VGChartz: US Weekly, 15th November 2014

US Hardware Numbers

XOne - 236,952 (-10%) 4,206,369
PS4 - 146,519 (-6%) 5,195,784
3DS - 66,137 (+20%) 13,208,072
WiiU - 37,544 (+38%) 2,999,372
X360 - 34,547 (-9%) 43,772,067
PS3 - 17,261 (+5%) 26,369,546
Wii - 7,974 (+40%) 41,612,888
PSV - 5,812 (+45%) 1,869,856

Top 5 Software

1. Halo: Master Chief Collection - 679,889 (XOne)
2. Assassin's Creed: Unity - 395,519 (XOne)
3. Assassin's Creed: Unity - 347,804 (PS4)
4. Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare - 250,474 (XOne)
5. Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare. - 243,667 (PS4)

Global Hardware Numbers: NA - EU - JP - Weekly Total

PS4 - 160,917 - 235,875 - 14,917 - 502,084
XOne - 256,383 - 110,660 - 2,387 - 444,674
3DS - 72,974 - 96,941 - 57,695 - 247,977
WiiU - 41,430 - 28,669 - 13,048 - 89,548
PS3 - 19,343 - 30,235 - 4,520 - 67,067
X360 - 38,254 - 14,913 - 90 - 61,583
PSV - 6,144 - 10,257 - 19,139 - 42,157
Wii - 8,727 - 8,974 - 57 - 19,905

To see Global numbers go to the home page

[Geobros]

wow!! Assassin's Creed and COD sold more copies on xbox one than PS4.

[aceitman]

It's common sense, it was advertised for x1,I would hope so. But not by much

[uptownsoul]

Remember this is in America where CoD has always sold more on Xbox One…Globally, CoD:AW sells better on PS4 by a 1M unit gap

[Cupid_Viper_3]

As uptownsoul mentioned, worldwide the PS4 version of both of those games handily outsold the Xbox One versions, despite the marketing and bundling.

And also to really bring to light what is happening here, these are VGChartz's conservative numbers for the PS4 up to November 8. Meaning that from Nov 15 2013 to Nov 15 2014, the PS4 have sold some 15 million units! And this all before Black Friday, and the rest of December.

I think the PS4 will be at some 17 million units sold by the time January gets here. So much for closing that gap eh, EA....

[tinynuggins]

Common sense would be whichever console has the most units out there should sell the most copies.

[u got owned]

Going by this data and im not saying is reliable, MS just took 2nd place from Ninty.

[ThatOneGuyThere]

I think EA was strictly talking about the US

[chrismichaels04]

Congrats to Sony and the PS4 for continuing to put up incredible worldwide numbers. I think its an easy bet to say PS4 should be close to 15 million by the end of 2014.

Its good to see xbox having a strong November in the US. That huge price drop was a hail mary pass...but it was necessary to keep xbox in the race. Now if only they can keep this kind of momentum they get every November and apply it to the rest of the year.

I personally dont think xbox can match up with PS4 on a worldwide scale...but they at least need to keep putting up strong numbers in the US to stay competitive this gen.

[ZerobyZero]

Is the VGchart everyone knows is a lie

[VP37]

COD & Assassins Creed don't really require advertising. They are pretty much gaming staples.

[MRMagoo123]

So what we get from this is the gap between the console has still increased even tho the xbone supposedly sold more in the US, the PS4 still sells more world wide.

[ABizzel1]

@Geobros

1. US sales are much closer than any other regions, so sales disparity isn't going to be huge for either console.

2. Both games were marketed heavily for XBO and bundled in (actual copies out there are likely more), and COD of course has it's DLC deal as usual.

3. Assassin's Creed is a mess on every platform, and has the entire parity issue on PS4 so I'm not surprised at all.

[Ju]

Well, this gap, if those numbers are remotely true, is quite big. XO outsold the PS4 by 100K units now in it's second week. Sure, this is after the crucial price drop and with all the new games and bundles they could throw at customers. But well, it worked. How long it will last is another question. Also, CoD and AC outselling the PS4 is quite impressive as well - also because of the Halo release, which would IMO fragment the market and against the quite bigger install base the PS4 still enjoys in the US - without any exclusive to cut into those games. There is nothing to downplay. XO took those weeks home.

[rainslacker]

If the numbers are right then it's good for MS to be getting more consoles sold. I agree with Ju though, hard to say how long it will last. Will probably help them with strong holiday sales though.

Only thing I'm waiting to see is if it's just the people who've been holding off for whatever reason just deciding to take the incredible deals that are being offered. Cant remember ever seeeing such value in the first year of a console launch. If anyone is looking to get one it's a good time to do so with all the holiday bundles and price drop.

[TheFallenAngel]

Well it was given away for free so this isn't really a surprise.

[gamertk421]

So bitter the salt of man...

[DanzoSAMA]

lol, the free games was a digital copy.

[ramiuk1]

in the UK u could get all there main games and console for £349 so im suprised it hasnt sold more.
the desperation bundles as many in UK shops have been calling them near me are a saving of about £200
console,sunset,halo,cod,forza ,titanfall £349 and another bundle for £359 with 12 months live too.

oh and in uk only forza/titanfall was digitals

[Magicite]

Because they were marketed/bundled only for X1?

[DC777]

Yeah but those numbers are terrible for huge franchises. Brand new AC under 1 mil and Halo as well. Even COD is tanking already.

