Xbox One sales push past PS4 in UK after FIFA 15 and price cut sales spike

Sales of Microsoft’s Xbox One edged past PS4 this week as the machine enjoyed a massive sales spike on the back of FIFA 15.

[Gazondaily]

Hold on, I think we're getting conflicting information here. More copies of Fifa were sold on the PS4 but more X1's were sold overall? It's weird no? Hardware sales edging over the PS4 but more copies sold on the PS4?

The key I think in both articles is that this 'information' is being relayed to us by so-called 'insiders'.

[Eonjay]

They have to be very close if they both went up and PS4 lead last week. We don't know what "edged out" means. Either way they are both up and that is good.

[Ballsack]

Hit seeking title...a further price drop ads everywhere for fifa and it slightly edged ps4 for ONE week... Slightly...

.... ONE WEEK

[xHeavYx]

"An anonymous retail source has told" that's where I stopped reading

[Prime157]

For this article having a source it's extremely vague. It feels as if it's one store's numbers.

We'll see soon enough. I'm not impressed by this site, though.

[FITgamer]

So a single anonymous retailer has higher Xbox One sales for ONE week and this means Xbox One did better in the entire region? Makes sense.

[Enemy]

Dat hit seeking title. Xbone is nowhere near outselling PS4 in the UK either.

[DeadRabbits]

I think I know which Hole these figures where pulled out of!

[XBLSkull]

Not sure why it is hard to believe, PS4 has a larger install base so it would make sense more copies of the game sold. Xbox has the superior network it makes sense to buy the Xbox when if you intend on multiplayer gaming.

[Kayant]

@ above

MCVUK has always leaked data like that. All those 106% infamous SS, 300% PS4 Destiny "rumors" are all "sources". It means little like with leaked figures with NPD that's how stuff happens because of the cost of the data.

"A senior industry source quoting Chart-Track data told MCV that PS4 sales spiked 300 per cent week-on-week after the launch of Destiny."

http://www.mcvuk.com/news/r...

"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"

http://www.mcvuk.com/news/r...

etc

[oxybulle]

@Burrito26a

+1 bubble.

[gootimes]

X1 is cheaper on Amazon US too now, but only by $5. http://www.amazon.com/best-...

I could see it selling more when in the UK with the significant price decrease there.

[user5575708]

anonymous retailer reports over 9000 xbox ones sold

[frenchtoast]

They are only advertising Fifa for Xbox One on TV, so the bundle may well have had some effect. But it likely won't last.

[Gamer1982]

All rumours but if it did sell more 1 week with a price cut would it be surprising? Price cuts that are heavily advertised such as this one usually lead to a sales spike that lasts about a week. It won't change MS fortunes that much but it will increase sales in the long run. Not to PS4 numbers but a couple of hundred more perhaps (might not sound like much but this is UK only).

[green]

I think it is logical. There are way more PS4 consoles in the UK than the X1 so there would be more copies of FIFA sold on the system with the larger install base.

But the system that had the biggest sales boost because of FIFA was the X1 thanks to a bundle with a lower RRP and adverts.

[poppinslops]

Ding, ding, ding!

That's some mighty-fine logic.

[mechlord]

my thoughts exactly.

Now watch MS publish some numbers in the coming days ...

[Kribwalker]

As well, I don't think they typically count digital bundles in game sales. But physical games count, IE digital titanfall bundles didn't count on game sales

[Baka-akaB]

True but there is limit to that logic when the ps4 version outsells the ps3 with a much bigger fanbase . The major difference is the ps3 version with its base will eventually outsells it

[poor_cus_of_games]

Yeah but everywhere you look the ps4 with fifa 15 is also £329. Also it's a physical copy.

[UltraNova]

@mechlord

They really shouldn't. They should wait and see if its a trend, if they actually outsold the ps4 and keep outselling it for a couple weeks more then yeah they should boast about it to boost the confidence of the public on xb1.

If they start beating their chest over a couple thousand units more and get pummeled the next week on people will rip them a new one... and they are quite 'perforated' as is.

[Neonridr]

but the X1 passing the PS4 is not directly related to Fifa 15 though. The price cut has to be factored in as well.

