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It seems everyone wants to compare sales of one system to another related to the userbase of a system, the unfortunate problem is that this doesn't take into consideration how long people have owned their console. This is a chart of the number of months of console ownership for each of the three home consoles ... Note: It is assumed that on the month of purchase that a person has only owned a console for 1/2 a month

Total American Console-Months ownership:

 

 

XBox 360

PS3

Wii

Nov-05

176,476.0

0.0

0.0

Dec-05

678,620.0

0.0

0.0

Jan-06

1,462,216.5

0.0

0.0

Feb-06

2,472,323.5

0.0

0.0

Mar-06

3,682,795.0

0.0

0.0

Apr-06

5,155,962.0

0.0

0.0

May-06

6,917,905.0

0.0

0.0

Jun-06

8,955,899.5

0.0

0.0

Jul-06

11,247,296.0

0.0

0.0

Aug-06

13,784,545.5

0.0

0.0

Sep-06

16,586,160.0

0.0

0.0

Oct-06

19,633,755.5

0.0

0.0

Nov-06

23,201,843.0

157,116.5

352,472.5

Dec-06

27,728,802.5

687,559.5

1,319,399.0

Jan-07

32,944,857.5

1,546,289.0

2,738,416.0

Feb-07

38,426,483.5

2,590,935.5

4,541,045.5

Mar-07

44,158,040.0

3,790,298.0

6,700,680.5

Apr-07

50,096,686.5

5,117,752.0

9,200,254.5

May-07

56,244,866.0

6,554,205.5

12,164,958.0

Jun-07

62,620,666.5

8,096,669.0

15,644,085.0

Jul-07

69,185,063.5

9,769,465.0

19,569,098.5

Aug-07

76,013,746.0

11,625,886.5

24,025,025.5

Sep-07

83,254,655.0

13,641,683.0

29,031,409.5

Oct-07

91,002,584.5

15,782,938.0

34,532,180.0

Nov-07

99,518,489.5

18,267,219.5

40,976,965.0

Dec-07

109,106,494.5

21,404,199.5

48,853,730.5

Jan-08

119,460,353.0

25,080,164.0

57,712,906.0

Feb-08

130,156,709.5

29,087,653.5

67,061,784.0

Mar-08

141,140,209.0

33,381,325.0

76,962,546.0

Apr-08

152,343,410.5

37,891,114.5

87,477,100.0

May-08

163,785,736.5

42,641,349.0

98,926,194.0

Jun-08

175,489,018.5

47,707,476.5

111,363,714.5

Jul-08

187,472,025.0

53,086,051.5

124,551,002.0

Aug-08

200,223,715.5

58,726,855.5

138,370,223.0

Sep-08

213,749,734.0

64,584,374.5

152,716,842.0

Oct-08

227,672,890.0

70,687,132.5

167,868,207.0

Nov-08

242,295,529.5

77,159,243.0

184,550,377.0

Dec-08

258,197,806.5

84,221,538.5

203,819,183.0

 

Ratio of total American Console-Months ownership:

 

 