[Bigpappy]

Did you not read any gaming news until now? Those game had serious problems. Almost 1 mil in one week is definitely not bad will online not working properly. Not to mention another mil of digital sales. That's just the U.S. We are talking about here.

For those pointing out that it is Vgchartz, where were you the past year to the that to PS4 fans. I really don't care to hear it now.

[TheEnigma313]

Assassin's creed was bundled.

[XanderZane]

I'm a little confused here. Doesn't the PS4 have almost TWICE the amount of consoles sold then the XB1? If so, why are CoD & Assassin Creed sales higher on the XB1? Halo sales is a given. I'm not surprised about that at all. Anyone have an answer? I think the XB1 will pass the Wii U in worldwide sales before this year is over.

[MRMagoo123]

you are putting the wrong info together thats why you would be confused, the ps4 is double the sales worldwide not just US, the PS4 sold more copies of the games world wide but sold less in just the US, now thats been explained you should be fine.

[XanderZane]

Well we're talking about the U.S. sales, not worldwide. See the title of the article? lol!! The PS4 has more units sold in the U.S. as well. Maybe you forgot that little bit of info. They have like almost 1 million more PS4 sold in the U.S. then the XB1, yet XB1 games sales are higher for these two games. See my point? There is where my confusion lies. AC: Unity isn't a FPS either.

[husomc]

Why would a PS4 owner want to buy a gimped game ?

[Spotie]

The PS4 has twice the sales worldwide, Xander, not in the US. The higher sales for the games you mention are ONLY for the US.

What I can't understand is how you'd bring up the worldwide consoles sales in relation to US software sales in your very first comment, then treat it like Magoo didn't just make that distinction when you reply to him in your second comment. Then you tack on something about there being a more modest lead, but don't take the marketing deals for both games into consideration.

I hear the "twice the sales" brought up frequently, but only in articles where the gap isn't actually that big.

I wonder who you guys actually think you're fooling.

[ramiuk1]

well of course xbots are talking US sales,bcause that way there numbers look better.
worldwide there isnt anything to brag about

[Wh15ky]

"Well we're talking about the U.S. sales, not worldwide. See the title of the article? lol!!"

Then why did you start your first comment with...

"I'm a little confused here. Doesn't the PS4 have almost TWICE the amount of consoles sold then the XB1?"

Make up your mind, are you talking just US or worldwide?

Lol!!

[Zero-One]

In the U.S.

[Pogmathoin]

Again, both PS4 and Xbox One driving the current gen very well, again, children come out and cry over numbers.

[tekksin]

No, overall more COD sales were on PS4.

http://www.vgchartz.com/gam...

[Automatic79]

As much as I like to see Xbox One do good this is VGChartz(dont trust it) I rather have NPD call it. If this is true Congratulations to MS for an incredible comeback and an awesome set of games for the holiday.

Halo 89
For a Horizon 86
Sunset Overdrive 82

Note I don't play sales I play games to all those considering an Xbox One its time to Jump in.

[SmielmaN]

Exactly, npd is your most accurate source for NA numbers. Both companies will be pumping those tires so we might actually numbers from Sony and MS. Interesting to hear how many they are selling.

Edit: add me on PSN ;)

[noctis_lumia]

despite your precious halo
your console still eats the dust

now its safe to say its over
sony will win easily by the end of this gen

[chrismichaels04]

Edit: Halo Collection has an 86 on Metacritic. Heres the entire updated 2014 PS4 and Xone retail lineup for your reference....

2014 PS4 Retail Exclusives:
The Last of Us Remastered (95), Final Fantasy Realm Reborn (86), MLB14 The Show (83), Infamous Second Son (80), LittleBigPlanet 3 (79), Samurai Warriors 4 (76), Drive Club (71).

2014 Xbox Retail Exclusives:
Halo Collection (86), Titanfall (86), Forza Horizon 2 (86), Sunset Overdrive (82), Fantasia Music (79), Kinect Sports Rivals (60)

[kevnb]

They count bundled sales, which is why black flag is so high up the list. also note the xbox one is having a sharper decline from last week than sony now that the price drop is in effect.

[lifeisgamesok]

Halo power :) it's an amazing package and matchmaking is improving

Sales still don't matter though as long as my favorite console still gets great support and the industry is healthy that's the best thing

Xbox One is awesome

Jump In

[hello12]

Lets be honest here Halo MCC is a great package alright, but look lot of people still can't play the game online properly. I am only going by what people have said on x box 1 reddit and i have not tried the game yet with the patch myself.

With the bad press it could go negatively for Microsoft for the rest of November, like we just don't know what impact it will have yet.

Good sales for Microsoft so far in November though, i think they deserve some momentum for improving the x box 1 since launch.

[xKugo]

Most well-balanced, rational comment I've seen you make in quite some time. If only every fanboy could comment like this, including myself at times, website would be much better.

[OB1Biker]

I think there was a Halo effect. I maybe wrong but I think its going to be a different story next week and nothing to do with the game problems.
PS4 bundles should do well. Just my opinion

[rambi80]

Sony set to pass the 15 million mark by the end of the year. Not too shabby.

[GribbleGrunger]

Sony are set to pass the 15 million mark before the end of this month. By the end of the year they'll easily have sold 18m.

