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360 sells more than Wii and DS in UK's 2009

The UK's current generation console installed base has topped 24 million, with the Xbox 360 selling the most out of all the video game consoles in 2009.

Despite the Nintendo DS and Nintendo Wii leading out in sales over the past 12 months it's interesting to look at data for 2009 itself.

The last data from Gfk Charttrack came on January 3rd 2009, where the total UK installed base of the current generation of consoles hit 22 million. If you look a little closer you'll notice that the Xbox 360 has sold the most units in the past six months of 2009.
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1 GayASSAdmins | 183 days 3 hours ago - deleted by mod -
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PirateThom - 183 days 3 hours ago
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UK =/= World

Hell, UK doesn't even equal Europe.
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N4PS3G - 183 days 3 hours ago
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Well, Technically they are right . . . UK is not the world

but UK is the world's 2nd largest games market right now, so its very important

2007 TOTAL SALES

US - 233.40m
Japan - 75.85m
UK - 58.20m
TOTAL - 367.70m

2008 TOTAL SALES

US - 268.40m
Japan - 66.05m
UK - 74.30m
TOTAL - 409.90M

and UK currently leads global videogames market growth
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The Master Chief - 183 days 2 hours ago
1.3 - Well at least PS3 can make up the difference with Japans numbers---
From last week- http://www.examiner.com/x-6...

Playstation 3 - 10,009
Xbox 360 - 8,015

If not that, PS3 can always rely on American sales.

Xbox 360 is going to get cheaper and better SKU's for more money, this is only the beginning. There are so many big 360 titles coming in 2010, with price dropping and sales climbing.

Words of Wisdom: Get ready for NATAL.
1.4 ultimolu | 183 days 2 hours ago - deleted by mod -
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leila01 - 183 days 2 hours ago
1.5 - Ultimolu
How does North America and Europe equal "one territory"?
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kissmeimgreek - 183 days 2 hours ago
1.6 - @ ultimulo
no one said anything about the console war. all people have posted is sales and saying that the ps3 is still selling better in japan. thats it.
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ultimolu - 183 days 2 hours ago
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Lol @ Mage. Are you seriously kidding me? The Playstation brand isn't popular anymore?

Really, really?!

Okay, you guys have fun counting the sales. I'll go and play some games.
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The Master Chief - 183 days 2 hours ago
1.11 - Ultimolu
This is only where I live in New York, but I will promise you Playstation isn't very popular here anymore. Playstation is now the "uncool" brand here. If you look, PS3, psp and PS2 are dead last, while Xbox 360 is now beating the Wii even in UK. I can't wait to seem 2010.

Its not like that in other places...I'm sure PS3 is huge in Sri Lanka and Cambodia, but times have and are continuing to change in America, Europe, Australia, etc.
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SpoonyRedMage - 183 days 2 hours ago
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No, I'm saying it's not as popular as you seem to think it is. We also get to play games... pretty much the same amount as you actually and we can also discuss sales without making excuses...

Playstation isn't top dog any more, simple as and it's not just because of price or rumoured price drops and you seem to keep saying.
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solidjun5 - 183 days 2 hours ago
1.13 - uh, I live in NYC
so, tell me Master Cheif, did you take a random sampling or poll to come up with that ridiculous assertion? hmmm?
1.14 ultimolu | 183 days 1 hour ago - deleted by mod -
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The Master Chief - 183 days 1 hour ago
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Wow Ultimolu, you saw someone on a bus playing PSP....so now that must mean Sony isn't in dead last in everything their competing in.

lol Playstation has a stigma now, like it or not. Its not that popular anymore.

Also, Microsoft said they were beating Sony in Europe, PAL Region, Australia, Russia...back in January. Xbox 360 doesn't only have 2 regions.

It's PS3 the only has 1 region and it barely wins in Japan.
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Omega4 - 183 days 1 hour ago
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Having two of the biggest territories is quite impressive. And the PS brand isnt dead yet, more like its crippled and on life support and once GT5, GOW3 and a pricecut come it will be like the final dose of medicine the doctors can give. And after that all you can do is hope and pray things get better.

