As everyone knows, the only way to judge launches is with respect to the prices.
So let's take a look. Some consoles had different editions with different prices. As prices limit the sales, the people with not too much money to spend will tend to the cheaper version, so the cheaper version is the limiting factor in sales and will be used for this comparison.
first week USA, price-sensitive (sorted by success):
WiiU: 421,850 * 299$ = 126,133,150
Wii: 463,466 * 249$ = 115,403,034
XBOX 360: 305,237 * 299$ = 91,265,863
3DS: 350,918 * 249$ = 87,378,582
PS3: 139,044 * 499$ = 69,382,956
PS Vita: 207,105 * 249$ = 51,569,145
first week europe, price-sensitive (sorted by success):
PS3: 516,123 * 599€ = 309,157,677
3DS: 333,530 * 249€ = 83,048,970
Wii: 321,565 * 249€ = 80,069,685
XBOX 360: 231,802 * 299€ = 69,308,798
WiiU: 179,952 * 299€ = 53,805,648
PS Vita: 189,928 * 249€ = 47,292,072
| Gilgamesh said: Japan PS3: 86,742 x 55,000 yen = 4,550,810,000 X360: 54,644 x 30,000 yen = 1,699,320,000 Wii: 362,592 x 25,000 yen = 9,064,800,000 DS: 458,825 x 15,000 yen = 6,882,375,000 PSP: 163,812 x 20,000 yen = 3,276,240,000 Wiiu: 306,462 x 26,000 yen = 7,968,012,000 for shits and giggle PS2: 980,000(day one sales) x 40,000 yen = 39,200,000,000 |
Thanks. As the Yen is much less worth then the other to currencies, I take only 1/100 (around the exchange-rate) before adding it to the sum of the three regions.
Sum:
PS3: 424,048,733
Wii: 286,120,719
WiiU: 259,618,918
XBOX 360: 177,567,861
3DS: 170,427,552 (without Japan)
PS Vita: 98,861,217 (without Japan)
I have no prices for Japan, so I omit this.
As we can see, the PS3-launch was not only better than the competition, but spectacular: it passes the numbers of the competition by a great margin.
