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PS5 Leads 2025 UK Sales With Nearly 1M Units, Xbox Now A Distant 3rd In Its Biggest European Market

PS5 remained the best-selling console in the UK during 2025, widening the gap over Xbox in the latter's strongest European sales market.

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Benjaminkno86d ago

I’m always rooting for the underdog. It was ps3 back in late 2000. I was cheering WiiU after that, and now I’m still hoping Xbox can get their isht together. Competition is crucial.

franwex86d ago

The difference is that this time the hardware that is competing is actually very good and ended up last place due to baffling decisions.

Eonjay85d ago

Its losing because the Xbox platform is an inferior product and has been inferior since Xbox One. All this BS about competition has nohing to do with the fact that consumers have the ability to evaluate products and don't have to chose an inferior one just for the sake of competition. This is to say that while competition is critical, it doesn't have to come in the form of Xbox. It could be a Steam Machine. it could be whatever consumers choose.

darthv7286d ago

The disagrees you receive are from those who never want(ed) to see MS/XB in console gaming.

jznrpg85d ago (Edited 85d ago )

I bought the first 2 Xbox’s. I was naive thinking maybe they could be good for console gaming. But they dropped buying games half way through 360 and showed their true intentions with the XB1 reveal. If I knew what I know now I would have never wanted them to be in the console space. But many of us gave them a chance and they burned all the bridges they possibly could, hence their current position.

GamerRN85d ago

jznrpg

Remember, Sony is just the Japanese Microsoft...

Ninver85d ago (Edited 85d ago )

I bought a 360 because the ps3 was delayed. While I enjoyed it, Ms gradually destroyed any enthusiasm I had for the platform. Don matrick sealed the deal once he self sabotaged the xbone. I've been done with xbox since.

So no, alot us gave the platform a chance. End of the day mediocrity will not be rewarded.

PS-Gamer-198685d ago (Edited 85d ago )

Loved First Xbox
Liked Xbox 360
Was disappointed by Xbox One
Ignored Series s/x

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Nyxus86d ago

If the competition consists of buying up the industry (didn't Phil want to buy Sega and Nintendo?), then I'd rather have no competition, to be honest. Not like that at least.

Aloymetal85d ago (Edited 85d ago )

100%!
Besides, Xbox brand doesn’t have the global clout to come out on top in console sales.
Xbox 360 in particular is the only console in history that sold over 45 million in North America (thanks by releasing a yr ahead of the competition and having 10 mil units sold by the time PS3 released) yet still failed to cross 100 million worldwide, which speaks volumes of how limited Xbox’s popularity is around the planet.

dveio85d ago

«Competition is crucial.»

While this is true, it's in this context, as if you'd tell the other football team that you're just about to beat in the final, to get themselves together.

Console hardware business is as brutal as a final.

And the fault of Playstation losing its fiercest competitor ain't Playstation, but Xbox themselves.

Competition IS crucial, will never disagree with that.

But we shouldn't spin the responsibility to Sony for Xbox losing their stake in the game. The decisions were made in Redmond, not Tokio.

Eonjay85d ago

Competition is more than just rooting for the person in last place. What a lot of people fail to realize is that gaming consumers are actually pretty informed and they buy what athey works for them. So in this case, the Xbox isn't working for consumers. Consumers shouldn't be forced to get something they want for the sake of competition. When the PS5 first launced it struggled because they failed to proved their worth to consumers and it wasn't until after Sony actually started competing that consumers came back.

The point is that it is up to Microsoft to compete and win consumers back, it is not up to consumers to save Xbox for the sake of competition. This simple concept is what is missing in the discorce over maketshare. It is missing in the anti-Sony reporting or pro Xbox fanfare. We, the consumers don't owe Sony or Microsoft or Nintendo a damn thing.

Xbox is losing because it is a worse product. I want to see a journalist brave enough to admit that. You could say the same about the Wii U and for a time you could say that about the PS3.

S2Killinit85d ago

But difference is that xbox really shouldn’t be a legitimate competitor. Literally EVERYTHING that has happened to them is because MS, being as rich & powerful as they are, view gaming as something they must monopolize. They dont want to compete, they want to make strategic purchases to dominate. Not because they are good at making games, but because they are good at consolidation & mergers. That is not good for gamers.

Benjaminkno82d ago

I see your point although, it’s not entirely accurate. Microsoft had a chance to rule the PC market when apple was tanking and struggling in the late 90’s. Then somebody came in and injected apple with funds to restructure and avoid bankruptcy. That somebody was Microsoft.

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DazaMc86d ago

I wonder will Sony try to get GTA VI as an exclusive for a year. It would let them focus on one machine and finally get the game released.

