PS4 vs Wii in Europe – VGChartz Gap Charts – May 2018 Update - Sales

by William D'Angelo , posted on 14 July 2018 / 4,949 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 Europe:

Gap change in latest month: 57,947 – PS4

Gap change over last 12 months: 2,705,435 – PS4

Total Lead: 3,641,772 – PS4

PlayStation 4 Total Sales: 31,838,404

Wii Total Sales: 28,196,632

During the latest month the gap grew in favor of the PlayStation 4 when compared with the Wii in Europe during the same timeframe by 57,947 units. In the last 12 months the gap has grown in favor of the PS4 by 2.71 million units. The PS4 currently leads by 3.64 million units.

The Wii launched in December 2006 in Europe, while the PlayStation 4 launched in November 2013. The PlayStation 4 has sold 31.84 million units, while the Wii sold 28.20 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.

7 Comments

Mnementh (on 14 July 2018)

It was a hard fight, but PS4 won. I think at this point the Wii drops off, the PS4 will also shrink but as we can see in current momentum it happens slower. Congrats PS4.

Amnesia (on 14 July 2018)

Bofferbrauer2 Amnesia (on 14 July 2018)

Not necessarely. And especially not if you would consider the Wii U as such. After all, it's fully backwards compatible to both games and accessories - it just also comes with games that the base model, aka the Wii itself, can't run.

KLAMarine Amnesia (on 14 July 2018)

I'd lean more on the tougher competition the Wii faced compared to the PS4.

Amnesia Amnesia (on 15 July 2018)

I consider the WiiU and the Switch as a console "generation 8 1st and 2nd round" instead...Backward compatibility ? A detail especially when now nearly every games are ported to the Switch. The name is different yes, but the machine is almost the same.
I disagree with the Wii/WiiU : 2 completely different machines, 2 completely different design and hardware. Just the name is the same, nothing else.

Bofferbrauer2 Amnesia (on 15 July 2018)

Completely different designs and hardware? Just put a Wii next to a Wii U and you'll see that the Wii U just looks like an elongated Wii and from the front they're almost indistinguishable (Wii U lacks the trapdoor with the GC connectors and cardreaders, but other than that, it's basically the same). As for the internal hardware, The Wii U just triples and overclocks the Wii CPU (and adds some cache) while the GPU is just a more modern Radeon derivate. The hardware even changes to Wii mode in Wii games, where 2 of the 3 CPU get deactivated, the remaining one clocked down to Wii speeds and the GPU gets partially deactivated and slowed down to match Wii speeds, too.

So no, it's not just the name that's the same, most of the hardware is, too.

COKTOE Amnesia (on 17 July 2018)

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