Console operating systems: market share in the United Kingdom (UK) 2012-2023

In 2023, Sony's PlayStation's market share of console operating systems in the United Kingdom (UK) stood at around 59 percent of the market, overtaking Microsoft's Xbox in terms of market share. Since 2012, when PlayStation obtained 96.85 percent of the market share, the market share has decreased considerably and was at 52.64 percent in 2021. Meanwhile the Xbox market share has gone from zero in 2012 to 47.36 in 2021, before sliding even further to some 41 percent market share by 2023. 

PS4 levels Sony up

  The PlayStation line of consoles is a consistent star performer for Sony, and the fourth generation of the console saw Sony go one-up in the console wars. In the United Kingdom (UK), Sony sold approximately 6.67 million units of the PS4 from 2013 to 2019. Although Microsoft’s third generation console continued to sell well from 2011 onwards, their fourth-gen offering sold 5.2 million units from 2013 to 2019.

PlayStation 2 still number one

  In September 2018, the PS4 became the first of the current generation of consoles to exceed 100 million units sold, and the global sales of the PS4 amounted to 114 million units in November 2019. However, it is a long way away from becoming the highest selling console of all time. The PlayStation 2 still holds that title, with over 157 million units sold.