Shadow1980 said:
alicemudgarden said:
First time I've logged into VGChartz since early 2009.
Did the Wii ever reach 51% of the console market share? I remember in 2008 everyone pretty much thought it was a forgone conclusion that it would. |
2008 was its peak year, and it came damn close to reaching majority market share globally in terms of LTD sales. At the end of that year, the Wii, 360, and PS3 had sold nearly 90 million units combined, with the Wii representing about 48.6% of that tally. In 2007 and 2008 alone, though, the Wii did manage to outsell both the 360 and PS3 combined in annual sales. It was the 360's head start that kept the Wii from ever reaching majority market share, though. If we aligned their launches, the Wii would have maintained majority market share for about 2-3 years, losing it sometime during the third full calendar year of the seventh generation.
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The Wii did achieve over 51% for 2007 and 2008 if we look at single years though. Then again so did PS3.
