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2012 Year on Year Sales and Market Share Update to May 5th - News

by William D'Angelo , posted on 14 May 2012 / 4,673 Views

Here we see data representing the global sales through to consumers and change in sales performance of the three home consoles over comparable periods for 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012.  Also shown is the market share for each of the consoles over the same periods.

Year to Date Sales Comparison (Same Periods Covered)

YTD

YTD

Market Share (Same Periods Covered)

MS

MS

MS

2009 – (Week beginning January 4 to May 9)

2010 – (Week beginning January 3 to May 8)

2011 – (Week beginning January 2 to May 7)

2012 – (Week beginning January 1 to May 5)

Total Sales and Market Share for Each Year

Total

Total

Total

"Year to date" sales for 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012 sales are shown in series at the top of the table and then just below a comparison of 2012 versus 2010 and 2012 versus 2011 is displayed.  This provides an easy-to-view summary of all the data.

Microsoft

Xbox 360 - Down Year-on-Year 18k, Year to Date -12.5%

Sony

PlayStation 3 - Down Year-on-Year 1k, Year to Date -7.1%
PlayStation Vita - n/a

Nintendo

Nintendo Wii - Down Year-on-Year 30k, Year to Date -35.4%
Nintendo 3DS - Up Year-on-Year 79k, Year to Date 54.5%

Contact VGChartz at wdangelo@vgchartz.com


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2 Comments
Zappykins (on 16 May 2012)

I keep thinking Xbox is failing, then I remember this is their second best year to date.

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Madn (on 15 May 2012)

Did the DS sell 161M or 151M lifetime?

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