The real question is: Is it a usurper or the rightful king?
UK no longer Microsoft-land?
So how much did the 360 sell in UK (2013) ?
The real question is: Is it a usurper or the rightful king?
PS4 is going to do rather well on these shores, I reckon.
Yup. Week in, week out, it's the same first party titles in the 3DS top 10 with the occasional 3rd party guest star taking up one slot. It's quite strange, yet makes some kind of sense.
We are talking 700,000 at least right?
The real question is: Is it a usurper or the rightful king?
Why shouldn't we?
X360 = sales of 12 months
PS4 = sales of what? 3 months max?
Impressive, period!
The degree to which 3DS titles don't trouble the charts is indeed strange. Take this week for example. Two titles in the top 40, Animal Crossing at 38 and Pokemon at 39. Best selling platform in the country. 2 titles in the top 40. Right at the arse end.Strange ? Not really, every big major release is on home consoles. Not too mention that there is way more marketing, sales-promotion, bomba sales etc. for console games.
Why shouldn't we?
X360 = sales of 12 months
PS4 = sales of what? 3 months max?
Impressive, period!
Seriously? The 360 has been out since 2005. It's been around 7 to 8 years on the market. How does that make it even remotely comparable to a hot new product that has just come out?
The degree to which 3DS titles don't trouble the charts is indeed strange. Take this week for example. Two titles in the top 40, Animal Crossing at 38 and Pokemon at 39. Best selling platform in the country. 2 titles in the top 40. Right at the arse end.
I think it's because the 3DS is predominantly purchased for little 'uns that don't get new games outside of xmas and birthdays. Bravely Default didn't even make the 3DS specific top 10 after the first week IIRC.
A usurper of sorts. Nintendo died on the toilet.
Now Sony and Microsoft battle for the right to succession.
Wow. Hard to believe the Xbox brand has fallen in the UK. That price is going to murder the One over there.
Cheaper, incredibly big games library, promotion from retail, bundles, etc. Yes, its very impressive for a supply constrained console, tahts more expensive than current gen and basically a handful of games.
New highly anticipated hardware outselling an 8 year old console. Quite impressive.
It's comparable because they're both video game systems. The 360 had an entire year on the market and was cheaper; the PS4 had a month and was more expensive.Seriously? The 360 has been out since 2005. It's been around 7 to 8 years on the market. How does that make it even remotely comparable to a hot new product that has just come out?
Xbox 360 sold a lot more than the PS3 in the UK. Now it looks like the PS4 will be more popular than the Xbox One there.What does that even mean?
Do you feel it has had an appropriate chart presence for the number one platform in the country?actually, there have been various 3DS games on the charts, more outside the Holidays than during the Holidays, so I don't know about that.
Wasn't so unusual to see 6-7 games on the top40 charts during the year, even in higher positions.
BD didn't chart, while Project X zone did, for example IIRC
New highly anticipated hardware outselling an 8 year old console. Quite impressive.
Seriously? The 360 has been out since 2005. It's been around 7 to 8 years on the market. How does that make it even remotely comparable to a hot new product that has just come out?
UK no longer Microsoft-land?
Xbox 360 sold a lot more than the PS3 in the UK. Now it looks like the PS4 will be more popular than the Xbox One there.
Seriously? The 360 has been out since 2005. It's been around 7 to 8 years on the market. How does that make it even remotely comparable to a hot new product that has just come out?
A lot of people probably only picked one up for Pokemon, or maybe Animal Crossing.Strange, the software chart does not reflect 3DS being the number one sold device.
Do you feel it has had an appropriate chart presence for the number one platform in the country?
Regardless, we've seen the numbers (thanks to jvm!) and 3DS software numbers are lower than PC retail software, never mind the consoles.
Jesus Christ... in the UK too, a long time MS stronghold.
Did you know, that the Xbox 360 was the fastest selling console named the Xbox 360 in 2013?
Dont want to be the smartass here, but PS3 is pretty close in the UK. The gap is not as big as many think., its actually pretty close.
What is this from??
They aren't even 'so-so' though. Barely a seventh of the revenue that the 360 is pulling in even though 360 had to face a next gen launch and the 3DS hardware outsold it by (seemingly) a good margin.PC games have much, much, much lower averge pricse compared to 3DS games...so much that
That's the reason. Games prices are too high + UK being extremely price sensitive = just so-so software sales.
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Did you know, that in 2013, Microsoft sold more Xbox 360's than PS3's and PS4's combined?*
*Microsoft© do not sell Playstations
Hey Microsoft, at least you till have Brazil.
#Majornelsonfuntruthfact69
Did you know, that in 2013, Microsoft sold more Xbox 360's than PS3's and PS4's combined?*
*Microsoft© do not sell Playstations