PlayStation 3 Beating Xbox 360 In Europe

Sony's much-maligned PlayStation 3 has defied the odds and has now outsold Microsoft's Xbox 360 in Europe for the fourth week in a row. The figures come from chart aggregator VG Chartz, which shows that the PS3 sold around 1,500 more units than the 360 (w/e 12th August).

It's a small margin, but one that will please Sony no end. It's currently lagging far behind the Xbox and the Nintendo Wii in terms of total sales, so any ground that it can make back will be a big bonus.

In Europe, the VG Chartz weekly breakdown shows that the Xbox 360 is very popular in the UK, but that it suffers in other high profile European countries such as Spain and Italy, where Sony and Nintendo are both more popular brands.

In the UK last week, the Xbox 360 sold 30 per cent more units than the more expensive PlayStation 3. However, in Germany the figures are all-but level, and in Spain and Italy the PS3 is in front by an inversed margin. It's important to point out that there are far fewer consoles being sold in those countries compared to the UK, but in terms of popularity ratio, things look fairly good for Sony.

PS3 on the charge?

In the US, the Xbox 360 is selling around 22 per cent more consoles than the PS3, while in Japan the PS3 is very strong, selling 88 per cent more than the 360.

In all territories though, the Nintendo Wii is completely rampant, sweeping all contenders to the curb with widespread domination. The Wii could well become the biggest selling next-gen console of all in the next couple of weeks, despite launching a year after the Xbox 360.

According to the VG Chartz numbers this week, the Xbox still leads the global console race, but only just. It's racked up 10.43 million sales compared to the Wii's 10.41 million. The PS3 is lagging well behind with 4.16 million units shifted.

Unlike many other websites which use manufacturer shipment figures and reports to estimate current console sales, VG Chartz says it collects data directly from retailers all over the world.

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it's not in the UK (formerly Sonyland,. now known as Nintentopia) but it's doing better everywhere else. Still not stellar though, and it's getting totally owned by the Wiibulletmath

:lol: NICE:lol:

In the US, the Xbox 360 is selling around 22 per cent more consoles than the PS3 -Renegade

that's news.

That's because people in europe know which is the best system and that's the Playstation 3. whitetiger3521

If that's the case, then the Wii is the best system. :|

That's because people in europe know which is the best system and that's the Playstation 3. whitetiger3521

don't elaborate.

Waiwaiwait........what ever happened to "LUL VG CHARTZ"MegaPigeon

Well, people just take them as it helps their interests.

However, small reality check. Let's assume VGChartz is absolutely right (yes, I know, I have a hard time keeping a straight face as I typed this), and the PS3 has been outselling the 360 in europe by 1500 units a week... that's around 6500 a month (a month has more than 4 weeks). Add that to about 20k a month it's currently outselling the 360 in japan...

and you get less than the 90k the 360 has been outselling the PS3 by in america. The PS3 will need to close this margin (and it might have, with the price drop) in order to outsell the 360 worldwide... and even then, it still needs to cover up 10 million units the 360 got out of the door before, along with the differential of the last ten months.

Good luck, cows. I'd say you should stop playing the sales card.

Don't worry. Lemmings say they don't need Japan and they will say they don't need Europe either.CajunShooter

And cows have been saying sales don't matter for the past year-and-a-half...

[QUOTE="CajunShooter"]Don't worry. Lemmings say they don't need Japan and they will say they don't need Europe either.D0013ER

And cows have been saying sales don't matter for the past year-and-a-half...

Of course Sales dont' matter when it comes to PS3 vs Wii because they aren't competing against each other and are different price range.

PS3 and Xbox360 are competing against each other so sales does matter.

cows need to calm down, the ps3 has not "won europe" for one the uk does not release sales figures so god knows how they got theirs

secondly it says you sold around 2000 more than the 360, thats a long way from catching up with the 360, let alone the wii

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[QUOTE="CajunShooter"]Don't worry. Lemmings say they don't need Japan and they will say they don't need Europe either.Sprintata1

And cows have been saying sales don't matter for the past year-and-a-half...

Of course Sales dont' matter when it comes to PS3 vs Wii because they aren't competing against each other and are different price range.

*double-take* :shock:

And how, pray-tell, did you come to that conclusion?