Nyxus86d ago

I don't think Rockstar would ever go for that.

Deathdeliverer86d ago

I don’t think R⭐️ would go for that either, it’s already too late in dev. HOWEVER, with the state of his things are in Xbox, even devs have chimed in that games don’t sell well on Xbox due to Gamepass. People just wait to get games that come on there. Combine that with the sales situation for hardware itself and you honestly end up thinking Xbox isn’t hard to pass up these days. People think games skip Xbox due to some back alley deal. In reality, if the game is experimental. strapped for resources, or it’s ambiguous as to how it’ll perform the safe bet is PlayStation.

italiangamer86d ago

They don't need to, GTA 6 is basically a Sony exclusive at this point with every trailer running on PS5, the EX-box irrelevance and the upcoming marketing deal associated with Sony.

Eonjay85d ago

That seems very unlikely. I fail to see how that would benefit anyone involved and fans don't count lol.
Rockstar wouldn't benefit because they would lose out on sales. Even if Sony made them whole it doesn't equal a gain.
Sony wouldn't benefit because they would have to pay a lot of money and even though it would sell PS5s, there is probably a hard limit that they can realistically produce anyway. They will sell what they can produce regardless.
Microsoft wouldn't benefit for obvious reasons.

Sony already has a marketing deal an that is probably way more lucrative to them then and actualy exclusive deal.

Scissorman85d ago

they don't need to. they have the marketing. and they will use that to make the broader market think that PS5 will be the only place to play GTA6. they will also use GTA6 to push PS5 Pro, as the best way to experience it.

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gold_drake85d ago

probably not exclusive

but maybe for ps5 pro bundles and marketing

they have a history of doing that.

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Hereandthere85d ago

Xbox offers nothing, but game pass at $30 a month. They have no exclusives, their controller is dated tech compared to sonys. The xbox brand is now game pass and publishers for games on PlayStation and Nintendo.

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Profchaos85d ago

Is Xbox even still shipping units to stores in Europe I swear they are just trying to sell old warehouse stock at this point

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Microsoft Gaming Revenue Drops 7% Year-on-Year, Content and Services Down 5%, Xbox Hardware Down 33%

Microsoft announced its financial results for Q3 of fiscal year 2026, including an update on its gaming Xbox business and more.

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Jin_Sakai28d ago (Edited 28d ago )

Not looking good. Hopefully Asha Sharma is able to turn Phil’s disaster around.

dveio28d ago

To me it's still quite remarkable how they can cash-in 5.3bn in revenue in a single quarter, since their hardware is basically dead.

Jingsing28d ago

The stock mark is what makes Microsoft remarkable, They have convinced every institutional and retail investor to just keep piling money into them. Like many big tech giants they are just a big growing pyramid scheme. As long as people keep dropping money into ETF's that cover the market Microsoft will always be liquid. At the same time it is completely stifling innovation and competition. People need to start being more discreet in how they invest their money as it's killing the system.

Tanktopmaster9228d ago

Once they re-evaluate exclusive all will be fine….

S2Killinit28d ago

Riiiiight because people will just flock back to them for one or two games per year.

Jingsing28d ago

15+ years of bad performance is what they call irreparable in business. It is time for them to sell off the assets and get out of entertainment.

Tanktopmaster9228d ago

These declines are on the back of extra revenue received from releasing games like Forza horizon 5 on PlayStation. So I’m being sarcastic here when I said they should go back to exclusives. Killing off a revenue stream from Ps5 sales will only make things worse

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Report: Injustice 3 in Development at NetherRealm Studios

Thanks to the slip-up of an artist working on the title, we now have more evidence that a new Injustice game is in the works.

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Playstation Plus Monthly Games for May: EA Sports FC 26, Wuchang: Fallen Feathers, Nine Sols

All available May 5.

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FPSRUSSIA29d ago

What's Point in commenting your basicly closing down the site.

LiViNgLeGaCY29d ago

I'm surprised it's still the old site. I thought he said starting today?

Eonjay28d ago

Its like the final episode of the Sapranos. You gonna go to make a comment and when you click add th-

Profchaos28d ago

Timezone thing maybe.... RIP

darthv7229d ago

Insert the Ferris Bueller end scene... "You're still here? It's over.."

LiViNgLeGaCY29d ago

I think the only game here for me is Nine Sols. Was always interested in that game.

TheColbertinator28d ago

Glad I don't buy FIFA games anymore

Rebel_Scum28d ago

Hey now! Thats a great month.

Nacho_Z28d ago

Good month for me, I wanted that particular footy game and thought it might be due. Anyway who cares, shame about the site I'll miss the comment sections. All the best everyone.

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