Infamous Second Son and Titanfall Boosting Console Sales in the UK

<p>March has been quite an active month for game releases but maybe more importantly both Microsoft and Sony have released their all-important system sellers&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;mcvuk&period;com&sol;news&sol;read&sol;infamous-second-son-forces-metal-gear-into-second-place&sol;0130035" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">MCV<&sol;a> is reporting that Sony has enjoyed a 106&percnt; increase in PS4 sales since the launch of Infamous Second Son last week&period; These impressive sales numbers have shot Infamous Second Son straight to the top of the <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;mcvuk&period;com&sol;news&sol;read&sol;infamous-second-son-forces-metal-gear-into-second-place&sol;0130035" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">UKIE GfK Charts<&sol;a>&comma; surpassing Metal Gear V&colon; Ground Zeroes&period; MCV was not willing to divulge what retailer is reporting these numbers but they have substantiated that it is from a trusted retailer source&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>For those keeping score at home&comma; Microsoft&period; who are fresh off the heals of releasing the much anticipated Titanfall&period; have also enjoyed tremendous success with hardware sales&period; They reportedly had a 96&percnt; increase in sales&comma; which is still 10&percnt; less than what Sony is reportedly to have moved&period; Since the release of Infamous Second Son and Metal Gear&comma; sales of Titanfall have dropped by 73&percnt;&comma; which puts EA&&num;8217&semi;s mech shooter in the third spot on the UK Charts&period; The question is&comma; did Titanfall alone push these numbers or was it coupled with the fact that Microsoft also reduced the price of the Xbox One in the UK&period; The Xbox One now sells for £399&period;99 in the UK&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Via <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;ign&period;com&sol;articles&sol;2014&sol;03&sol;24&sol;infamous-second-son-causes-uk-ps4-sales-to-double" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">IGN<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;