While early data for console preorders from major online retailers in the U.S. showed that consumers clearly favored the PlayStation 4 over the Xbox One immediately following E3 2013, the gap in sales between the two next-gen consoles may have narrowed significantly. According to the most recent pre-order data from IGN retail partners in the United States, PS4 led Xbox One in preorders by only around 10 percent.
This data may fall in line with expectations from at least one major publisher. Based on internal discussions with Microsoft and Sony, Electronic Arts recently revealed that it expects the combined sales for both consoles to hit 10 million by the end of March 2014. While Microsoft has yet to reveal its in-house expectations for how well the Xbox One will ultimately sell, Sony's Andrew House stated at this year's Tokyo Game Show that he's hopeful that 5 million PS4 consoles will be sold during this time period. Do the math and it looks like EA is expecting a similar figure for Xbox One.
via IGN All http://feeds.ign.com/~r/ign/all/~3/qCGF23rqOxo/pre-order-gap-dwindles-between-ps4-xbox-one
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