UK PS4 sales surpass Wii U's lifetime total

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UK PS4 sales outstripped Wii U's lifetime total in a matter of hours following the release of Sony's new console last week.

Retail monitor Chart Track said on Monday morning that PS4 has become the fastest selling console in UK history.

While specific sales figures weren't revealed, retail sources have since claimed Sony moved over 250,000 consoles within 48 hours.

Despite launching one year prior to Xbox One and PS4, Wii U may now been relegated to third place in terms of next-gen UK hardware sales.

In late November, UK Xbox One sales hit 150,000 units in the console's first 48 hours of availability, just a few thousand units short of Wii U's total UK sales since release.

At the end of Nintendo's second fiscal quarter ended September 30, global Wii U hardware sales stood at 3.91 million units.

Sony said PS4 sales hit one million units in the console's first 24 hours of availability following its North American release on November 15.

And worldwide Xbox One sales topped one million units in the 24 hours following its November 22 launch, according to Microsoft.

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KatsumiPosted:

KAQ Tbh the wii u sucks :/ Nintendo where good before the xbox 360 and ps3 got released


They are still doing alright when it comes to handhelds in this generation but i'm not going to deny that they are behind. Hopefully they can either innovate or catch up in the next

TeravainenPosted:

Not surprised since Xbox One and PS4 were like "THE must-get next gen consoles" but it is kind of surprising that it happened so fast. a lot of people underestimate the Wii-U. It has some good games like Zombie-U and Mario games

MortarPosted:

I wouldn't have expected any less, the Wii U was a dud. It hasn't lived up to expectations and fails to attract people to it because it isn't all too interesting and doesn't have the best line-up of games compared to Xbox, Playstation and PC.

RenovatePosted:

Gossip No surprise here, the Wii U is a big disappointment. The PS4 is just way beyond that.


Obviously the PlayStation 4 is a better platform than the Wii U. The Wii indeed is a big disappointment...

slapshot101Posted:

Katsumi
VH1 No surprise here, always knew this was going to occur.


While this was bound of occur i'm surprised of how quickly it actually happened. I thought it would take a little longer personally
I agree it is so crazy that it only took hours for them to get the same amount of sales that it took months of sales for Nintendo to reach the same mark.

KatsumiPosted:

VH1 No surprise here, always knew this was going to occur.


While this was bound of occur i'm surprised of how quickly it actually happened. I thought it would take a little longer personally

CokesPosted:

That is only in the UK? lol, that is pretty sad.

lucasfinn1000Posted:

Not surprising at all, the Wii U just doesn't have enough games to justify buying the console. But you wait until next year when Super Smash Bros., Bayonetta, Donkey Kong, etc, come out and the Wii U will sell like mad. Just like the 3DS; bad sales for the first year or so, then suddenly everyone wants it.

DollPosted:

No surprise here, always knew this was going to occur.

KatsumiPosted:

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Katsumi
MiLE5 They act like this wasn't going to happen.


It was bound to happen but i think they would of been a bit surprised that it happened this fast


^ This ^

I always knew that would happen, but like Katsumi said, it happened quite fast.
The PS4 hasn't even been out that long? I don't know the official date it was released, because I forgot. But wow, it didn't take long to pass the Wii U.


It was released on the 22nd for North America and the 28th for Europe and Australia