[system22]

Why is it when there's positive xb1 news there's an implied scandal behind it...like people actually wanting the system is as mysterious as and unbelievable as alien abductions and real working hoverboards.

[DanzoSAMA]

Because it's N4G mate.

[DeadlyOreo]

No one has said or implied anything like that. All of the comments here are actually saying it makes sense.

[MysticStrummer]

As of the time I'm commenting there is no one in this thread implying scandal. Please dial down your own drama.

[Assassingamer136]

Well to be honest the source is anonymous so I don't believe this article until confirmation of sales in the UK

[Alsybub]

@mysticsummer

The problem with your comment is, even though you said "As of the time I'm commenting there is no one in this thread implying scandal", the very first comment here suggests it:-

"Hold on, I think we're getting conflicting information here. More copies of Fifa were sold on the PS4 but more X1's were sold overall? It's weird no? Hardware sales edging over the PS4 but more copies sold on the PS4?

The key I think in both articles is that this 'information' is being relayed to us by so-called 'insiders'."

Just saying.

[hello12]

I have gone digital and i know most of the people on my friends list have gone digital too.

I can buy the game for 20 Euros cheaper by just buying it on the American store.

Fifa 15 the x box 1 bundle, you get a code to download the game digitally.

Digital sales are huge on xb1 and its growing.

Another sign PS3 users switched to PS4 quicker.Figures posted by Metro, however, suggest that Xbox 360 was on par with PS4 sales, with PS4 reportedly accounting for 32 per cent of total sales

PS3 at 15%

360 sales match PS4 sales so its obvious people have not switched yet on the 360

[poppinslops]

Yeah, I'm rather amazed at how easy the transition to digital has been...
It's not that I've conciously stopped buying physical games it's just...
Well, Titanfall in the bundle, Forza 5 (for the free weekend), super-time force (Games with gold), Forza Horizon 2 (demo), Project Spark (beta), D4, All of EA Access (except for madden)...
It's a bit disconcerting, but I cannot fault it.

I certainly never expected to be capable of downloading 40gig games (Aussie wi-fi), but I can, and it 'only' takes around 12-16 hours!

The only discs I've used have been films...

[green]

Same here @KNWS. I never bought a single Full retail game on the XBox 360 via Games on Demand, but with the X1, it is the complete opposite.

Will be hard to go back to disks now.

[Gohadouken]

Except a sizeable amount people did switch from the 360 .Part of those are precisely why the ps4 is currently that high in sales .

Otherwise yeah , i've gone digital numerous times on ps4 and xb1 . Especially for mostly if not solely online games .

And those consoles's process to mostly copy all of the disk game on hdd , make the shift easy to fathom

[Volkama]

Aye as others have said, the vast majority of consoles shifted would be the FIFA15 bundle, which is a digital download and would not be factored into the FIFA15 sales.

But there are more PS4s than XBoxes already out there, and those are the ones making up the pure software sales part.

All makes sense really.

[TheRedButterfly]

Not sure where the confusion is coming from... More copies of the game sold on PS4, but XO sold more consoles... What's to not get?

[oSHINSAo]

That is posible Septic... it's Elementary Math, for example

xbox bundles with fifa 15 : 200,000
ps4 fifa 15 games only : 300,000
ps4 consoles : X < 200,000

So, it is posible

[Kayant]

What Green said. It's the same thing that happened with Destiny. PS3 sold 4% software while X360 sold 14% but PS3 sold more hardware for that week because of bundle/marketing. Same thing with anonymous sources. It's Gfk data so like NPD all we get is sources pretty much almost all sales data we have gotten has been from "sources".

"A senior industry source quoting Chart-Track data told MCV that PS4 sales spiked 300 per cent week-on-week after the launch of Destiny."

"PS3 also had a good week and managed to beat sales of Xbox 360 hardware for a change. Again, there was a PS3/Destiny bundle."

http://www.mcvuk.com/news/r...

OT - It would have been bad if that wasn't the case. The deal would have meant it did nothing. Also something interesting(amazon wise at least)

But on the 25 Sep

XB1 Fifa = 7, PS4 Fifa = 18.

29 Sep(All sales for the week would be accounted for)

Fifa PS4 8, XB1 9

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/...
See my post on gaf - http://www.neogaf.com/forum...

