Xbox One sales have shot up 1000% in the UK

By Emma Boyle

Since its release, Sony’s PlayStation 4 has largely dominated the console market, continually revealing impressive sales figures that outstripped those of its closest competitor, Microsoft’s Xbox One.

Now, however, it looks like there could be a reversal in fortune taking place as the companies release new slimmer versions of their consoles.

According to data obtained from GfK by MCV, following the release of the new Xbox One S, Xbox One sales rose 989 per cent week-on-week. In fact, in the week ending September 24, the Xbox One console had managed to secure a 71 per cent share of the hardware market for that week, which is a year-on-year increase of 76 percent.

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This is a significant boon for Xbox since its new console has had to compete with Sony’s PS4 Slim offering which thus far hasn’t been performing nearly as well in terms of sales.

Last week, PlayStation 4 was looking at a market share of just 19 per cent, with its unit sales declining 66 percent year-on-year. Although week-on-week sales were still up 22 per cent for PlayStation 4, comparing the launch weeks of the PS4 Slim and the Xbox One S shows Microsoft’s …read more

Source:: techradar.com – Gaming