Global Hardware 27 July 2019

[Pinkie_pie]

Barkley said:

Pinkie_pie said:

Total domination for a console in its 6th year. A 6 year old nintendo system had never and will never sell as well as the ps4 in its 6th year

6th year sales (from time on market, not 6th calendar year.)

DS - 20.62m
PS2 - 16.22m
360 - 13.81m
PS3 - 12.15m
PS1 - 9.31m
PSP - 9.24m
3DS - 7.48m
Wii - 4.41m
Vita - 0.74m
WiiU - 0m

So yeah as has always been pointed out the DS wins, but then for the second best we go all the way down to 7.48m for the 3DS. DS really was very different in terms of it's sales curve compared to other Nintendo Consoles.

Here's a table showing how many of a systems total sales came from it's first 4 years on market:

	First 4 Years
WiiU	99.10%
Wii	83.20%
Vita	81.10%
3DS	68.00%
DS	60.40%
PSP	57.40%
PS1	53.20%
PS3	53.20%
PS2	46.00%
X360	43.40%

So Nintendo consoles are definitely much more front loaded than others, with DS being the one with the longest sales curve. So for the most part Nintendo consoles sell fast for a shorter time, while PS/MS systems last longer.

Yeah i thought all nintendo consoles were front loaded and thats why i didnt think any nintendo console would sell 15m in its 6th year. The original ds was big ugly so that helped.