Analysis of Nintendo hardware/software per generation & region

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zorg1000 on 27 March 2015

1st Nintendo generation

NES (Global)-61.91 million

NES (Japan)-19.38 million

NES (Americas)-34.01 million

NES (Others)-8.57 million

NES software (Global)-500.01 million

Game & Watch (Global)-43.40 million

G&W (Japan)-12.87 million

G&W (Overseas)-30.53 million

Total hardware (Global)-105.31 million

Total hardware (Japan)-32.25 million

Total hardware (Americas)-52.33 million (assuming G&W is 60/40 split)

Total hardware (Others)-20.78 million (assuming G&W is 60/40 split)

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2nd Nintendo generation

SNES (Global)-49.10 million

SNES (Japan)-17.18 million

SNES (Americas)-23.36 million

SNES (Others)-8.70 million

SNES software (Global)-379.06 million

Gameboy Pre-Pokemon (Global)-54.40 million

Gameboy Pre-Pokemon (Japan)-12.16 million

Gameboy Pre-Pokemon (Americas)-22.92 million

Gameboy Pre-Pokemon (Others)-19.82 million

Gameboy software (Global)-501.11 million

Total hardware (Global)-103.50 million

Total hardware (Japan)-29.34 million

Total hardware (Americas)-46.28 million

Total hardware (Others)-28.52 million

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3rd Nintendo generation

N64 (Global)-32.93 million

N64 (Japan)-5.55 million

N64 (Americas)-21.92 million

N64 (Others)-7.00 million

N64 software (Global)-224.97 million

Gameboy Post-Pokemon (Global)-64.29 million

Gameboy Post-Pokemon (Japan)-20.32 million

Gameboy Post-Pokemon (Americas)-22.39 million

Gameboy Post-Pokemon (Others)-22.79 million

Total hardware (Global)-97.22 million

Total hardware (Japan)-25.87 million

Total hardware (Americas)-44.31 million

Total hardware (Others)-29.79 million

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4th Nintendo generation

Gamecube (Global)-21.74 million

Gamecube (Japan)-4.04 million

Gamecube (Americas)-12.94 million

Gamecube (Others)-4.78 million

Gamecube software (Global)-208.57 million

Gameboy Advance (Global)-81.51 million

Gameboy Advance (Japan)-16.96 million

Gameboy Advance (Americas)-41.64 million

Gameboy Advance (Others)-22.91 million

Gameboy Advance software (Global)-377.42 million

Total hardware (Global)-103.25 million

Total hardware (Japan)-21.00 million

Total hardware (Americas)-53.58 million

Total hardware (Others)-27.68 million

Total software (Global)-585.99 million

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zorg1000 on 27 March 2015

5th Nintendo generation

Wii (Global)-101.44 million

Wii (Japan)-12.72 million

Wii (Americas)-47.76 million

Wii (Others)-39.38 million

Wii software (Global)-905.27 million

DS (Global)-154.01 million

DS (Japan)-32.99 million

DS (Americas)-59.87 million

DS (Others)-61.00 million

DS software (Global)-946.62 million

Total hardware (Global)-255.45 million

Total hardware (Japan)-42.71 million

Total hardware (Americas)-107.63 million

Total hardware (Others)-100.38 million

Total software (Global)-1.85 billion

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zorg1000 on 27 March 2015

6th Nintendo generation

Wii U (Global)-9.20 million

Wii U (Japan)-2.30 million

Wii U (Americas)-4.45 million

Wii U (Others)-2.46 million

Wii U software (Global)-52.87 million

3DS (Global)-50.41 million

3DS (Japan)-18.70 million

3DS (Americas)-16.77 million

3DS (Others)-14.93 million

3DS software (Global)-215.96 million

Total hardware (Global)-59.61 million

Total hardware (Japan)-21.00 million

Total hardware (Americas)-21.22 million

Total hardware (Others)-17.39 million

Total software (Global)-268.83 million

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zorg1000 on 27 March 2015

Sources:

http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/en/

http://neogaf.com/showthread.php?t=701

Based on this data, we can see that Nintendo has been very consistant in terms of hardware/software sales per generation in every region.

In each of Nintendo's first 4 generations they sold roughly 100 million units of hardware and 500 million units of software globally. Per region it's roughly Japan-25 million, Americas-50 million, Others-25 million.

The Wii/DS era was a huge leap in terms of sales, selling over 250 million units of hardware and close to 2 billion units of software.

This generation, we are seeing Japan/Others normalize and will each be back to their 25 million +/- baseline by the time 3DS/Wii U stop selling. Americas on the other hand will be down by quite a bit. From selling around 50 million in the first 4 generations, it will be below 30 million this time.

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zorg1000 on 27 March 2015

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Puppyroach on 27 March 2015

I've been saying it for a while now: It is more relevant to compare Nintendo total with Sony total and MS total to get the full picture of the actual market share. It would place my favorite brand dead last every generation but it is a correct assessment.