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Linkzmax on 01 August 2010

As the Title implies, I decided to create a single thread comparing shipments and sales(according to VGC of course) for the 360, Wii, and PS3.(And now DS and PSP) Shipment data from Nintendo and Sony was easy enough to find, but older numbers from Microsoft was a chore to find. Sales data was very simple thanks to the Hardware Table feature. I believe everything is accurate, but if anyone notices a typo or something off, please let me know and I'll fix it. I'll also keep this post up to date each time the Big 3 release their statements and every month or so to account for VGC adjustments.

 

Microsoft X360:

Range Shipped Sold Difference Tally
Oct-Dec '05 1.5 1,178,267 321,733 321,733
Jan-Mar '06 1.7 1,245,659 454,341 776,074
Apr-Jun '06 1.8 1,272,683 527,317 1,303,391
FY 2006 5 3,696,609 1,303,391 1,303,391
Jul-Sept '06 0.97 1,047,283 -77,283 1,226,108
Oct-Dec '06 4.4 3,235,907 1,164,093 2,390,201
Jan-Mar '07 0.5 1,388,481 -888,481 1,501,720
Apr-Jun '07 0.7 1,023,343 -323,343 1,178,377
FY 2007 6.6 6,695,014 -95,014 1,208,377
Jul-Sept '07 1.8 1,498,916 301,084 1,479,461
Oct-Dec '07 4.3 3,968,812 331,188 1,810,649
Jan-Mar '08 1.3 1,662,103 -362,103 1,448,546
Apr-Jun '08 1.3 1,532,643 -232,643 1,215,903
FY 2008 8.7 8,662,474 37,526 1,245,903
Jul-Sept '08 2.2 1,648,814 551,186 1,767,089
Oct-Dec '08 6 6,069,563 -69,563 1,697,526
Jan-Mar '09 1.7 2,084,521 -384,521 1,313,005
Apr-Jun '09 1.2 1,419,099 -219,099 1,093,906
FY 2009 11.2 11,221,997 -21,997 1,223,906
Jul-Sept '09 2.1 1,665,847 434,153 1,528,059
Oct-Dec '09 5.2 4,991,051 208,949 1,737,008
Jan-Mar '10 1.5 2,178,727 -678,727 1,058,281
Apr-Jun '10 1.5 1,681,690 -181,690 876,591
FY 2010 10.3 10,517,315 -217,315 1,006,591
Jul-Sept '10 2.8 2,630,395 169,605 1,046,196
Oct-Dec '10 6.3 6,905,951 -605,951 440,245
Jan-Mar '11 2.7 2,511,855 188,145 628,390
Apr-Jun '11 1.7 1,877,859 -177,859 450,531
FY 2011 13.5 13,926,060 -426,060 580,531
Jul-Sept '11 2.3 1,922,174 377,826 828,357
Oct-Dec '11 8.2 7,112,681 1,087,319 1,915,676
Jan-Mar '12



Apr-Jun '12



FY 2012 10.5 9,034,855 1,465,145 2,045,676
Launch-Dec '11 65.8 63,754,324 2,045,676

Microsoft has a different LTD shipped total between the sum of the quarters and the sum of fiscal years. This is due to the Jul-Sept '06 quarter and rounding in the 2007 FY.


Nintendo Wii:

Range Shipped Sold Difference Tally
Oct-Dec '06 3.19 2,954,781 235,219 235,219
Jan-Mar '07 2.65 2,883,275 -233,275 1,944
FY 2007 5.84 5,838,056 1,944 1,944
Apr-Jun '07 3.43 3,207,694 222,306 224,250
Jul-Sept '07 3.9 3,380,882 519,118 743,368
Oct-Dec '07 6.97 7,081,438 -111,438 631,930
Jan-Mar '08 4.31 3,951,843 358,157 990,087
FY 2008 18.61 17,621,857 988,143 990,087
Apr-Jun '08 5.17 5,109,465 60,535 1,050,622
Jul-Sept '08 4.93 4,092,124 837,876 1,888,498
Oct-Dec '08 10.42 11,034,831 -614,831 1,273,667
Jan-Mar '09 5.43 4,080,629 1,349,371 2,623,038
FY 2009 25.95 24,317,049 1,632,951 2,623,038
Apr-Jun '09 2.23 2,652,509 -422,509 2,200,529
Jul-Sept '09 3.52 2,778,858 741,142 2,941,671
Oct-Dec '09 11.31 11,783,421 -473,421 2,468,250
Jan-Mar '10 3.47 4,048,905 -578,905 1,889,345
FY 2010 20.53 21,263,693 -733,693 1,889,345
Apr-Jun '10 3.04 2,651,027 388,973 2,278,318
Jul-Sept '10 1.93 1,923,999 6,001 2,284,319
Oct-Dec '10 8.74 8,802,810 -62,810 2,221,509
Jan-Mar '11 1.37 2,508,390 -1,138,390 1,083,119
FY 2011 15.08 15,886,226 -806,226 1,083,119
Apr-Jun '11 1.56 1,922,293 -362,293 720,826
Jul-Sept '11 1.79 1,563,936 226,064 946,890
Oct-Dec '11 5.61 5,685,503 -75,503 871,387
Jan-Mar '12