[ABizzel1]

I honestly don't like to overhype, so I keep my expectations on the low end, because being surprised positively is better than being disappointed by expecting too much.

But after seeing the current sales across the globe be 500k 2 weeks before the real buying season (aka Thanksgiving week -> Christmas week), I can't believe it, but the PS4 is very well on track to sell 18 million consoles, and by the end of November they should be at least close to 16m, and by the end of the year they should be pushing around the 19 million mark.

That's insane for Year 1 sales, and puts the PS4 on par with the Wii in sales, and what makes it even more impressive is this is a $400 console while the Wii was only $250.

Sony might as well change it's corporation name to PlayStation, because this division is killing it, now that I've put sales into perspective.

[llxKonanxll]

No.. You honestly think 3-4 million will be sold within a month and a half?

[Cupid_Viper_3]

@konanx

I'm not sure if you're being sarcastic or not, but the console is selling 500,000 units a week. One month and a half is exactly 6 weeks. 6 x 500,000 = 3,000,000. And that's not even taking into account black Friday sales and the GTA5 bundle effect.

And let's keep in mind that the PlayStation experience is going to create some massive excitement possibly resulting in sales boost as well. 18-19 million is quite plausible.

[GribbleGrunger]

@llxKonanxll:

These figures are for the 15th, so throw in at least another 500k (at least!) and then consider Black Friday and the holiday season. 18m is now guaranteed and 19m or even 20m is not out of the question. Don't make the mistake of looking at just American numbers.

[CaptainObvious878]

In before the 'Oh, so vgcharts is rubbish now that xbone is infront' posts.

MS are being super aggressive in the US right now and it seems to be paying off.

I hope sony don't just sit there and do nothing.

[JMyers]

VG chartz has always been rubbish, regardless of who is ahead, or who they claim to be ahead.

[Skankinruby]

Other than some very brief holiday deals I think that's exactly what Sony should do. There is no sign that this sales spike for Xbox one is anything other than a crowd of customers anticipating the price cut.

[ABizzel1]

@CaptainObvious878

I don't think November is going to be as Black and White as I once thought, and next week sales will be the determining factor. The XBO has done amazing these last two weeks thanks to the price drop and bundles.

But the PS4 is about to get GTA bundles and Far Cry 4 bundles added to next week sales, and every time the PS4 gets a bundle with a highly anticipated game the sales jump.

Getting back to the XBO sales, they shockingly dropped from the previous week even with Halo: MCC launching which completely surprised me, because I thought they'd be in the 300k range for this week.

So it's not over yet. I still think XBO has a good chance of winning November, but if next week we see a big difference (mostly because of GTA5 bundle) then it's pretty much time to throw the towel in.

The XBO is going to do good regardless and I expect 70m in sales as long as they stay aggressive in NA and UK, but the PS4 would indeed be the second coming of the PS2.

[tlougotg]

Sony doesnt have to do anything but keep selling the large amount of consoles they will continue selling and maximize profit. Microsoft has been in desperation mode and need to be super desperate in cutting prices, bundling, giving rebates, not Sony at this point.

I dont think you get how this goes lol This isnt surprising given the fact that as usual Microsoft is practically giving Xboxs away lol

Dudebro....

Your comment would have mattered if there were a good influx of games, especially third party games on Wiiu but Nintendo fans choices are very limited lol so i would hope their first party sell good. Ppl dont have much choices on Wiiu so whats your point? Ppls thinking here sometimes is really clouded and off lol

As for Nintendo they are just idiots! Run by ppl like Reggie in the U.S. its no wonder and dumb %ss Iwata with his lies and close minded thinking. On a brighter note i believe they have just started being profitable off the Wiiu so they are ok.

[XanderZane]

Not like Sony could do any price cuts now anyways. If they lowered their price to $350 they would actually be losing money on every PS4 sold. Losing more money is the last thing Sony wants to do. Microsoft is making billions, so they can afford minor loses to get their products sold to millions. In the end they will get profits back in software sales and XBL subscriptions. Whatever profit the PS4 is making is being used to pay off Sony's billions in loses. Microsoft isn't giving XB1 away. They are marketing it as cheaper then their competition with great games to play on it. Seems that marketing strategy is working, by the huge burst in sales. I honestly think they will leave the price at $350 after Jan. If not, they will do a permanent price cut at the E3. This is really something that Nintendo should have been doing, but they are so stuck up in their ways and think everyone should bow down to them and it's not happening. Gamers aren't running to the Wii U. 3rd party developers aren't running to the Wii U. Reggie is just clueless on how to market their system to the huge 100+ million gamer fanbase they had last gen. Just look at their sales above. Last gen they would be close to 300K sold right now. The XB1 is outselling them like 7-1 currently by those numbers.

[madmonkey01]

vgchartz have always been rubbish, i say that regardless of who is winning.

[PudgeyBurrito]

PS4 - 160,917 - 235,875 - 14,917 - 502,084
XOne - 256,383 - 110,660 - 2,387 - 444,674

So xbox one outsold PS4 in 1 of 4 area's and overall sold 56 thousand less consoles in a week where they Had Halo Launch? I dunno. I feel all is normal here. Those numbers will dip most likely.

[Benjammin25]

That last 'area' is total sales numbers across NA, EU and japan.

[beerzombie]

America fu** Ya!!
The big country that really maters japan is dead.
Europe is second place.

