The PlayStation 4 is the first current-gen console to hit one million sales in the UK, making it the second-fastest of all to reach seven figures in the country's history. The Sony system took 42 weeks to pass the million barrier, four weeks less than the PS3 and eight less than the PS2. However, the crown for fastest seller remains atop the Nintendo Wii, which shifted a million to UK customers in just 38 weeks.
Sony Europe's Chris Owen confirmed the figure as "sell-through," meaning it represents sales to customers rather than retailers. Sony UK boss Fergal Gera explained to Eurogamer the figures come from data compiler Chart Track.
Zips This was defo expected though, well... I expected it at least
Most people have expected it, yep. I would have thought it would have been a little more at this point, but I'm sure they are nearing 2mil by this point. I wonder what the Xbox One is at.
That's like 1/60th of the UK population, or 1/6th of Scotland. I don't find this surprising though in all honesty. I do find it surprising that the Wii was the fastest console to reach 1 million sales. I was never aware that the Wii was the fastest console to reach 1 million sales.
Grimlock Well not a big milestone like united states since its a BIG country.
But its still a great milestone.
There are 500+ million americans in the US, no way is only .02% of the population owning a PS4. It's the prices.
considering the fact that there are only 313mil Americans according to a quick google search of the 2012 world census and the UK is a 5th at 63mil, your numbers are a ton of BS so stfu
On topic, good for the PS4 and selling that number of units to a smaller region.
Kixa Doesn't seem that much for a big country like that.
It's not a country, it's a small area geographically, and most importantly it has a fifth of the population of the US. 1mil sales is not that bad of a number I don't think.
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