PS4 Sales Double Xbox One, Claims Report

I would be surprised if the number were that high. The only place where the Xbox One is remotely competitive is the U.S., and even then the PS4 consistently outsells the Xbox. The same report also has PS4 sales at 55 million, which is over what was announced by Sony.

Whatever the case, it's an impressive showing by Sony.

Its not a surprise given the early domination Sony had. I would expect Microsoft to narrow the gap when Scorpio comes out but I think its probably an insurmountable gap now, particularly with the software line up PlayStation has this year. The benefit Sony have always had is that so many of its studios are first party studios who put out fantastic games across all genres, and strong third party relationships meaning exclusive titles like yakuza and persona etc. You would never see the likes if the last guardian or detroit or something niche like valkyria chronicles on xbox. Sony need to push on from this though and be careful not to get caught in the trap of becoming arrogant like it did at the start of ps3's life cycle

Impressive stuff

More gamers = more fun! Win win for both sides😄

Totally not surprising at all!! I can see the gap being much closer in America - although Sony will still have a healthy lead, in Japan the difference is far more impressive. Outside of America I can see certain markets maybe giving the edge to MS but most of the big gaming markets, Sony are often selling more units which all adds up over 3+ years.
Even when MS bring out the Scorpio, I can't see it affecting Sales in Japan for example. In Europe and America, it could outsell the PS4 on a monthly basis (depending on Price, availability, line-up etc) but as that's not likely to hit the market until November (give or take a month or two), I can't see MS closing that gap this year and Sony opening that gap even further - especially as I can see more and more people upgrading to the Pro and 4k/HDR TV's.
Of course that also depends on how the Scorpio turns out - whether its classified as an Xbox One in a similar way to the Pro is classified as a PS4 or more as a 'new' console - essentially giving MS a head-start on the next 'generation' of consoles like they had with the XB360. I know it will play XB1 games and some of those at 'higher' resolution but I still expect it to be more a 'new' console. MS have already said they have developers working on Software to utilise its power and whilst these may 'work' on XB1 too, I still think it will be more a new console than enhanced XB1. If that is the case, its release would not impact on the sales difference at all as it would be classified as a 'separate' console where as the PS4 Pro sales are added onto the PS4. Essentially I have been counted twice with PS4 because I bought both the original and Pro - I know I have been counted twice for Xbox too having bought an Original and Slim XB1. I can't see as many people opting to upgrade their XB1 to an XB1s to get exactly the same gaming experience - literally only upgrading for a 4k HDR Bluray Player and therefore only of benefit to 4k HDR TV owners. Its possible that in the next few years, MS could sell more than Sony as some may buy the XB1s as a 2nd console and/or cheap Bluray player to Sony PS owners but I can see more and more opting to upgrade to the Pro so essentially nearly doubling Sony's sales without increasing their user base.

I have debated getting a Scorpio when it comes out but their exclusive lineup is probably to weak for me to pull the trigger.

There were grumblings a year or two back that Microsoft should sell of the Xbox brand because it doesn't do all that well for them. This strengthens that argument. Sony clearly knows what the consumer wants right now.

first i own them all and PC and love gaming not these companies but gaming , Now at are stores i can say the ps4 this past year has sold at 5 to 1 its insane it did change for few months when the xbox s released but sony still out sold them at our stores but it was closer to 2 to 1 then. the point only a fanboy cant see is games sony has over 80 exclusives already just from big 3rd party games not indie games and a great example is the next 3 weeks ps4 has over 13 games and big games like gravity rush 2 , tales of bersia , yakuza 0 and xbox has only resident evil a game also on ps4 its truly sad how xbox is 90% indie phone style games now days and 4 first party exclusives so sad .

@asusamd your account was only made about 30 mins ago (at time of posting this) so i think your just trolling trying to get a rise out of people

everyone ignore this guy

@asusamd Watch the language, and please don't talk down to people.

Quality of not just games, but community, also helps drive consumers to the PlayStation brand.

have both & pc I love my xbox elite got it in sale for £140 in uk. The elite controller is great. But I play both equally. PS4 is great for japan games while the xbox1 racing games are great. Love both them Had a wiiu & wasnt sad to see it go. I wish ps4 had smaller controller for my kids

Numbers aside, give a million here or there, double sounds about right.

I think I've reached the point where I'm not asking why X1 and Wii U sold poorly, but why is Sonys console doing so well? Sure, it's not doing PS2 numbers yet, but Wii to Wii U, 360 to 1, DS to 3DS, PSP to Vita, console sales are down across the board this past gen, all except PS4, which looks set to be the only console to pass it's precursors sales. And some of the other ones - Wii U and Vita - aren't even close.

