Vita doesn't have a UMD slot.  Japan still buys UMD PSP games.

@ bold, it's still the best of the three regions, whether labelling it otherwise is more appropriate or not.

It's not any more of a rip off than the 4gig Xbox 360. It's an affordable entry-level PS3. The hard drive is easily upgradeable, no propriatary format like Xbox 360...

The 360 did not come off of a market leader and basically only has the UK as a significant market in Europe (broken down numbers would likely show at least 40% of all sales being in the UK at the time), the PS3 did not launch during the holidays (and cost 600$...), the Wii apparently doubled the numbers even with massive supply issues. The Vita has never been relevant in PAL regions and also launched in February, right along the new years lull, same goes for the 3DS, which has been a lot smaller in PAL regions as well.

The Wii U has good supply in Europe, it has launched in the midst of the best time of year, it launched with a behemoth title (New Super Mario Bros U) as well as some decent 3rd party ports and multiplats and the price is relatively low for a launch console.

There is no way to spin these numbers to an good level for the Wii U in Europe, it appears to be doing pretty badly no matter how one looks at it and what you compare it to.

Yes, I was talking more about the Euro-zone. Denmark has its own currency.

I know. We europeans get ripped off. But it was the same with the Wii and the same with Sony's offerings. But WiiU does bad specifically in europe compared with the Wii.

Maybe we ran out of money to buy newly launched consoles like Wii U

European Wii U sales are even more disappointing this week, that's a shame. Wii & DS seem to be holding on for dear life. xD Nice sales for 3DS though, it looks like it might be up YoY, as long as next week is still strong.

Like many others before me, I'll remain sceptic... To me it seems like Eu has abandoned Nintendo...

It`s not doing wellin Europe but let`s wait for next year to see if it`s the other consoles, with their offerings, that are hurting Wii U or if the market really isn`t willing to support Wii U.

Nice, but not exceptional week. Waiting for complete global data to say more, but it looks like everyone was stronger last Xmas, including Ninty that still hadn't Wii U, while Wii was already declining.
PS3 enjoys the smallest YoY drop.
PSV is a dwarf, but slowly growing. It will need a price cut during Q1 or early Q2 2013 to do better.