Hardware numbers are even easier to check than those of individual games. For the most part, you need not log onto your account.
On the main page you'll find a table that contains all the up-to-date information on the Wii, X-Box360, PS3, DS, and PSP, each containing the total sales, a breakdown of sales by region, and their total marketshare in their area (console or handheld). On the right hand side of the main page, you'll find a small table called "Hardware Sales." This contains the sales for those five systems over the past week, in total and by region.
If you want to see data going further than the past week, simply click on the "Chartz" button at the top of the page. From here, you have several ways of seeing the data. We'll begin by clicking on "Hardware Table."
From here, you can select which ever console(s) you wish to see the sales for. This includes older consoles, such as the NES and MasterSystem. Just remember to hold on the "Control" button on your keyboard to select/deselect consoles. You can then break down the sales by specific regions. The latter can be quiote specific: if you want to compare the sales of the three consoles in Spain alone, you can. Then select the time period you wish to see the data of. The site's data goes as far back as 1989.
Click "Get Results" and a table with your data pops up, allowing you to easily compare hardware sales in that region during that timeframe.
If you want to get this same data in a chart, just go to the "Chartz" button again, but this time select "Hardware by Date" from the subtable.
Adjust whichever variables you need to, press "Compare Consoles", and you'll get a table with the results for the week(s) you seleceted. Notice, however, that you can only select three systems at a time this way. Furthermore, there is a small button labelled "Cumulative Sales" immediately above "Compare Consoles." If you click this button and then hit "Compare Consoles", the chart will include the lifetime sales of the systems, ending at whichever date you selected.
If you want to see how systems compared based on how they performed at the same time after their launches, go back to the "Chartz" button, then select "Hardware from Launch" from the subtable.
From here, just select whichever systems you wish to compare, whichever regions you wish to compare, and click "Compare Consoles" to get your chart. Note that the site will insist on having three systems present: if you only want to have two, then select "--" for the third console's region. That way, only the two systems you selected will show up. Also, please note that as of right now, data for the Americas and Others regions only goes as far back as the PlayStation2. You can still select other, earlier systems, but the data will only include Japan for now