[MASTER_RAIDEN]

Lmao. N4g comments section is pure comedy once vgchartz numbers roll around. I honestly don't think any logical person actually looks to these numbers as even rough estimates. Its just something we all use to argue over various forums in the gaming community lol.

[SmielmaN]

Well said

[Concertoine]

Lol the Xbone has to have passed the wii u by now. 400k vs 90k... that's awful. The lack of a smash bros bundle is bad too.

Almost 700k in one week for Halo is pretty good.

[ABizzel1]

I don't understand Nintendo's thinking at all. They just don't have a clue or simply don't give a #@$.

October
*They should have been the main ones with a price drop in October (Console only $250)
*Smash should have launched first on Wii U in October

November
*They should have had bundles all through November for $299
(Super Mario 3D World + New Super Mario Bros. U)
(Mario Kart + Nintendo Land)
(Zelda Wind Waker + Pikmin 3)
(Smash + Amiibo)

Black Friday
A Smash and Kart bundle for $299
A 3rd party bundles for $299
(Bayonetta 2 + ZombiU + The Wonderful 101)
(Lego Batman 3 + Lego Undercover + Lego The Movie)

and more bundles. Nintendo just doesn't get it.

As for Halo I'm a bit surprised I expected it to do more considering. It did great, but I was expecting 1 million.

[N4g_null]

I like nintendo being patient, they have quality software smash seems to have a big push and Amiibo are selling pretty well and are actually fun to use.

They are doing what matters building a great game library. Isn't this how the 3ds eventually won?

Also they are making profit unlike the sega dreamcast. 3rd parties are actually in a drought for talent it seems. The hype has netted them huge unwarranted profits. The question is can the gaming community keep buying mediocrity based on hype. 5 games later you have $700 boredom machine that just didn't get the job done. We had a similar issue with the vita. There have been some serious talent shake ups in ms and sonys camp.

I'm thinking any bundle would happen on black Friday and not really be circulated until a few days later after they all realize that smash is selling. Nintendo isn't doing bundles because of retailers mostly.

The new 3ds and the wiiu should make a great combo since the new 3ds will drive interest along with smash until jan. I really expected halo to do better and Sony simply has nothing other than specs pushing it. The xbone and ps4 are clones with slight difference 3rd parties will treat them as such. Yet xenoblade on new 3ds is coming and the wiiu version is coming also. This will be pretty interesting.

Ubisoft finally put out watchdogs and it doesn't look so bad for a "weak" machine. Sure it won't sell but hey ubisoft sucks.

I'm thinking thinks can still turn around for nintendo. They have some seriously strong software in their catalog while 3rd parties are actually not producing the AAA that they said they would. We will see how this all plays out though.

I really don't think a price drop on nintendo side is a good answer. The wiiu is not a clone competing with the others. When people are tired of getting lied to and paying for half way working products drive club for example then they may give nintendo a try.

This gen is sonys to win but I'm not sure gamers wanted to reward mediocrity. Sure the graphics look nice but the game play sucks. It really comes down to how much is your bias worth?

[Dudebro90]

Yet Wii U software exclusives still outsells xbox one and Playstation exclusives.

Theres a lot more to a console than how many units sell.

[ABizzel1]

Nintendo has it's big AAA exclusives out (Mario / Kart / Smash), only missing Zelda and Pokemon.

MS kind of has theirs out but they're in "A" form and not AAA (Halo: MCC is not Halo 5, no Gears yet, Forza 5 was a rushed launch title, and Fable Legends is not a full Fable) .

Sony has none of theirs out (Uncahrted, Gran Turismo, God of War, etc...).

And as you said there's a lot more to a console than units it sales, and that also means 3rd party game in which the PS4 / XBO are dominating since they get profit from every copy sold.

[Concertoine]

Theres nothing to buy but exclusives. If anything Bayonetta 2 and the others should be selling better.

The Wii U is an unmitigated failure for Nintendo... there havent been WW sales so low for any console since the Dreamcast. Since which there has been 15 YEARS of steady market growth.

I love the system, love the games, but i cant see any exerted effort from Nintendo when it comes to pushing the system. They have a terrible marketing team.

[brew]

There's also -

3rd party game sale royalties
Subscription sales
Accessory sales/profits
Advertising partners

[JMaine518]

Good job Microsoft. I'm happy to for them. Hopefully I can get my hands on an X1 this holiday season. I see they finally passed the wii u in global sales. It only took a year and a million price cuts lol. PS4 will be fine as they still lead almost 2:1 and they have great Black Friday bundles. This surge from X1 is great for us though. If sony comes down with a price cut then it can only mean good.

[pompous]

If you live in the US then the deals are in your favor to do so. I know quite a few people whom are buying an Xbox One due to the can't pass up offers. These console are still in their infancy so the games will be there.

We love are cheaply priced goods so it isn't surprising to see the cheaper priced console doing well. If MS doesn't outsell Sony in the US then MS is done. They need to outsell in the US. The surge is more to do with the sales and the holiday right around the corner. What happens after Christmas is more important, can they keep the momentum or will sales drop off the cliff again??

[ABizzel1]

I congratulate MS as well on a job well do reversing all the negative they caused. The XBO is finally selling like it should have been from the start, and Kudos to MS for changing all that mess it was going through, and to be able to come back and be a competitive seller.

