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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AxePosted:

I am not really suprised at all by this. Wii U was a pretty big fail.

Evo8Posted:

Crazy, but not that surprising.

LotPosted:

daRealRush This really doesn't surprise me at all! Knowing the Wii U, hasn't been doing well at all.
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Wii is dead and not popular any more

LotPosted:

Wii isnt even popular any more

DreamsPosted:

wiiu is the downfall of nintendo they are the dominant company when it comes to handhelds but they are far outmatched when consoles are brought into the mix

-CPPosted:

The Wii U needs a new marketing strategy....

MaggardoPosted:

This really doesn't surprise me at all! Knowing the Wii U, hasn't been doing well at all.
:(

DissPosted:

Not surprised at all...the Wii U was a pretty big blow to the company.

MSXPosted:

No suprise there the wii is a dreadfull console

KatsumiPosted:

I personally thought that this would take a little longer.. i feel pretty bad for Nintendo when it comes to this console, yet they are making a lot of money off the 3DS