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SecondWar on 03 December 2012
| DieAppleDie said: Nintendo is doomed? those are awful sales, but UK is Sonysoft territory so no surprise |
Sales are in no way awful, but in fact the opposite. You are inaccurately comparing the UK to the larger American and Japanese markets, as well as Europe as a whole. The UK is not as larger as those markets even if it is the largest in Europe. Look last week's UK sales chart (see table below), 40K units is second on the list. Those are very good numbers for the UK, and as the OP said, demand outstripped supply and were only held back by supply limitations (typical of any console launch).
| Platform | Weekly (change) | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| X360 | 43,138 | (-13%) | 8,355,376 |
| 3DS | 39,583 | (+34%) | 1,542,107 |
| PS3 | 34,181 | (+31%) | 5,312,614 |
| Wii | 10,860 | (+42%) | 8,606,506 |
| DS | 9,386 | (+48%) | 13,038,604 |
| PSV | 9,345 | (+23%) | 248,090 |
| PSP | 1,044 | (+18%) | 4,461,615 |
| Total | 147,537 | (+16%) |
