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Re: Console sales


Couple months ago Sony stopped publishing their sales numbers and that has caused trouble to Video Game Charts site and therefore me.
For years their console and game sales information has been (mostly) reliable and week or two old. Now their numbers are from two months back and have moved on a week in last month.

To one like me who finds console wars exciting to follow, this is very frustrating to follow.
No news is bad news here.
Also I'm worried about the whole site, VGC is one my favorite places in net and if this key feature fails they may lose a lot of users.


On the topic, current generation is in situation that PS4 had sold about as much as Wii U and XBox One combined.



Edit: fortunately VGC seems to be back in business, though it remains to be seen how regularly

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Xbox One was expected to make a big charge this christmas, maybe even win the season, but looks like PS4 holds strong.

Christmas sales don't seem to help Wii U much, Nintendo is still falling behind.

We're likely entering next year still in situation that PS4 has sold as much as XOne and Wii U combined.


Handheld sales, both total and current, are 4-to-1 to 3DS against Vita.

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PS4 won another christmas and now it's selling more than all Nintendo and MS consoles combined.

I think we can declare the winner for this generation.
And loser, with Nintendo NX round the corner...

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First the question of this generation was whether Xbox could yet catch PlayStation.
Then is was a question of whether PlayStation might sell as much as Xbox and Wii U combined.
Now it's time to ask if PlayStation will sell twice as much as Xbox.

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Things haven't changed much since last comments, except for Nintendo Switch entering the game.

PS4 seems to be on the way to past 100 million, around the Wii numbers.
XOne is close to X360, but now falling behind (thanks to Switch), so I'd guess... 70 million?
Wii U is dead below 15, Switch has started strong and will likely sell more, maybe 30? Depends on when next generation appears.

3DS is starting to lose to PSP, but should end up close - again depending next gen.
Vita is soon dead, barely beating Wii U.

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PS4 hits 100 million units, about to overtake Wii and the original PlayStation by end of year.
That'll make it second best selling home console after PS2.
Handhelds Nintendo DS and Game Boy are also ahead. PS4 may have chance to beat Game Boy (about 118 million), but PS2 and DS at over 150 are practically impossible.

Switch is getting close to passing XBox One, if not at holidays then next year.

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I just realized there's a pattern console sales by maker.
First Sega, then Sony and now Microsoft. The pattern goes like this:
1. console sells OK (PS1 much better but still following this pattern)
2. console is the biggest success: MegaDrive/Genesis, PS2, X360
3. console more or less fails: Saturn was disaster, PS3 least selling PS, XOne taking a beating (partially due Switch, but nevertheless)

So what does this predict for future? Sega's 4. console did little better than 3. (about same as 1.), but failed to recover and that was end of them. PS4 is similarly doing better than PS3, about same as PS1.
3. XBox didn't quite flop under 1. but we can approximate that next should, following this pattern, be at same numbers or slightly above XOne.
In other words I expect PS5 to beat X4 in about same ratio as this generation and Nintendo... I don't even know how to compare their sales after they threw in Switch mid-gen. But if they stick to Switch even halfway next gen, it'll be rough after the new ones come out.

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The last prediction of previous post appear to be wrong: Switch is absolutely slaughtering both PS/Xbox consoles right now.
Although it'll take couple years for new consoles to get to speed, Switch may yet have a chance to outsell PS4 - a shocking surprise for me.
But then again, with Switch Nintendo has simultaneously sacrificed their handheld.

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Switch has reached 100 million units sold and looks likely to eventually beat PS4 - depending when Nintendo comes up with next console.

PS5 and X/S are in total pretty much in same speed as the previous one, but this time Playstation isn't beating XBox as clearly.

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Switch is getting to 120 million, beating Game Boy.
It could threaten PS2 and DS as all-time leader.

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