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UK Lifetime Hardware Sales Revealed

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By Tom Ivan

April 22, 2009

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The combined UK lifetime sales of PS2, DS, PSP, Xbox 360, PS3 and Wii hit 32 million units as of January 31, 2009, according to data from sales monitor Gfk Chart Track.

The data, contained in retailer Game’s latest financial presentation, shows combined Xbox 360, PS3 and Wii sales of ten million units in the UK.

Wii leads the way with 4.9 million sales since launching in December 2006. Having released a year earlier, Xbox 360 sales total 3.2 million. PS3 sales sit at 1.9 million units since the system launched in March 2007.

Combined DS and PSP sales have hit 12 million units in the UK. Since launching in March 2005 the DS has moved 8.8 million units, while PSP has sold 3.2 million units since debuting in September 2005.

The ageing PS2 has sold ten million units since launching in November 2000.

Game’s report also contains lifetime hardware sales for the other territories in which the company operates, which includes France, Spain, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, the Czech Republic and Australia.

Combined hardware sales in non-UK Game markets total 42.7 million. Individual platform sales figures largely reflect UK sales trends, with one notable exception – PS3 sales are 300,000 greater than those of Xbox 360.

Combined hardware sales in all Game markets (UK and other) total 74.7 million units.

Earlier today Game posted record results for the financial year ended January 31, 2009, reporting gains in both turnover and profit.

NickgamertagO1's picture

"Combined hardware sales in non-UK Game markets total 42.7 million. Individual platform sales figures largely reflect UK sales trends, with one notable exception – PS3 sales are 300,000 greater than those of Xbox 360."

This confuses me. Non-UK game sales meaning the entire world other than UK is 42.7 million? If UK is 10 million for them all combined, 42 million for "non-UK", then what's left? You have UK, and non-UK (isn't the US/Japan/South America, etc also "non-UK"?). I'm either confused, or the math is seriously effed up. Someone please clear this up for me. I just might not be intelligent enough to get all the "Europe/UK" jargon.

GerryP's picture

When they talk about the non-UK "Game" market they mean the market in which GAME stores have a presence - France, Iberia, Scandinavia, Australia and Czechoslovakia.

Ozzman_79's picture

I'm pretty sure non-UK means the rest of Europe, other then the UK, specifically "....which includes France, Spain, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, the Czech Republic and Australia." Although, since Australia isn't part of Europe, I suspect they mean Austria.

mentor07825's picture

Very nice!

BritishCracker's picture

LMAO i think its quite funny!

Dan_Chippendale's picture

this news makes me feel all warm inside...