Weekly Sales Analysis, 31 May - Watch Dogs and Mario Kart 8 Break Records - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 06 June 2014 / 24,039 Views
Overview
This week Watch Dogs and Mari Kart 8 debuted. Both games have set records. Watch Dogs had the biggest debute for a new IP and for any Ubisoft title, while Mario Kart 8 had the biggest debut ever for a Wii U title.
Overall, hardware sale this week increased by 61 percent. Week-on-week sales are up for the Xbox 360, Wii U, PlayStation 3, Xbox One, and PSP. Overall year-on-year sales are up by 43 percent. The Wii U is the only platform up year-on-year.
Four games debuted in the top 30 this week. Watch Dogs (PS4) debuted at number one with sales of 1,856,387. The Xbox One version debuted at number three with sales of 898,780. The Xbox 360 version debuted at number four with sales of 457,620. The PlayStation 3 version debuted at number five with sales of 427,117. The PC version debuted at number seven with sales of 109,037. The game launched in North America and Europe.
Software milestones this week in the top 30: Youkai Watch (3DS) passed the one million mark and New Super Mario Bros. U (WiiU) passed the four million mark.
Worldwide Hardware
Hardware home console sales week-on-week is up for the Xbox 360, Wii U, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. PlayStation 4 sales are up 78,688 (64%) to 201,630 units sold. Wii U sales are up 155,251 (489%) to 187,028 units sold. The Xbox One sold 52,180 units, an increase of 11,006 (27%). PlayStation 3 sales are down 1,663 (-4%) to 39,869 units sold. Xbox 360 sales are up 1,242 (5%) to 26,078 units sold. The Wii sold 7,681 units, a decrease of 1,082 (-12%).
Handheld sales week-on-week is up for the PSP. The 3DS sold 78,397 units, which is a decrease 2,358 (-3%). The PlayStation Vita sold 27,487 units, which is down 1m626 (-6%) compared to last week. The PSP is up 231 (2%) to 11,003 units sold. Total week on week sales are up 239,689 units (61%) to 631,353 units sold.
The Wii U is up year-on-year. The PlayStation 3 is down 69,144 (-63%), the Wii is down 19,093 (-71%), the Xbox 360 is down 36,530 (-58%), and the Wii U is up 163,338 (689%). The PSP is down 38,740 (-79%), the Vita is down 4,380 (-14%) and the 3DS is down 44,176 (-36%). Year on year sales are up 189,344 units (43%).
Home console hardware sales have increased for the Wii U for three weeks and two weeks PlayStation 4, and Xbox One, and one week for the Wii U. Sales have decreased for one week for the Wii and two weeks for the PlayStation 3.
The PlayStation 3 has a 54 percent market share for the seventh generation; the Xbox 360 has a 35 percent market share; and the Wii has an 11 percent market share. The PlayStation 4 has a 46 percent market share for the eighth generation, the Wii U has a 42 percent market share and the Xbox One has a 12 percent market share. Compared with 10 weeks ago the PlayStation 4, and Wii U are up.
Handheld hardware sales have increased for the PSP for one week and decreased for the Vita for one week and five weeks for the 3DS. The Vita has outsold the PSP for 34 straight weeks. The gap between the 3DS and Vita has decreased this week to 51,000 units, from 52,000 units last week.
The 3DS has a 74 percent market share for the eighth generation of handhelds, while the Vita has a 26 percent market share. Compared with ten weeks all three handhelds are down.
Worldwide Software
Four games debuted in the top 30 this week. Watch Dogs (PS4) debuted at number one with sales of 1,856,387. The Xbox One version debuted at number three with sales of 898,780. The Xbox 360 version debuted at number four with sales of 457,620. The PlayStation 3 version debuted at number five with sales of 427,117. The PC version debuted at number seven with sales of 109,037. The game launched in North America and Europe.
Mario Kart 8 (WiiU) debuted at number two with sales of 1,122,658. The game launched worldwide.
Mobile Suit Gundam Side Story: Missing Link (PS3) debuted at number nine with sales of 81,675. The game launched in Japan.
