PS4 Sales Hit 5.3 Million While Xbox One Sits Pretty at 3.6 Million

Sony, after declaring that its PlayStation 4 was out-selling the Xbox One almost two-to-one in January, has confirmed that it has sold more than 5.3 million PS4s between its launch on November 15 and February 8. 

The Xbox One, by comparison, had sold 3 million units by the end of 2013. This is before the PS4 launches in its home country of Japan, too; once that occurs on February 22 we can expect the PS4 to surge even further ahead of the Xbox One.

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The most interesting data only appears once we tally up both the raw sales figures and the two-to-one tidbit, however. We don’t have an updated sales figure from Microsoft — so, at the end of 2013, Sony had sold 4.2 million PS4s, and Microsoft had sold 3 million Xbox Ones. 

Then, in January, the PS4 “nearly doubled” the sales of the Xbox One, ending up at 5.3 million units by February 8. If we work backwards, this means that the Xbox One only sold around 600,000 units between January 1 and February 8, while the PS4 sold 1.1 million units.

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Your Voice Will Drive the Xbox One Dashboard

Your Voice Will Drive the Xbox One Dashboard

Microsoft released a video of the upcoming Xbox One's dashboard, demonstrating the Kinect's voice control and console's multitasking capabilities.

The staged video shows a gamer navigating his Xbox One dashboard, which has tiles that bear a strong resemblance to the Xbox 360, and, by extension, Windows 8.

He changes activities quickly, all with voice command, hopping from a movie to the game Titanfall when he's alerted the match is ready. He then records and shares game footage through voice commands, while playing simultaneously. The player then abruptly starts a movie and answers a Skype call from his friend, who reminds him that he has a life outside of Xbox One.

The video also shows off another Xbox One dashboard feature called "snap," which places apps on the side of the main screen, giving users access to other content like Internet Explorer, their friends' list or Skype — all while simultaneously playing a game or watching live television.

The Xbox One hits shelves in North America on Nov. 22.

Source: Mashable