Carl2291 said:
While VGC numbers are far from factual, theyre the best we have on a worldwide basis for totals. The EU numbers are missing a lot of data though. This is where a lot of discrepancies pop up for all platforms and is why the DS software looks so far off by like ~100 Million or something. You have to remember with the DS that it released in late 04/ early 05. VGChartz wasnt even here then and thus doesnt have any meaningful data outside of JP. You have to look at a number of other factors and the markets anyway. The West generally buys more videogames than anywhere else. The 360 has the lead in the West by around 11 Million consoles, with the PS3 taking it Worldwide because of Japan and the other smaller countries, which dont buy a whole lot of games due to the gigantic 2nd hand markets (and smaller userbases). We know for a fact that America buys more videogames than anywhere else, and the 360 has a lead of almost 20 Million consoles there. An example for the significance of the American market - 63 Million units of software have been sold for the 360 in the USA in 2013 alone. 67 Million units of software have been sold for the PS3 in Japan... Since launch. When the consoles are neck and neck on hardware, expect the console that has advantages in the more significant markets to take the software lead. In short - Its really not hard to believe that the 360 has sold more software than the PS3. Its been on the market longer and its sold more in the markets that sell more software. |
No, we don't know for a fact how many units are sold in the US compared to Asia + Europe + Japan + Rest of the World.
You yourself say that there are a lot of discrepancies with the DS numbers being off by ~100M and yet you use it to claim that more software were sold in the 360?
