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Sqrl on 22 November 2007

A few notes before we begin:
- This thread is purely about stats and interpretation of those stats. Trolls and those unwilling to use their heads to do a bit of thinking can just leave the thread now.
- All stats are based on VGC weekly numbers and are focused on the 3 current consoles.
- All data for the most recent quarter (Oct-Dec '07) is incomplete but shown anyways. Keep this in mind when you analyze.
- The data is broken down by console, but there are a few charts on market share at the end.
- edit: Some of the pictures run off the right edge of the screen. To view them in their entirety just right click on them and select "View Image" (Firefox users).

 

 

 

 

Sony's Playstation 3

 

Weekly Statistics
Mean 110,835
Median 87,382
Standard Deviation 79,334
Worst Week
 49,162
Best Week
 586,389

 


 

Units Sold Frequency Relative Frequency
0-100k 35 0.65
100k-200k 16 0.3
200k-300k 2 0.04
300k-400k 0 0
400k-500k 0 0
500k-600k 1 0.02
Totals: 54 1.00



    Mean Sales  
Quarter NA Japan Other Total
Oct-Dec '06 93,332 59,076 1,673 154,080
Jan-Mar '07 41,045 28,108 51,631 120,784
Apr-Jun '07 23,573 11,482 37,345 72,400
Jul-Sept '07 37,766 17,493 32,935 88,194
Oct-Dec '07 49,931 26,430 80,005 156,366

 

 

    Total Sales  
Quarter NA Japan Other Total
Oct-Dec '06 746,653 472,605 13,385 1,232,643
Jan-Mar '07 533,585 365,399 671,206 1,570,190
Apr-Jun '07 306,452 149,260 485,490 941,202
Jul-Sept '07 490,962 227,405 428,149 1,146,516
Oct-Dec '07 349,519 185,013 560,033 1,094,565

 

 


 

 

 

Microsoft's XBox 360

 

 

Weekly Statistics
Mean 128,580
Median 95,390
Standard Deviation 87,930
Min 61,539
Max 566,638

 

 

Units Sold Frequency Relative Frequency
0-100k 58 0.56
100k-200k 32 0.31
200k-300k 8 0.08
300k-400k 3 0.03
400k-500k 2 0.02
500k-600k 1 0.01
Totals:
 104 1.00

 

 

    Mean Sales    
Quarter NA Japan Other Total
Oct-Dec '05 108,556 14,171 74,536 197,263
Jan-Mar '06 51,047 2,526 41,779 95,352
Apr-Jun '06 66,246 1,904 30,610 98,760
Jul-Sept '06 57,469 1,292 21,897 80,658
Oct-Dec '06 165,661 9,780 72,171 247,611
Jan-Mar '07 60,071 6,321 40,381 106,773
Apr-Jun '07 51,394 3,403 26,854 81,652
Jul-Sept '07 79,755 2,785 35,041 117,581
Oct-Dec '07 144,552 6,741 53,627 204,920

 

 

 

    Total Sales    
Quarter NA Japan Other Total
Oct-Dec '05 651,336 85,023 447,218 1,183,577
Jan-Mar '06 612,563 30,314 501,349 1,144,226
Apr-Jun '06 861,201 24,754 397,924 1,283,879
Jul-Sept '06 804,572 18,083 306,560 1,129,215
Oct-Dec '06 2,153,591 127,140 938,217 3,218,948
Jan-Mar '07 780,924 82,173 524,953 1,388,050
Apr-Jun '07 668,124 44,241 363,663 1,076,028
Jul-Sept '07 1,036,812 36,210 487,372 1,560,394
Oct-Dec '07 1,011,862 47,188 375,387 1,434,437

 






 

Nintendo's Wii:

 

 

Weekly Statistics
Mean 274019
Median 247934
Standard Deviation 98509
Min 151111
Max 596702


 

Units Sold Frequency Relative Frequency
100k-200k 7 0.13
200k-300k 38 0.73
300k-400k 1 0.02
400k-500k 2 0.04
500k-600k 4 0.08

52 1.00


 

    Mean Sales    
Quarter NA Japan Other Total
Oct-Dec '06 204,818 159,859 128,598 493,275
Jan-Mar '07 84,171 79,139 53,099 216,409
Apr-Jun '07 106,286 67,944 68,472 242,701
Jul-Sept '07 118,556 57,005 81,585 257,146
Oct-Dec '07 146,543 30,049 105,978 282,569


 

    Total Sales    
Quarter NA Japan Other Total
Oct-Dec '06 1,228,908 959,153 771,588 2,959,649
Jan-Mar '07 1,094,229 1,028,813 690,281 2,813,323
Apr-Jun '07 1,381,721 883,268 890,130 3,155,119
Jul-Sept '07 1,541,225 741,063 1,060,610 3,342,898
Oct-Dec '07 1,025,798 210,340 741,844 1,977,982

 

 

 

 

Comparisons:

 

 

 

(Here you go Super_Etecoon) 


 

 

 

Ok, well originally I had intended to do a summary here, but it took me a really long time to get all this data into this form. I'd appreciate it if a few folks could write up an analysis, particularly if you notice something surprising or worth discussing.

 

PS - Let me know if any of my data is off.



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Xeo_842 on 22 November 2007

Nice job Sqrl. Now if only there was something like this for handhelds.



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Sqrl on 22 November 2007
RolStoppable said:
What exactly does "mean sales" mean? What's the difference to "median sales"?

Why are the mean sales of the PS3 in Others so low? Seems to be a mistake.

Mean is what most people consider the "Average", Median is the 50th percentile.

Oh and I am looking over PS3 data now, will respond in a sec....

 

edit: It looks correct to me.  A few things to note is that the PS3 for Oct-Dec '06 was not released in others and it was only out for 2 weeks during the Jan-Mar '07 Quarter. 
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Lost tears of Kain on 22 November 2007

wow nice job sq



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Sqrl on 23 November 2007

I updated some of the graphs. The quarterly mean and total sales graphs were changed to bar graphs. Hopefully they are a bit easier to read.
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Legend11 on 23 November 2007

This is extremely nice work you've done. These kinds of charts and the format of it would be a really nice addition to the site.



ssj12 on 23 November 2007

nice job



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fkusumot on 23 November 2007

 

Extremely nice work.

 



I Blame Wii Fit!

cringer8 on 23 November 2007

As long as only logical and intelligent people enter this thread (yeah, right) there shouldn't be anything here for a fanboy to attack/hate.

There's positives in this data for all three consoles.

This generation is going to make EVERYONE happy (for a change).



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Wii : 50 million

360: 28 million

PS3: 24 million

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Branko2166 on 23 November 2007

Nice work with the statistics. While wii and 360 have a big lead in market share I think its still too early to get a good idea of the long term outcome. Hopefully the holiday season will shed some light on that and give us a perspective.