The company is still struggling to keep the device in stock

Jan 31, 2014 07:27 GMT  ·  By

Sony says that sales of the PlayStation 4 have been impressive so far and that it has high hopes for the home console in the long-term battle against the Xbox One from Microsoft.

Fergal Gara, the leader of the team handling the device in the United Kingdom, says that his company has managed to sell 1.5 PS4s for every rival console that has reached gamers.

He is quoted by Edge as saying that, “Sales surpassed all of our dreams. Our biggest job in the opening weeks was securing volume. We’re still not in stock at retail and we continue to work on that and we’re very, very pleased with the results.”

For the previous console generation, the balance between the two devices was inverted as the Xbox 360 led the PlayStation 3.

Sony has recently revealed that it wants to increase production in the coming months in order to cover demand in the West and to have a successful launch in Japan on February 22.