of the Xbox 360's launch.

With a 328 per cent increase in sales, FIFA 14 returns to number one after a seven week absence. The lead format is the Xbox One version, which Chart-Track notes is the best-selling Xbox One game. But this is down to it being included in the Xbox One Day 1 edition, so it's a slightly misleading chart this week.

The PlayStation 4 version of FIFA 14 charts, despite the console not going on sale in the UK until this Friday, 29th November.

Call of Duty: Ghosts drops to second place after two weeks at the top. The PS4 and Xbox One versions bother released ahead of their consoles.

Battlefield 4 is in number three, boosted by the release of the Xbox One version. Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag is similarly boosted into fourth place, with both the PS4 and Xbox One versions out this week.

Xbox One exclusive Forza 5 debuts at number five, but, like FIFA 14, benefited from being bundled in with some Xbox One consoles. Lego Marvel Super Heroes is sixth. Dead Rising 3 is in at seven. 3DS game The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds debuts at nine. The third biggest Xbox One exclusive is Ryse: Son of Rome, which enters the chart in tenth place.

So takeaways

XB1 sold 150,000 Units in the UK at launch
Best Selling Games for UK at launch are as follows:
1. Fifa 14 [XB1 version is best selling XB1 game Due to Pack-In]
2. COD Ghosts
3. BF4
4. ACIV
5. Forza 5 [Although Also a Pack-In for some offers]
6. Lego Marvel Super Heroes
7. Dead Rising 3
8. Unknown
9. The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds
10. Ryse
Thus best selling XB1 Exclusives go like this for UK: Forza 5 > Dead Rising 3 > Ryse > All other disc based games (Zoo Tycoon, Fighter Within, maybe Powerstar Golf?)

Not unexpected, Find the console numbers more interesting. Anyone have X360 launch numbers handy?

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avaya said:
So it did 140k

For reference

PS3 165k
PSP 185k - record holder

Sony aiming for ~250k this week.

Rhindle said:
Around 70,000.

http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/record-breaking-165-000-ps3s-sold-at-uk-launch

XB1 sold 150,000 units at UK launch in 48 hours. For comparison PS3 sold 165,000 at its UK launch

addik · Nov 25, 2013

This is really good news, puts all the "Consoles are dead" naysayers in to shame.

Maninthemirror · Nov 25, 2013

how much did X360 sell on UK launch?

Twin Tails · Nov 25, 2013

Lego marvel looks cool.

avaya · Nov 25, 2013

So it did 140k

For reference

PS3 165k
PSP 185k - record holder

Sony aiming for ~250k this week.

Phire Phox · Nov 25, 2013

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DBT85 · Nov 25, 2013

All I know is the PS3 was the record holder at 165,000 for its opening weekend in the UK.

Rhindle · Nov 25, 2013

SwiftDeath said:
Not unexpected, Find the console numbers more interesting. Anyone have X360 launch numbers handy?

Around 70,000.

http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/record-breaking-165-000-ps3s-sold-at-uk-launch

CozMick · Nov 25, 2013

Werent X360 in really short supply at launch?

And it didnt outsell PS3? :/

catmincer · Nov 25, 2013

What did Wii U sell first week? Anyone know?

SparkTR · Nov 25, 2013

No surprise, the 360 was ridiculously supply constrained at UK launch.

u_neek · Nov 25, 2013

Big Jeffrey said:
Lego marvel looks cool.

Saw it being played at some PS4 event in London this weekend and have to say I was pretty impressed.

DBT85 · Nov 25, 2013

catmincer said:
What did Wii U sell first week? Anyone know?

No idea but it's under 200k LTD in the UK AFAIK.

SparkTR said:
No surprise, the 360 was ridiculously supply constrained at UK launch.

Still only 140k this time out. No idea how available they are in the UK right now.

EpicConspiracy1 · Nov 25, 2013

Great news. Both Consoles are a huge success so far. I think we are in for a treat the next 6 years.

TechnicPuppet · Nov 25, 2013

To have sales tracking higher than previous console is good news. Not be easy to continue that though.

Canis lupus · Nov 25, 2013

catmincer said:
What did Wii U sell first week? Anyone know?

~40k

http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/wii-u-sells-40k-units-in-the-uk-in-its-opening-weekend/0107419

Coulomb_Barrier · Nov 25, 2013

That's pretty bad to not even beat the PS3, which was a disaster at launch.

Especially considering the absolutely huge amount of marketing the XB1 has received here.

catmincer · Nov 25, 2013

DBT85 said:
No idea but it's under 200k LTD in the UK AFAIK.

Ouch, thanks. So totally plausible Xbox One surpasses it next week then and PS4 is pretty much going to launch week.

