PS3 continues to outsell Xbox 360 in the UK
By James Orry - 28/03/2008 - 3:23pm GMT
Week-on-week and year-on-year sales ahead of Xbox 360.
According to sales data from ChartTrack provided to MCV, the PlayStation 3 has been consistently outselling the Xbox 360 in the UK. It's a close run thing though, with ChartTrack director Dorian Bloch informing MCV that the two platforms are "neck and neck at the moment".
"PS3 has been outselling Xbox 360 for some time, but last week they were pretty close. In terms of sales so far this year, PS3 is ahead," added Bloch.
The Easter weekend provided a boost in sales across all formats, with sales of the Xbox 360 up 78% and the PS3 up 73%. Bloch expects the release of GT5 Prologue and the GT5 Prologue hardware bundle to bring about a "further rise on PS3".
There was also a considerable rise in sales for other platforms: Wii up 37%, Nintendo DS up 32% and PSP up 10%.
Bloch notes that the Easter sales surge isn't over yet though, with the coming school holidays and a strong release line-up for March 28 likely to result in a further spike.
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