PS4 UK hardware sales jump 106% on InFamous: Second Son launch

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The release of InFamous: Second Son has given PS4 hardware sales a big jump in the UK.

 

MCV has been told by a trusted retail source that sales of PS4 consoles jumped 106 per cent last week as exclusive title InFamous: Second Son debuted on Sony?s machine, jumping straight to No.1 in the process.

 

That?s a bigger jump than Xbox One enjoyed following the release of Titanfall ? that saw sales of Microsoft?s machine jump 96 per cent.

 

InFamous today debuted at No.1 in the UKIE GfK Chart-Track All Formats Top 40.

 

 

 

Source: http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/ps4-hardware-sales-jump-106-on-infamous-second-son-launch/0130068

 

All those poor sods paying over ?40 for a game  :o

[NeoWind]

The release of GTA VI  has given PS4 hardware sales a big jump in the UK.

 

MCV has been told by a trusted retail source that sales of PS4 consoles jumped 1006 per cent last week as exclusive title GTA VI debuted on Sony?s machine, jumping straight to No.1 in the process.

 

That?s a bigger jump than Xbox One enjoyed following the release of Titanfall ? that saw sales of Microsoft?s machine jump 96 per cent.

 

GTA VI today debuted at No.1 in the UKIE GfK Chart-Track All Formats Top 40.

[0nyX]

http://www.ibtimes.com/infamous-second-son-vs-titanfall-recently-launched-game-bumps-respawn-favorite-number-one-spot

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Source: http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/ps4-hardware-sales-jump-106-on-infamous-second-son-launch/0130068

 

All those poor sods paying over ?40 for a game  :o

 

 

Everywhere I look it's been ?47. I seldom pay less than ?40 for a game. Unless it's an old one, usually on Steam.

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Semi-related news

 

 

Sony: PS4 Demand Will Outstrip Supply Into the Summer

• By Ian Sherr

When Sony6758.TO +2.33%?s PlayStation 4 launched in November, it sold out on its first day. It may be the summer before the consoles are fully stocked on shelves.

 

 

In an interview at the Game Developer?s Conference in San Francisco, Andrew House, head of Sony?s PlayStation division, said the company is seeing robust sales in all the regions the PS4 is being sold.

 

?We?re struggling to keep up with demand,? which has been highest in the U.S. and Europe, House said. ?Conservatively, as we get into the early summer months, we?ll be closer to a full supply situation.?

 

Constrained supplies have led some retailers to trumpet when they are able to stock up. In January, GameStop issued a press release informing customers that it had received additional PS4 shipments. At the time, GameStop said it was selling the devices out as quickly as it could stock them.

 

Sony this month said it has sold more than six million PS4 units, well more than sales of the PlayStation 3 in the months after it launched. Industry watchers believe Sony has edged out MicrosoftMSFT +0.82%, which in January said it had sold more than three million of its new Xbox One consoles through the end of 2013.

 

Microsoft hasn?t updated its figures since. A spokesman said the company is planning on updating numbers in its quarterly reports. Sony also declined to offer new sales data.

 

A key moment for Microsoft was the launch of ?Titanfall,? a highly anticipated space-age war simulation game from Respawn Entertainment and Electronic ArtsEA -2.52%. The game was made exclusively for the Xbox One, older Xbox 360 and PCs, a move analysts had said could draw some customers? attention away from PlayStation while juicing demand for Microsoft?s devices.

 

House said demand has remained steady in the U.S., including during the launch period for ?Titanfall.? Sony will be launching its own exclusive PS4 title Friday, a superhero game called ?Infamous: Second Son.?

 

http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2014/03/20/sony-ps4-demand-will-outstrip-supply-into-the-summer/

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No surprises here.  Infamous was clearly the ps4 game that most of us were waiting on.  It and Titanfall could be considered the first 'big' releases on next gen consoles.  Not only were both hyped up as AAA, but then both have been highly praised as being good games. 

 

I'm glad to see Infamous doing so well, I've enjoyed my time with it.  It will likely drive ps4 sales for quite some time.

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if supply has been actually low,isn't any percentage jump not telling of anything or even impressive?