2014 Year on Year Sales and Market Share Update to August 2nd - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 19 August 2014 / 4,529 Views
Here we see data representing the global sales through to consumers and change in sales performance of the four home consoles and four handhelds over comparable periods for 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013. Also shown is the market share for each of the consoles over the same periods.
Year to Date Sales Comparison (Same Periods Covered)
Market Share – 7th Generation (Same Periods Covered)
Market Share – 8th Generation (Same Periods Covered)
2011 – (Week beginning January 2 to August 6)
2012 – (Week beginning January 1 to August 4)
2013 – (Week beginning December 30 to August 3)
2014 – (Week beginning December 29 to August 2)
Total Sales and Market Share for Each Year – 7th Generation
Total Sales and Market Share for Each Year – 8th Generation
"Year to date" sales for 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013 sales are shown in series at the top of the table and then just below a comparison of 2013 versus 2011 and 2013 versus 2012 is displayed. This provides an easy-to-view summary of all the data.
Microsoft
Xbox 360 - Down Year-on-Year 27,778, Year to Date -55.6%
Xbox One – n/a
Sony
PlayStation 3 – Down Year-on-Year 43791, Year to Date -47.6%
PSP - Down Year-on-Year 34,314, Year to Date -77.8%
PlayStation Vita – Down Year-on-year 1,607, Year to Date 7.6%
PlayStation 4 – n/a
Nintendo
Nintendo Wii - Down Year-on-Year 15,072, Year to Date -66.5%
Nintendo 3DS – Down Year-on-Year 56,918, Year to Date -21.5%
Nintendo Wii U – Up Year-on-Year 30,337, Year to Date 45.9%
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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 and Twitch 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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PSP 60 million? Did 20 million vanish?
And with magic, PS3 back to outsell XBOX ONE.....
Seriously why post this update with PS4 still at 9.2 million, i get that they probably have to figure out where the difference in sales comes from but why not atleast update the total.
ioi doesn't know where the missing 600k comes from. PS4 is tracked well in USA, Canada, Europe, Japan, and Australia. He doesn't want to magically add 600k, he wants to solve the issue on tracking.
Come on vgc, PS4 is 10 millions and PS3 is 4 millions above 360...
