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Pinkie_pie on 14 August 2019
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Bofferbrauer2 said:
Barkley said:

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.

Personally I don't count GBC sales towards the original Gameboy, it's a system with 480 exclusive retail games, and it came out 9 years after the original. I find it weird to not view it as a successor but I know most people don't.

I mean it's sales curve clearly show it's not normal.

Also Gameboy is classed as 4th generation and GBC as 5th generation so it's weird to view them as the same. I think the main reason is just because Nintendo grouped the sales.

They probably grouped the Gameboys because they could play each other's games. Sure the GBC had better capabilities, but by that logic, Pro, X and New 3DS would also need to be counted separately.

As for the fourth and sixth year sales, any idea how the NES, SNES and Megadrive/Genesis would fit in these tables?

Name me a ps4 game that only works on the pro? Or xbox one game that only works on the x? There are hundreds of games that only for the gameboy colour. Ps2 can also play ps1 games so should that be grouped together with the ps1?