PS4 vs Xbox One vs Wii U Japan Lifetime Sales – October 2016 Update - Sales
by William D'Angelo , posted on 12 December 2016 / 51,300 Views
Welcome to the latest edition of the ‘PS4 vs Xbox One vs Wii U Japan’ article. This series compares the 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 Japan for October 2016 shows how the PlayStation 4 has caught up with the Wii U over the last couple of years and has been ahead for two straight months.
The PlayStation 4 has sold 3.38 million units lifetime, the Wii U 3.27 million units, and the Xbox One 70,509 units.
Taking a look at the marketshare, the PlayStation 4 has a 50 percent market share, the Wii U sits at 49 percent, and the Xbox One just one percent.
PlayStation 4 Total Sales: 3,382,640
Wii U Total Sales: 3,272,581
Xbox One Total Sales: 70,509
The PlayStation 4 outsold the Wii U for a 10th straight month. The PlayStation 4 outsold the Wii U by 109,887 units and the Xbox One by 117,288 units. The Wii U outsold the Xbox One by 7,401.
When you compare monthly sales to a year ago the PlayStation 4 is up, while the Wii U and Xbox One are down. The PlayStation 4 is up 20,578 units, the Wii U is down 31,658 units, and the Xbox One is down 305.
Looking at market share for the month, the PlayStation 4 managed to achieve 92 percent. The Wii U accounted for 7 percent of the consoles sold, and the Xbox One accounted for just one percent.
PlayStation 4 Monthly Sales: 118,993
Wii U Monthly Sales: 9,106
Xbox One Monthly Sales: 1,705
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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The Japanese Xone had a heart attack at Japan's launch and is flatlining ever since
Staying true to the Xbox name - Microsoft was kind enough to fill in for the X axis on this chart!
Xbox just looks like a flat green worm.
Including XBO figures is sadly kind of redundant.
It's crazy how PS4 pretty much gained over 50% marketshare there the second it passed Wii-U. I also find it funny that PS4 took the lead the there, despite Nintendo's bragging of 66% marketshare there, at one point.
Its not crazy at all, Wii U is dead and almost without any games for quiet times now, and soon new console is coming. On other hand PS4 is one of fastest selling console in world, and actually from that point of view PS4 sale numbers in Japan are pretty low.
PS4 has been going up though. Despite having have the launch sales of the PS3 in Japan, it's now tracking ahead of PS3. PS3 has sold about 10.5 million units in Japan to date; if push comes to shove PS4 will sell about 13 million units there.
It just a little ahead of PS3 in Japan, while world wide PS4 is selling double compared to PS3. It sold 3.5m in Japan after almost 3 years, I would very surprised if hits 10m LT, no way it will sell 13m, PS4 generation will not last 8 years like PS3.
