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Weekly Sales Analysis

  • 22-03-2012 12:21pm
    #1
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 17,137 Mod ✭✭✭✭


    Thought it would be interesting to post a weekly update on hardware sales.

    This week the 3DS leads the way globally in sales, followed closely by the PS3. The 360 and PSVita are on each others tails with the Wii trailing behind. PSP is now outselling the original DS for the first time in over a year believe it or not, primarily down to a strong Japanese base. Notice that all hardware sales are down on the previous weeks, with the PSVita already down 33% on last weeks sales following its launch in some major territories. I'd say its a disappointment on Sony's side to see sales drop so fast.

    3DS 179,947 (-9%) 16,309,738
    PS3 172,371 (-21%) 62,464,312
    X360 120,314 (-11%) 65,304,481
    PSV 113,252 (-33%) 1,495,821
    Wii 79,399 (-12%) 95,261,183
    PSP 41,658 (-4%) 73,498,007
    DS 38,912 (-17%) 151,670,904

    On the software sales, it looks quite rosy for 360 publishers. All figures exclude digital sales, which would have an impact on most platforms, and especially the PC platform. With the launch of some major games, it certainly helped the 360 with 1.6m of the 360 sales going solely towards ME3.

    X360 3,113,029 (+74%) 615,896,038
    PS3 2,402,787 (-7%) 527,497,811
    Wii 1,172,059 (-13%) 776,107,457
    PC 669,551 (+52%) N/A
    3DS 534,403 (+5%) 33,221,615
    DS 499,183 (-21%) 722,751,541
    PSP 224,311 (-26%) 259,606,414
    PSV 189,693 (-16%) 1,929,000


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Comments

  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 52,410 CMod ✭✭✭✭Retr0gamer


    PSP Vita not doing bad despite what the press say. Seems they just love doom and gloom stories as much as tabloids.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,929 ✭✭✭✭ShadowHearth


    Retr0gamer wrote: »
    PSP Vita not doing bad despite what the press say. Seems they just love doom and gloom stories as much as tabloids.

    +1.

    i find ps vita an amazing device! i still dont understand how the hell 3ds sells so much...

    did they include digital distribution in to pc part?


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 18,377 CMod ✭✭✭✭Nody


    +1.

    i find ps vita an amazing device! i still dont understand how the hell 3ds sells so much...

    did they include digital distribution in to pc part?
    All figures exclude digital sales, which would have an impact on most platforms, and especially the PC platform.
    .


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 27,349 ✭✭✭✭super_furry


    Digital sales are going to be an increasingly large factor with the Vita too as games as genuinely cheaper on the PSN store when they launch.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,929 ✭✭✭✭ShadowHearth


    Digital sales are going to be an increasingly large factor with the Vita too as games as genuinely cheaper on the PSN store when they launch.

    vita and PC. specially PC. I could just imagine how many games were sold on steam, origin etc.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,896 ✭✭✭penev10


    i still dont understand how the hell 3ds sells so much...
    My wife is a primary school teacher and she says all the kids in school have replaced their DS with a 3DS.


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 52,410 CMod ✭✭✭✭Retr0gamer


    i find ps vita an amazing device! i still dont understand how the hell 3ds sells so much...

    To be honest it's got a fanastic little library so far.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,929 ✭✭✭✭ShadowHearth


    Well I would not trust a child with ps vita, but I would give him 100 quid ds...
    So Nintendo like always making a killing in young gamers market.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,447 ✭✭✭Calhoun


    +1.

    i find ps vita an amazing device! i still dont understand how the hell 3ds sells so much...

    did they include digital distribution in to pc part?

    I would say psp could pick up when more games come out, I was an early adopter of the psp go and got burned badly .

    Nintendo on the other hand seem to keep things simpler but allot of the games are good fun . Sony on the other hand at times made crap ports of full games and how the released a download only device without allot of their backcatalogue is crazy.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,966 ✭✭✭Syferus


    PS Vita is doing plenty bad. Sure, it can pick up, but the fact a desperation price drop was known to be inevitable before it even launched in the West tells its own story.

