Weekly hardware 7 March 2015

[baloofarsan]

Jimbo1337 said:

baloofarsan said:

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 as NA, EU, and 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.  Another factor would be the huge success of the Wii and the lackluster performance for the Wii U for these two numbers to be fairly close.  

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.

Thanks! (It is always hard to explain your math calculations to others, thought that the jump to percent would make some people confused) 

Yes, there are many possible ways these numbers are what they are, most probably they come from some statistical calculations from ioi:s personal database. I have never seen them explained or even discussed, but I could easily have missed the explanation.

 

EDIT: Put these percentages in order and you will see that Sony is on top and Nintendo is in the bottom. 3DS, at least, should sell OK outside NA/EU/JP, I would guess better than PS Vita.

 

PS3: 26.4%

PS Vita: 21.1%

PS4: 20.8%

XB360: 14.6%

XB1: 11.74%

3DS: 7.65%

Wii: 7.1%

Wii U: 6.9%