So, the VG industry needs Nintendo as the leader

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Let's go straight for the numbers:

First, the bad numbers. This gen June 2014 (Wii U's second year, PS4/XOne's first year)

Console	Monthly Sales	Weekly Average	LTD
PS4	511,167	102,233	8,389,231
XOne	299,560	59,912	4,826,588
WiiU	349,188	69,838	6,583,723

 

Lame totals

Consoles sold: 1,159,915

LTD Consoles: 19,799,542

 

Now with the good numbers. Last gen June 2007 (X360's second year, Wii/PS3's first year)

Console	Monthly Sales	Weekly Average	LTD
Wii	1,275,529	255,106	9,045,750
X360	390,735	78,147	10,391,623
PS3	303,274	60,655	3,820,649

 

Smashing totals

Consoles sold: 1,969,538

LTD Consoles: 23,258,022

 

As you can see, LTD numbers are not bad, for now. But let's look at the monthly sales and the weekly average sales, yes, terrible numbers. With those sales it won't be able to fight against last gen.

On the other hand, let's be honest here: outside of the PS4, everything else doesn't have a bright future, unlike last gen when Wii was dominating (real domination) and every console had a bright future ahead. Who won't be happy with those incredible sales: Wii over 100M, and PS3/X360 over 80M.

Industry clearly needs Nintendo as the leader, Nintendo wins, Microsoft wins, Nintendo wins.

 

Source: VGCHARTZ

 

Note: For June 2014 it was taken 5 weeks (including week ending 5th July) for a more exact comparision as June 2007 was 5 weeks.