    What its sales are most indicative of is the bottom sliding out of the market for core, big budget and big price handheld games.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 10,469 ✭✭✭✭GTR63


    Man the PSP has sold more than the 360 or PS3 thats a stat I wasn't expecting. How much would a Psp be 2nd hand now?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,750 ✭✭✭ghostchant


    Retr0gamer wrote: »
    PSP Vita not doing bad despite what the press say. Seems they just love doom and gloom stories as much as tabloids.

    +1.

    i find ps vita an amazing device! i still dont understand how the hell 3ds sells so much...

    did they include digital distribution in to pc part?

    I'm a big fan of all 4 'active' handhelds, and despite the fact that the Vita already has some good titles due to a very decent launch lineup, the 3DS certainly has better titles right now. Love them both, but they have a long way to go before outdoing their predecessors both in terms of sales and quality games.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,710 ✭✭✭✭Skerries


    I never got the handheld gaming thing
    I know you are going to say that there are some fantastic games on them but I just feel like they are 2nd rate cut down games
    the only one I ever had was a Gameboy which I bought years after they came out and only played the games that came with it, maybe if I got it as a kid I would be more inclined to like them but the ones that were out then were overpriced and too simple in nature like the Game and Watch series


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,929 ✭✭✭✭ShadowHearth


    Syferus wrote: »
    PS Vita is doing plenty bad. Sure, it can pick up, but the fact a desperation price drop was known to be inevitable before it even launched in the West tells its own story.

    What its sales are most indicative of is the bottom sliding out of the market for core, big budget and big price handheld games.
    You clearly dont own ps vita and haven't played or spent enough time with it. If I would get my money back for my ps vita and 3ds, I would go and buy vita again with no second thoughts. I don't even mind paying 40eu price for games on it as you get more of a console version of games on it, then watered down portable versions. Ps vita is not doing that bad, it's too early to be digging a hole for it. It's out only 1 month in eu.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,750 ✭✭✭ghostchant


    Skerries wrote: »
    I never got the handheld gaming thing
    I know you are going to say that there are some fantastic games on them but I just feel like they are 2nd rate cut down games

    If you go into handhelds only looking for home-console style games, you're only going to come across the '2nd rate cut down' games. Even with the Vita, Uncharted doesn't really do anything for me, but I could play Lumines or Motorstorm RC all day. I've certainly played both more than any of the AAA games released in the last 6 months.

    The one exception to that for me is RPGs, which I just don't have the time to play in front of a TV any more. Being able to play them while commuting/travelling makes completing them a realistic task for me. And the sheer amount of top quality (i.e. better than or as good as their home-console equivalent) JRPGs released on the DS/PSP means I'll never be able to make it through them all.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,710 ✭✭✭✭Skerries


    I would predominantly play RPG's, FPS's and RTS's and I am not into JRPG's so I prefer to play in front of a monitor/tv so handhelds aren't my bag
    They would be good if I had to commute long distances but I don't so mobile gaming would be enough for me
    I think they are great for what they are and especially for kids which I think is their biggest market
    I may eventually get a Vita some time down the line as it is quite impressive for what it is and much closer to a home gaming system than we have previously had


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,750 ✭✭✭ghostchant


    Even when I'm at home I play handhelds more than home consoles, though that's probably just me. I still play gameboy games frequently. I play retro stuff more than newer stuff on home consoles so in general the stuff I play on handheld is probably more 'advanced' than the stuff I play in front of a tv anyway.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 334 ✭✭jaydoxx


    ghostchant wrote: »
    Even when I'm at home I play handhelds more than home consoles, though that's probably just me. I still play gameboy games frequently. I play retro stuff more than newer stuff on home consoles so in general the stuff I play on handheld is probably more 'advanced' than the stuff I play in front of a tv anyway.

