Global HW & SW Up! 19th January

[binary solo]

chris_wing said:

binary solo said:
How come lifetime totals on the front page haven't been adjusted yet, as per this page?
http://www.vgchartz.com/analysis/platform_totals/

360: 74.25 million (big adjustment up)
PS3: 72.49 million (small adjustment up)
Wii: 98.8 million (modest adjustment up)
PSV and Wii U also adjusted up.

Perhaps waiting for the global weekly (HW&SW) chart to come up?

Xbox 360> Wii + Wii U is not a good situation for Nintendo but at least WiiU>Wii is a good thing.

PS3 close to Xbox360 + Wii is impressive for the worst selling console of all time.

Except the Wii outsold the Wii U in NA & EU, only the Japan numbers, save face.

Let's face it, only Japan's numbers save face for 3DS. In NA Xbox 360 beats it and in the rest of the world PS3 beats it. The world outside of Japan is not yet grooving on Nintendo's current offerings; and that's a problem for Nintendo right now. And it's a potential future problem for the console industry if WiiU is going to be the leading console in sales of the next generation as many here are hoping and predicting; Unless Nintendo can pull it out of the bag, and Sony and MS ace their launches for their new consoles.

In Japan 3DS is almost at 1/3 of the DS LTD already. That's massive in such a short time. But globally 3DS is at 18% of DS. Take out Japan from the global numbers and it's at 15% across all markets outside of Japan. Japan can't sustain 3DS growth forever. It's far from dire for 3DS, but it's not all rosy either.

The industry is holding its breath right nowwaiting and hoping that something in 2013 will kickstart sales.