Kinect doubles Xbox 360 Sales in the UK

[ap831]

Sales of Xbox 360 in the UK doubled last week off the back of the launch of Kinect, Eurogamer has learnt.

The spike was confirmed this afternoon by sales monitor Chart-Track, a spokesperson stating that, while specific figures could not be revealed, it was "more than a fair reflection" to say the figure was double that of the previous week.

The boost is understood to have widened substantially the gap between Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, with Sony's biggest hope for a pre-Christmas surge coming next week with the release of the long-delayed Gran Turismo 5.

A senior publishing source added: "360 doubled last week and it was already selling a lot. Wii and PS3 have been beaten by 360 consistently over the past few months.

SOURCE: EuroGamer

 

[cwstjdenobs]

Load of bull. There is absolutely no way to get reliable short term hardware sales statistics in the UK. The most anyone can know until about March is how many have being shipped, not sold.