...in video game sales!
Here's a very impressive statistic:
- PS4 WW console sales: 38m
- Wii U WW console sales: 12m
Now here's their video games worldwide sales:
- There have been 82m Playstation 4 games sold worldwide (January 2015)
- There have been 80m Wii U games sold worldwide (December 2015)
Despite the gap between dates,
there was a slump in video game sales for Sony in 2015, so I don't think the lead Sony have will be very big once the sales are updated again.
How have Nintendo achieved this, despite the PS4 selling over 3x as many consoles?
Are Nintendo's games truly better quality?
Top 5 best selling PS4 games:
- Killzone Shadow Fall - 2.1m
- Bloodborne - 2m
- Driveclub - 2m
- Infamous Second Son - 1m
- The Last of Us Remastered - 1m
Top 5 best selling Wii U games:
- Mario Kart 8 - 7.2m
- New Super Mario Bros U - 5.1m
- Nintendo Land - 5m
- Super Mario 3D world - 4.6m
- Smash Bros Wii U - 4.6m
Wii U's best selling video game (Mario Kart 8) almost outsells the entire PS4 top 5 games! It's also worth noting that the PS4 has zero games which sold over 2.5m, whereas the Wii U has seven games which did!
PS4 console sales source
PS4 video game sales source
Wii U console sales source
Wii U video game sales source