Industry NewsUK console installed base tops 24mGamesindustry - July 2, 2009
Submitted by mrahaju (9)
at 9:02AM PST on July 2, 2009
UK installed base of consoles by June 27, 2009:
* NDS – 9.1m
* Wii – 5.4m
* Xbox 360 – 3.9m
* PSP – 3.3m
* PlayStation 3 – 2.2m
* DSi – 0.3m
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UK installed base of consoles by June 27, 2009:
* NDS – 9.1m
* Wii – 5.4m
* Xbox 360 – 3.9m
* PSP – 3.3m
* PlayStation 3 – 2.2m
* DSi – 0.3m
As of June 27, 2009, the Wii has sold 5.4 million units, 2.3 million up on the 3.1 million units sold by June 28, 2008.
Sales of Microsoft's Xbox 360 grew from 2.2 million units to 3.9 million, an increase of 1.7 million units in the 12 month period.
Sony's PlayStation 3 had sold 2.2 million units by the end of last month, an increase of 900,000 units from the 1.3 million sold in June 2008.
The Nintendo DS leads the hardware market by a significant margin, as it now stands with 9.1 million units sold in the region, up 2.7 million from 6.4 million in 2008.