Squilliam on 18 May 2009
I was just curious what the sales would look like if we excluded Japan from the comparisons and just looked at things in the western world.
| America | Others | Total | ||
| DS | 133,799 | 178,318 | 312,117 | |
| Wii | 91,182 | 109,169 | 200,351 | |
| PSP | 29,110 | 52,934 | 82,044 | |
| 360 | 46,813 | 59,323 | 106,136 | |
| PS3 | 33,266 | 50,522 | 83,788 |
Some interesting points can be made about the sales once you remove Japan:
- The gap between the Xbox 360 and PS3 is 27% which is more inline with the price differential around the world.
- Nintendo and Microsofts sales show a negligable different without Japan, whilst a handheld like the PSP sees much of its success in Japan, the DS/Wii are truely world wide consoles.
- The relative strength of the PSP in Japan should be helping Sony there with the strong Yen making imported components cheaper, whilst Nintendo would be taking more of a hit due to currency fluxuations as their sales are centred outside of Japan, but their much higher profitability is hiding the effects of the strong Yen.
Tease.