Unfortunately the price drop is temporary, but I expect it to become official in NA only for March (aka Tax return season), since Jan and Feb are usually dead months outside of the first week of Jan. (aka gift card spending week).

Nintendo has been knocked to 3rd place, and at this point they don't really seem to care, but at least they're still making strong games for the console, which I guess is all that really matters for fans.

[corroios]

Someone Just increase the lead... Amazing. I dont understand how...

[strangeaeon]

Good numbers for the X1, but lets not jump the gun and go all fanboy, its VG Chartz after all.

[bleedsoe9mm]

if the numbers are anywhere near 240k for one week close to 500k in two weeks , would be very good news for MS

[ABizzel1]

PS4: PS4 takes the week once again in WW sales, although it finally has a challenger for the holidays. It's NA placing has fallen from #1 down to #2, but it's still selling strong in the region. EU is still PlayStation land, and that's not going to change anytime soon. JP sales are also up, and hopefully they'll stay up once the big Japanese games begin to hit the console.

XBO: Continues it's US dominance for another week, although sales have started to drop just a bit which honestly was extremely surprising, due to the release of Halo: MCC which also had lower sales than I anticipated for the region putting only above Halo Wars, and Halo Anniversary week 1 sales from the last generation (every other game sold over 2 million copies week 1 in US last gen). I guess Xbox fans aren't huge on remasters even if they offer tons of content. Their EU numbers are also up nearly 60% breaking the 100k mark, and while JP numbers are up as well, it's still a struggle for them. Overall the XBO is finally getting the sales MS wanted and needed out of the console, but let's see will it be able to keep it up after the temporary price drop is over (MS keep the price drop).

3DS: Still doing well across the globe, but the releases of the new 3DS would have greatly increased their sales had it been launched WW instead of just JP for 2014. Pokemon ORAS will be releasing next week so sales are bound to skyrocket, but for some insane reason Nintendo launched both Smash and Pokemon on the same day in the US. I hope it works out for them, but I don't think it was the best idea.

WiiU: JP sales got a nice boost pushing Wii U numbers up, but like I said regarding the 3DS and Pokemon, Smash should make the Wii U sales skyrocket for the rest of the holiday shopping season. Nintendo could have had an amazing holiday if they could have got Smash in September along with a $50 price cut on the hardware, and rode the rest of the year out on strong bundles, Nintendo is pretty much destined for 3rd place in the market share, but as long as great games keep coming out, the console should still do fine.

PS3: PS3 is continuing it's climb towards taking EU from the Wii. Overall the console proved it has legs, and will continue to sell for another year.

360: Same story as the PS3, continuing it's US run, and should sell for another year.

PSV: Vita is pretty much done, and next week sales will be the final confirmation. PS TV launched in EU this week, and there wasn't really a splash at all. Still no confirmation if PS TV sales are included in these Vita numbers, but if they are it's a wrap.

Wii: It got a boost.

[ABizzel1]

The holiday boost is in full effect boosting all console numbers except the PS360 which are still holding strong. As far as NPD goes the XBO is killing it right now, even with it's small drop, but I don't think things are going to be as black and white as I once thought. Halo: MCC sales didn't do nearly what I expected for the console which was to push it into the 300k range, not drop down to 240k. It seems like the price drop has taken it's course and now the holidays and games are just keeping numbers up. Meanwhile the PS4 numbers jumped across the board (modestly in NA), and next week sales will also include the GTA Bundle and Far Cry 4 bundles, and we know PS4 + Bundles = Big Boost, and it's not having 1 but 2 of the biggest games of the year bundled in. I don't think November is a clean win for XBO in NPD, and next week sales will be the confirmation of if it does or doesn't.

Once again I'm surprised at Halo: MCC sales, as I expected at least 1 million. Assassin's Creed did better than AC4 on the new consoles, but I don't see it having nearly as long legs with all these issues, and COD is holding strong on the new consoles. Next week is going to drop 4 contenders off the top 5 list with GTA5 (PS4 / XBO) and Far Cry 4 (PS4 / XBO), which game do you think will stay in the top 5 next week Halo, Assassin's Creed, or COD?

[ThatOneGuyThere]

what are you even doing? i mean no offense, but are you just re-writing the article here? why? do you feel important? i'm confused.

[Kingdomcome247]

I always look forward to your rundowns of the sales figures. I generally agree with your assessments. No calling the PS3,"The little console that could", this go around?

[kurruptor]

Xbone continues dominance in US? They lose like 10 months in a row and then win maybe 2-3 weeks. You can't call that dominance).

[NewAgeisHere]

Good numbers for Xbox, competition is heathly. As a PS4 owner I'm actually happy about this cause I know that Sony will have to respond soon, which will most likely mean better deals for us Playstation gamers. Win win situation in any case.

[shadyiswin]

sony wont respond to anything.....Sony is on there high horse and rightfully so. They have giving no must have titles,there bundles are of games you could of got last year. It's a value if you never played them but the assassins creed bundle alone is $349. Sony doesnt care and as much people think they will have a break out year in 2015 i think it will be the year gamers see they were promised something again that wont happen along with the emotion engine and cell engine,sony are the king of hype and it has been paying off. Bloodborne you think is triple A it's not,it's for a niche crowd,the order is a grpahic first game with no multiplayer..... then they pray uncharted isnt pushed back. Cant wait till e3,xbox will have bought nothing but games 3 years in a row now.

