At long last, we have some official looking numbers straight from the Microsoft horse's mouth. Since it's worldwide November launch, the console has moved "over" 2 million consoles, at an average of 111,111 systems per day.
"We continue to be humbled and overwhelmed by the positive response from our fans," said Yusuf Mehdi, corporate vice president of strategy and marketing, Xbox. "We are thrilled to see sales of Xbox One on a record-setting pace, with over 2 million Xbox One consoles in homes around the world.
"Demand is exceeding supply in our 13 launch markets and Xbox One is sold out at most retailers. We're also particularly excited to see consumers engaging in a wide range of games and entertainment experiences on the platform, with more than 1 million paid transactions on Xbox Live to date."
Xbox One users have also unlocked 39 million Achievements, achieved 595 million in Gamerscore points, and spent over 83 million hours in games, TV, and apps on Xbox One since its November 22 launch.
"Demand for next generation gaming continues to be very strong," said John Love, director of video games at Amazon. "At peak demand, customers were ordering the Xbox One console at over 1000 units per minute on Amazon.com."
Certainly impressive, but that's not stopping DFC Intelligence from being yet another group to point to Sony's PS4 as the leader between the two next-gen consoles.
We learned earlier this month that as of December 1, Sony sales were at 2.1 million consoles sold worldwide since the console first launched in North America on November 15, over a million of which came from the first 24 hours. Obviously, over 2 million and 2.1 million aren't comparable since "over" isn't exactly a specific term, but this is what the firm said according to GI.biz.
"The initial success of the PlayStation 4 bodes well for its future. The PlayStation 2 and Wii went on to be the best selling console systems ever. DFC Intelligence does not believe that the PlayStation 4 will surpass those systems but reiterates its forecast that the PS4 will be the number one system of this generation." It also noted that the PS4's early sales numbers are "the best start for any game console in history." Prior, the best record was held by Nintendo's Wii, which sold 1.6 million in its first two weeks.
At the time Sony had revealed its initial sales, Sony Computer Entertainment President and Group CEO Andrew House wrote on the PS Blog that the sales were "an impressive and record-setting accomplishment for our company and for our industry, and we couldn't have done it without you. I want to personally thank PlayStation fans, both old and new, for your vote of confidence. The best part: the PS4 journey has just begun. In addition to an incredible line-up of PS4 games from the best developers in the world, we will continue to introduce valuable new features and services to PS4 in the months and years ahead."
He continued, saying that the "PS4 delivered the best launch in PlayStation history," while claiming that "demand remains incredibly strong and continues to overwhelm the supply worldwide."
Going back to Microsoft territory, we also learned recently according to market research firm NPD Group, the Xbox One was the top selling console in the history of Australia. Close to 66,000 consoles were sold in the first three days of the worldwide launch, which is more than double the sales of the previous console record, Nintendo's Wii in 2006.
Combined with European sales, Sony had sold 700,000 PS4 consoles. The PS4 also managed to sell 250,000 in the U.K. in the first 48 hours, making it the fastest selling console in the U.K. according to MCV, outperforming the PSP record set back in 2006.
