Germany sales figures for year 1 - Switch is Nintendo’s fastest selling for all categories and #2 overall:
- PS4 - Over 1 million
- Switch - ~650,000
- Wii - 629,324
- 3DS - ~480,000
- DS: - ~350,00
- PS3 - 318,459
- X360 - 185,152
- PSP - ~150,000
There was no such thing as a fast selling video game console (handheld or otherwise) in Germany prior to the Wii. It would not surprise me if both PSX and PS2 sold under 150,000 year 1. I can vividly recall the Wii being the first console people went crazy over as well (I was in my mid-20s at the time). I also remember PS2 not really being something many people had until GTA Vice City; again, anecdotal. Still, I doubt either GBA or PS2 came anywhere near Wii year 1 sales. GTA 3 has a reputation for being a dangerous game, but Vice City with its style was more attractive, and maintained the dangerous reputation, but not the stigma (which might have actually held GTA3 back at first, but helped it and the franchise in the long run; and I believe this sentiment was fairly worldwide).
Sales as of 2005:
PS2 - ~3.3 million by 2005
GBA - ~2.5 million by 2005
All sales from Statisa and GfK.
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