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abronn627 on 13 October 2017
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LimaBean01 said:
curl-6 said:

Nintendo actually has a fairly strong foundation here in Aus; by late 2010 Wii had sold over 2 million here and DS over 3 million; we're a country of just 23 million people, so 1 in 10 Aussies bought a Wii (though since a lot of those went into households of 4-5 people, far more than 1 in 10 would've "had" one) and 1 in 8 a DS.

Then nowadays, my local eb games stores (I'm in Perth) have multiple walls of ps and Xbox products that span the entire shop, whilst Nintendo quite literally has a section I'd say 2 metres in width. Could be just how they set up their shop, but obviously it at least somewhat reflects what the customers are buying the most.

Anecdotally, my friends all own PS4/Xbox one. Though unlike NZ, there seems to be a fairly even split between those two... I know this is entirely anecdotal and that real data may prove me entirely wrong but at least for this current generation, Nintendo seems rather week in Aus, a far cry from the Wii/ds days. 

if I've just been ignorant and there are actual sales of the switch/Wiiu/3ds vs PS4/xb1 in Australia I would love to see them, but I haven't been able to easily find any yet.

The store design doesn't represents the customers habits, but who's paying more for shelf space. Sales will eventually impact the visual presence in store, but it will always come to who gives the biggest check.