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REVEALED: UK console installed base hits 22 million | Gaming Industry | News by MCV
REVEALED: UK console installed base hits 22 million | Gaming Industry | News by MCV
360, charttrack, ds, game, ps3, psp, retail, wii REVEALED: UK console installed base hits 22 million Christopher Dring Today, 9:37am Comments (3) Home console sales more than double to 10 million units The total console installed base for the UK has leapt to 22 million year-on-year, up from 13.5 ...
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UK console sales doubled in 2008
Joystiq — ... A report from UK retailer GAME, citing Gfk-ChartTrack data, reveals that console sales doubled on the islands during 2008. Home console sales hit 10 million units last year, up from 4.7 million the prior year. The current next-gen install base is around 22 ...

UK - Console install base reaches 22 million
GoNintendo — ... of January 2008, console install base was at 13.5 million - sales of Xbox 360, Wii and PS3 rose from 4.7 million units to 10 million units - Wii went from 2 million by Jan. 2008 to 4.9 million by Jan. 2009 - 360 went from 1.8 million by Jan. 2008 to 3.2 million by Jan. 2009 - PS3 went from 0.9 million by Jan. 2008 to 1.9 million by Jan. 2009 - handheld sales went from 8 million by Jan. 200t to 12 million by Jan. 2009 - DS sales are at 8.8 million - PSP sales are at 3.2 million Link This entry was posted on Tuesday, January 13th, 2009 at 1:52 pm and is filed under ...

UK Console Sales Double in 2008
The Escapist : Latest NewsAccording to tracking data from UK game retailers , Brits bought 10 million next-gen consoles over the course of 2008 - double the amount of units sold in 2007. At the start of 2009, 22 million UK residents own at least one next-generation game console, up from a recorded 13.5 million in January 2008. Retail chain GAME's Christmas trading release shows that shoppers purchased an estimated 10 million Wii, PS3, and Xbox 360 console units in 2008, more than doubling the 4.7 million sales from the year before. To no one's surprise, the Wii dominated the charts, moving 4.9 million ...

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