[spacedelete]

if Sony knows whats good for them they will need to act fast. PS4 is literally keeping the company alive whereas PS3 is pretty much dead, Vita is dead as well and the rest of their devisions losing money. Sony should know from experience that no gamer is loyal to a company as proof of former PS2 owners jumping ship to 360 last gen. the lead is getting smaller thankfully. hopefully it forces Sony to actually give us features like DLNA because i feel i'm being disrespected that weaker systems like Vita, PS3 and Xbox One have DLNA but they won't let PS4 have it.

[pyramidshead]

You sound so upset lol

Is this what xbone gamers have been reduced to?

Hilarious.

[LightDiego]

Bloodborne it's not an AAA game? LOL!

[N4g_null]

Naughty dog also lost a lot of talent during that time jack left also. God of war and uncharted better wow everyone. Maybe sony should make more ips using old engines? Sony fans love new ip even though the games are still mediocre. Luckily sells of the console should keep moral spirt in check but it may lead to management getting to big headed and arrogant.

The tied can surely turn on sony if they are not vigilant. A couple of miss steps and ms or nintendo could come roaring back simply based on games.

With sony preparing to go casual rather than fix their current games so they are fun to others that are not the faithful sony fans we suddenly have a powder keg moment. We may see a win fall for bought ms and Sony because of this.

[andibandit]

Lol Natural Doctrine, you have got to be kidding me

[shadyiswin]

if bloodborne is triple a then so is sunset overdrive,cause it will do sunset overdrive numbers,nothing bad but deff not the coming of the ps4 game god you are all hoping for,guaranteed.200-300k the first week and thats during a game drought month.

[RedCloud88]

Bundles and price cuts work wonders lol. I'm a bit confused though, didn't we just see an article on here about how xb1 has outsold the ps4 in eu for three straight weeks?

[SuperLupe]

Those WW sales are realy close.

If things stay like this then that means the gap between PS4 and XOne will always stay at around 5 million.

Which is peanuts when you get to the point where each console has at least 20 million install base.

[FITgamer]

Unless Microsoft keep the price at $350 with bundled games, it won't stay like this.

[wodan]

The gap will always stay around 5M really?
you thing the Xbone will always sell like this, funny big bundles,temp price drop,exclusive advertising right to the biggest releases,one of their biggest exclusive release,all that and it didn't outsell the PS4 2-1,and the sales of both cod and assassin creed are close.

One thing for sure the Xbone will see the biggest drop on sales going from holidays to next year,no exclusive releasing on early months and the price will return to normal.

btw the gap still increasing not decreasing.

[Antwan3k]

@wodan and you think the PS4 is promised to forever continue with it's hype fueled sales success?..

The PS4 has literally done nothing other than benefit from the Xbox One's mistakes in order to justify it's current sales domination.. But just like bundles and holiday advertising is temporary, so is a hype train.. PS4 had the price advantage (gone and now the PS4 actually costs more than the competition), PS4 had "resolutiongate" (almost gone, most games are launching with the same resolution on both consoles now so hopefully Microsoft can start to put that PR nightmare behind them now), and PS4 had the momentum (which has shifted thanks to those temporary holiday packages and a stronger holiday gaming line-up on the Xbox One in comparison to what the PS4 is offering)..

In case you haven't noticed, people are finally starting to open their eyes and wonder why Sony and the PS4 deserve all this extra success they have been enjoying.. People are starting to ask Sony to deliver on this "greatness" instead of us just waiting for it..

And before we start mentioning the PS4's 2015, its not like the Xbox One doesn't have anything coming out in 2015.. Big games from the PS4 include The Order 1866, Bloodborne, and Uncharted 4.. Xbox One has Quantum Break, Fable Legends, Halo 5, and the next Tomb Raider.. Surely there'll be info on a new God of War, Gears of War, Gran Turismo, Crackdown, and others.. BOTH consoles have exciting games and news for 2015 and beyond so please save the promised "PS4 will dominate 2015" talk..

The PS4 got a free pass all of 2014.. Dont assume that trend is going to continue.. Especially if the Xbox One continues to sell for $350 vs the PS4 for $400 as a permanent price cut

[rainslacker]

@ant

How are people waking up to wonder why Sony deserves the hype it's getting? It's selling what it's been selling day one, month over month.

Just because MS is doing better doesn't mean that Sony is doing worse. MS benefited from some strong releases the past couple weeks, a price drop, and unbeatable bundles which are hard to pass up. If they didn't do better then I'd actually be worried.

Going forward, if the only thing MS has is the price advantage then they're in for a rough year next year(assuming the price drop is permanent).

Truth is, people that are fans of the PS line know why Sony deserves the hype it's getting, and I haven't seen any Sony fans worried about not getting games.

[captainexplosion]

It's not a temporary price cut. They are only saying it is to get people to buy now.

[Cupid_Viper_3]

@ Superlupe,

Well, one can hope I guess. But reality tells us that a boost in sales typically follows a price cut. And a decline typically folllows that boost as well. So speaking statistly here, it's not really plausible for the numbers to remain as they are.

