Christmas is just around the corner and the sales figures are all about to receive a huge boost as the moms and dads of the world head out to buy little Johnny and Suzie that console they always wanted.
So to accurately measure who wins the Christmas season let’s take a look at where everyone currently stands according to VGChartz. Which whether anyone likes it or not is the best way to measure international sales from a 3rd parties point of view.
Home Consoles
Wii – 56.69 Million (48.6% market share)
360 – 33.37 Million (28.6% market share)
PS3 – 26.68 Million (22.9% market share)
Handhelds
DS – 114.01 Million (68.3% market share)
PSP – 52.8 Million (31.7% market share)
What is interesting is that the 360 has managed to keep its lead over the PS3 that it has held since January even with the PS3 becoming the better value for money purchase through this year.
The Wii is obviously going to dominate this holiday season once again but while I previously thought the 360 was going to sneak it again I am now starting to think the PS3 may just manage to keep its nose in front.
On the handheld front I would be incredibly surprised if anything changed what with the DSi LL selling so well and the PSPGo being a retail disaster since it was released. I haven’t even seen that thing in a shop yet now that I think about it.
Last Updated: November 25, 2009
Uberutang
November 25, 2009 at 11:00
Yeah PS3 sales are up.
The price is now same as teh elite for a 120 slim, that alone caused me and 4 of my mates to each pick one up.
The free MP does not hurt either 😎
Fox1
November 25, 2009 at 11:27
It’s not the same price as the Elite. The Elite Holiday bundles sell for R3199.
Someone
November 25, 2009 at 13:08
R2999 @ Incredible Con
Uberutang
November 25, 2009 at 11:56
Not over here they are not. Still at R3599, with the 120 SLIM PS 3 at R3699.
Nice bundle price though, my 4th 360 just rrod, so I might need to get a new one.
Wonder what the distro price will be?
Fox1
November 25, 2009 at 12:02
I got that price from Makro. They also have the XBox 360 Elite + Forza 3 + XBox 360 Wireless Racing Wheel for R4799 and they give back a R500 voucher :w00t:
Milesh Bhana ZA
November 25, 2009 at 12:27
I got the elite holiday bundle (Lego Batman + Pure). So the Elite is cheaper. I still thought it was weird that the Elite with 2 games was R3199, and the Elite with no games was R3399.
Anyway, PS3 is still more worth it, a few hundred bucks more and you get Wi-Fi and Blu-Ray player.