Just like how Titanfall helped increase sales of the Xbox One by 96%, the release of inFamous: Second Son last Friday has helped increase sales for the PS4 by 106%. PS4 sales were said to have rose 74% during the Titanfall launch, so this is another 104% on top of that, but without actual sales numbers, it’s difficult to tell how many extra PS4s were actually sold.
Sony’s next-gen console is still affected with supply shortages, and the company has told the WSJ that it doesn’t expect to meet demand before this summer. The console is now available in every major territory, including Sony’s home country of Japan, where 300,000 units were sold in the first week.
If you haven’t already heard, the PS4 has now surpassed six million units sold worldwide following the successful launch in Japan just over a week ago. This means that Sony sold around 700,000 units since the last figures were reported on February 8th 2014 – in the space of just three weeks.
Following the NPD figures released earlier this month, Sony has revealed the latest PS4 sales figures. As of February 8th 2014, the PS4 has sold an estimated 5.3 million units around the world – an increase of 1.1 million units since December 28th.
New figures from NPD have revealed that the PS4 has extended its lead over the Xbox One, “nearly doubling” it’s sales. Microsoft didn’t specify exactly how many units were sold, but the report reveals that 280,000 PS4 units were sold, while an estimated 145,000 Xbox One units were sold in January.
Sony has revealed that the PlayStation brand is making a big turnaround this generation in the UK, with the PS4 outselling the Xbox One at 3:2 ratio. Sony’s UK MD Fergal Gara talked of Sony’s wish to reclaim the UK market in a press conference this morning.
The PS4 has been doing incredibly well, selling a staggering 4.2 million units worldwide last year. In the UK, the console has managed to sell a massive 530,000 units in just give weeks according to MCV, making it the fastest selling console in UK history. Even more surprising is that the console has outsold every other home console in 2013, despite only being around for just over a month.
Earlier today at CES 2014 in Las Vegas, Sony’s Andrew House revealed that the company sold 4.2 million PS4s world wide as of December 28th 2013. The PS4 outsold the Xbox One by 1.2 million units, with Microsoft confirming that 3 million Xbox Ones were sold in 2013 in its 13 launch territories.
Both the PS4 and Xbox One have done incredibly well in the UK, shifting a total of 894,000 units combined at the end of December 2013. However, the PS4 has a significant lead compared to the Xbox One, selling 166,000 more units in a slightly shorter time.
DFC has confirmed that Sony’s PS4 was the biggest console launch of all time in terms of hardware unit sales, beating the two previous record holders: the Nintendo Wii and PS2. The PS4 sold more consoles in the first two weeks on sale that any other console, including Microsoft’s Xbox One.
