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Forums - Sales Discussion - Switch Sales Top 106M, XS Outsells PS5 - Global Hardware Mar 20-26

curl-6 said:
Bofferbrauer2 said:

While that is true, some of those countries also have developed quite a bit since then. Also, if we just take western Europe and North America, then the population grew by about 50M since the launch of the 360 between all those countries, so there ought to be higher sales in those countries if the population percentage that plays console games would stay the same.

With all three platform holders, the overall userbase actually shrank from PS3/360/Wii/DS/PSP to PS4/Xbone/Wii U/3DS/Vita, in spite of population growth.

In 2012 there were 1.2 billion PC gamers. In 2022 there are about 1.8 billion. The gaming industries biggest area of growth has been and will continue to be in PC gaming, so while the consoles appear stagnate or even diminishing in sales, the overall gaming market is continuing to grow at a speed outpacing population growth. This makes Microsoft's move with Gamepass PC and Valves Steam Deck all the more brilliant future proof ideas.



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trunkswd said:

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Xbox Series X|S Outsells the Wii U in Under 18 Months

Microsoft's latest video game console generation, the Xbox Series X|S, has outsold the lifetime sales of the Nintendo Wii U after less than a year and a half on the market, according to VGChartz estimates. 

The Xbox Series X|S has sold 13.66 million units worldwide through March 26, 2022, while the Wii U sold 13.56 million units lifetime.

Breaking down sales, the Xbox Series X|S has sold 6.63 million units in the US through March 26, while the Wii U sold 5.70 million units lifetime. In Europe, the Xbox Series X|S has sold 4.10 million units, which is ahead of the Wii U's 3.24 million units sold in the region. 

In Japan, the Xbox Series X|S has sold only 0.17 million units, compared to 3.33 million units the Wii U sold. It is unlikely the Xbox Series X|S will outsell the Wii U in Japan, as the best-selling Xbox in Japan, the Xbox 360, sold 1.66 million units in the country.

Breaking down Europe sales, the Xbox Series X|S has sold 1.30 million units in the UK through March 26, while the Wii U sold 0.69 million units. In Germany, the Xbox Series X|S has sold 0.87 million units and the Wii U sold 0.75 million units. In France, the Xbox Series X|S has sold 0.40 million units and the Wii U sold 0.85 million units.

Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer in January of this year revealed the Xbox Series X|S remains the fastest-selling Xbox console generation in history.

"Supply is actually as big as it's ever been. It's that demand is exceeding the supply," said Spencer at the time. "At this point, we’ve sold more of this generation of Xboxes, which is Xbox Series X and S, than we had any previous version of Xbox. So it’s our job to get the supply there to meet that demand."

Good job, Xbox Series.

Outselling the original Xbox should be no problem.



Dulfite said:
curl-6 said:

With all three platform holders, the overall userbase actually shrank from PS3/360/Wii/DS/PSP to PS4/Xbone/Wii U/3DS/Vita, in spite of population growth.

In 2012 there were 1.2 billion PC gamers. In 2022 there are about 1.8 billion. The gaming industries biggest area of growth has been and will continue to be in PC gaming, so while the consoles appear stagnate or even diminishing in sales, the overall gaming market is continuing to grow at a speed outpacing population growth. This makes Microsoft's move with Gamepass PC and Valves Steam Deck all the more brilliant future proof ideas.

The Switch isn't a PC though, so growth there isn't really relevant to its sales versus the Wii, PS1, or other past consoles.



Hopefully the PS5 and Xbox Series both being above 200k can happen a good amount for the rest of the year.