7th Gen vs 8th Gen - Aligned Sales Comparison - September 2015 Update - Sales
by William D'Angelo , posted on 03 November 2015 / 19,132 Views
This monthly series compares the combined aligned sales of the 7th generation platforms with the 8th generation platforms. The two charts compare the home consoles as well as handhelds.
This first chart compares aligned home console sales between the 7th and 8th generations. That is the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and Wii combined sales aligned, versus the combined aligned sales of the Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and Wii U.
The 8th generation has struggled to keep up with the 7th generation and in September 2015 the gap grew by 1.26 million units.
The 7th generation home consoles in their first 23 months sold 61.94 million units, while the 8th generation consoles have sold 48.00 million units. The 7th gen currently leads by 13.94 million units.
7th Generation Total Combined Home Console Sales: 61,943,228
8th Generation Total Combined Home Console Sales: 48,001,536
Total Lead: 13,941,692 – 7th Generation
This second chart compare aligned handheld sales between the 7th and 8th generations. That is the DS and PSP combined sales aligned, versus the combined aligned sales of the 3DS and PlayStation Vita.
The 7th generation handhelds in their first 46 months sold 119.57 million units, which is nearly double the 8th generation. The 8th generation handhelds have sold 59.66 million units. The 7th generation grew its lead by 0.67 million units for the month and currently leads by a total of 59.66 million units.
7th Generation Total Combined Handheld Sales: 119,570,830
8th Generation Total Combined Handheld Sales: 59,911,635
Total Lead: 59,659,195 – 7th Generation
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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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Where exactely is the 8th generation selling better than the 7th, as a lot of people still claim ???
Damn, 14 million in the hole. But what is really interesting is that third parties seem to be doing pretty well, thank-you very much. Shows that it does matter which platform is the lead platform. The PS install base buys lots of 3rd party games, therefore even when the other platforms are not doing very well 3rd parties are still able to sell decent amounts of software. Of course they are helped by also having mobile phone / tablet revenues, and in some cases pachinko machines.
Third party console software sold much better last generation, more than twice as well.
You sure about that? By my (VGC) calculations 7th gen software total launch aligned is 37% ahead. Hardware is 28% ahead. So relatively total software is higher, but considering the huge skew of high selling 1st party on Wii that difference is due to 1st party sales not 3rd party.
For a boring gen, 100M gaming devices sold has surprised me.
Hmm...Funny, while some will go ahead and say some criticism to Wii U and Vita, it's surprising how eighth gen is still managing to do well.
60 million handhelds is not something to brush off. Sure, we might never get a 100-150+ million console(or even handheld), but the numbers of 60 million handhelds and 48 million consoles is pretty amazing. Considering the Wii U and Vita's unfortunate sales, I didn't think eighth gen would do this well.
Interesting fact: PS4+Xbone actually outsell Wii+Xbox 360. How is that possible?
Wii-U September 2015: 10.5 million
PS3 September 2009: 25.8 million
So the difference between the systems in 3rd place is actually bigger than the 7th gen console lead.
Wii U and Vita are dropping the ball.
