Wii Closing In On 7 Million Sold; PS3 May Not Hit 5 Million (ever)
Nov/080
Media Create Sales: 11/10 - 11/16 (Consoles)
In stark contrast, the PS3 has only just crossed the 2.4 million mark in two years. If the trend continues, the PS3 may barely pass 5 million lifetime in the traditional console life cycle of 5 years. Total lifetime market share has held steady between 22% and 27% since January of 2007.
Notably, Microsoft’s 360 has clearly taken a major bite out of Sony’s Japanese strategy, taking more than 7% market share that would presumably go to the PS3.
Which Console Had the Best Exclusives in 2008?
Nov/080
For gamers, the new year usually begins after mid-November and this year’s no different; pretty much all major console exclusives have been released. So, this is the first time that we can actually look back at 2008 and see which console had the best exclusives for the year - the PS3, Xbox 360, or Wii.
To do this, I decided to tally up the Metascore ratings (as of 11/20) for what are arguably the top ten exclusives for each console. Games that are available on PC and only one console are on the list as well (World of Goo and Left 4 Dead are two examples). So let’s dive right in to those potentially forum-rioting numbers:
Wii:
- No More Heroes - 83%
- Super Smash Bros. Brawl - 94%
- Mario Kart Wii - 82%
- Wii Fit - 80%
- Wario Land: Shake it! - 78%
- Harvest Moon: Tree of Tranquility - 64%
- World of Goo - 95%
- Wii Music - 63%
- Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World - 68%
- Animal Crossing: City Folk - 71%
Average: 77.8%
PS3:
- GT5: Prologue - 80%
- Haze - 55%
- Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots - 94%
- Ratchet and Clank Future: Quest for Booty - 76%
- Wipeout HD - 87%
- SOCOM: Confrontation - 62%
- LittleBigPlanet - 95%
- Motorstorm: Pacific Rift - 81%
- Resistance 2 - 87%
- Valkyria Chronicles - 86%
Average: 80.3%
Xbox 360:
- Ninja Gaiden II - 81%
- Too Human - 65%
- Tales of Vesperia - 82%
- Viva Pinata: Trouble in Paradise - 82%
- Infinite Undiscovery - 68%
- Fable II - 89%
- Gears of War 2 - 93%
- Banjo-Kazooie Nuts & Bolts - 78%
- Left 4 Dead - 89%
- Lips - 72%
Average: 79.9%
Here are the averages in handy chart form:
The closest battle, of course, was between the Xbox 360 and the PS3. The PS3 claimed the top spot, but only by the slim margin of 0.4%. Overall, both consoles had flops, the PS3’s being Haze and Socom, the Xbox 360’s Too Human and Infinite Undiscovery. However, both consoles had golden titles as well, such as LittleBigPlanet, Metal Gear Solid 4, and Gears of War 2.
The Wii was in last place, but not by as much as most expected. The duds of the Wii (Wii Music, Harvest Moon, and Tales of Symphonia) were balanced out by great titles like World of Goo and Super Smash Bros. Brawl. And anyways, since the Wii is still outselling the PS3 and Xbox 360 combined, Nintendo doesn’t really care about these numbers.
So after all of that fighting between fanboys on forums across the internet, the dust has finally settled. And guess what: it turns out that all three consoles did very well. So, fanboys, learn this: your fighting amounts to nothing. Can’t we all just enjoy good games, no matter what console they’re on?
Europe PS3 sales ‘overtake Xbox 360′
Sep/080
Sales of the PS3 in Europe have overtaken sales of the Xbox 360 according to figures released by Sony.
David Reeves from Sony said “More than 5 million PS3s have been sold on the continent.”
Reeves said “the numbers are a testament to to the strength of the Playstation brand.” He also confirmed that 12 million PSPs and 48 million PS2s had been sold in Europe.
Although the Xbox 360 sells more in the UK, it does not do very well elsewhere in Europe.
Despite all these sales both the PS3 and Xbox 360 are still behind the Nintendo Wii in sales and have a lot of catching up to do.
Microsoft released a 60GB Xbox 360 a few weeks ago and with the new release of the 80GB PS3 and the upcoming release of the 160GB PS3, there will be fierce competition in the Games Console market.
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