PS5 vs Wii Sales Comparison - August 2022 - Sales
by William D'Angelo , posted on 07 October 2022 / 3,354 Views
The VGChartz sales comparison series of articles are updated monthly and each one focuses on a different sales comparison using our estimated video game hardware figures. The charts include comparisons between the PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and Nintendo Switch, as well as with older platforms. There are articles based on our worldwide estimates, as well as the US, Europe, and Japan.
This monthly series compares the aligned worldwide sales of the PlayStation 5 and Wii.
The PlayStation 5 launched in November 2020, while the Nintendo Wii launched in November 2006. This does mean the holiday periods for the two consoles do lineup.
PS5 Vs. Wii Worldwide:
Gap change in latest month: 278,940 - Wii
Gap change over last 12 months: 8,948,796 - Wii
Total Lead: 8,706,648 - Wii
PlayStation 5 Total Sales: 22,746,087
Wii Total Sales: 31,452,735
August 2022 is the 22nd month the PlayStation 5 has been available for. In the latest month, the gap grew in favor of the Nintendo Wii when compared to the aligned launch of the PlayStation 5 by 278,940 units.
In the last 12 months, the Nintendo Wii has outsold the PlayStation 5 by 8.95 million units. The Nintendo Wii is ahead of the PlayStation 5 by 8.71 million units.
The PlayStation 5 has sold 22.75 million units in 22 months, while the Nintendo Wii sold 31.45 million units. Month 22 for the PlayStation 5 is August 2022 and for the Nintendo Wii it is August 2008.
The Nintendo Wii crossed 40 million in month 26, 50 million in month 32, and 60 million in month 38. The Nintendo Wii sold 101.63 million units lifetime.
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 and taking over the hardware estimates in 2017. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel. You can contact the author on Twitter @TrunksWD.
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Yeah, no, this will take years until there is a chance this is getting interesting again. Wii will lead for a long time.
PS5 is still supply constrained, which heavily impacts especially the holiday period. Given Wii was as well, but obviously at a much higher level. Also PS5 just got a price adjustment. So I expect PS5 to take another heavy hit in the holiday period. Looking at the momentum though, it is clear PS5 already took up a notch, as the rate of gap increasing isn't as big anymore. Still PS5 loses out. Soit will be a while before the trend continues. It surely will, I expect the PS5 to have better legs.
Recent reports and evidence point towards a huge improvement in production: Sony sticking with their forecast and stockpiling for the holiday season (their last holiday season was a disaster), Bloomberg reporting high PSVR2 quantities and a drastic improvement in PS5 production, Tom Henderson reporting 30.5 million PS5's planned for FY2023 (production, not shipment), PS5 jumping to 6nm process etc. I may have agreed with you 6 months ago, but I think the evidence is overwhelmingly favorable.
Price hike, bad PR, and the upcoming recession in Europe are valid concerns though. But if I am to make an early bet, I think PS5 will outpace the Wii in 2023, carried by pent up demand, Spider-Man 2, a PS5 revision in September, and to a lesser extent PSVR2. Wii actually had relatively meh weekly sales in its 3rd full year, but the insane spike towards the end of the year brought the annual total to over 21 million units.
OK, if Sony is preparing for a better holiday season, that would be beneficial. I don't know about it, but I guess we all will see in a few months. I believe that the supply constraints are still the majpr factor here, we don't see sales driven completely by demand, but by supply. So if Sony intends to be prepared, the next months may look better a year before.
I feel like the only thing that will truly save the PS5 (at least at being a contender for top selling system of all time) is a very long generation. I think long generations are more likely for handhelds and for Nintendo where the audience isn't so concerned about graphics. It's going to be a tough sell to keep the Playstation fanbase happy for 8-10 years on a single system. At the end of the day Sony will likely win this battle as the Wii was only on the market for 6 years and really only was a juggernaut for 5.
Things might change on the graphic enhancement front. We reach more and more an era of diminishing results and the chip scarcity and also economic crisis might shift consumers expectations on ever increasing progress in power.
It's unfortunate that an anti-consumer/anti-competitive/monopolistic tax evasion corrupt corp hogging half of the chips off Sony otherwise you all would of seen the monster that PS5 would've pull off!!
Just to be clear, Sony is as much an anti-competitive tax evading monopolistic global corp as everyone else. We don't talk about some small business that is swept aside by the big ones. The only reason Sony wasn't as much able to expand production in these circumstances is that they put their focus elsewhere. Probably into these 10 GaaS-games Jim Ryan wants to produce.
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