Japan second biggest console market again

[palou]

Johnw1104 said:

palou said:

He's counting the European countries as seperate countries, otherwise, mainland Europe would be well ahead of either.

 

Generally, UK is counted as being in the same "market" as the rest of Europe.

 

For homeconsoles, the order is USA - Europe - Japan

 

For handhelds, it's the exact opposite.

Are you sure? Just looking at the current gen (excluding the Switch) it seems like the US and Europe are very close, with the US having more sales overall... rounding to the nearest million for simplicity's sake:

-In the US, ~20 million PS4, 17 million for the Xbox1, and 6 million for the Wii U, adding up to around 43 million
-In Europe, 25 million PS4, 8 million for the Xbox1, and 4 million for the Wii U, adding up to about 37 million

Looking back to the Xbox360/PS3 split, the US bought about 72 million consoles to Europe's 61 million consoles. The combined totals of 3DS and PSV sales for the US and Europe are ~22 and 23 million respectively, which brings this gen's totals to ~65 million (US) and 60 million (Europe).

Essentially, it looks like the USA and Europe markets are almost the same, with the US selling more consoles and combined consoles/handhelds than Europe while Europe has a very slight edge in handhelds. Really, it seems like they're just about equal.

Yes, they're close, but I got the order right, no? ;)

 

The big difference is of course the japanese market. 6 million above Europe in handhelds, but brutally outperformed in terms of consoles.

 

It's kind of interesting, though - the Switch is selling like a home console in Europe/the US, but gets numbers of a handheld in Japan. The Hybrid concept seems to adapt positively to all markets, giving the Switch some excellent potential, worldwide.