Year on Year Sales & Market Share Charts - December 1, 2018 - Sales
by William D'Angelo , posted on 01 January 2019 / 5,997 ViewsHere 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 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2018. 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 (Same Periods Covered)
2015 – (Week ending January 10 to December 5)
2016 – (Week ending January 9 to December 3)
2017 – (Week ending January 7 to December 2)
2018 – (Week ending January 6 to December 1)
Total Sales and Market Share for Each Year
"Year to date" sales for 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2018 sales are shown in series at the top of the table and then just below a comparison of 2018 versus 2017 and 2018 versus 2016 is displayed. This provides an easy-to-view summary of all the data.
Microsoft
- Xbox One – Up Year-on-Year 24,408 (0.4%)
Nintendo
- Nintendo Switch - Up Year-on-Year 2,404,791 (25.5%)
- Nintendo 3DS – Down Year-on-Year 2,535,644 (-46.1%)
Sony
- PlayStation 4 – Down Year-on-Year 1,908.091 (-11.2%)
- PlayStation Vita – Down Year-on-Year 451,290 (-68.4%)
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.
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ps4 aint playing no BS games its out here trying to compete for 120 million lifetime sales
I'm pretty sure 2017 xbox was overtracked
Could it be that the Xbox has a chance at reaching 8m?
Xbox One is back to being up year on year this week. I guess it hasn't peaked after all!
Dude, it peaked in 2015
If it already peaked, then how is it up year on year?
A 0.4% increase after years of declines will not allow the One to surpass its 2015 sales figure of 8.84 million.
Maybe "peaked" is the wrong word to use but it has a decent chance of topping 2017 sales, which is unusual for a console on the decline.