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A year proximate: UK console and handheld installed base almost doubles
Anyway you slice it, doubled numbers mean exceptional recital for devs who yen to retail more games, which is spanking enlightenment for gamers who wish to see them make more games.Related ebooks:UK video games and console sales at an all-time highDr. The DS dominates the handheld scene as well, growing from 3.8 million to 7.1 million units.As of September 2008, there are 1.4 million PlayStation 3 units in the UK (last year, it was only 0.4 million), and 2.3 million Xbox 360 units (last year saw 1.3 million). The UK doesn’t seem all that fastened to the Sony handheld, as its decimal didn’t grow lots from last year’s 2.2 million.All in all, the installed base for all five grew from 8.8 million from last year, to 17.3 million. four guesses. Kawashima hotter than Lara Croft: Brain Training sets record in UKGrand Theft Auto 4 first day sales breaks sales record in U.K. Well, five’s all you get since there are only that countless consoles.It’s the Wii! The PSP currently totals at 2.9 million units. The Nintendo miracle boomed from 1.1 million units from September last year, to 3.6 million last count. Way to go, UK. What a surprise. New numbers from Chart Track display that the circulating installed base for console and handheld gamers in the UK have doubled since last year. So which console has the largest installed base?