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davygee on 30 January 2008

I was interested about this; I have compared information gathered at last week and compared it to the same time last year  and here is the info:

2007:

  • DS - WW Weekly sales of 297k, total sales of 36m
  • Wii - WW Weekly sales of 238k, total sales of 3.7m
  • PSP - WW Weekly sales of 147k, total sales of 19m
  • PS2 - WW Weekly sales of 132k, total sales of 106.7m
  • 360 - WW Weekly sales of 114k, total sales of 8.3m
  • PS3 - WW Weekly sales of 78k, total sales of 1.5m

2008:

  • DS - WW Weekly sales of 434k, total sales of 65.9m
  • Wii - WW Weekly sales of 230k, total sales of 20.2m
  • PSP - WW Weekly sales of 188k, total sales of 30.5m
  • PS3 - WW Weekly sales of 143m, total sales of 9.5m
  • PS2 - WW Weekly sales of 118k, total sales of 116m
  • 360 - WW Weekly sales of 117k, total sales of 16.6m

What you can see is this:

  • The DS has sold 30m units in just 12 months - WOW
  • The PSP has sold 11m units in 12 months
  • The 360 has sold exactly 8.3m in 12 months
  • The PS2 has sold around 8m in 12 months (not bad for a dying last gen console) 
  • The PS3 has sold 8m in 12 months.
  • Also, the PS3 has sold 1m more units compared to the 360 over the same timeframe (ie. the first 14 months of their lifespans, although of which it was only released in Other for 10 months of this).
Going on from the last point, the 360 reached 9.5m in mid April last year, so the PS3 is around 3 months ahead sales wise.  Here's hoping the PS3 can keep the sales up throughout this year and hit my end of year target of 19.5m at least.

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Avinash_Tyagi on 30 January 2008

The data for Wii shows the flaws in your predictions, you predict a 13 million sales for 2008, when 2007 was almost 17 million, and considering the second full year sales are always higher on leading consoles well your prediction is going to be out in the cold



 

Predictions:Sales of Wii Fit will surpass the combined sales of the Grand Theft Auto franchiseLifetime sales of Wii will surpass the combined sales of the entire Playstation family of consoles by 12/31/2015 Wii hardware sales will surpass the total hardware sales of the PS2 by 12/31/2010 Wii will have 50% marketshare or more by the end of 2008 (I was wrong!!  It was a little over 48% only)Wii will surpass 45 Million in lifetime sales by the end of 2008 (I was wrong!!  Nintendo Financials showed it fell slightly short of 45 million shipped by end of 2008)Wii will surpass 80 Million in lifetime sales by the end of 2009 (I was wrong!! Wii didn't even get to 70 Million)

FishyJoe on 30 January 2008

Wait, maybe I misunderstood. Please be more specific exactly what your statistics are derived from. We already have full year statistics comparisons, why is this extra analysis different?



Oyvoyvoyv on 30 January 2008

How did you get 2008 average? By so far this year? That might be wrong 'cause I believe this is one of the least selling months? Or something else?

Also, you can't compare first years really neither. It is wrong because when X360 sold, many people were waiting for Ps3 instead. I believe that it is about as fair as comparing second year (not sure though)

How do you get 2008 totals? 230K/week does not equal over 20M

Are you saying Wii only sold 3.7M in 2007 and Ps3 1.5?

You did a great job, but you have to change it a little so we understand your prediction.



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Munkeh111 on 30 January 2008

Is the 2007 the total average, or non-holiday and non-PS3 europe launch average, because that would muck up stats.
Also, its good to see the PS3 selling double last years weekly average



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gebx on 30 January 2008
davygee said:

I was interested about this; I have compared information gathered at last week and compared it to the same time last year  and here is the info:

2007:

  • DS - WW Weekly sales of 297k, total sales of 36m
  • Wii - WW Weekly sales of 238k, total sales of 3.7m
  • PSP - WW Weekly sales of 147k, total sales of 19m
  • PS2 - WW Weekly sales of 132k, total sales of 106.7m
  • 360 - WW Weekly sales of 114k, total sales of 8.3m
  • PS3 - WW Weekly sales of 78k, total sales of 1.5m

2008:

  • DS - WW Weekly sales of 434k, total sales of 65.9m
  • Wii - WW Weekly sales of 230k, total sales of 20.2m
  • PSP - WW Weekly sales of 188k, total sales of 30.5m
  • PS3 - WW Weekly sales of 143m, total sales of 9.5m
  • PS2 - WW Weekly sales of 118k, total sales of 116m
  • 360 - WW Weekly sales of 117k, total sales of 16.6m

What you can see is this:

  • The DS has sold 30m units in just 12 months - WOW
  • The PSP has sold 11m units in 12 months
  • The 360 has sold exactly 8.3m in 12 months
  • The PS2 has sold around 8m in 12 months (not bad for a dying last gen console) 
  • The PS3 has sold 8m in 12 months.
  • Also, the PS3 has sold 1m more units compared to the 360 over the same timeframe (ie. the first 14 months of their lifespans, although of which it was only released in Other for 10 months of this).
Going on from the last point, the 360 reached 9.5m in mid April last year, so the PS3 is around 3 months ahead sales wise.  Here's hoping the PS3 can keep the sales up throughout this year and hit my end of year target of 19.5m at least.

I'm a little unclear on the way the numbers are setup, but I do see your final numbers in your signature.

Everything looks reasonable, but I do think that NA and Europe will mirror opposite numbers for the PS3/360
NA
360 - 5m
PS3 - 3m

Europe
360 - 3m
PS3 - 5m



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