Playstation Tripled Xbox Sales In First Quarter 2014
The report doesn’t differentiate between PS3 and PS4 consoles, but it did declare that 3.5 million total consoles were sold in the first quarter. Comparing those results with the 1.1 million total Xbox sales from the same time frame reveals that the PlayStation has officially outsold the Xbox on a 3 to 1 ratio, a massive success for Sony early in the new console cycle. The fact that the PlayStation 4 console was more affordable than the Xbox One from the get-go (thanks to the forced inclusion of Kinect bundle) was a strong selling for the PS4, and it’s clear that gamers have faith in the console’s exclusives, PlayStation Plus and general mindset ever since Microsoft and Sony began unveiling and marketing their new platforms last year....