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Originally Posted by SuperMatt18

They also dropped the price by 30 pounds, and bundled in Titanfall. In the end that is a pretty big discount for a near launch system and the growth was on a small base to start.

It also brings the price of the XBox one to par with the PS4 in the UK when it comes to the bundles.

Not sure what "in control means" though.

http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/xbox-...ontrol/0129972

The machine has benefited from a £30 price cut, while the launch of Titanfall last week caused a surge in console sales of 96 per cent.

But retailers have told MCV that PS4 remains in control, and that Xbox’s recent success has been aided by shortages of Sony’s console. In fact, a fresh supply of PS4s last weekend caused a 72 per cent rise in sales.

MCV understands that Sony is preparing to release extra stock into the trade for this Friday’s launch of Infamous: Second Son, which is PlayStation’s big hope for the quarter.


Sound like Sony is going to supply constrained well into the summer now:

http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2014/03/...to-the-summer/

We’re struggling to keep up with demand,” which has been highest in the U.S. and Europe, House said. “Conservatively, as we get into the early summer months, we’ll be closer to a full supply situation.”

Constrained supplies have led some retailers to trumpet when they are able to stock up. In January, GameStop issued a press release informing customers that it had received additional PS4 shipments. At the time, GameStop said it was selling the devices out as quickly as it could stock them.

Sony this month said it has sold more than six million PS4 units, well more than sales of the PlayStation 3 in the months after it launched. Industry watchers believe Sony has edged out MicrosoftMSFT 0.00%, which in January said it had sold more than three million of its new Xbox One consoles through the end of 2013.

Microsoft hasn’t updated its figures since. A spokesman said the company is planning on updating numbers in its quarterly reports. Sony also declined to offer new sales data.