XBox 360

PS3

Wii

Nov-05

100.0%

0.0%

0.0%

Dec-05

100.0%

0.0%

0.0%

Jan-06

100.0%

0.0%

0.0%

Feb-06

100.0%

0.0%

0.0%

Mar-06

100.0%

0.0%

0.0%

Apr-06

100.0%

0.0%

0.0%

May-06

100.0%

0.0%

0.0%

Jun-06

100.0%

0.0%

0.0%

Jul-06

100.0%

0.0%

0.0%

Aug-06

100.0%

0.0%

0.0%

Sep-06

100.0%

0.0%

0.0%

Oct-06

100.0%

0.0%

0.0%

Nov-06

97.9%

0.7%

1.5%

Dec-06

93.3%

2.3%

4.4%

Jan-07

88.5%

4.2%

7.4%

Feb-07

84.3%

5.7%

10.0%

Mar-07

80.8%

6.9%

12.3%

Apr-07

77.8%

7.9%

14.3%

May-07

75.0%

8.7%

16.2%

Jun-07

72.5%

9.4%

18.1%

Jul-07

70.2%

9.9%

19.9%

Aug-07

68.1%

10.4%

21.5%

Sep-07

66.1%

10.8%

23.1%

Oct-07

64.4%

11.2%

24.4%

Nov-07

62.7%

11.5%

25.8%

Dec-07

60.8%

11.9%

27.2%

Jan-08

59.1%

12.4%

28.5%

Feb-08

57.5%

12.9%

29.6%

Mar-08

56.1%

13.3%

30.6%

Apr-08

54.9%

13.6%

31.5%

May-08

53.6%

14.0%

32.4%

Jun-08

52.5%

14.3%

33.3%

Jul-08

51.3%

14.5%

34.1%

Aug-08

50.4%

14.8%

34.8%

Sep-08

49.6%

15.0%

35.4%

Oct-08

48.8%

15.2%

36.0%

Nov-08

48.1%

15.3%

36.6%

Dec-08

47.3%

15.4%

37.3%

 



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This is a handy little set of data to have around.



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Well, I hope people find it useful ...I wanted to see how closely it related to total software sales for eadh of the console at the end of 2008 and this is what I found:


Total Software Sales:
Wii: 144,924,712
PS3: 59,324,656
XBox 360: 164,373,522
Total: 368,627,890

Percentage of Total Software Sales
Wii: 39.3%
PS3: 16.1%
XBox 360: 44.6
Total: 100%

 


Total Software Sales Without Wii Sports:
Wii: 123,809,920
PS3: 59,324,656
XBox 360: 164,373,522
Total: 347,508,098

Percentage of Total Software Sales Without Wii Sports
Wii: 35.6%
PS3: 17.1%
XBox 360: 47.3
Total: 100%



Thats just uncanny, right on the money!



Tease.

So how long until the Wii has sold enough to have overcome the lead? The Wii percentage seems to be slowing down (because it needs bigger numbers to keep it up) but it is still close to 1% per month.

So in 5-6 months the Wii will have been collectively owned for longer than the X360.... and with Wii Sports included will have likely passed the total software sales in 4-5 months. Without Wii Sports it will be 6-7 months, except that is not de-including the 2 games bundled in 360s these last 2 holiday periods, which must add up to at least 4 million sales.


Edit... actually, holy crap! those bundles for the X360 helped those games a lot more than I thought.... more like 7 million extra game sales. Check out their graphs:

This years bundles:
http://www.vgchartz.com/swlaunch.php?reg1=America&game1=Kung+Fu+Panda+-+X360&reg2=America&game2=Lego+Indiana+Jones%3A+The+Original+Adventures+-+X360&reg3=America&game3=Sega+Superstars+Tennis+-+X360&weeks=100

Last years bundles (there were only 2 right?)
http://www.vgchartz.com/swlaunch.php?reg1=America&game1=Forza+Motorsport+2+-+X360&reg2=America&game2=Marvel%3A+Ultimate+Alliance+-+X360&reg3=All&game3=&weeks=100



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If they kept this bundle for 1 year more maybe Indy would outsold GTA IV on x360 :D



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did you generate this yourself based on VGChartz data? If so, good work, and I like seeing this kind of stuff as it gives you a different perspective on things.




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Hey, that was pretty good. I was planning to count the software ratio with the same basis myself (that's why the list is so exceptionally genious).

Anyway, good job. I hope TheSource makes a news post with this data in it, so that people can digg this.



Ei Kiinasti.

Eikä Japanisti.

Vaan pannaan jalalla koreasti.

 

Nintendo games sell only on Nintendo system.

if you actually did a WW one it would probably show both consoles haven't almost even ownership, Japan might give the wii a slight edge i'm not sure.



currently playing: Skyward Sword, Mario Sunshine, Xenoblade Chronicles X

After work tonight I'll create a spreadsheet with all the raw data for people who want to play around with it ...