Xbox One Neck and Neck with PS4 Sales

Microsoft announces that they have sold over 2 million Xbox One consoles since its launch 18 days ago on November 22.

Microsoft achieves 2 million Xbox One consoles in 18 days. This is after the console being released in 13 markets to that date, including North America, the UK and Australia. Xbox One owners have spent over 83 million hours in games, TV and apps on the console, and have unlocked 39 million achievement and 595 million Gamerscore.

Also Microsoft revealed that peak demand saw the console being ordered at over 1,000 units per minute from Amazon.

Previously on December 1, Sony announced their milestone saying they have sold over 2.1 million PS4s after it was launched a week earlier that the Xbox One in North America on November 15, where it sold 1 million units in 24 hours. When it released in Europe and Australia on November 29, it sold 700,000 consoles by December 1 and it became UK's fastest-selling console of all time.

An important factor to take into account is the fact that the PS4 is available in 32 countries, which is 19 more than the 13 territories you can get an Xbox One.

Both consoles have had successful launches, with chances of both shipping 5 million by the end of March as EA predicted looking ever more likely.