A year later: UK console and handheld installed base almost doubles |
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New numbers from Chart Track show that the current installed base for console and handheld gamers in the UK have doubled since last year.So which console has the largest installed base? Three guesses. Well, three's all you get since there are only that many consoles.
It's the Wii! What a surprise. The Nintendo miracle boomed from 1.1 million units from September last year, to 3.6 million last count. The DS dominates the handheld scene as well, growing from 3.8 million to 7.1 million units.
As of September 2008, there are 1.4 million PlayStation 3 units in the UK (last year, it was only 0.4 million), and 2.3 million Xbox 360 units (last year saw 1.3 million). The PSP currently totals at 2.9 million units. The UK doesn't seem all that attached to the Sony handheld, as its number didn't grow much from last year's 2.2 million.
All in all, the installed base for all five grew from 8.8 million from last year, to 17.3 million. Way to go, UK. Anyway you slice it, doubled numbers mean good news for devs who want to sell more games, which is good news for gamers who want to see them make more games.
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lol he died
Looks like the PSP, PS3 and Xbox360 are doing very poorly over there. Kind of amusing, and disappointing that Nintendo would dominate over there so strongly.
I have been buying Playstation Products since PS1 and am annoyed that people here in the UK buy cheep Nintendo crap because it looks like a laugh for Christmas morning.
Its a waste of money buying DS's and Wii's. Buy a PS3 which is actually a decent system!
So... Even though they're cheap products they still have more exclusive 90%+ games? Infact until GTA was out a Nintendo title was the highest rated this gen.
I don't get your point? If it was a decent system them surely people would be flocking to buy them? Apple find it very hard to keep up with iPod sales around holiday periods, and they're in a PS3/PSP position (higher product cost, 'media' image etc). Just saying the truth, like.
Good things always sell. Regardless of price.
The Wii is for everyboby from the age of 3 to 93 years, doesn't require any skills at all, it's for family and that to me is crap. I don't want to play with sister friend or mother. I want to play something that visually beautiful to my eye and sound pretty sweet, and the console that offer that to me is the "PS3" and the X360, not the Wii.
Playstation rocks, tried the Wii and I don't like it at all.
Can't wait for LittleBig Planet.
LittleBigPlanet is going to rock...
Also, while I was a big supporter of the Wii, I feel that Nintendo has abondoned their loyal fans for easy money - as in when was the last time you saw a Major Nintendo title?
Smash Bros. was cool, but ultimately didnt bring all that much new from Melee..I got bored after 2 weeks of playing it.
I think the PS3 deserves more attention.
The 1st party games are amazing!