Yes, the PS3 and 360 combined do sell more software than the Wii alone. Yes, the HD consoles have had more big-budget releases than Wii has lately. And no, top ten lists don't tell you what overall software sales are like.
Americas YTD software sales:
Software Totals:
Console | Year | Total |
---|---|---|
50,776,754 | 96,404,972 | |
48,380,955 | 126,016,630 | |
40,284,917 | 119,756,723 | |
24,924,382 | 42,770,884 | |
17,836,055 | 165,288,995 | |
11,824,550 | 56,322,863 | |
57,430 | 10,527,859 | |
Total | 194,085,043 |
Japan YTD software sales:
Software Totals:
Console | Year | Total |
---|---|---|
19,397,632 | 108,860,657 | |
10,381,283 | 24,324,619 | |
6,836,473 | 21,135,715 | |
5,106,613 | 129,804,178 | |
3,477,957 | 6,952,809 | |
1,124,147 | 3,370,603 | |
5,619 | 47,272,398 | |
Total | 46,329,724 |
Alas, EU and others don't have yearly charts, but you can find lifetime sales on the weekly page:
Software Totals:
Note that software figures are largely incomplete.
Console | Weekly | Total | Tie Ratio |
---|---|---|---|
1,012,405 | 57,566,387 | 4.49 | |
811,342 | 28,709,985 | 3.40 | |
744,337 | 30,248,155 | 3.88 | |
537,624 | 72,743,930 | 2.17 | |
319,568 | n/a | n/a | |
68,795 | 4,874,012 | 0.33 | |
Total | 3,494,071 |
"The worst part about these reviews is they are [subjective]--and their scores often depend on how drunk you got the media at a Street Fighter event." — Mona Hamilton, Capcom Senior VP of Marketing
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