TechHive: PlayStation 4 will beat Xbox One in holiday sales, says IDC

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PlayStation 4 will beat Xbox One in holiday sales, says IDC Oct 3rd 2013, 13:58, by Loek Essers, IDG News Service Sony's PlayStation 4's lower price will help it to outsell Microsoft's upcoming Xbox One during the year-end holiday season, according to IDC. Worldwide game console sales are also expected to be higher in 2013 than they were in 2012, bringing an end to a four-year slide, the market researcher predicted in a report released Wednesday. Total sales will, however, just marginally top the 33 million sold last year. For the first time this year, revenue of games sold through connected console channels such as Xbox LIVE and the PlayStation Store will exceed that of PC-based games distributed through Amazon.com, the Steam platform or Origin, IDC said. The Chinese government's recent decision to lift the ban on consoles should lead to millions of additional hardware bundle sales for the likes of Nintendo, Microsoft, and Sony within three years, IDC said. To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Media files: id-2041718-playstation-4-1-100041411-orig-100042123-small.jpg

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