Hi guys, i thought it would be interesting to compare the PS4's sales with those of the Wii.
Now there are a few things to keep in mind here: The Wii launched on November 19 in North America, two weeks later in Japan and one week after that in Europe and others. Playstation 4 launched on November 15 in North America and two weeks later in Europe and others.
This means:
- Wii had a few days less of sales before the holidays and a week less in Europe.
- Playstation 4 has not launched in Japan yet.
The numbers are global sales, the weeks are the number of weeks after launch with number from VGChartz. This means Wii starts from the week endig 25th of November 2006, PS4 starts from the week ending 16th of November 2013 :
Nintendo Wii Playstation 4
Week 1 : 529,658 1,051,921
Week 2 : 537,879 99,756
Week 3 : 588,973 949,437
Week 4 : 414,732 343,093
Week 5 : 597,968 479,679
Week 6 : 285,571 751,351
Week 7 : 304,147 471,720
Week 8 : 251,498 265,659
Week 9 : 245,435 196,691
Week 10: 251,288 174,938
Week 11: 231,018 164,432
Week 12: 220,974 175,882
Week 13: 216,779 160,424
Week 14: 232,912 155,705
Week 15: 200,263 461,405
Week 16: 181,394 176,302
Week 17: 193,202 132,991
Week 18: 199,293 132,202
Week 19: 155,072 211,579
Week 20: 187,192 175,037
Week 21: 207,491 163,867
Total: 6,232,739 6,894,071
Current leader: PS4 by 661,332
Week 22: 235,090
Week 23: 298,457
So far Playstation 4 seems to be leading. To be honest, i never expected a home console to sell faster than the combo of motion controls and Wii sports but it seems like Playstation 4 might have a chance.
I will keep this thread updated, it's going to be interesting.