FY 2012 8.96 9,171,732 -211,732 871,387
Launch-Dec '11 94.97 94,098,613 871,387


Sony PS3:

Range Shipped Sold Difference Tally
Oct-Dec '06 1.7 1,252,040 447,960 447,960
Jan-Mar '07 1.8 1,606,157 193,843 641,803
FY 2007 3.5 2,858,197 641,803 641,803
Apr-Jun '07 0.7 962,452 -262,452 379,351
Jul-Sept '07 1.3 1,211,386 88,614 467,965
Oct-Dec '07 4.9 4,142,060 757,940 1,225,905
Jan-Mar '08 2.2 2,276,028 -76,028 1,149,877
FY 2008 9.1 8,591,926 508,074 1,149,877
Apr-Jun '08 1.6 2,107,977 -507,977 641,900
Jul-Sept '08 2.4 1,669,475 730,525 1,372,425
Oct-Dec '08 4.5 4,151,278 348,722 1,721,147
Jan-Mar '09 1.6 1,920,671 -320,671 1,400,476
FY 2009 10.1 9,849,401 250,599 1,400,476
Apr-Jun '09 1.1 1,401,475 -301,475 1,099,001
Jul-Sept '09 3.2 2,736,977 463,023 1,562,024
Oct-Dec '09 6.5 6,912,133 -412,133 1,149,891
Jan-Mar '10 2.2 3,169,806 -969,806 180,085
FY 2010 13 14,220,391 -1,220,391 180,085
Apr-Jun '10 2.42 2,104,629 315,371 495,456
Jul-Sept '10 3.5 2,261,249 1,238,751 1,734,207
Oct-Dec '10 6.3 6,312,577 -12,577 1,721,630
Jan-Mar '11 2.1 3,101,799 -1,001,799 719,831
FY 2011 14.32 13,780,254 539,746 719,831
Apr-Jun '11 1.8 2,007,954 -207,954 511,877
Jul-Sept '11 3.7 2,603,361 1,096,639 1,608,516
Oct-Dec '11 6.5 6,329,039 170,961 1,779,477
Jan-Mar '12



FY 2012 12 10,940,354 1,059,646 1,779,477
Launch-Dec '11 62.02 60,240,523 1,779,477


Nintendo DS:

Range Shipped Sold Difference Tally
Oct-Dec '04 2.84 2,857,387 -17,387 -17,387
Jan-Mar '05 2.43 1,637,453 792,547 775,160
FY 2005 5.27 4,494,840 775,160 775,160
Apr-Jun '05 1.38 1,329,038 50,962 826,122
Jul-Sept '05 2.18 1,458,580 721,420 1,547,542
Oct-Dec '05 5.6 6,566,124 -966,124 581,418
Jan-Mar '06 2.3 2,666,464 -366,464 214,954
FY 2006 11.46 12,020,206 -560,206 214,954
Apr-Jun '06 4.54 4,420,671 119,329 334,283
Jul-Sept '06 5.55 4,956,670 593,330 927,613
Oct-Dec '06 8.79 8,733,161 56,839 984,452
Jan-Mar '07 4.68 5,449,768 -769,768 214,684
FY 2007 23.56 23,560,270 -270 214,684
Apr-Jun '07 6.98 5,924,210 1,055,790 1,270,474
Jul-Sept '07 6.37 5,896,067 473,933 1,744,407
Oct-Dec '07 11.14 12,238,650 -1,098,650 645,757
Jan-Mar '08 5.82 5,111,325 708,675 1,354,432
FY 2008 30.31 29,170,252 1,139,748 1,354,432
Apr-Jun '08 6.94 5,092,185 1,847,815 3,202,247
Jul-Sept '08 6.79 5,635,275 1,154,725 4,356,972
Oct-Dec '08 11.89 13,824,987 -1,934,987 2,421,985
Jan-Mar '09 5.56 4,309,067 1,250,933 3,672,918
FY 2009 31.18 28,861,514 2,318,486 3,672,918
Apr-Jun '09 5.97 5,989,534 -19,534 3,653,384
Jul-Sept '09 5.73 5,331,988 398,012 4,051,396
Oct-Dec '09 11.65 11,942,941 -292,941 3,758,455
Jan-Mar '10 3.76 4,394,289 -634,289 3,124,166
FY 2010 27.11 27,658,752 -548,752 3,124,166
Apr-Jun '10 3.15 3,523,100 -373,100 2,751,066
Jul-Sept '10 3.54 3,595,189 -55,189 2,695,877
Oct-Dec '10 9.01 9,323,153 -313,153 2,382,724
Jan-Mar '11 1.82 2,892,402 -1,072,402 1,310,322
FY 2011 17.52 19,333,844 -1,813,844 1,310,322
Apr-Jun '11 1.44 1,926,677 -486,677 823,645
Jul-Sept '11 1.14 1,552,709 -412,709 410,936
Oct-Dec '11 2.06 2,487,524 -427,524 -16,588
Jan-Mar '12