[jrshankill]

More people already have the PS4. So it would shift more copies of the game. It kind of makes sense that more copies would still sell on PS4 (although I was surprised in was only 100,000 more.. but now it makes sense if more Xbox One consoles were sold)

The Xbox One Fifa bundle was announced before the PS4 bundle, so I would guess that many people already pre-ordered the Fifa Xbox One bundle. Sony announced the Fifa bundle in a knee-jerk reaction, and was late to the dance.

[DJustinUNCHAIND]

Digital copies.

More consoles does not necessarily mean more software and vice versa.

[Kayant]

Gfk doesn't track Digital sales. So that's unknown.

[Mega24]

dafuq?, you seriously didn't understand that?

PS4 already has that many consoles in the UK, it doesn't take a rocket scientist to get that. It could have sold more but the Xbox one bundle also sold more consoles, because of the fifa game.

On a more serious not, People who by Fifa are wasting their money. Game is a scam.

[Gazondaily]

SO PS4 sales are stagnating allowing the X1 to catch up? That is article worthy.

*rubs hands together and laughs maniacally*

[OC_MurphysLaw]

@Septic possible answer... they PS4 copies of Fifa 15 was for stand along games not counting bundles and the other explanation is that while the hardware tilted in MS's favor the PS4 still had more game disc sales. Both of these rumored data points can be true.

[mochachino]

@ Septic

PS4 has a larger existing userbase so xone sales could have surpased PS4s weekly sales while more copies of the game were sold on PS4.

However, "an anonymous retailer", does not reflect total UK sales. So who knows if it's even true.

[phantomxll]

Anything positive about the Xbox One will be taken with a grain of salt. N4G rule number 5.

[jjonez18]

Xbox has an exclusive FIFA 15 bundle in the UK. PS4 has the higher install base. I thinks it's feasible that the xb1 moved more consoles while PS4 moved more software in this given week. PS4 does have retail-pushed bundles but they are higher priced and have been on the market for less time than the XB1 bundle.

Edit: Many above can see this same scenario happening.

[Magicite]

those football fans...smh.

[jackanderson1985]

digital sales most likely also do they count bundled in those sales figures? never make it clear or they change week on week

[trywizardo]

well , PS4 players can buy the game with the old PS4 console . mean while new players want a console with the game so xbox sold more , but the game sold more on PS4 because there are like 10m players with PS4 ...
is it really hard to get !!!

[GamerRetro]

You are clearly delusional and can't accept facts and really sad Sony fan keep dreaming

[Bennibop]

This seems unlikely as Sony were giving a physical copy of FIFA 15 with their bundle for the same price.

[avengers1978]

First XB1 outselling PS4 in the UK is not surprising. Second more people there already own a PS4.

No actual numbers are out so it could be by a hundred units or less, and this is only one week and in one area so in the grand scheme of things this does little to help the XB1 catch up to PS4 in overall world wide sales.

[andibandit]

Where's the mystery??

PS4 larger installbase => more Fifa sold
XBOXOne 3rd price slash this year => more Console sales

[Illusive_Man]

Pretty easy to understand. A lot of people already have a PS4. The PS4 install base is higher so they bought more copies. However, perhaps those who have yet to commit to either platform chose the Xbox One due to the bundle. Very simple stuff here.

[gameon1985]

Oh snap, first the big launch in china now this things are getting interesting. And let the count down begin until the Sony fan boys try and flood this site with negative Xbox one News.

[GarrusVakarian]

"first the big launch **in china**"

From the title:

"Xbox One sales push past PS4 **in UK** after"

Wat?

[Volkama]

He's just pointing out that there are 2 positive XBox sales articles in quick succession, which is fairly rare given that the console has been repeatedly trumped by Sony in all territories since launch.

Don't think it'll be enough to reverse any results for September though, what with that other game with the shooting and the wizards from the moon and such.

COD and Halo month would be the one to watch. If there is going to be a reversal of fortunes it will surely be November...

[GarrusVakarian]

@Gamon &Volkama

Oh yeah, my bad, I misread your comment XD

[jrshankill]

@Volkama

Dont forget that the PES article that all the Sony fans were laughing at might be 180'd.. Konami and MS working to bring the resolution up.

