Back in January we started a semi-regular feature looking at how many million selling games each console had.
In the previous generation the PS2 was clearly the winner with over 198 titles shipping over a million units. However this generation is starting a little differently..
PlayStation 3
Sony’s black beast now has 16 titles which have sold over a million units and increase of 6 units since April which leaves it tied in the improvement stakes with the Nintendo Wii.
A nice improvement since the last round where it came last.
Nintendo Wii
While the Nintendo Wii only increased it’s million count by 3 units it still leading the PS3 in overall stakes as it now has a total of 28 titles in the ranks, a lead of 12 against the PS3.
if Nintendo doesn’t kick it up a bit it may well end up being remembered as the console with no decent games.
Xbox 360
The Xbox 360 is currently the undisputed leader in this race with a total of 43 titles in the millionaire table, a lead of 15 over the Wii and also an 8 point increase over it’s January toll which puts it comfortably in front of the improvement stats as well.
The 360 has overtaken it’s last gen total of 37… which was the lowest of all the previous gen machines.
| Last Gen | Now | April | January | |
| Xbox | 37 | 43 | 35 | 31 |
| Nintendo | 39 | 28 | 22 | 16 |
| Sony | 198 | 16 | 10 | 7 |
VGChartz.com | Worldwide Million Sellers
Last Updated: October 3, 2008
Macethy
October 3, 2008 at 08:49
Just goes to show that although people snap up the Wii,they are clearly content with playing Wii Sports for months.
Milesh Bhana ZA
October 3, 2008 at 09:24
Here’s the problem (well it’s my issue anyway).
You can have party games on the 360/PS3, but usually these are expensive because you need a game+peripheral bundle (Buzz, Scene It, Guitar Hero etc…)
One of the big selling points is that you already have the funky peripheral for the Wii and the party game is bundled.
But.. the next two big titles after Wii Sport were
Wii Kart (expensive because of that useless steering attachment)
Wii Fit (need a balance board …game for R1000)
and in future, Wii Sports Resort, balance board again.
This really negates the value proposition of the Wii imo.
Fudzy
October 3, 2008 at 09:37
So do VGChartz have reputable data now?
baba
October 3, 2008 at 11:06
100% Agreed
SlippyMadFrog
October 3, 2008 at 11:11
For the 100th time, VGChartz update the forecasted figures with actual figures as soon as it’s released.
Fudzy
October 3, 2008 at 12:38
“Actual figures?”
“And the amount of concrete data available to VGChartz is low – as is freely admitted in a recent interview, VGChartz had 2-3% of the North American market as a sample at the time,”
From http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=18919
In any case, I’m sure even if the figures were a couple thousand out they would still be the same.
It would be interesting is a breakdown of the top 10 million selling games for both consoles, based on exclusives.
SlippyMadFrog
October 3, 2008 at 12:45
Fair enough, they don’t have all the actual data. But I guess it’s the best we got.
kab123
October 3, 2008 at 14:01
I wonder what sales will look like this holiday. Console and software wise. With the US seamingly steering towards bankrupcy. RSA numbers might just match US number sooner or later
kab123
October 3, 2008 at 14:04
You’ll never have 100% acurate data. VG charts gives a fairly acurate “trend” in sales. Whether something has sold 2 million copies or 1.98082749458 million is beside the point.