FY 2012 4.64 5,966,910 -1,326,910 -16,588
Launch-Dec '11 151.05 151,066,588 -16,588


Sony PSP:

Range Shipped Sold Difference Tally
Oct-Dec '04 0.51 468,888 41,112 41,112
Jan-Mar '05 2.46 1,342,797 1,117,203 1,158,315
FY 2004 2.97 1,811,685 1,158,315 1,158,315
Apr-Jun '05 2.09 1,496,073 593,927 1,752,242
Jul-Sept '05 3.75 2,053,581 1,696,419 3,448,661
Oct-Dec '05 6.22 4,720,895 1,499,105 4,947,766
Jan-Mar '06 2 2,204,590 -204,590 4,743,176
FY 2005 14.06 10,475,139 3,584,861 4,743,176
Apr-Jun '06 1.4 2,024,292 -624,292 4,118,884
Jul-Sept '06 2 1,563,773 436,227 4,555,111
Oct-Dec '06 4.7 3,695,929 1,004,071 5,559,182
Jan-Mar '07 1.5 2,217,237 -717,237 4,841,945
FY 2006 9.6 9,501,231 98,769 4,841,945
Apr-Jun '07 2.1 2,443,089 -343,089 4,498,856
Jul-Sept '07 2.5 2,733,691 -233,691 4,265,165
Oct-Dec '07 5.7 5,420,280 279,720 4,544,885
Jan-Mar '08 3.5 3,336,423 163,577 4,708,462
FY 2007 13.8 13,933,483 -133,483 4,708,462
Apr-Jun '08 3.7 2,912,263 787,737 5,496,199
Jul-Sept '08 3.2 2,630,947 569,053 6,065,252
Oct-Dec '08 5.1 5,168,770 -68,770 5,996,482
Jan-Mar '09 2.1 2,145,703 -45,703 5,950,779
FY 2008 14.1 12,857,683 1,242,317 5,950,779
Apr-Jun '09 1.3 1,736,851 -436,851 5,513,928
Jul-Sept '09 3 1,896,131 1,103,869 6,617,797
Oct-Dec '09 4.2 4,077,302 122,698 6,740,495
Jan-Mar '10 1.4 2,157,308 -757,308 5,983,187
FY 2009 9.9 9,867,592 32,408 5,983,187
Apr-Jun '10 1.2 1,533,442 -333,442 5,649,745
Jul-Sept '10 1.5 1,634,853 -134,853 5,514,892
Oct-Dec '10 3.6 3,917,725 -317,725 5,197,167
Jan-Mar '11 1.7 2,010,423 -310,423 4,886,744
FY 2010 8 9,096,443 -1,096,443 4,886,744
Apr-Jun '11 1.8 1,748,155 51,845 4,938,589
Jul-Sept '11 1.7 1,494,520 205,480 5,144,069
Oct-Dec '11 2.4 2,059,957 340,043 5,484,112
Jan-Mar '12



FY 2011 5.9 5,302,632 597,368 5,484,112
Launch-Dec '11* 78.33 72,845,888 5,484,112
SCEJ Report** 74.7 72,845,888 1,854,112

*For the PSP, FY '04 and '05 are production numbers as the actual shipment numbers aren't published anywhere. This will cause PSP shipped numbers to be inflated by the units that were counted twice,(when produced and when shipped) but the exact amount is anyone's guess.
** The PS3 shipped total was ~38M through June 2010, so this would put the PSP shipped total at 62M through the same date.  

