Around about a year ago we posted the American full year console sales for 2007 and said that we could come back to it a year later to do a quick comparison
Well to do a quick recap in 2007 the console sales went something like
Wii – 6.29 million
360 – 4.62 million
PS2 – 3.97 million
PS3 – 2.56 million
Now NPD haven’t released the December figures yet but it we use the NPD stats for January to November and then add in the VGChartz stats for December we get to a close enough figure for our comparison (NPD + VGChartz = total).
| Â | Official NPD Stats | VGChartz | Total |
| Wii | 8,001,000 | 3,162,172 | 11,163,172 |
| Xbox 360 | 2,818,900 | 1,611,184 | 4,430,084 |
| Real Xbox 360 | 3,295,400 | 1,611,184 | 4,906,584 |
| Playstation 2 | 2,092,300 | 480,369 | 2,572,669 |
| Playstation 3 | 2,818,900 | 740,675 | 3,559,575 |
The first thing that jumps out at me is the fact that the Xbox 360’s sales have dropped year on year by around 200 000 units, dropping sales is never a good thing and this will worry Microsoft a lot. They will need to find a new Halo and soon if they want to keep their lead over the PS3.
Speaking of the PS3, it has improved it’s sales by just over a million units which is obviously fantastic news for Sony and I am sure they will be even happier with the fact that the PS3 outsold the PS2 year on year.
The Wii is a beast in it’s own right, last year it’s 6.3 million sales were heralded as the beginning of the end and that we would now see the Wii drop off the face of the earth. Well expect to hear more of that idiotic nay saying now that they cracked over 11 million in a single year.
The Wii is getting stronger and stronger and I doubt we will see anything overtake it this year, especially with the recession looming large.
So what else can you see in these figures and more importantly, who really won the war in 2008?
[Update] OddSock has been kind enough to show me that I miscopied the Xbox 360 figures from the NPD site… which means that most of this story is now false…ÂHuge apologies for that, we are human after all 🙁
Last Updated: January 5, 2009
OddSockZA
January 5, 2009 at 10:43
The NPD figures for the 360 are 3,295,400 , not the 2,818,900 stated here. This puts the 360 total at 4,906,584.
That would mean that it’s year on year sales have increased by almost 300k.
Milesh Bhana ZA
January 5, 2009 at 11:39
i was going to say that it can’t have gone down in 2008, the price drop has clearly had a good effect.
Let’s hope that 2009 sees a PS3 price drop (doubtful, but we can hope).
LazySAGamer
January 5, 2009 at 11:58
Thanks for pointing out my idiocy… again…
Want a job by any chance?
Wolfy
January 5, 2009 at 13:49
cant see the hype of the ps3 anyways great machine under delivered in my opinion
Von Doom
January 5, 2009 at 22:17
I knew that headline looked crazy, no problem we all make mistakes. Good eye OddSockZA.