Your scenario ignored so many facts, like the 6.7 miilion gap and not the 5 million one you made up. And the fact that this is not the first price reduction for the Xbox One. And that this is also the holiday buying frenzy season, and etc. Also, the fact that despite all of the promotions, and price cuts etc, the gap between the two console increased by almost 60,000.

[S2Killinit]

@SuperLupe
Even with the price-cut and bundled games PS4 outsold them. the gap isn't staying at 5 (and by the way its 6) million.

[corroios]

No it wont, if Microsoft cant sell alot more with Halo and another cut in the price, what do think is gonna happend next year? with christmas gonne?

Last year was the same or better. How many millions did they sold in november and december? Xbox outsold the PS4 and then what happend...

The gap increased again this week. It didnt stop...

[chilopirrin]

and once again... the pc version of assassins creed unity sold only 36,777 copies.... really?! they must change their names for torrent gamers instead of pc gamers nuff said.

[AlphaBlackWolf96]

It's been proven 95% of PC players pirate their games. The "sales" are a lot higher on PC.

[uth11]

That or they'll wait for it to go on sale for $5 on Steam, which isn't much better for the publisher.

[kevnb]

Who the hell wants to play, let alone buy unity? I mean other than the uniformed and parents...

[Ps4andxb1]

XB1 in the lead in NA this week.

VG Charts is clearly wrong again hmmmm fanboys?

*rollseyes

[Gamerbeyond]

lol the xbone sold more when call of duty and a halo game came out, i guess theyre the holiday and 2014 winners over all. get off your high horse, they sold more for 2/65 weeks, bravo.

[Paprika]

So wheres the article to headline EU? Not going to add that as Xbox is second? OK cool.

Halo btw. Its huge in the USA and they obviously will always hold ground with that. Ps4 simply can't outright destroy halo lol. In order of power its game > console, hence the term console seller. And halo is one of the big titles ps4 would absolutely love to have. Ps4 > Xbox one with sales, ps4 still wins total sales weekly and total, a region loss in Na is not able to undermine Europe.... Halo window... halo > Xbox > ps4.

Assassins creed, power of advertising right there. Microsoft are simply playing a better game in that regard right now. I see maybe two ps4 commercials, I see sunset, halo, general Xbox all the time. Can't recall even seeing a drive club one... if I did only once. Assassins creed... Xbox commercials.

Bit like steroids, its fake only an event boost. A deserved one btw as its s great deal for xbox.. but its a release boost, wont last once sony respond.... which they obviously will. Quote me in a month or two :)

[kevnb]

Power of the bundle, look at those black flag sales if you don't believe me.

[S2Killinit]

so PS4 still outsold the xbone by 60 thousand worldwide. Seems like the PS4 is going to be unstoppable.

[PudgeyBurrito]

I have a feeling Sony is going to announce a price drop at PlayStation experience. It would be a bomb shell.

[Gamerbeyond]

maybe at e3, theyre not going to announce a price drop just because the xbone sold more for 1 week.

[rainslacker]

They'd be better off doing that before black Friday. After it wouldn't see as much of a gain, and might cause problems for some retailers who will honor a price drop after purchase.

[Gamerbeyond]

500k worldwide sales for ps4, black friday is going to be insane.

[kryteris]

7.6m so is not 9 or a 10! Silly fanboys,but at least Xbox finally passed the Wii U.

[Tedakin]

AC and COD were both completely advertised as Xbox games.

[Ryan741]

Powerful Xbox one. What a way to end the year.

[arbitor365]

the xbox one finally caught up..... to the wii u..... now they just need to catch up to the vita. but since this is the holiday season and they just released halo, i dont think this momentum will last far into next year

[qwerty676]

Im just curious, do those software numbers include the bundles?

if not that is hugely impressive to outsell the ps4 version

[etownone]

As long as XB1 continues o their new path...

Great exclusives, and price poimt advantage (even if only $50)

Then it's back to healthy competition and gamers on both sides will reap the rewards.

[liljandjer]

Hey ponies, feeling salty. This is a gaming console, the combination of a price drop along with good "GAMES" did you sony fanboys forget games is what is driving these sales for microsoft. dont hate because microsoft is making moves. Be mad at sony for not providing quality games and a horrible games lineup this holiday season.

[Brettman2008]

First half of 2015 seems pretty barren for Xbox One exclusives compared to PS4. That's because Sony spaces out exclusives during the year whereas Microsoft has long periods of no exclusive releases. How many exclusives were released between Titanfall and Sunset Overdrive?

[MRMagoo123]

PS4 sold more world wide, meaning the gap increased once again , even with MS basically giving away the xbone, I dont think MS is celebrating anything at mo, they are probably trying to work out why they cant get more sales even with free games and price drops raining from the sky. While sony just sits there doing nothing more than they usually do and watch it dominate the charts.

[agame914]

Chump

[Brettman2008]

Will be interesting to see how Xbox One sales hold up after Xmas. Ori and the Blind Forest has been delayed so this will beef up the Xbox One lineup, along with Screamride, in the first quarter of 2015.

In the first quarter of 2015, Sony will have exclusives and console exclusives The Order 1886, Bloodborne, SNOW, MLB 15: The Show and Wander and perhaps also Planetside 2 and Ratchet and Clank.

[ImAPotato]

WOAH WOAH WOAH THERE! Didnt the Xbox guy from UK say that they have outsold PS4 for 3 weeks now?

So how come the Ps4 sales are higher?

