Weekly hardware 7 March 2015

[Jimbo1337]

baloofarsan said:

Ryng_Tolu said:

Platform	N. America	Europe	Japan	Global
	69,544	51,781	33,363	195,306
	61,813	65,964	31,432	172,390
	63,790	23,082	454	98,943
	10,006	14,979	7,159	43,675
	17,976	8,990	6,702	36,181
	4,329	4,227	19,427	35,456
	13,799	5,912	23	23,096
	1,355	810	26	2,359

I have never seen an explanation for the way global numbers are calculated.

For PS4: 69,544 (NA) + 51,781(EU) + 33,363(JP) =  154,688 while the "Global" number = 195,306.

Percent of Global Sales for the rest of the world:

PS4: 20.8%

3DS: 7.65%

XB1: 11.74%

PS3: 26.4%

Wii U: 6.9%

PS Vita: 21.1%

XB360: 14.6%

Wii: 7.1%

I can understand that Sony sells better (than MS & Nitendo) on markets other than NA+EU+JP, but I would expect the Wii to sell more than the Wii U on these markets. 

Anyone seen an explanation to this?

 

 

Edit in bold:  I fixed your math to make better sense.  

I would assume that these other countries aren't as wealthy in NA, EU, or JP.  Therefore, you will likely see a larger spike towards the end of a console generation for the rest of the world than at the beginning.  (when it is more affordable)

Wii and Wii U numbers are fairly close, in regards to the ROW, due to the Wii's early spike in the 7th generation.  This will ultimately cause the ROW to purchase the console previously as opposed to right now.

My proof that the rest of the world sells better for consoles at the end of the generation is shown with the PS3, XB360, and Wii sales over the PS4, XB1, and Wii U respectively.