PS4 vs Wii – VGChartz Gap Charts – June 2016 Update - Sales
by William D'Angelo , posted on 21 July 2016 / 42,142 Views
The VGChartz Gap 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: 47,738 – Wii
Gap change over last 12 months: 3,921,882 - Wii
Total Lead: 8,242,368 – Wii
PlayStation 4 Total Sales: 42,183,599
Wii Total Sales: 50,425,967
June 2016 is the 32nd month that the PlayStation 4 has been available for. During the latest month the gap grew in favor of the Wii when compared with the Wii’s 32nd month on sale. The gap increased by 47,738 units in the last month and 3.92 million units in the last 12 months. In the first 32 months, the Wii currently leads by 8.24 million units.
The gap has been growing by a much smaller margin in the last five months. It grew by 429,984 units in five months. There were many months where the gap grew by more than 500,000 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 42.18 million units in its first 32 months, while the Wii sold 50.43 million units during the same timeframe.
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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Wii Sports Resort, Wii Fit Plus, and NSMB will still be coming out for the Wii in the comparable year. Nintendo had an absolutely monstrous holiday season, so they should be up by at least 10 million by the end of the year, although 12 million seems more realistic.
Next year was a pretty strong year for Nintendo too, about matching the PS4's peak so far. Assuming that last year was not the PS4's peak, which seems reasonably, it may be able to bring the gap down by two or three million. However, this depends on how good the Neo is, and how much of a pricedrop the standard unit gets. It also depends on if Scorpio is able to take some of PS4's thunder, which I think it can if it is more powerful. The NX could also potentially hurt Sony on the more casual end of the fanbase. Of course, the Neo could be amazing and push sales way higher.
At any rate, the PS4 is very unlikely to start catching up significantly until at least 4 years into their lifespans. It should take a year and a half optimistically for the PS4 to actually close the gap. If the PS4's lifespan is as long as the PS3's, then it will probably win in the end. I'm not so sure that will be the case.
This and psv vs wii u are the most interesting comparisons, even though the last one probably has a confirmed winner already
The combined 8th gen sales are well behind the combined 7th gen sales at the same point in time. The 7th console generation has sold over 270 million consoles across the 3 platforms: Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft. The 8th generation will be hard pressed to sell 200 million sales combined.
That's because the Wiiu is doing a lot worse compared to its predecessor... ONE and PS4 are doing beter than expected and are sustaining the current gen.
Great comparison this. I reckon the ps4 wins in the end. Will be fun to keep track of.
Ｗould be great if we add ps2 number too.
you mean 2009 not 2008, also the wii's strongest holiday season is actually this upcoming one. It did start slowing down during the summer which we are in now but got it's first price cut before the holiday. Remember 4 million NPD? That was this year.
The gap should definitely grow through the rest of the year. PS4 started off this year with higher sales, but since then, it's been generally the same YOY for 2015 and 16. I don't know whether it's tracking ahead or behind this year, but I'm pretty sure the difference is plus or minus 500,000 or less. VR is too expensive to give a huge boost over the holidays, and the combination of XBox Slim coming out this year, and the NX, Scorpio, and Neo on the horizon may weaken PS4 sales over the holiday. The Wii is trending far behind 2008 because Wii Fit came out in April of that year, so sales spiked in the middle of the year. 2009 has its bigger releases towards the end of the year, and its holiday season actually surpassed 2008 with over 10 million. Considering that the Wii is already ahead this year, and its sales were extremely lobsided towards the end of the year, PS4 would have to have an absolutely massive holiday season to prevent the gap from growing significantly, and I don't see that happening unless VR wildly surpasses my expectations.