    Same here, i find it difficult to commit time to movies or tv shows but gimme a book or album or handheld game and i've no problem at all.
    I think it has something to do with the fact that i'd be stuck on a couch for an extended period of time:pac:


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,929 ✭✭✭✭ShadowHearth


    ghostchant wrote: »
    Even when I'm at home I play handhelds more than home consoles, though that's probably just me. I still play gameboy games frequently. I play retro stuff more than newer stuff on home consoles so in general the stuff I play on handheld is probably more 'advanced' than the stuff I play in front of a tv anyway.
    Well you are not alone. For example my handhelds have newer left home after I bought them. For me vita is more of a home console when I am in a bed and misses is not up for a "game". She can watch her telly and I can play my games. I own all of the current gen stuff amd only two things are most played: pc and ps vita.
    Older gamers have partners or kids and know that telly or pc is harder to get too, so things like handhelds is the only salvation. Plus you get more and more stuff on handhelds which are console quality.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,966 ✭✭✭Syferus


    You clearly dont own ps vita and haven't played or spent enough time with it. If I would get my money back for my ps vita and 3ds, I would go and buy vita again with no second thoughts. I don't even mind paying 40eu price for games on it as you get more of a console version of games on it, then watered down portable versions. Ps vita is not doing that bad, it's too early to be digging a hole for it. It's out only 1 month in eu.

    Where did I say I disliked the Vita? It's an undeniable fact 30-40 euro handheld games have become a much, much harder sell. The Vita's price was actually quite good at announcement, but the tablet price war when combined with poor sales in Japan has made it clear Sony need to do what Nintendo did with the 3DS and be very aggressive in re-pricing it if they don't want it to be an afterthought in the handheld market.

    You or I could love it as a platform but that doesn't mean it isn't in serious need of work to make it viable as anything but a miniature niche in the industry.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 988 ✭✭✭Zeouterlimits


    Source on the data in the OP?


  • Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 17,137 Mod ✭✭✭✭cherryghost


    Already an update as the thread started late :P

    Platform Weekly (change) Total
    3DS 172,755 (-4%) 16,482,680
    PS3 160,732 (-7%) 62,625,044
    X360 116,336 (-3%) 65,420,835
    PSV 91,633 (-19%) 1,587,485
    Wii 76,120 (-5%) 95,337,679
    PSP 43,460 (+4%) 73,539,794
    DS 34,895 (-10%) 151,705,833


    Software:
    PS3 2,271,316 (-6%) 529,793,582
    X360 2,049,697 (-35%) 617,982,439
    Wii 1,368,565 (+16%) 777,487,106
    DS 763,674 (+51%) 723,523,142
    PC 547,148 (-19%) N/A
    PSP 473,761 (+109%) 260,082,992
    3DS 429,841 (-20%) 33,654,482
    PSV 148,022 (-23%) 2,078,040


    In short, PSP sales still on the increase, PSP, DS and Wii software sales jump. PSP sales up over 100% due to a number of high profile releases in Japan.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 334 ✭✭jaydoxx


    Those psv sales look pretty good, but why are we hearing so many doom & gloom stories?


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 52,410 CMod ✭✭✭✭Retr0gamer


    jaydoxx wrote: »
    Those psv sales look pretty good, but why are we hearing so many doom & gloom stories?

    Bad news gets more hits than good news.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,966 ✭✭✭Syferus


    How is being outsold by a margin of almost 2:1 by your nearest competitor, who also has been out nearly a year longer, something not alarming or newsworthy? Nevermind that being continually outstripped in Japan by the 3DS means the Vita us far less likely to get a big ticket Japanese third party gane to even lead on it without a serious money hat from Sony. Monster Hunter papered over alot of cracks in Japan (and indirectly in the West) on the PSP but it's more than a little unrealistic to expect lightning to strike twice, this is a very different handheld market.

    Guys, stop being so defensive. Most of the press is justified.


  • Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 17,137 Mod ✭✭✭✭cherryghost


    Buuump! Figures for the previous week:

    Hardware sales:

    3DS 218,138 (+21%) 20,703,278
    PS3 206,216 (+68%) 66,766,226
    X360 142,853 (+17%) 68,600,737
    PSP 47,481 (+49%) 75,088,618
    PSV 43,243 (+30%) 2,957,433
    Wii 38,210 (+9%) 96,668,772
    DS 21,457 (-8%) 152,082,461
    Total 717,598 (+30%)

    Software Sales:
    PS3 4,290,529 (+101%) 577,417,175
    X3603,538,545 (+53%) 662,833,350
    PC 1,253,108 (+83%) N/A
    Wii 808,875 (+10%) 803,797,218
    DS 504,095 (+7%) 741,400,472
    3DS 503,975 (+9%) 48,846,939
    PSP 455,921 (+71%) 268,253,760
    PSV 187,592 (+87%) 5,558,577
    Total 11,542,640 (+61%)

    PSP still performing strong in Japan combined with the new PSP model keeps it ahead of the PSVita.. for now. I think come Christmas the tables will finally turn and the Vita will pick up. The PS3 has been slowly catching up to the 360 and has been almost constantly outselling it over the last few months. Will we see a swaparound for 2nd place in hardware sales?

    Nintendo hit a landmark a few weeks back by hitting the 20m mark on the 3DS. So from the point where this thread started to now, over 4m have been sold. Wii still selling but might not hit 100m sales by the end of the year. Will be close though!


    As for software it's been an interesting week with both big PSP and PSVita games racking up their sales. This in turn boosted their hardware sales and it looks like a continuing trend with some AAA titles coming out on PSVita at least.

    PS3 sales doubled this week over last week primarily due to FIFA 13, same surge applies to 360. PC surge of 83% is primarily down to the new World of Warcraft expansion which has sold almost 700,000 in a week retail, almost 3m total. 3DS not seeing much of an increase due to no large name releases.


    Exciting times on the horizon with Christmas approaching.


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 52,410 CMod ✭✭✭✭Retr0gamer


    I wonder how much of those Vita sales are in japan, I don't see it being popular anywhere else in the world. Shame, I hope it picks up, some good stuff being announced and coming out for it.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,493 ✭✭✭RedXIV


    I would have assumed that people were waiting for the PSone compatibility issues to be sorted before they bought the PS Vita which was only fixed a month ago.

    I've been playing alot of my Vita the last while, really enjoying it as a console although I'm not using half the revolutionary features. I just love the screen though :D


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 52,410 CMod ✭✭✭✭Retr0gamer


    I doubt PS1 compatibility is a big selling point.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,929 ✭✭✭✭ShadowHearth


    Retr0gamer wrote: »
    I doubt PS1 compatibility is a big selling point.

    i think it would have a thing to play in sales m8. a lot of people, me included were unhappy that it had no support for psone.

    i alone have parasite eve 2, ff7, ff9, CTR on my vita.


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 52,410 CMod ✭✭✭✭Retr0gamer


    i think it would have a thing to play in sales m8. a lot of people, me included were unhappy that it had no support for psone.

    i alone have parasite eve 2, ff7, ff9, CTR on my vita.

    But you bought one anyway :P It was pretty obvious it was coming, considering Sony said it was.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,929 ✭✭✭✭ShadowHearth


    Retr0gamer wrote: »
    But you bought one anyway :P It was pretty obvious it was coming, considering Sony said it was.

    i sure did! :P

    i still love it a lot. It just needs some more love from game devs!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 27,349 ✭✭✭✭super_furry


    One of the biggest problems that Sony have and one they could easily adress is the price of their memory cards. I've bought all my Vita games barring Little Big Planet from PSN because it's cheaper and available on the same day of release. However I've filled up my 16gb card and I'll be damned if I'm going to spend another €50 (or €80 for a 32gb card) just for the privilage of giving them even more money on PSN.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,493 ✭✭✭RedXIV


    One of the biggest problems that Sony have and one they could easily adress is the price of their memory cards. I've bought all my Vita games barring Little Big Planet from PSN because it's cheaper and available on the same day of release. However I've filled up my 16gb card and I'll be damned if I'm going to spend another €50 (or €80 for a 32gb card) just for the privilage of giving them even more money on PSN.