Chou Megami Shinkou Noire Gekishin Black Heart (PSV) launched at number 23 with sales of 27,535. The game launched in Japan.
Here are the other games in the top 10 that are not debuts: Minecraft (PS3) is at number six with sales of 144,265. Wolfenstein: The New Order (PS4) is at number eight with sales of 91,068. Minecraft (X360) is at number 10 with sales of 60,499.
Software home console sales week-on-week is up across the board. The PlayStation 4 sold 2,181,606 games, an increase of 1,599,853 units (275%). The PlayStation 3 sold 1,673,132 games this week, an increase of 617,075 units (58%). The Xbox 360 sold 1,358,156 games, an increase of 578,920 units (74%). The Wii U sold 1,318,040 games, an increase of 1,166,803 (772%). Xbox One software sales are up 769,695 units (241%) to 1,089,537 games sold. The Wii sold 327,804 games, an increase of 48,251 (7%).
Handheld software sales week-on-week is up across the board. The 3DS sold 404,471 games, which up 4,018 units (1%). The DS sold 236,160 games, an increase of 33,524 units (17%) week-on-week. Vita game sales are up 56,200 units (37%) to 206,306 games sold. The PSP sold 82,758 games, an increase of 14,468 (21%). Total combined software is up 4,888,806 units (123%) week-on-week to 8.88 million.
Year-on-year software totals are up for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Wii U, and Vita. The PlayStation 3 is up 320,491 units (24%), the Wii is down 176,881 units (-35%), the Xbox 360 is up 130,115 units (11%), and the Wii U is up 1,221,402 units (1264%). The DS is down 78,473 units (-25%), the PSP is down 71,219 units (-46%), the 3DS is down 130,535 units (-24%), and the Vita is up 108,720 units (111%). Total combined software is up 4,594,763 units (107%) games sold year-on-year.
Home console software sales have increased for the PlayStation 3 and Wii for three weeks, two weeks for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 4, Wii U, and Xbox One.
The PlayStation 3 has a 50 percent market share for the seventh generation; the Xbox 360 has a 40 percent market share; and the Wii has a 10 percent market share. The PlayStation 4 has a 48 percent market share for the eighth generation, the Wii U has a 29 percent market share, and the Xbox One has a 24 percent market share.
Handheld software sales have increase for the DS for three weeks, two weeks for the PSP and Vita and one week for the 3DS. The 3DS and DS have remained above their rivals, the Vita and PSP respectively. The 3DS sold nearly twice as many games as the Vita. The DS sold nearly three times as many games as the PSP.
The DS has a 74 percent market share for the current generation handhelds and the PSP has a 26 percent market share. The 3DS has a 66 percent market share for the next generation handhelds, while the Vita has a 34 percent market share. Compared with ten weeks ago all four handhelds are down.
The Top 75 can be seen below or click here to view the full chart.
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A life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel dedicated to gaming Let's Plays and tutorials. Outside, in the real world, he has a passion for the outdoors which includes everything from hiking to having received his B.A. in Environmental Studies. You can contact the author at wdangelo@vgchartz.com.
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Watch Dogs is a beast, the PS4 version alone outsold Titanfall's lifetime sales on XB1.
Next week I expect WiiU to hold strong numbers. Maybe if Nintendo is lucky WiiU will beat XB1 annual sales by the end of August.
Week of fire!!!
PS4 awesome week, Wii U unbeliveble week, and Xbox One bad only 50k
For the software: truly remarkable Watch Dog, in particular for PS4, i I thought sold 900,000 World Wide, because in USA had "only" 410,000 pre order... Very Good even version for XO. Bad version for PC... Normal version for 7° gen. Exellent Mario Kart, in USA and Japan have sold much, but not like 7(obvius, this coming in Dicember...), but in Europe have sold more!!! For hardware: PS4 is a monster... soon surpass PSVita. Wii U really good in USA and Europe, less in Japan, but WW have sold very good. Bad XO, only 50,000 despite the release of Watch Dog... i hope in one boost with price drop.
The PS3 is still doing quite strong given how far along in its life cycle it is.
Xbox360 as well.
