PS4 Doubles Xbox One Sales During First Quarter - GameSpot
PS4 sales were listed as 3 million for the quarter, which is an increase from the 2. 7 it sold during the same period in the previous financial year. Sony has said it expects to sell 16. 5 million PS4 consoles during the financial year spanning April 2015 to March 2016. This is slightly higher then its previous forecast of 16 million. According to the company, this was driven by "higher volumes of consoles sold, offset in part by lower prices of Xbox Ones sold. Microsoft said it moved 1. 4 million consoles in the fourth quarter compared to the previous year's 1. 1 million. It did not clarify the exact contribution Xbox One made to this figure, opting instead to combine sales of the console with its predecessor, the Xbox 360. Total Xbox revenue showed a growth of 27 percent compared to the same period last year. This increase was attributed to console sales, Xbox Live transactions, and first party game sales. Microsoft's revenue, meanwhile, was $22. 2 billion, down five percent year-over-year, which was in-part attributed to "an unfavourable foreign currency. "And we’ve sold a ton of Xbox Ones globally, more than we’ve sold 360s [in the same period]. Source: www.gamespot.com
