Trending News|February 14, 2014 07:22 EST
PS4 vs Xbox One Sales: PlayStation 4 Sells Double the Consoles of Microsoft in January 2014
The PlayStation nearly doubled the number of sales of the XBox One for January, according to new reports.
PS4 is currently dominating the next-gen in sales, and it has not even released in Japan yet. It will arrive next week and significantly add to the total.
per @LuckyLongworth: PS4 was #1 in sales for next gen consoles in January, nearly doubling the nearest next gen competitor.
"” Geoff Keighley (@geoffkeighley) February 13, 2014
Extremetech is reporting that the PS4 has sold every single console it has put on shelves. The only reason PS4 lagged behind in December a bit was because Sony ran out of stock.
4.2 million PS4's were sold in 2013 compared to 3 million Xbox One's.
One of the main reasons for the disparity is the price tag. At $399, PS4 is $100 cheaper than the Xbox One. Also, Microsoft had to back track on a number of features they initially had in mind for the console after the announcements sunk the console before it could launch.
The Wii U is still a distant third, and falling slowly due to increasingly slow sales and lack of interest from third party developers.