    I'd agree with this. When I have space available, I can't fill the card fast enough but once it hits a limit I lose interest. Sony ends up losing out here.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,997 ✭✭✭Grimebox


    Where are you getting these figures from?


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  • Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 17,137 Mod ✭✭✭✭cherryghost


    VGChartz. They normally have a quarterly review section too with some interesting analysis.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,997 ✭✭✭Mr.Saturn


    Does anyone see it likely that the DS will finally sell that final 1.05 million it needs to match the PS2 as the best-selling console of all-time? The PS2 officially launched in Brazil in '09, which has potential for top-up sales, but it's prohibitively expensive to the average wage (and most sane people), and the market's rife with imports and piracy anyways.

    I know Nintendo promoted two new variations of the DSi recently (no, really: http://tinyurl.com/dyxam7s), but I doubt they'd quite crack the mark. Even with a couple of big DS-brand titles coming in, like Pokemon Black 2 and White 2, I don't see many first-timers choosing a new DS/i/iXL, when they can have the same functionality and a new platform in the 3DS/XL. There's the guaranteed lower-end of the market, but that rarely ever counts for all that much of a console's life-sales in the long-run, and more a stab at bleeding the last few coins from a retiring system.

    Interestingly, on top of all this, EA went ahead with a PS2 version of Fifa '13 this year, and wasn't bothered with the DS. Mind, I imagine this has more to do with the relatively straight-forward process of porting the PSP version over to the PS2, instead of starting from scratch with a DS version, even with it being the more recent system(and actually still somewhat supported). EA being lazy, who'd a' thunk it? Rarely a company to pass up a penny, whatever end of the market. Anyways, if this fact sells a single PS2, I'll have to reconsider many things in life.

    I'll probably be picking up a Vita within the next year, to play the port of Muramasa: The Demon Blade. It's got the stuff from the Wii original, but has 4/5 extra characters/stories (if I'm recalling correctly). It was a brilliant game first time round, so triple the original is worth a punt, I feel.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,975 ✭✭✭iMuse


    I know this is slightly off topic but im surprised at how much less preorders Black Ops 2 has in comparison to MW3.The game has 483,000 less preorders so far. Looks like cods dominance is finally starting to decline?


    224214.jpg


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,994 ✭✭✭Taylor365


    ...Or people actually wanted to find out what happened in MW3?

    Whereas people couldn't give a toss about black ops story :D


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,160 ✭✭✭tok9


    Taylor365 wrote: »
    ...Or people actually wanted to find out what happened in MW3?

    Whereas people couldn't give a toss about black ops story :D

    that'd actually be a little disappointing if that was the reason as the Black ops story was far superior to any of the MW storylines imo.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,997 ✭✭✭Grimebox


    That graph doesn't say a whole lot to be honest


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,994 ✭✭✭Taylor365


    tok9 wrote: »
    that'd actually be a little disappointing if that was the reason as the Black ops story was far superior to any of the MW storylines imo.
    Really?

    I didn't make it past the 3rd or 4th mission. Uninstalled it after that...and that was a pirated edition! :O


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 52,410 CMod ✭✭✭✭Retr0gamer


    I can't even remember what happened in any of the Call of Duty games since CoD4, that's how much of an impression they left with me. It's just excuse after excuse to put ethnic and racial minorities in front of my crosshairs.


  • Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 10,088 Mod ✭✭✭✭marco_polo


    Sort of on topic but I stumbled across this press release for Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion, it is just an interesting little insight into the benefits of digital distribution for indie developers.

    This was the first game that Stardock did not release at retail and despite the digital only approach, became the fastest-selling title in the company's history

    http://www.stardock.com/about/newsitem.asp?id=2738


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 27,349 ✭✭✭✭super_furry


    Taylor365 wrote: »
    ...Or people actually wanted to find out what happened in MW3?

