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5/9/07 Update

Consoles (Wii,PS3,360) sold worldwide: 19.84 million

Worldwide Marketshare:

360 ~ 48.6%

Wii ~ 34.9%

PS3 ~ 16.5%

Japanese market (of 3.69 million consoles sold)

Wii ~ 65% (Huge recent sales have boosted this % 1%/week)

PS3 ~ 24.7% (Not much Golden Week boost, dropping)

360 ~ 10.3% (Dropping quickly)

Americas market (of 10.24 million consoles sold)

360 ~ 59.6% (Steadily dropping until big games come out in Aug-Dec)

Wii ~ 26.6% (improving with supply, should be 1/2 way to 360 userbase in 4-8 weeks)

PS3 ~ 13.8% (sales still well below 360, despite big Spiderman 3 boost - see American news story)

Others Market (of 5.91 million consoles sold)

360 ~ 53.5% (under 50% in 4 weeks? maybe...)

Wii ~ 30.3% (already well more than 1/2 of 360 sales

PS3 ~ 16.2% (impact of strong launch seems to be diminishing)

After doing this for a few weeks, it is surprising to note PS3 continues to lose marketshare.  While American & Japanese sales are in line with what I expected, I thought PS3 would grow, not shrink, most weeks because it could outsell 360 in Japan & Europe to offset losses to 360 in the USA.  As it stands now, PS3 marketshare is shrinking (though very very slowly) from week to week.  If Wii can get to 70% in Japan by the time Nintendo's traditional heavy hitters are released in Japan (Brawl, Galaxy), then I think that market is for Wii to dominate for at least another two years.

Edit: Litterally after I typed this, the numbers changed again..one moment please...

Edit 2: Fixed!



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