Xbox 360. All charts are of week ending 5th January to 24th May.

America.

Total software sold on X360: 25.9M

Total sales of software made by Microsoft: 3.0M (2994K)

Total software sales not made by Microsoft: 22.9M

Total % by Microsoft: 11.5%

Total % not by Microsoft: 88.5%

Japan.

Total software sold on X360: 0.49M

Total sales of software made by Microsoft: 0.043M

Total software sales not made by Microsoft: 0.447M

Total % by Microsoft: 8.77%

Total % not by Microsoft: 91.23M

Others. Number may be largely incorrect.

Total software sold on X360: 7.4M

Total sales of software made by Microsoft: 1.33M

Total software sales not made by Microsoft: 6.07M

Total % by Microsoft: 17.9%

Total % not by Microsoft: 82.1%

Worldwide:

Total software sold on X360: 33.8M

Total sales of software made by Microsoft: 4.4M

Total software sales not made by Microsoft: 29.4M

Total % by Microsoft: 13%

Total % not by Microsoft: 87%

I'm going to be brutally honest in what I see in this data so as a disclaimer to anyone that's pro wii... prepare to get pissed off.

I hear from many places that the point of the fanboy wars is to sell most consoles only in an effort to get the best third party support therefore getting the best games. What's funny is that it seems the consoles with less sales are dominated by third parties while the wii still lacks support proportional to its sales and if it does get support, it's usually in the form of shovel-ware.

I'm having trouble coming up with a hypothesis as to why this is true but considering games like wii sports have sold twenty million copies, the data must be a little skewed. My guess is that first party sequels will always have a large amount of hype further skewing the data and third parties given the choice on their sequels, would rather develop them to their fullest potential technically, in order to receive hype for things such as graphics as oppose to innovation. Basically, the only way to be successful on the wii as a third party developer is to depend heavily on innovation with new ip's. This is all in large because of the fact that the wii isn't as strong as the 360 or PS3. As a result, most high profile sequels as you have probably noticed go to the 360 and PS3.

What I really find interesting, is that 3rd parties have almost twice as high sales on Ps3 in Japan as they have on Wii. This is quite the opposite of what many (including me) have believed.

The total number of 3rd parties is also about equal for Wii vs Ps3 in America, with X360 sales being twice as high.

In Others, Ps3 is also 1/3 higher in total sales.

It seems to me that the problem is that Sony and Microsoft just don't have a lot of good first-party titles.

Maybe that is why they have such a smaller percentage of first-party titles. How many Sony and especially Microsoft franchises can people name -- compared to the Nintendo franchises.

Mike from Morgantown

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 Theirs definitely isn't as strong, but it certainly isn't lacking. Unless you think Halo Gears and Motorstorm (all first party titles) are failures, you have to acknowledge the fact the the wii isn't getting as much as a console in its position should. A common measure of a console's health is the amount of third party support it's getting which is why this data is so interesting. The wii's positioning is great but it's not getting the support. In my other post I had a hypothesis but would any other people care to speculate.

Regional Breakdown

America:

Total sales in America, after week ending 24th May: 62.5M

Total sales on Wii: 24.1M

Total sales on Ps3: 12.5M

Total sales on X360: 25.9M

Market Share software wise in 08 for Wii:  38.5%

Market Share software wise in 08 for Ps3: 20%

Market Share software wise in 08 for X360: 41.5%

First party:

Total first party sales in America: 18.5M

Total first party sales on Wii: 13.3M

Total first party sales on Ps3: 2.2M

Total first party sales on X360: 3.0M

Market Share software wise by first party on Wii: 71.8%

Market share software wise by first party on Ps3:  11.9%

Market Share software wise by first party on 360: 16.2%

Third Party:

Total third party sales in America: 44.7M

On Wii: 10.8M

On Ps3: 10.3M

On X360: 25.9M

Market Share Wii: 24.2%

Market Share Ps3: 23.0%

Market Share X360: 53.8%

Other facts on America:

Total sales in America: 62.5M

By 1st parties: 18.5M

By 3rd parties: 44M

% by 1st parties: 29.6%

% by 3rd parties: 70.4%

So....many....numbers.....

Thanks for the figures.