Canis lupus said:
~40k

http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/wii-u-sells-40k-units-in-the-uk-in-its-opening-weekend/0107419

Double ouch.

1st Course · Nov 25, 2013

Canis lupus said:
~40k

http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/wii-u-sells-40k-units-in-the-uk-in-its-opening-weekend/0107419

LOL

Dukey · Nov 25, 2013

Big Jeffrey said:
Lego marvel looks cool.

I have it on PS4. It's really good, and also really good looking.

Monty Mole · Nov 25, 2013

The 360 was massively stock starved at launch in the UK. I'm surprised it isn't a lot more than 2:1 to be honest.

adamsapple · Nov 25, 2013

Congratulations MS.

Sony's numbers will be equally interesting.

michaelius · Nov 25, 2013

catmincer said:
What did Wii U sell first week? Anyone know?

I remember some rumors putting it slighly above Vita launch which had around 40k ? Then it stayed below 100k for long time.

Katana_Strikes · Nov 25, 2013

That's not great for Forza is it. 5th for a big exclusive. Sure there are 4 big multiplats ahead of it but considering it was also bundled Id say its positioning is disappointing.

Decent numbers for the console though. Nothing record breaking but it's about where we estimated the region split of sales to be. Basically looks like the rest of Europe/world got ~150k and the US 700k. Of course saying the machine outsold the 360 2:1 sounds like some greater success than it is but still admirable sales.

ZeroX03 · Nov 25, 2013

Poor Link Between Worlds at 9th! At least it held it's own against a console launch, it's actually pretty impressive.

ThoughtsOfSpeaking · Nov 25, 2013

I make fifa to be <63,000 sold then.

Last weeks chart Fifa sold less than XBO COD ghosts which sold 19,200 so if we times that by 3.28 we get just under 63,000.

Not bad for a launch title, but far from amazing either.

SwiftDeath · Nov 25, 2013

ThoughtsOfSpeaking said:
I make fifa to be <63,000 sold then.

Last weeks chart Fifa sold less than XBO COD ghosts which sold 19,200 so if we times that by 3.28 we get just under 63,000.

Not bad for a launch title, but far from amazing either.

Is that for all Fifa versions or just the XB1 version?

Perhaps it's not clear but the list in my OP is of best selling games regardless of platform so multiplats count across platforms

Sandfox · Nov 25, 2013

addik said:
This is really good news, puts all the "Consoles are dead" naysayers in to shame.

According to the OP it sold less than the PS3 at launch which doesn't exactly invoke confidence.

mrklaw · Nov 25, 2013

So now the ground is set for the next wave of comparisons. Certainly we'll get a UK breakdown next Monday, along with general rest-of-world numbers from Sony

Are we likely to get a breakdown of US Xbox 1 launch numbers?

Mpl90 · Nov 25, 2013

Given last week

FIFA 14 - 41,472

This means this week

FIFA 14 (+328%) - 177,500

Is this right?

ThoughtsOfSpeaking · Nov 25, 2013

SwiftDeath said:
Is that for all Fifa versions or just the XB1 version?

Perhaps it's not clear but the list in my OP is of best selling games regardless of platform so multiplats count across platforms

Id say its across all platforms untill the guardian spilts are released.

That said, the bulk of sales must of come from XBO

SwiftDeath · Nov 25, 2013

mrklaw said:
So now the ground is set for the next wave of comparisons. Certainly we'll get a UK breakdown next Monday, along with general rest-of-world numbers from Sony

Are we likely to get a breakdown of US Xbox 1 launch numbers?

I see no reason why MS would advertise US numbers as they're certainly worse than PS4 numbers. Question is if a 3rd party will announce them

NPD for November should be interesting

Hyunashi · Nov 25, 2013

Sandfox said:
According to the OP it sold less than the PS3 at launch which doesn't exactly invoke confidence.

Cant really say that until the PS4 is out. If the PS4 sells a ton then it just means MS have lost market share.

user_nat · Nov 25, 2013

ThoughtsOfSpeaking said:
I make fifa to be <63,000 sold then.

Last weeks chart Fifa sold less than XBO COD ghosts which sold 19,200 so if we times that by 3.28 we get just under 63,000.

Not bad for a launch title, but far from amazing either.

FIFA was 44k last week. So 3.28 x 44 = 144

Which would make the Xbone version 100k if the rest were flat.

edit: I guess it depends if you view 328% as 3.28 or 4.28 times.

ThoughtsOfSpeaking · Nov 25, 2013

user_nat said:
FIFA was 44k last week. So 3.28 x 44 = 144

Which would make the Xbone version 100k if the rest were flat.

I thought Fifa sold less than ghosts, which was said to be 19,200?

Oh wait. I was only counting one platform. Nevermind.