 

Nintendo 3DS:

Range Shipped Sold Difference Tally
Jan-Mar '11 3.6 1,854,970 1,745,030 1,745,030
FY 2011 3.6 1,854,970 1,745,030 1,745,030
Apr-Jun '11 0.71 1,373,560 -663,560 1,081,470
Jul-Sept '11 2.35 2,295,658 54,342 1,135,812
Oct-Dec '11 8.36 8,371,517 -11,517 1,124,295
Jan-Mar '12



FY 2012 11.42 12,040,735 -620,735 1,124,295
Launch-Dec '11 15.02 13,895,705 1,124,295


Sony PSV:

Range Shipped Sold Difference Tally
Oct-Dec '11 0.5 481,573 18,427 18,427
Jan-Mar '12



FY 2011 0.5 481,573 18,427 18,427
Launch-Dec '11* 0.5 481,573 18,427


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ethomaz on 01 August 2010

Good job.



darthdevidem01 on 01 August 2010

This is an excellent thread Linkzmax and goes down in my bookmarks.

Will refer to this many times in the future

Thanks for the effort!



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Wonktonodi on 01 August 2010

very nice this will help answer some peoples questions



myths n legends on 01 August 2010

there seems to be a lot of consistency here... sony ships high nintendo ships mid ms ships low, also notice at one point nintendo had 3 mil extra consoles so i dont get what the big deal is right now with sonys shipped numbers



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Serious_frusting on 01 August 2010
myths n legends said:

there seems to be a lot of consistency here... sony ships high nintendo ships mid ms ships low, also notice at one point nintendo had 3 mil extra consoles so i dont get what the big deal is right now with sonys shipped numbers

the problem is the gap between sold and whats been shipped is too big for too long when it comes to Sony. If the is that many PS3's on shelves then the shops would not accept more shipments. If you remember the PS3 was supply constrained not so long ago and looking at the shipments vs sold, Being supply constrained would have been impossible with almost 2 million PS3's in the wild.



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unknown_soul89 on 01 August 2010
Serious_frusting said:
myths n legends said:

there seems to be a lot of consistency here... sony ships high nintendo ships mid ms ships low, also notice at one point nintendo had 3 mil extra consoles so i dont get what the big deal is right now with sonys shipped numbers

the problem is the gap between sold and whats been shipped is too big for too long when it comes to Sony. If the is that many PS3's on shelves then the shops would not accept more shipments. If you remember the PS3 was supply constrained not so long ago and looking at the shipments vs sold, Being supply constrained would have been impossible with almost 2 million PS3's in the wild.

So VG chartz is consistently, inconsistent with ps3 sales what exactly is causing that



Kynes on 01 August 2010

AFAIK, and if wrong please correct me, there is a small but important difference between what Sony considers sold, and what MS or Nintendo considers sold. If I'm not mistaken, Sony considers a PS3 sold when they receive the order, but MS or Nintendo provide the number of consoles not in their hands anymore. This could explain that bigger difference between Sony numbers and VGC numbers, than between MS or Nintendo numbers and VGC numbers.

 

I don't know in the console world, but in networking devices, there is a 4 weeks delay between your order and when the product leaves the manufacturing plant. This 4 weeks delay could explain that difference.



unknown_soul89 on 01 August 2010
Kynes said:

AFAIK, and if wrong please correct me, there is a small but important difference between what Sony considers sold, and what MS or Nintendo considers sold. If I'm not mistaken, Sony considers a PS3 sold when they receive the order, but MS or Nintendo provide the number of consoles not in their hands anymore. This could explain that bigger difference between Sony numbers and VGC numbers, than between MS or Nintendo numbers and VGC numbers.

 

I don't know in the console world, but in networking devices, there is a 4 weeks delay between your order and when the product leaves the manufacturing plant. This 4 weeks delay could explain that difference.

if you take away a third of the shipped for the last one of Sony the tally does become 314,260 instead of 2 million but I'd need evidence Sony counts it differently then MS



Kynes on 01 August 2010
unknown_soul89 said:
Kynes said:

AFAIK, and if wrong please correct me, there is a small but important difference between what Sony considers sold, and what MS or Nintendo considers sold. If I'm not mistaken, Sony considers a PS3 sold when they receive the order, but MS or Nintendo provide the number of consoles not in their hands anymore. This could explain that bigger difference between Sony numbers and VGC numbers, than between MS or Nintendo numbers and VGC numbers.

 

I don't know in the console world, but in networking devices, there is a 4 weeks delay between your order and when the product leaves the manufacturing plant. This 4 weeks delay could explain that difference.

if you take away a third of the shipped for the last one of Sony the tally does become 314,260 instead of 2 million but I'd need evidence Sony counts it differently then MS

314260 or 1519370?

 

I'm not sure where I've read it, I think in one of The Source analysis. Maybe someone in the know can confirm or deny this.