PS4 and Xbox One vs PS3 and Xbox 360 - Aligned Sales Comparison - December 2015 Update - Sales
by William D'Angelo , posted on 16 January 2016 / 51,151 Views
This monthly series compares the combined aligned sales of the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One with the combined aligned sales of the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.
The gap has grown for 11 straight months in favor of the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. The gap in the latest month grew by a massive 2,-26,917 units. The PlayStation 4 and Xbox One lead by a combined 19.69 million units.
The PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in their first 26 months have sold a combined 35.52 million units, while the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One have sold a combined 55.22 million units.
The PlayStation 4 by itself has now sold more by itself than the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 combined during the same amount of time. The PlayStation 4 by itself leads by 256,169 units.
Total Combined PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 Sales: 35,529,288
Total Combined PlayStation 4 and Xbox One Sales: 55,216,329
Total Lead: 19,687,041 – PlayStation 4 and Xbox One
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And this is why 8th gen is doing better for games than 7th did. 7the was all fluff sales- a bunch of people buying the Wii as a fad and not buying any of its games. Just had to get Wii Sports, and nothing else (aside from more Wii Sports).
It was all casuals. It didn't represent growth as an industry. But the PS4 and XB1? Those are gamers. The people who bought Wii U's? Those are gamers. When we pull up the aligned comparison for Wii vs Wii U, that gap will represent all the chuds who bought a Wii with no intention of being a gamer at all. Heck, the aligned comparison for 7th vs 8th gives a pretty good example, too.
Except no, not really. First of all, each Wii shipped with Wii Sports for a good long time, and guess what? That title is the best selling Wii title by more than DOUBLE the next one. That next one? Mario Kart Wii, which ALSO shipped with the Wii for... Well, it still does. Then you have Wii Sports Resort, Wii Fit, Wii Play, Wii Fit Plus... Of the top seven, only one game wasn't a casual game and didn't ship with a console, and it had to be a legitimate Mario game to do so.
And after that top 7? It plummets in sales numbers again, nearly a 10 million unit drop to Smash Bros, and then to Mario again. That 7.6 attach rate can almost entirely be explained by casuals lapping up those casual titles, so again, no: There wasn't a good attach rate for gamers. It was a casual fad that passed. Otherwise we'd see truly good games up at the top, like Galaxy or Brawl, not bundled-in casual games.
And you're forgetting that the Wii titles at the top aren't the only ones, and that they don't make up all of the casual titles. For every normal game that sold, there was also a crummy fitness/casual/party game. Allowing established games (ie, Mario Party, M&S Olympics, etc) and even standard shovelware to remain in the list, that attach rate drops to 5.2 when you remove the fad cash-ins. ZUMBA FITNESS sold more than Donkey Kong Country Returns, for crying out loud.
People can lie to themselves and spin facts, but the Wii was a fad that catered to casuals, and the loss of those casuals makes it look like the industry is failing. It's not, the Wit's hot air is just deflating.
People are just forgetting that both PS3 and Xbox360 had awful first and second years.... just saying
Even tho the PS4 is an absolute beast for sales being able to handle both the sales of the X360 and Ps3 combined, the X1 is in no way a failure sales wise. If you were to have 2 systems in the running with the X1's sales of 19.4m so far you'd have Gen 8 sitting at 38.8m units, still 3.3m units ahead of 7th gen at this time.
Core gamers purchasing of consoles has only gone up this gen, on both sides of the fence, those who want a bit of casual light gaming have just found other easier ways to get that via facebook and mobile phone games.
The gap should start to rise slower this year. Not because this gen slowing down (which it probably won't), but because 7th Gen will have 6 more millions than compared to the last year. I guess the line might recede a bit over the year until the holiday sales rectify the course again.
Awesome the PS4 AND XB1 are doing so well!
I am more surprised that ps4 alone is above ps3/xb360 combined.
The PlayStation 4 is becoming a legend at this rate, it seems like the core console market is doing better than ever. It sure shows consoles have the right price/power ratio at this moment and a pretty good stream of software (even though this gen relies a bit more on third party than the7th). The Wii and DS audience have moved on to more accesible and multifunctional devices. So that's why 8th gen is down in total but the core market is luckily still very much alive.
PS4 more than PS3 and Xbox 360 combined sales says it all! The PS4 is just beast, and that is all really course there is no Wii this gen, at least a gimmick that appeals to the casual market the way the Wii did...
Well, tablet gaming appeals to the casual market just fine... the only issue that the Wii-U has is that there is a far easier option when it comes to tablet gaming.... that is using a tablet for it lol.
However the article fails to bring in the X1 numbers.