And ultimolu I thought you said you were going to play somes games? I never knew PS3 games to be so short or maybe it could be you DO care about sales.
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Sitdown - 183 days 1 hour ago
1.17 - @ultimolu
"Stop acting as if the PS3 is a piece of crap. "
"It does not change the fact that the PS3 is a quality system. "

Unless I missed it....I don't see where anybody said anything about the quality of the ps3.....every post has just been stating that the 360 is selling well. I think the ps3 suffers from the fact that for those who just want to play games....the ps3 has not necessarily shown a big graphical difference that warrants paying extra for a ps3....especially if I am all about multiplatform games. And to some degree I have to agree with the Sony Brand not being the same. Back in the day, Madden and Sony use to go hand in hand....but now if you look at the Madden tour....its being played on the 360.
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ultimolu - 183 days 1 hour ago
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Sitdown, try telling that to the fanboys on the other side acting as if the PS3 is crap. All consoles increased in 2009 in the U.K.
1.19 JokesOnYou | 183 days ago - User only got 1 bubble - Show
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no_more_trolling - 183 days 2 hours ago
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wow good. keep it up.

more xbox 360s sold means more game devs will develop for the xbox 360, look at SE, look at Metal gear, and other brands that were "tied to the ps3, according to some idiots
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kissmeimgreek - 183 days 2 hours ago
2.1 - to be fair...
MS had to of paid konami alot of money to get the meatal gear franchise. and you could tell koji,ma wasnt to happy about it. but until we get a legit game(raiden looks like an MGS ninja gaiden) or a port of MGS 4 then i dont know if the deal was worth it.
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Foxgod - 183 days 2 hours ago
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Lol, you fanboys always assume MS pays money, but thats not the case, and if it was you wouldnt be able to proof it anyway.

Konami is paying MS, not the other way around, Konami has to pay royalties to be able to release a metal gear ont he 360.
Konami does that because they want to earn more money, from bussiness perspective konami cannot ignore the 360, because it got quite a number of consoles out there.
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kissmeimgreek - 183 days 1 hour ago
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well if its the other way around the im sorry. i just assumed MS had to pay them something to get the eries on the 360 and BTW im not a fnboy and prefer the 360 so this is good news i would just prefer a game like MGS 4 as im not that big on hack n slash like what rising appers t be. however i am more tha happy that the series is onthe 360 a win for everyone.
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Foxgod - 183 days 1 hour ago
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K, apology accepted, but MS seriously doesnt bribe company,s like some sony fanboys claim.

Put it this way, if you are the head of marketing of a major videogame company, and you got a successful game serie on your hand, and theres 2 high spec consoles in the market who are divided by 40 and 60 %.

Would you put the game only on the platform with the 40 % ?
I can tell you if you do, your boss wont be happy with you, and you surely wont make any promotion.

So MS doesnt have to bribe anybody, any gaming company that isnt owned by either sony, or MS, and doesnt have an exclusive contract right now, would commit financial suicide if they keep their franchise on one platform only.
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IdleLeeSiuLung - 182 days 23 hours ago
2.6 - @foxgod
You hit it right on the nail. I think people often miss the point behind the business decisions being made. These companies aren't about loyalty and serving you. They are about making money, if they didn't they would be sued by shareholders and etc....

So the fact that people believe that a company will do bla bla bla and such just goes to show how naive they are.

This comment wasn't intended towards anyone specific, just noticing a common theme.
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Xi - 182 days 20 hours ago
2.7 - Kissme...
you actually have it backwards.

Companies don't pay to make things multi-platform. They pay to keep things exclusive. Why would a company purposfully limit their market by developing for a single console, unless they're being paid? It's why you hear about MS paying for exclusive content like gta.

The truth is that sony didn't pay enough to keep FF and MGS:r exclusive, that's why they're coming to the 360.
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Omega4 - 183 days 2 hours ago
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Well at least the UK arent as blinded by the Wii like the rest of the world is makes me proud to live in the UK.

