PS4 vs Xbox One vs Wii U Global Lifetime Sales – April 2015 Update - PS4 22.4M, Xbox One 12.5M, Wii U 9.6M - Sales

by William D'Angelo , posted on 30 May 2015 / 40,266 Views

Welcome to the latest edition of the ‘PS4 vs Xbox One vs Wii U Worldwide’ article. This series will be comparing monthly and lifetime sales of the 8th generation of home consoles - the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Wii U.

Looking at the total sales of the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Wii U in April 2015 shows how the PlayStation 4 has continued to grow its lead over the Xbox One and Wii U.

The PlayStation 4 passed the 22 million mark this month. The PS4 has sold 22.39 million units lifetime, the Xbox One 12.50 million units, and the Wii U 9.65 million units.

PlayStation 4 Total Sales: 22,389,944

Xbox One Total Sales: 12,503,922

Wii U Total Sales: 9,646,187

The PlayStation 4 has outsold both the Xbox One and Wii U every month since it launched in November 2013. The Xbox One outsold the Wii U in April for the 10th straight month. The PS4 outsold the Xbox One by 376,725 units for the month and the Wii U by 576,213 units. The Xbox One outsold the Wii U by 199,488 units.

When you compare monthly sales to a year ago all three consoles are up. The PlayStation 4 is up 115,555 units, the Xbox One is up 132,292 units, and the Wii U is up 25,347 units.

PlayStation 4 Monthly Sales: 716,133

Xbox One Monthly Sales: 339,408

Wii U Monthly Sales: 139,920

The Wii U beat the PS4 and Xbox One to the market by a year. The Wii U launched in November 2012, while the PS4 and Xbox One launched in November 2013.

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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. You can contact the author at wdangelo@vgchartz.com or on Twitter @TrunksWD.

15 Comments

loy310 (on 30 May 2015)

With a monthly gap of 240k over the combine competition, the ps4 should hit 60%^ market share by year end.

KazumaKiryu (on 30 May 2015)

Gratulation PS4. Thats amazing! No other current console get as much japanese-games and Jrpgs like the PS4.

Chazore KazumaKiryu (on 30 May 2015)

Are you going to say that the next time because it's pretty obvious now no other platform is going to get as many JRPG's as PS4.

I'm going to assume it's a desire to rub salt into the wound.