So I wonder, is Sony doing something special, or is "Playstation" now the defacto gaming console, the McDonalds, Kleenex, Xerox, Amazon, Google of gaming? Playstation 5 would sell just b/c it's Playstation, synonymous with gaming, and Nintendo and MS are simply done doing big numbers in hardware?

Guess we won't have to wait too long with Switch and Scorpio this year, but if I were Nintendo or MS I'd be worried about the game being over.

Some people bought it to protect their loved ones

@Xaessya i remember that story, my first thought was "this kid needs to be put in his pace the spoilt *******"

@FullbringIchigo
I hope the kitten is safe

@Xaessya well with an attitude like that i bet his parent are the kind who would have just bought him one

My heart is whole again.... ❤

@ZurapiiYohane64 iirc the big issue was DRM for disc based games preventing trading or reselling... even though I think it was removed before launch there was a huge uproar

in the english speaking world, the gap isn't nearly so big, in the UK/US it's probably closer to 20-30% more. for the rest of the world, the gap is enormous.. in parts of europe it's probably closer to 400% more. i saw sales figures for battlefield 1 in germany, it was 5:1.. even the PC retail version outsold the XB1 there.

as for scorpio.. hard to say whether it'll make a significant difference to start clawing back the gap. i think it could be a tough sell to be honest. sony's massive holiday numbers have much more to do with a relatively cheap and well bundled base mode than the PS4 pro imo. i'd bet at least 5m+ of that 6.3m pre-xmas month were the slim model. it's hard to sell the benefits of 4K, HDR, etc. when people don't have the television sets and can't afford them, and i think scorpio will run into similar situation. for people who haven't jumped yet, getting a PS4 with uncharted, ratchet and clank and driveclub (a top notch bundle) for under £250 is a bargain compared with a PS4 that's £100 more and comes with nothing extra. i ended up getting the PS4 pro just before christmas, but as a standard 1080p HDTV owner i've not seen any significant difference in the few games i've played on both. in motion, games look pretty much the same to me. in battlefield 1, the framerate is perhaps a few frames smoother, but not really sufficient enough to give the impression that it was a much superior experience from the base model. if you don't have the necessary TV at the minute, i'd suggest saving yourself £100+ personally. suggestions that scorpio could be £200+ more for more consistent native capable 4K than PS4pro.. hmmm. wouldn't surprise me if, by the time scorpio releases, sony counters with a sub £300 PS4 pro bundle with some combination of destiny 2, battlefront 2, CoD 2017, gran turismo sport,etc. and the base model at sub £200 with a bundle of games. best 'specs' is fought by fanboys, not general consumers.

@Mega-Gazz
That was one of the issues. Microsoft was treating the games like software on a PC with an activation key. Once activated it couldn't be played on any other Xbox.

@rjejr
Well, a big part of the reason Xbox 360 sold so well was it was a massive success in North America, I believe it even out-sold the Wii eventually when all the numbers were tallied up. PS3 was an absolute failed in North America by comparison. But MS screwed all that up with the pitiful, anti-consumer reveal of Xbox One. I truly believe things would be closer if MS hadn't made a terrible first impression, similar to how Sony screwed up with PS3 at E3 2006 and how bad Nintendo's unveil of the Wii U went. Neither of those systems generated much excitement at the start and it showed. The only reason Sony was able to get out from under is it had actual third party support for PS3 where as Wii U was only appealing to hardcore Nintendo fans.

Unless Scorpio turns out to be something that can play steam games I can't see this changing. It's not even about the power (it does help that multiple games tend to run better on ps4), it's the varied game library.

As a 360 owner who went direct to PS4, when it came to making a choice it was a no brainer at the time. I think Sony got the message spot on about being for gamers. I never really understood what MS at launch was selling as opposed to Sony. That was personal for me.

What I take from this is that console gaming is very healthy and that there is room for competition. As long as MS are making money on their gaming division and not making a loss, why would they not continue? XB1 is not a failed console by any means. I like diverse eco-systems as it promotes competition and that is good for the consumer.

@Gamer83 "actual third party support for PS3"

That's kind of my point, Playstation has become, or is becoming, the defacto home game console. How many 3rd parties are making multplats for Xbox and Switch but not PS4? Sony gets all the multplats, and it gets a whole lot of exclusives. I know you've seen the Switch line-up, I don't see a lot of people trading in their PS4 for one. "Playstation" = "Home Console Gaming". I know the PC gaming people just see PS4 as a toy, but that's fine, it is a toy.

Don Mattrick has a lot to answer for! lol

BEST NEWS EVER Really didn't want Microsoft to do well really in the Gaming console market. They are just in it for the Money and just want to DRM everyone to death like they tried with the Xbox ONE but failed but they will try again if they(I hope they never will) beat SONY.