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Conina on 12 July 2014
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Thanks to derailing that thread from software sales to hardware sales ;)

Added a chart with the development of the software gaps from 2009 to mid 2014:

Also added some charts of the software shares (only home consoles, only handhelds and both together).

"2009 A" = first half of 2009, "2009 B" = second half of 2009... all data is based on the software totals (in the middle and at the end of each year) of the weekly VGC data:

  • Nintendo's software share (home consoles) sank from 47% in 2009 to 16.5% in the first half of 2014.
  • Sony's software share (home consoles) rose from 25% in 2009 to 49% in the first half of 2014.
  • Microsoft's software share (home consoles) rose from 28% in 2009 to 41% in 2012, then sank to 34.5%.
  • Nintendo's software share (handhelds) stayed between 72% and 81%, now it's 75%.
  • Sony's software share (handhelds) stayed between 18% and 29%, now it's 25%.
  • Nintendo's software share (total) sank from 59% in 2009 to 30% in the first half of 2014.
  • Sony's software share (total) rose from 24% in 2009 to 44% in the first half of 2014.
  • Microsoft's software share (total) rose from 18% in 2009 to 26% in the first half of 2014.