Enough Consoles In UK for Eight of Ten Households
While Great Britain isn’t quite as foggy as stereotypes have led people to believe and dental care is actually quite popular, the overcast, often rainy weather that is commonly remarked upon in the media is quite true. With the exception of a few gorgeously sunny months in the Summer things are often quite wet. Quite unfortunate for sunblock companies but a gold mine for video game developers. Lately consoles have been selling quite well in the United Kingdom.
A year ago there were about 13.5 million consoles owned there, now the number has nearly doubled, with figures saying there are more than 22 million in homes as of this month. This is only including the current generation of consoles, the PS3, Xbox 360 and Wii. With the PS2 still selling well and the Xbox likely still having a decent number of players that number is probably a bit higher. The industry figures show that there’s currently enough consoles for eight out of every ten households to have one. Assuredly there are some lucky kids who have more than one system, but the numbers are still nothing to be scoffed at, especially since industry analysts predict that within a year that nine out of ten homes will have at least one console.
These numbers are unsurprisingly due in a large part to the Nintendo Wii. Yesterday the company announced that they’d had a record year in Britain, selling enough Wiis to have one in a quarter of the homes there.