Nintendo's Problem -- There Simply Isn't Room For 3 Consoles

[fmjasinski]

At the moment, seems that there is no console doing well, even the "ultramega powerful" PS4 is regularly selling less than 100k per week.

I never saw such depressing numbers for the industry. But yet, I don't think there simply isn't room for 3 consoles, the industry is weak for everyone at the moment, but with good games Nintendo can do ok (like game cube or n64 numbers).

 

Let's have a comparison (week ending 13-18th Jun of each year)

2014:
3DS 103,121 (-7%) 43,302,213
PS4 99,564 (-10%) 8,087,498
WiiU 68,608 (-25%) 6,394,960
XOne 62,673 (+70%) 4,627,116
PS3 48,298 (+7%) 82,393,326
X360 36,480 (+3%) 82,359,856
PSV 30,677 (+14%) 8,396,914
PSP 10,977 (-44%) 80,643,645
Wii 6,817 (+1%) 100,683,194
Total 467,215 (-3%)

2013
3DS 229,568 (+101%) 31,860,970
PS3 118,169 (+15%) 77,112,158
X360 60,796 (+1%) 77,358,474
PSP 51,369 (+6%) 79,239,674
PSV 32,687 (+17%) 5,227,862
Wii 24,318 (-7%) 99,657,134
WiiU 20,832 (-5%) 3,147,621
DS 13,941 (-9%) 153,478,788
Total 551,680 (+32%)

2012
3DS 143,894 (+2%) 17,705,515
PS3 140,536 (+2%) 65,523,505
X360 114,791 (+3%) 67,169,666
PSV 76,058 (+57%) 2,079,709
Wii 54,693 (-9%) 95,657,830
PSP 53,497 (-6%) 75,125,322
DS 49,382 (-8%) 151,203,280
Total 632,851 (+4%)

2011
Platform Weekly (change) Total
Wii 159,179 (-8%) 86,004,375
PS3 150,491 (+1%) 50,989,432
X360 144,301 (+3%) 54,033,977
DS 138,008 (-0%) 145,659,088
PSP 127,237 (+7%) 69,265,868
3DS 95,945 (+28%) 2,952,929
Total 815,161 (+3%)

2010
DS 280,268 (+23%) 127,855,211
Wii 173,049 (-13%) 70,960,946
X360 164,442 (+69%) 40,102,008
PS3 154,954 (+1%) 37,315,756
PSP 115,444 (-22%) 59,832,623
Total 888,157 (+8%)

2009
DS 363,088 (-0%) 102,824,331
Wii 183,688 (+2%) 49,874,097
PSP 122,944 (+4%) 50,065,332
X360 109,529 (+5%) 29,900,537
PS3 100,129 (+6%) 22,581,778
Total 879,378 (+2%)

2008
DS 446,348 (+20%) 73,144,633
PS3 309,537 (+141%) 13,279,626
Wii 298,361 (-11%) 27,732,861
PSP 217,418 (+5%) 38,180,722
X360 98,713 (-6%) 18,784,666
Total 1,370,377 (+20%)

2007
DS 428,860 (+5%) 44,988,530
Wii 255,160 (+3%) 8,521,676
PSP 188,254 (-1%) 23,849,429
X360 85,170 (+4%) 10,234,341
PS3 60,329 (+1%) 3,700,775
Total 1,017,773 (+3%)