SwiftDeath · Nov 25, 2013

user_nat said:
FIFA was 44k last week. So 3.28 x 44 = 144

Which would make the Xbone version 100k if the rest were flat.

I think those numbers might be accurate

With 140,000 XB1's sold and it being packed into a large percentage, that sounds about right

Which would imply Forza (XB1's best selling exclusive) likely sold under 100,000 units

Lagspike_exe · Nov 25, 2013

Sandfox said:
According to the OP it sold less than the PS3 at launch which doesn't exactly invoke confidence.

avaya said:
So it did 140k

For reference

PS3 165k
PSP 185k - record holder

Sony aiming for ~250k this week.

If Sony hits 250k in UK, MS is in big trouble. Losing both UK and US so early is a very bad omen for them. They could be forced to launch a Kinect-less SKU @ $/399 in spring to compete.

RaikuHebi · Nov 25, 2013

What was XB to 360?

mrklaw · Nov 25, 2013

SwiftDeath said:
I see no reason why MS would advertise US numbers as they're certainly worse than PS4 numbers. Question is if a 3rd party will announce them

NPD for November should be interesting

I wonder if we can extrapolate a rough number if we have UK and maybe get a few other major markets like France and Germany?

Trevelyon · Nov 25, 2013

mrklaw said:
Are we likely to get a breakdown of US Xbox 1 launch numbers?

Will be really interesting to know given the million plus sold through claim. Thought UK would be at least 200k and change given the 2:1 success of the 360 and the massive marketing campaign.

Katana_Strikes · Nov 25, 2013

All eyes on Sony now. They have the best chance of a record breaking launch if they've managed to get the units out there. And by the sounds if it they will have.

Card Boy · Nov 25, 2013

Canis lupus said:
~40k

http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/wii-u-sells-40k-units-in-the-uk-in-its-opening-weekend/0107419

This thing is averaging like 3K a week in the UK, probably abit more since Mario.

cyberheater · Nov 25, 2013

Not a great launch for the new MS console. PS4 will kill it this Friday.

MS have really fucked this up. Their vision of a multimedia machine was a bad mistake that will cost them this generation.

I guess the good news is that there is a chance that this will push MS to cut prices and push out a Kinect-less SKU sooner rather then later.

DBT85 said:
All I know is the PS3 was the record holder at 165,000 for its opening weekend in the UK.

PS4 will smash that this Friday.

shinra-bansho · Nov 25, 2013

A 328% increase should be 4.28x the initial amount.

Reasonable numbers given the price (more expensive than launch PS3 iirc). FIFA probably helped in terms of the perception of value.

ThoughtsOfSpeaking · Nov 25, 2013

Lagspike_exe said:
If Sony hits 250k in UK, MS is in big trouble. Losing both UK and US so early is a very bad omen for them. They could be forced to launch a Kinect-less SKU @ $/399 in spring to compete.

Given the impressions in the XB1 thread, I think its far more likely they find a way to bring the cost of the entire console and Kinect combo. The Xb1 for better or worse, NEEDS kinect to work effectively.

Miles Quaritch · Nov 25, 2013

For what it's worth, supply has been pretty constrained in London. Near impossible to find a store with free sale stock. That night change today with uncollected pre-orders going on general sale...

SwiftDeath · Nov 25, 2013

mrklaw said:
I wonder if we can extrapolate a rough number if we have UK and maybe get a few other major markets like France and Germany?

I've been wondering that as well since I first read the article

Surely it did big numbers in Australia with the price difference being halved

Although I'm most curious about Brazil numbers because MS should do well relatively to PS4 with the price difference

Trevelyon said:
Will be really interesting to know given the million plus sold through claim. Thought UK would be at least 200k and change given the 2:1 success of the 360 and the massive marketing campaign.

This is talking about launch day numbers. XB1 sold 140,000 units in the UK on launch day

So that leaves 860,000 units to track down for the 12 remaining launch territories

JustAnotherOtaku · Nov 25, 2013

UK console market dead conf...er, wait.

Will be interesting to see how PS4 does on Friday.

artist · Nov 25, 2013

Underwhelming given the 1M+ worldwide number?

edit: I personally thought the UK would contribute 20% of that WW figure.

cyberheater · Nov 25, 2013

Miles Quaritch said:
For what it's worth, supply has been pretty constrained in London. Near impossible to find a store with free sale stock. That night change today with uncollected pre-orders going on general sale...

Yes. Speaking to indie retailers. They've said they've had more demand then stock. Although I don't think the stock shortages are anywhere near as bad as the 360 launch.

GAME on the other hand did have some Xbox One's left but were only selling them in forced bundles.
I wonder when the next wave of Xbox Ones hit the UK shore. If MS can keep replenishing the channel on the regular basis then the final launch window figures could look reasonable.

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