PS4 vs Wii – VGChartz Gap Charts – June 2015 Update - Sales
by William D'Angelo , posted on 21 August 2015 / 7,012 Views
Welcome to the VGChartz Gap charts. These charts are updated monthly and each article focuses on a different gap chart. The charts include comparisons between the 7th generation and 8th generation platforms, as well as comparisons within the 8th generation. All sales are worldwide, unless otherwise stated.
PlayStation 4 Vs. Wii Global:
Gap change in latest month: 322,452 – Wii
Gap change over last 12 months: 6,042,410 - Wii
Total Lead: 6,164,777 – Wii
PlayStation 4 Total Sales: 24,092,639
Wii Total Sales: 30,257,416
June 2015 is the 20th month that the PlayStation 4 has been available to purchase. During the latest month the gap grew in favor of the Wii when compared with the Wii’s 20th month on sale by 322,452 units. In the first 20 months, the Wii leads by 6.04 million units.
Both consoles launched in November. The Wii launched in November 2006, while the PlayStation 4 launched in November 2013. The PlayStation 4 has sold 24.09 million units in its first 20 months, while the Wii sold 30.26 million units during the same timeframe.
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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.
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itll get bigger next year
And then it'll only get smaller and smaller until PS4 takes the lead spot and stays there.
Wii was a monster. PS4 is still beast too.
And people wonder why Ninty wants to pull another Wii! I would too if i realized going head to head with Sony/Micro would only make things much more difficult and costly.
Vgchartz doesn't have the wii at 30.2 million until the first week of August in 2008, So the gap total is too high, though the gap change for the month is low
It's a hardcore console, of course it would sell well at the start. Unless it can tap the casual market, the gap will continue. The hardcore only makes up so much of the market, and most of those are playing their games on a PC.
Wii was just 249 euros. In consumer value PS4 is still ahead.
I wonder why people like to pull out revenue even though it means nothing?
The PS4 is probably still being sold at a loss, considering Sony's profits haven't been impressive at all.
The PS4 is probably still being sold at a loss, considering Sony's profits haven't been impressive at all.
That's what fan boys pull out when their system is getting it's ass kicked by the wii.
It IS impressive when you consider the fact that gaming is pretty much carrying Sony right now.
This is about how many units each sold, not about money.
In the US, the Wii has sold 667k in June 2008, PS4 366k.>300k gap... In Japan, the Wii sold 224k VS 69k PS4. >150K gap... Total gap US+JP > 450k. "Gap change in latest month: 322,452 – Wii" ...PS4 outsold Wii by 125k in Europe and Rest of world????? suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuure.
Europe never paid much attention to any Nintendo consoles while Sony is king over there. Seems perfectly natural to me.
Oh, the Wii was also beasting in europe back then. PS3, not so much in that timeframe yet, that one really started to pick up in 2009 in europe
Could China have something to do with the "slow" gap increase?
well done, you picked two regions where the gap is really big and decided that all other places should be similar. The ps4 has a bigger market share in Europe than the wii had as well as many other countries. your attitude and sarcasm won't change that. In fact there is a chance that the ps4 had an even bigger lead outside of Japan and the US. Considering this has 1.2 million ps4s on shelves when you subtract it from the total they have shipped might be too high
Indeed ryng, there are many things wrong with the data, though your initial wording didn't make it clear. Had you simply said vgchartz days for June 2008 had a bigger gap with the ps4 June this year you wouldn't leave it to speculation. Though it also means the total gap is actually smaller since the wii won't have an extra month of sales. (The wii wasn't at 30.2 million until the first week that ended in August in 2008)