Words being eaten everywhere today. Lesson is, wait before opening mouths.

[GamerRetro]

They are history very soon I assure you the sale parity is going to be over soon Sony doesn't stand a chance lol

[avengers1978]

Just because a couple of places had some good lines in China means very little until some sales numbers come out. They could have sold 200,000 they could have sold 30,000 we just don't know yet.

Plus if China turns out like japan and next week falls to like 2,000 and the week after that falls again then it's not really positive.

Again I'd wait to see some actual sales figures, cause I haven't heard any and I didn't see anything that said the XB1 sold out in China.

[greenlantern2814]

You will be waiting a long time for those actual sales numbers my friend. Since MS hasn't given any this year, always shipped.

[TomahawkX]

with Sunset/COD bundles and Halo, things are going to be very interesting.

[Volkama]

COD bundle is a big deal in terms of numbers, and Halo is a big deal in terms of the core audience.

Sunset will have a pretty small impact imo, purely because it is a new IP and targets relatively niche audience. It has colours, but is not for children. People don't usually get that.

That's not to say anything against Sunset though, just the impact it might (not) have on the market.

[gman_moose]

Exactly, SSO might be a nice game for exisiting XB1 owners, but it's not going to sell consoles on its own. Why bundle a new IP which is very niche anyway? 99.9% of the people who even know about this game already have an XB1. I guess the orange console is unique, but then again, people who would drop $400 to have a second console because it's orange are certifiably retarded.

[GodGinrai]

I still have about 40 or so friends on x360. Im pretty sure between the CoD and soon to be announced halo bundle, most will make the jump to XB1. especially with quiet a few of them playing destiny. The ones who downloaded it will be able to simply download to their XB1s. And I know a few who will be buying because A) I have one and B)its Xmas season.

[TomahawkX]

Im holding out for Scalebound myself, hopefully the price drops even more by then:)

[aviator189]

I don't imagine the sunset bundle will have much impact, but the cod and halo effect will be fairly significant.

[HappyWithOneBubble]

WOW way to go XB1 congrats

[equal_youth]

don't believe it. feels constructed by insider hype. lets wait and see.

[reko]

Yay!! (Sarcasm) lmao

[Dirkster_Dude]

Actually what it looks like is the number of people who have FIFA 15 on the PS4 have already purchased separately OR already have a PS4 and just wanted the game NOT a console + game. That could account for a jump in XB1 sales as well as greater sales figures for XB1.

[hkgamer]

its talking about console sales. 1m people in uk has a ps4 already so its not out of this world.

using as an example, since no numbers are given, numbers estimated from 1m ps4 units sold within a year. dont take these numbers as accurate.

lets just say ps4 does 20,000 hardware sales a week, 80% boost meant 36,000 sold that week.
xbone had a 155% increase from last week, it says edged over so lets say it sold 37k. that means it sold roughly 14,500 xbones the week before.

with xbone new price point, i think ps4 can pnly outsell it by 4:3 on a weekly basis now. or thats how it was last week anyway.

i used those figures above just to represent the values of boosted % in console sales just so we can gauge the ratio of sales from last week which we can use as a representation of a normal weekly sale.

dont be too hard on me for not using actual figures, its not the actual sales number that matters but the ratio.

[GameDev1]

Anonymous retail source for PS4 and Xbox One? Nope

I will wait for actual numbers when released

[bleedsoe9mm]

when do actual numbers ever get released

@GameDev1 when uk charts or npd post actual NUMBERS please put them up , because i've never seen them . lists without numbers means very little , if xb1 is listed above ps4 in next weeks charts does it mean xb1 sold 5 more units or 100 , 000 more units , without the numbers it means almost nothing who is ahead of who .

[GameDev1]

When they get released on charts UK, similar to actual numbers on NPD

and this is for both consoles not just the Xbox One

[LazyGoron]

Alright... X1 did better for one week/month in one area. The tides are turning! Please... I'm excited for my white X1 but in reality this is a sign of nothing other than if the X1 has great bundle deals and cuts prices, people will buy it which will cause a short-term spike in sales. That's awesome but it's not a long-term sign of growth.

At this point I'm sure Sony is happy coasting at their 1 Million or so units sold to customer each month on average since launch.

