This is inline with numbers from last year where 300,000+ consoles were also sold during BF 2017. PS4 was also top then too.
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/artic...truggles-as-black-friday-transforms-uk-charts
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UK: Over 300,000 consoles sold during Black Friday week
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This is inline with numbers from last year where 300,000+ consoles were also sold during BF 2017. PS4 was also top then too.
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/artic...truggles-as-black-friday-transforms-uk-charts
Sounds like all three consoles ended up doing great, given the closeness of all of them on the charts.
Good stuff all around.
Good stuff all around.
That was my reaction too. I guess it speaks to the demand for the system.
Yeah but it's not fun when everyone's doing well. Think of the console wars.
Good to see healthy sales for all three platforms.
Minecraft continuing to appear in the sales charts after all these years is nothing short of impressive.
Minecraft continuing to appear in the sales charts after all these years is nothing short of impressive.
I am surprised PS4 is #1 despite the offer was much worse than last year (only 1 game and £20 more expensive)
I post the deals again for comparison.
2017
Xbox One S + Rocket league: £169 (-£70)
Xbox One X: £429 (-£20)
Switch: £279
PS4 slim + Fifa 18 + GT Sport: £199 (-£50)
PS4 pro + Fifa 18 + COD WWII: £299 (-£50)
2018
Xbox One S + Forza Horizon 4: £169 (-£70)
Xbox One X + Fallout 76: £379 (-£70)
Switch: £249 (-£30)
PS4 slim + Fifa 19 or Red dead 2: £219 (-£30)
PS4 pro + Fifa 19 or red dead 2: £329 (-£20)
I post the deals again for comparison.
2017
Xbox One S + Rocket league: £169 (-£70)
Xbox One X: £429 (-£20)
Switch: £279
PS4 slim + Fifa 18 + GT Sport: £199 (-£50)
PS4 pro + Fifa 18 + COD WWII: £299 (-£50)
2018
Xbox One S + Forza Horizon 4: £169 (-£70)
Xbox One X + Fallout 76: £379 (-£70)
Switch: £249 (-£30)
PS4 slim + Fifa 19 or Red dead 2: £219 (-£30)
PS4 pro + Fifa 19 or red dead 2: £329 (-£20)
Great week for all three consoles. I guess this means each is around 100k, which is way down YOY for PS4 (was >143k last year) but probably up for the other two, which was exactly what I expected after seeing the deals on offer. I expected PS4 to be narrowly behind though, so it being #1 is pretty crazy.
Sony must be pretty chuffed, they probably made much more profit than BF week last year. MS and Nintendo will be happy too. Good week!
Sony must be pretty chuffed, they probably made much more profit than BF week last year. MS and Nintendo will be happy too. Good week!
Surprising, you could pick up an XB s for like 169. Switch needed a good Poké bundle that never came.
That was US exclusive.
EU deals are much more focused on pre-New Year shopping in december. Black Friday is not a big thing in EU.
That was the US. The closest the UK had was a Slim + RDR2 although the discount wasn't as steep as the US.
Considering the state of the country right now with brexit and retail struggling as an industry, it's been a relatively healthy week.
Sony didn't care, it seems. They somehow knew people would buy regardless. Even with Xbox's crazy deals it couldn't beat PS4. We truly are Sony land here in the UK.
Everybody win cause they are all happy: Sony because of increased profits, Microsoft because of increased revenue and Nintendo because of increased number of hardware sold ! It's the generation of happiness.
I'm really looking forward to seeing the sales numbers for the PS4 worldwide when the dust settles in a few months. Between the Spidy bundle and the crazy Walmart bundle last night that dropped, I have to imagine that number has gotten a nice little bump. Nintendo and Microsoft did really well from the looks of it too, overseas.
Crazy. The PS4 keeps beasting, even tho the deals last week were horrible. You could buy an XBO for ~169€. While the PS4 was way above 200€.
Price cuts. Detroit was down to about £14 and GoW around £20.
UK has traditionally been Xbox/PS dominated. Nintendo treated UK like shit during SNES/N64/GC days.
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In total, 20 million.
They need to ship around 15 mil over the next 2 quarters.
These good numbers are music to my ears.
And the PS4 is seriously burning the road it walks on.. dammit what a beast.
And the PS4 is seriously burning the road it walks on.. dammit what a beast.
They bundled FIFA in FIFA and the biggest game this holiday, RDR2. It's not always about only price.