Q3 2013 Hardware Analysis (VGC Exclusive)

[Michael-5]

 

Platform	Q4 2012 Sales
3DS	1.17 million
PSV	0.170 million
PS3	0.160 million
WiiU	0.120 million
PSP	0.073 million
Wii	0.016 million
360	0.0038 million
DS	0.0004 million

Now if you thought GTAV made the above graphs look useless, lets look at Monster Hunter 4's effects in Japan, and the 3DS's overall dominacne of the market......3DS is killing it in Japan, it's the only region where 3DS is up YoY, and from what I've seen from Pokemon Numbers, 3DS will continue to kill it in Q4. PSV, PS3, and WiiU are the only other relavent consoles here, and despite WiiU's poor sales, it's selling moderately well compared to the PS3 and PSV. As for the rest, DS is obsolete, VGC gives weekly sales figures between 20-40 units, which I'm sure out outside of the tracking capaibilities of VGC. PSP and 360 also saw large drops compared to 2012 because of their slow phasing out (PSP is getting less and sell games, most devs are finally switching to PSV).

Column J is PS2 currently, sorry for the error. I removed PS2 data from the graph, but forgot to remove the line, I should have proof read.

Platform	Q3 2012 Sales	Q3 2013 Sales	% Difference	Market Share
PS3	0.182	0.160 million	-12.2%	88.9%
WiiU	N/A	0.120 million	N/A	100% - 8th Gen
Wii	0.146 million	0.016 million	-88.9%	9%
360	0.0099 million	0.0038 million	-61.6%	2.1%

Wii saw a near 90% drop in sales, and for good reason. Look at the above graph, see that large pink peak? That was Dragon Quest X, the last major Wii exclusive in Japan. Since last year, the system has been slowly becoming obsolete. PS3 on the other hand has been holding it's ground, since Japanese developers are still developing PS3 games. JoJo was responsible for the late August jump over 2012 sales. 360 is just dead.

Platform	Q3 2012 Sales	Q3 2013 Sales	% Difference	Market Share
3DS	1.112 million	1.174 million	+4.8%	87.4% - 8th Gen
PSV	0.181 million	0.170 million	-6.0%	12.6% - 8th Gen
PSP	0.163 million	0.045 million	-55.1%	99.4%
DS	0.015 million	0.0004 million	-97.1%	0.6%

While 3DS saw strong sales in Q3 2012 in Japan, Monster Hunter 4, alongside a strong software lineup was enough to keep 3DS up YoY. In fact, with Pokemon in October 3DS is currently up YoY in Japan overall, with a gap likely to form. Vita only dropped 6%, and also looks hopeful in the upcoming months with the Vita Slim and Vita TV.DS however is obsolete, and Nintendo has announced plans to discontinue the console by years end. PSP likely won't remain long as almost no software is planned for the console in Japan