[Assassingamer136]

"The tides are turning" not really..

[LazyGoron]

I was being facetious with that comment LOL. I am excited for my X1 but it's annoying when the positive X1 articles are filled with two people:

1) X1 trolls who think any positive sign for MS means that the X1 is still in the race this gen
&
2) PS4 trolls who want to make fun of the X1

[Assassingamer136]

I kind of assumed lol

[AutoCad]

Nice job MS,wonder how things would have been if the policies were removed and 399 price was from the start..

[kalimero2]

OK. 1 week. But PS4 still leads by over 300k

The general understanding is that the PlayStation 4 is outselling the Xbox One in the UK by a factor of 1.5:1, so if PlayStation 4 sales are 1 million that means the Xbox One is on around 666,000.

[scotmacb]

Xbox is gonna win this gen i have a feeling you watch

[poor_cus_of_games]

That's a joke right?

[FITgamer]

That feeling is called delusion.

[Paprika]

Ea are in bed with Microsoft anyway it seems. Hardly surprising a game like FIFA would boost xo sales for the month.... I mean... week! Lol

[ScaryMonkey]

So does this mean the xbone wins now? LOL

[DragonbornZ]

So it begins. Today the Internet shakes, later mountains will crumble and gaming "journalist" will rejoice as their click bait fills trolls with delight and multiple gaming site users with possible xbox Banderas gifs.

A bit more on topic, good for the x1.

[beereal360]

Great news for gamers I'm a xbox fan but happy to see the industry do good because that's what's best for real gamers

[Flames76]

Now we know why sony dropped the price of the ps4 in the U.K after they said they had no reason to drop the price.Looks like sony got scared when the XOne passed them in sales.Sony needs to suck it up get used to it because its gonna start happening alot more

[Skankinruby]

Yes yes we know, the same empty claims that were all over these posts after the Xbox one price cut and yet Sony is still curb stomping them in sales on their own turf. Come back to me when the dust settles on this price cut (which will last two weeks if theyre lucky) and sony is once again wiping the floor with Microsoft

[Ryan741]

Glad people are starting to open their eyes to where the actual big games are and not just the ones being talked about in "development". Well done Phil.☺

[Skankinruby]

Lol you mock announcements in development while Microsoft announces 'upcoming exclusives' that will release late 2015 at best.

[ScorpiusX]

Congrats MS way to go keep it going .

[strangeaeon]

And yet I still only care a little about sales, back to Titanfall...

[xDHAV0K24x]

whatever it takes. in the end, those on the fence win

[PudgeyBurrito]

"anonymous retail source".. www.microsoft.com whats amazing is they sold some playstations as well ;P

[qwerty676]

all these software sales numbers aren't going to mean much anymore, with things like fifa selling more on ps4 with "physical copies".

with more and more people switching to digital, especially with ea access.

you're going to see more things like this.

[22CobraKing]

False don't listen to this that's why microsoft won't put out their numbers officially.

[Ocsta]

"Oy reckon we've sold more Xbooxes what wif dis here price cut cor blimey!" Anonymous retail source, Ron, from the Game at the poster's local high street.

[GamerRetro]

Really Sad Sony fans man they can't accept that PS4 is living on borrowed time it doesn't stand a chance against Xbox One

[DarXyde]

You hear one instance of XBOX One outselling PlayStation 4 in Europe and you're already saying it doesn't stand a chance?

See you next month.

[urwifeminder]

Most likely xbox fans that moved to ps4 and are moving back looking for the holiday must have games.

[DarXyde]

If Sony is as worried as some of the people in here, all it means is that they'll need to try harder to keep Europe. It's only one instance, but Sony is obviously interested in maintaining momentum. IF they care as much as you guys do, they'll respond accordingly.

Competition, mates. Making your lives better.

[ikral]

OMG!!! PS4 is DOOMED!!!

[Rick_Ross_Boss]

Why do you guys care if the Xbox out sold the Ps4? I really couldn't careless. Both systems are doing better than their predecessors.

[ScaryMonkey]

Well to be fair one is doing a whole lot better then the other.

[ScaryMonkey]

My BS detector is going off.

[xx4xx]

Hilarious comments on here.
Hahahaha.

[listenkids]

1 week of sales.