Wii SW sales in Japan for 2008.

[Oyvoyvoyv]

Killergran said:

Oyvoyvoyv said:

Let's compare. Wii vs Ps2, 102 weeks after launch, Japan only.

Ps2 hardware - 7.9M

Wii hardware - 7M

 

Ps2 software - 25.7M

Wii software - 24.6M

 

1st party Ps2 software - 3197K 3.2M

1st party software for Wii - 16173K - 16.2M

 

3rd party software Ps2 - 22.5M

3rd party software Wii - 8.4M

 

Ratios -

3rd party

Ps2 - 3 games pr console

Wii - 1.2 games pr console

 

1st party

Ps2 - 0.4 games pr console

Wii - 2.5 games pr console

 

Wii is doing decent. Slightly behind in hardware, which is explainable due to 1 less christmas (1st was incredibly supply constrained, and would have sold the same anyway), and has equal software despite of it.

I added the ratios just because people seem to find them interesting, whereas I don't really need them.

 

Oyvoyvoyv, you are so full of statistical win.

Would it be too much of a bother for you to do a short analysis of the last 10 weeks or so, compared to the comparable weeks last year for the Wii and the 360?

 

Thanks.

 

10 last weeks? You got it.

 

Wii - Start of september 08 to week ending 8th November 08 vs start of september 07 till week ending 10th November

Hardware sold

08 -  234K

07 -  256K

 

Software -

08 - 963K

07 -  1093K

 

Ps3 - same time

 

Hardware

08 - 107K

07 - 166K

 

Software

08 -  483K

07 -  502K

 

360

Hardware

08 -  101K

07 - 51K

 

Software

08 - 287K

07 - 284K

 

So overall, I see it like this.

 

Wii - no change. Has had little games comming out, but with Animal Crossing, end of the year should be dead on equal for last quarter as in 07. Slight increase on SW maybe, but no more than what should happen, as bigger install base should buy more games.

Ps3 - lost a lot on hardware, no change on software. Has had a lot of good games comming out, so I expect this one to end dead on even on SW, but a steep drop on HW. Overall, pretty dang bad.

X360 - gained a lot on HW, but no change on SW. Makes no sense to me, but it appears that people simply haven't been buying a lot of games this year. Anyway, one of the best upswings in Japan in the recent years, almost rivaling what PsP has done. Still, software not a lot up, and it should have gone up even without HW increase.