    Whereas people couldn't give a toss about black ops story :D

    I'd imagine a tiny percent of people play COD for the story, as rubbish as it is. COD is all about multiplayer.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,160 ✭✭✭tok9


    Not defending any of the CODs as I hated MW3 but Black Ops had an enjoyable single player with an all right storyline in comparison to the others.


  • Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 17,137 Mod ✭✭✭✭cherryghost


    Long bump but there's some interesting developments this month.

    Below is from March 2012:
    Platform Weekly (change) Total
    3DS 172,755 (-4%) 16,482,680
    PS3 160,732 (-7%) 62,625,044
    X360 116,336 (-3%) 65,420,835
    PSV 91,633 (-19%) 1,587,485
    Wii 76,120 (-5%) 95,337,679
    PSP 43,460 (+4%) 73,539,794
    DS 34,895 (-10%) 151,705,833


    Software:
    PS3 2,271,316 (-6%) 529,793,582
    X360 2,049,697 (-35%) 617,982,439
    Wii 1,368,565 (+16%) 777,487,106
    DS 763,674 (+51%) 723,523,142
    PC 547,148 (-19%) N/A
    PSP 473,761 (+109%) 260,082,992
    3DS 429,841 (-20%) 33,654,482
    PSV 148,022 (-23%) 2,078,040

    Hardware sales as of 18th May
    3DS 138,079 (-18%) 31,115,373
    PS3 124,134 (-7%) 77,183,123
    X360 83,095 (-4%) 77,221,659
    PSP 50,273 (-10%) 78,983,743
    PSV 32,115 (-36%) 5,080,019
    Wii 28,807 (-6%) 99,544,889
    WiiU 25,979 (-18%) 3,047,056
    DS 15,826 (+3%) 153,398,847


    The 3DS has sold 15m in 14 months. REALLY impressive figures from there. The 3DS hit 30m at the end of April due to a surge in figures from big name releases. I'd expect more spikes over the summer as the 3DS software library becomes ever more impressive.

    Also the PSVita surpassed 5m sales in early May. Unfortunately comparing that to March, that's 3m sales in a year. The older PSP sold the 5m in the same period (just won't die thanks to some quality eastern releases) which I'd say cut through Sony's heart (if they have one) 3DS currently outselling 5:1, hell even the older DS is not that far behind the Vita sales, but the PS4 might bring a resurgence to Vita sales.

    Another very interesting note to see is that the PS3 looks like it will overtake the Xbox 360 in hardware sales by the end of the month. Congratulations if it will happen (probably will)! The 360 sold around 12m units to PS3's 15m in the same period.

    The Wii U selling 3m within 6 months comes to many as a disappointment but to be perfectly honest I cannot see how. It's probably below many's estimates but 3m in a half year is nothing to gawp about. Recent news about the consoles 875% sales spike after Xbox One conference also just cements the Wii U's console status as a stayer.

    Finally the Wii is on the verge of breaking 100m sales, more then likely over the summer period.


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 52,410 CMod ✭✭✭✭Retr0gamer


    Vita has 5 million sales in a year? I was expecting far more disappointing sales than that. That's some very good sales for a year. I think the reports of it being a disaster are more game journo daily mail style headline grabbing. Same with the WiiU.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,929 ✭✭✭✭ShadowHearth


    Retr0gamer wrote: »
    Vita has 5 million sales in a year? I was expecting far more disappointing sales than that. That's some very good sales for a year. I think the reports of it being a disaster are more game journo daily mail style headline grabbing. Same with the WiiU.

    +1

    I was expecting a lot worse by the amount of doom and gloom moaning. 5mil vita? That sounds good. At this time of the year too. Let's not forget, it's in Ireland still autumn/winter puss raining time. The rest of the world is enjoying Sun and holidays. It's not the golden time for hardware sales.

    5million vitas with quite poor software lineup is great. We all know it's 5 million hungry vita users, who will buy next proper good title in heart beat too. Surely that is already worth making games for.


  • Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 17,137 Mod ✭✭✭✭cherryghost


    It's 3m for a 14 month period and 5m total. I really hope sales on it continue to rise


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