If only the rest of the world could see just how great the Xbox 360 is
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deep - 183 days ago
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"Data from January 31st 2009 put the Xbox 360 at 3.3 million and the Nintendo Wii at 5.1 million, meaning that Microsoft's console has actually sold two times the amount of the Wii in the last six-months." :O
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Smacktard - 183 days ago
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Yeah, they're great if you're some kind of "exclusive game-aphobe"
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Poopface the 2nd - 182 days 22 hours ago
3.3 - yeah the 360
is great if you want to play more, higher rated, games than are on the ps3rd.
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deep - 182 days 20 hours ago
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Actually, the percentage of games rated over 80% is higher on the PS3 than on the 360 and the Wii. The PS3 is actually very close to the amount of actual number of games on the 360 rated over 80% - quite a feat considering there are 100+ more games on the 360 (ie. lots of crap)
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soxfan2005 - 182 days 18 hours ago
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Percentage is meaningless when it comes to game ratings unless you close your eyes and choose games at random. You DON'T have to play the bad games to get to the good games. As consoles get more popular, and more games are released, the percentage of highly rated games will ALWAYS go down. Look at the PS2 - it has over 400 games rated 60 or lower at Metacritic.

Would you rather own a console with 100 total games - 50 of which are 80+ rated (50%), or a console with 500 total games - 200 of which are 80+ (40%)?
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All Time Greatness - 182 days 8 hours ago
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Xbox also had a "higher percentage" or good rated titles when compared with PS2 last gen, but who had the most good games?

Same this gen, its just a play on words because PS3 always loses.
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deep - 182 days 7 hours ago
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Read what I said?

"The PS3 is actually very close to the amount of ACTUAL NUMBER of games on the 360 rated over 80%"
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Poopface the 2nd - 181 days 18 hours ago
3.8 - lol deep
but its not close at all.
4 GayASSAdmins | 183 days 2 hours ago - deleted by mod -
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Marie - 183 days 2 hours ago
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Amazing.
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peeps - 183 days 2 hours ago
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is it just me or was there a v similar topic posted about 2 hours ago lol
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deep - 183 days 2 hours ago
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It might be similar peeps, but it's not the same. That article looks at the past 12 months, where the 360 sold twice as much as the PS3. This looks at 2009 sales and how the 360 has outsold EVERY piece of video game hardware, not just the pS3 using more figures from Jan 09.
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Dread - 183 days 2 hours ago
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but but but

we dominate in Europe (says the SDF)

apparently not

...but but but England is not europe...(says the SDF)

yes, we heard this before (like the US is not the World), but it is a huge gaming market.. so regardless of what the SDF thinks it is important and significant that MS is breaking into those markets..

but but wait until grand turismo comes out, it will change everything (says the SDF, with a little less confidence)

and the world keeps spining and spining...
7.1 Fleet Fox | 183 days 2 hours ago - User only got 1 bubble - Show
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booyah007 - 183 days 2 hours ago
7.2 - just shows how Dread is XDF
how's title holding up for you buddy. So you take one country out of the continent and that's what you hang your XDF logic on? Really man, your fanboyism shows through crystal clear.
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kaveti6616 - 182 days 13 hours ago
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Stop being a fanboy, Dread. Even if Sony "loses" every region, it still made a great console with great games worth playing. Why do you have to act like a little kid just because you don't have a PS3?
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booyah007 - 179 days 14 hours ago
7.4 - simple
he's a FVCKING FANBOY.
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mrv321 - 183 days 2 hours ago
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So what now, only the U.S and U.K market counts.
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read disc error - 183 days 2 hours ago
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A straw man argument is an informal fallacy based on misrepresentation of an opponent's position. To "attack a straw man" is to create the illusion of having refuted a proposition by substituting a superficially similar proposition (the "straw man"), and refuting it, without ever having actually refuted the original position.
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Dread - 183 days 2 hours ago
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in a few years when the only market Sony dominates is Kenya

i can see the Sony appologists say : but but but the world is not North America, Europe and Asia...
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mrv321 - 182 days 19 hours ago
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Yes as we all know with Final Fantasy 13 and 14 the PS3 wont do well in Japan.

Europe is fairly shared, so I will not comment, we'll have to see what happens with motion controller war, hopefully hardcore games will win, but I'm not too sure for the ease of making casual games and the wider market means they are more profitable.
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