Weekly Sales Analysis, 14 January 2012 - Sales Down Across the Board - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 21 January 2012 / 7,958 Views
Overview
Hardware and software sales drop across the board for a third week and are also down year on year. One game debuted in the top 40 this week, Super Robot Wars OG Saga: Masou Kishin II - Revelation of Evil God (PSP), which debuted at number eight with sales of 81,000.
Software milestones this week in the top 40: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (X360) passes the 13 million mark in only 10 weeks; The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (PS3) reaches three million; FIFA Soccer 12 (PS3) passes the five million mark; and Kinect Sports (X360) reaches the four million mark.
Hardware sales are down across the board week on week and year on year. The 3DS is the top seller. Hardware milestones this week: The Xbox 360 passes the 64 million mark.
Worldwide Hardware
Week on week sales are down across the board. The 3DS is at the top with sales of 292,000, a drop of 231,000 (-44%). The PlayStation 3 is down 202,000 (-48%) to 218,000 units sold. Xbox 360 sales are down 72,000 (-29%) to 180,000 sold. The Wii sold 140,000 units, which is down 145,000 (-51%). The PSP sold 87,000 units, which is down 99,000 (-53%). The DS is down 41,000 (-36%) to 72,000 units. The Vita sold 20,000, which is down 26,000 (-57%). Total week on week sales are down 8619,000 (-45%) to 1.01 million.
Year on year sales are down across the board. The PlayStation 3 is down 32,000 (-13%), the Wii is down 98,000 (-41%), and the Xbox 360 is down 13,000 (-7%). The PSP is down 54,000 (-38%) and the DS is down a massive 175,000 (-71%). However with the DS and 3DS combined it is up 117,000 compared to the DS one year ago. Total year on year sales are down 60,000 (-6%) only because of the next generation of handhelds, the 3DS and Vita.
Home console hardware sales have dropped for a third straight week. The PlayStation 3 has a 41 percent market share; the Xbox 360 has a 33 percent market share; and the Wii has a 26 percent market share. The PlayStation 3 is in first for a third week, while the Xbox 360 with a smaller drop is above the Wii. Compared with ten weeks ago all three home consoles are down.
The 3DS for the second week in a row had the biggest drop off, however it remains well ahead of the other handhelds. It has outsold the DS by 4 to 1 and the PSP by more than 3 to 1. The PSP has outsold the DS for a third straight week. The PSP has a 55 percent market share this week for the current generation handhelds and the DS has a 45 percent. The Vita has just a six percent market share for the next generation of handhelds, while the 3DS holds the other 94 percent. Compared with ten weeks ago all three platforms (excluding the Vita) are down.
Worldwide Software
Only one game debuted in the top 40 this week. Super Robot Wars OG Saga: Masou Kishin II - Revelation of Evil God (PSP) debuted at number eight with sales of 81,000.
Other games in the top 10 that are not debuts include Mario Kart 7 (3DS) at the top with sales of 165,000. Just Dance 3 (Wii) is at number four with sales of 163,000. Super Mario 3D Land (3DS) is at number three with sales of 144,000. Kinect Adventures! (X360) is at number four with sales of 137,000. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (X360) is at number five with sales of 118,000.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (PS3) is at number six with sales of 112,000. Zumba Fitness (Wii) is at number seven with sales of 112,000. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (X360) is at number nine with sales of 77,000. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (PS3) rounds out the top 10 with sales of 77,000.
Week on week software totals are down across the board. The Xbox 360 takes the top spot this week with 2.33 million games sold, a decrease of 960,000 (-29%). The PlayStation 3 sold 2.20 million games, a decrease of 848,000 (-28%). Wii software sales are down 893,000 (-29%) to 2.19 million. The DS sold 995,000 games, which is down 334,000 (-25%). The 3DS sold 703,000 games, a decrease 525,000 (-43%). PSP game sales are down 162,000 (-26%) to 464,000 games sold. The Vita sold 26,000 games, which is a drop of 26,000 (-50%). Total combined software is down 3.75 million (-30%) week on week to 8.91 million.
Year on year software totals are down across the board. The PlayStation 3 is down 214,000 (-9%), the Wii is down 1.20 million (-35%) and the Xbox 360 is down 28,000 (-1%). The DS is down 1.04 million (-51%) and the PSP is down 460,000 (-50%). Total combined software is down 2.22 million (-20%) games sold year on year.
The Xbox 360 is in first for the third straight week, while the PlayStation 3 has a slightly smaller drop to be above the Wii. The Xbox 360 has lead for seven of the last 10 weeks, the Wii for the other three weeks. The Xbox 360 has a 35 percent market share, the PlayStation 3 with 33 percent, and the Wii with 32 percent. Compared to ten weeks all three home consoles are down.
All four handhelds remain in the same positions for total software. The DS is in first, 3DS in second, PSP in third and the Vita in last. The DS has a 68 percent market share for the current generation handhelds and the PSP has a 32 percent market share. The 3DS has a 96 percent market share for the next generation handhelds, while the Vita has just a four percent market share. Compared to ten weeks ago the 3DS is up, while the DS and PSP are down.
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3DS holding up very nicely. Sad to see Vita having the highest percent drop.
It remains to be seen how well the Vita does in the USA and Europe. As of right now the Vita seems like a device that would do much better in a western market compared to the eastern markets (i.e. Japan) if only because the software for Vita in the west is looking much stronger than it is for Japan. If Vita stumbles out of the gate here as it did in Japan then Sony's contribution to the handheld market will be in jeopardy. And it can't just blame smartphone/tablet computers either.
This year is likely to be a very mixed bag, HW will drop for some, might rise a few % for others.
Software will also be up for some and down for others at the end of the year.
Clear signal that next-gen should come within 2-3 years max, probably 1-2 years.
Next year Max I think...
Sales drops were expected but the PSVITA is getting dangerously low. Sony really needs to do something. At least the 3DS is holding up nicely, even with the big drop. Hopefully it will soon stabilize.
Too bad pretty much the only thing they can do is lowering the price. That would not have been necessary if they released the right type of software for launch (3DS, anyone?).
It seems Wii U (and hopefully PS4/720) will learn from both consoles mistakes though =)
It's only japan guys and it's only 1 month post-launch. There is still ample room to remedy with Japan-centric software. The launch games were good for the west, and the western market is so much bigger percentage-wise.
Then, add to that the new western appeal we've seen in Japan in late 2011 (COD MW3) and the Vita will probably be a strong competitor in the west and even WW on the long haul. I expect the Vita to perform very similarly to the PS3 globally. It should pretty much be the same market give or take.
I only talked about Japan, and they have already lowered the Vita's price at certain retailers. Like you said; the softwares are ideal for the western market. But the question is if that's enough, or in other words: If people have got economical or physical space left for it.
It's funny because when Sony announced the 250 - 300$ price tag for Vita people were surprised because it was cheap (At that time the 3DS was 250$) and now people say it's overpriced...
Anyway, the price is correct it just need more games
Yeah, the Vita is indeed cheap. Too bad 3DS is way cheaper and has the software advantage. People tend to forget about the hardware then.
I'm liking what those software sales are doing to the tie-in ratio. [sigh] If only we had the tie-in ratios.
Still waiting for the week where 3DS software sales are higher then DS, and then I'll be waiting for that week without a 3DS game release.
I expect YOY to be down across the board for home consoles for a few good weeks still due to exceptionally high sales performance in holiday 2011 and general market fatigue, this is one of many such weeks until proably next fall or 360 price cut, whichever comes first.
Nintendo chose to divert their 1st party to the 3DS and Wii U - sensible decision
