PS4 vs Xbox One vs Wii U Lifetime Sales – October 2014 Update - PS4 Lead Grows - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 11 November 2014 / 16,860 Views
Welcome to the third of a new series of monthly articles. This new 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 October shows how the PlayStation 4 has continued to grow its lead over the Xbox One and Wii U. Also the gap between the Xbox One and Wii U has continued to shrink. The PlayStation 4 passed the 12 million mark this month and the Xbox One the six million mark. The PS4 has sold 12.65 million units lifetime, the Xbox One 6.33 million units, and the Wii U 7.30 million units.
PlayStation 4 Total Sales: 12,564,780
Xbox One Total Sales: 6,333,572
Wii U Total Sales: 7,304,641
The PlayStation 4 has outsold both the Xbox One and Wii U every month since its release 12 months ago. The Xbox One outsold the Wii U in October for the third straight month. The Xbox One outsold the Wii U by 284,677 units. The PS4 sold 916.757 units in October, the Xbox One 473,754 units, and the Wii U 189,077 units.
PlayStation 4 Monthly Sales: 916,757
Xbox One Monthly Sales: 473,754
Wii U Monthly Sales: 189,077
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. 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 or on Twitter @TrunksWD.
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This gap will just continue to grow. It's inevitable.
I think Nintendo needs to start implementing some serious policy change for their systems online features and region locking to help change some gamers minds on the WiiU and they need to do whatever they need to to get publishers on board. WiiU has some fantastic exclusives and has great indie support but there's very little in the ways of publisher support and the system is lacking many basic features that not just the PS4 and XB1 have but Steam, Vita, and 360 have. Also the region locking issue shouldn't even exist.
Until they do these things, I don't envision them being able to turn things around. Lightning doesn't strike twice, meaning, they can't expect another innovative thing that nobody expected like the Wii and while their handhelds are still selling well, much of the casuals that were forced to buy handhelds before now have mobile phones to game on.
It would be more appropriate to do PS4 vs. XB1+WiiU
Just wait until Smash Bros, WiiU will outsell XB1 this holiday. I don;t see XB1 surpassing WiiU for a while.
Mario kart 8 didnt change wiiU trend,so it's easy to expect that even smash bros won't make the difference,considering that this game has already iussed on 3ds,as well.
One week, one month or November and December combined?