Can someone explain plz. Did i hear it wrong or did VGcharts mess up big time?

[Wikkid666]

UK boss was talking about sales in the UK. Not global sales.

And you definitely have to take vgchartz data with a grain of salt.

[ImAPotato]

Yah im talking about UK sales, it says Ps4 outsold Xbox One by like 100,000... When Xbox Guy said it outsold Ps4 in UK for 3 weeks now...Someones lying...

[MRMagoo123]

That was news about one retailer not the entire UK stores.

[FITgamer]

UK≠Europe. Xbox One is 7k up on the PS4 for the week in the UK.

[Wikkid666]

Ok.... click on the link above.

Look to the right. Click on UK.

XBO 45,624 units
PS4 38,824 units

[tekksin]

They're very specific about it, because they know that they're still getting beat worldwide, so they have to pick very specific territories to brag about.

[ncc-017]

The most important takeaway here is good numbers all around. You have reason to celebrate whether you root for Xbox or PS.

[Father__Merrin]

Ps4 sales are this high without having exclusive bundlesundlea like Xbox did

This makes ps4 even more impressive, it's the best console ever!!!

[Svinya]

Ok.

[PS4isKing_82]

Amen. No free games. No $50-$100 off. No 4-5 different bundles. Just ps4 still at $399 hanging right in there.

Just imagine next week during black Friday when the massive gta5 bundle hits. https://www.facebook.com/ph...

[Flames76]

Damn X1 should pass the ps4 in america by years end it is just killin it.Wow Halo MCC is kickin i say over 1 million easy worldwide.How the tables have turned since phil spencer has taken over

[MRMagoo123]

If delusion had a smell you would reek of it. The fact of the matter is the xbone with its lower price, free games, halo mcc and all the other bits they have added to it still couldnt beat the PS4 world wide, if thats something to cheer about you have problems.

[Revengeance]

This was to be expected with Halo MCC releasing this month. Too bad this is the ONLY month it will surpass PS4.

I love how the Xbox drones see the Xbone in first place and it's the second coming, but when it's not they don't care about sales anymore or they use the irrelevant argument that Sony is losing money as to show their insecurity.

It's funny really.

[Muzikguy]

I'm not so sure about these numbers. They look good though! Why I say I'm not sure though is because VGC is always skewing them somehow. NPD should be interesting.

One thing I've noticed between both the PS4 and X1 lately is that all the stores I go into have an insane amount of floor space for MS as opposed to Sony. Best Buy, Gamestop, Target, and Walmart all have more space devoted to the X1. This, obviously, means more sales because the stores had to buy more. That's what I'm thinking anyway. I'm shocked at those AC and COD numbers. Will be interested to see the "remake" figures for GTAV

[Drasill]

This is great! I love to see both consoles do well.

[mochachino]

I'm a PS4 owner but I respect the fight in MS. Well done, nothing worse than a game company that gives up (sheds a tear thinking of all my support in sega).

[susanto1228]

I agree mochachino competition is great and the winners are the gamers especially if you are not biased towards a particular system like me...kind of reminds me of the fight between Bill gates and Sonys president in Southparks black friday special BRING IT ON!!!

[WillyC009]

So EA exec....how's that Xbox closing the gap comment working out? That's yet another week of PS4 outselling Xbox ONE globally. Hard to close that gap when you're continually getting beat. How can so many "experts" be so clueless to what the general public can clearly see?

[horndog]

Sony is telling their fan base not to panic because more indies are on the way and more third party games. Yeah!

[Bluff_Master]

Ms is telling their fanbase not to panic. Ori on the way to compete with bloddborne and the order 1886 early 2015. Lmao!

[sovkhan]

O my!!! you know that Ori has been delayed?!?

[Bluff_Master]

Woah. Ps4 still crushing xbone even with halo MCC. Congrats sony. You are on a roll babe.

[bazinga_91]

Ps4 killing the bone globally. Job well done sony. Thumbs up for you.

[DaGamingKing]

Wow, good work MS!

[kevnb]

Everyone calling for a sony price drop are crazy, the only reason sony would do that is so they can completely destroy the xbox.

[susanto1228]

As soon as the 349 dropped happened me and 2 of my buddies picked up the Xbox one on amazon...so I bet everyones finally jumping in that was waiting for a nice price drop....
And wouldn't doubt it if next year a 299 price is standard for holiday season 2015 your move sony

[susanto1228]

@KEVNB Doesn't matter Sony can't price drop it's 2014 and they just lost 1 Billion this last quarter..Sony can't afford to price drop the PS4 no matter how good it's selling Sony brand as a whole is losing money

[noctis_lumia]

despite all the advertising of xbox bundles,freebies etc etc
xbox still eat the dust

even halo the milked collection cant stop sony domination
its safe to say now that sony will win the war easily

grats ps4

[Foehammer]

Well a big CONGRATS to MS and 343 Studios

TMCC was the highest selling game in the world, not easy when X1 is in 42 Countries and the other consoles are in 100.

That being said, put into perspective, Great sales numbers on X1. Passed the WiiU which had a years head start. Remember it took PS3 8 years to catch the 360.

Funny to see a lot of pl forgot that the price advantage was on the PS4 for over 6 months, as Sony puled the PS Camera at the minute for a lower price (made the light on the controller and the game that came with every PS4, PlyRoom, superfluous)