PS4 vs Xbox One vs Wii U Global Lifetime Sales – June 2015 Update

VGChartz' William D'Angelo writes: "Looking at the total sales of the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Wii U in June 2015 we can see that the PlayStation 4 has continued to grow its lead over the Xbox One and Wii U.

The PlayStation 4 passed the 24 million mark this month and the Xbox One passed the 13 million mark. The PS4 has sold 24.09 million units lifetime, the Xbox One 13.25 million units, and the Wii U 9.98 million units.

PlayStation 4 Total Sales: 24,092,639

Xbox One Total Sales: 13,250,099

Wii U Total Sales: 9,979,273"

[SpaceRanger]

In terms of sales I think the PS4 has nothing to worry about.
With only a 3 million difference, compared to an almost11 million difference between the next two competitors, the battle between sales for the Xbox One and Wii U continue.

[Major_Glitch]

It's no longer a battle for first place between Sony and MS. It's a battle for second place between Nintendo and MS. Fact!
Edit: Disagree all you want, but the graph and the numbers don't lie. That's the fun thing about FACTS, they're true whether you believe it or not.

[Malacath]

Not fact.

Nintendo has been out a lot longer than the xbox one.

It also isn't doing very well outside of Japan. Here in the UK it's a flop.

Even western 3rd party publishers have dropped support because they can't make any money off it.
It might be doing well in Japan but the Japanese don't like western games.

[Maddens Raiders]

Historically, this is Sony's wont. But I'm old.

[nix]

wow.. that red line just shooting up...

[Why o why]

Did a large number of the X box camp care about the year, year plus headstart the 360 had over the ps3 when they gloated. . . . . .

Irrespective of the double standards, I don't acknowledge vgc as a reputable source.

[NukaCola]

I am really curious to see the sales on 01 January 2016. I wonder if the line up on Xbox will make a difference in catching up, because 2016 is going to be huge for PS4 exclusives and if X1 doesn't close that gap, will they ever?. Also want to see how UC, Tearaway, and Until Dawn do.

Truthfully between MGS V and Fallout 4, I don't know where to find the time. I am still on The Witcher and haven't touched Batman yet.

[alti]

in all fairness, you can't claim something as fact when it relies on the future.

[JackStraw]

Holy crap. The PS4 has sold more than WiiU and Xbox One combined. That is truly impressive.

[sonarus]

wii u is lame. Nobody wants to sit down and play with a giant ipad. xbox tripped and fell early in what was going to be an inevitably close race. Sony needs to step it up with the games tho or risk losing momentum

[ravinash]

One good thing is that if a company tries to implement an anti consumer system of any sort, their going to get hammered....hard.

MS really messed up at the start of Xone cycle.
They have sorted things out now, but it's a long path to get back to where they were.

But, come the next cycle, MS will have learned a lot of valuable lessons, and you can expect a lot of good things to come out because of that.

[Bassmint]

lol how could anyone disagree this?

[ThePope]

There is no battle for second place. The Wii U will never catch the X1.

@Below

THATS fact.

[Picnic]

There are some utterly mad, bad or stupid people who will claim
that a console with a year's natural life at best left can beat the Xbox One which already overtook.

[Nevers0ft]

@Picnic Hey, I'm one of those people! I also eat crayons.

[thelwebb100]

In terms of sales, real gamers couldn't care less! It's all about the games for me and this holiday season XB1 owns both Sony and Nintendo. You corporate slaves can argue sales all you want, it doesn't benefit the gamer!

[DragonKnight]

Developers care about sales, and gamers care about the games developers make, so if you're a true gamer that only cares about games, you unfortunately have to care, at least peripherally, about sales.

[JMyers]

Real gamers couldn't care less... Yet you sound excited that MS will "own" the competition? Only in the US and UK though. Xbox is irrelevant everywhere else. It has to be cheaper and offer fire sale type deals to outsell the competition over 2 months of the year. Guess that's owning, and offering nothing much from Jan-Aug. Your opinion certainly don't seem slanted. Many cared in the 360 era though, and ignored that fact that the PS3 came out a later and was more expensive... But close the gap worldwide. Real gaming facts...but hey guess i'm not a real gamer.

[BarrettWallace2]

Sales do benefit the gamers but that is a different conversation for a different time. As far as The Bone owning Sony, that is laughable. They both will do well this holiday season.

[snoopgg]

The only games I would want to play on xboxone holiday season are gears and quantum break. I don't like Halo and wouldn't buy the xboxone for Forza. I guess it depends on what kinda of games one likes to establish if a system owns any other system. See its up to the individual gamer to decide who owns. I don't care about sales either, but also don't care about xboxones holiday lineup to buy that console. As far as sales ps4 owns xbox and the gamers have spoken by buying the ps4 over Xboxone.

[CaptainObvious878]

Real gamers play games all year round, not just the holiday season. It's amazing how some people have been brain washed into thinking only 2 months of the year count.

[r2oB]

At this point most gamers are aware of the games released on both platforms and the games releasing on both platforms. So the fact that PS4 continues to outsell Xbox One, it's a safe assumption more people are interested in PS4s game library, regardless of what's releasing a single holiday season on Xbox One. So yes, it's about the games, and it just so happens that the games are a strong factor in what people buy.

[thoract]

Sales do matter a lot to developers. Remember when the 360 was selling like hotcakes? Which allowed MS to instate the parity clause on developers. So can MS implement that same clause this gen? Hack no, why because of sales.

How many games will 3rd party developers make for this awesome MS cloud? My guess is maybe less than a hand full. Why, because of sales. They won't develop anything for this cloud unless MS gives them a load of cash. Do you guys remember how awesome Titanfall was with the power of the cloud? Do you think Titanfall 2 is going to use the cloud power, to make it 10 times more powerful than the PS4 version?

[showtimefolks]

Wasn't it at thar Sony announced 25.3 million and Xbox one 13 plus. And than Sony won July

So how come ps4 show 24 plus million on this report.

Also if Xbox one was at 13 plus million why is it again showing 13 plus million

The only one I trust is Sony and Microsoft. When they announce something that's when I take it as factual data

Imo right ps4 is at 26 to 27 million
Xbox one close to passing 14 million

Also don't has said that 36.3 million consoles will be sold by March 31st 2016. So holiday season should be very strong for ps4 and Xbox one

In USA market I don't see either Sony or Ms outselling each other by a huge margin. September Sony , October ms, November Sony and December is a toss up

Also august us a toss up too

Noting I wrote is facts. I am just giving my opinion and I could wrong so please get offended

[Why o why]

VGChartz is your answer. They've had a long history of undercutting one manufacturers numbers whilst inflating the others numbers.

[AndrewLB]

The last announcement from Sony were "Shipped" consoles. Not "sold-through". And to be fair, none of Sony's announced sales numbers since 10 million have been "Sold through". All you have to do is look at the japanese press release on their site and at the bottom it clearly says the numbers are estimates based on consoles "shipped". I just don't get why so many gaming sites continue reporting PS4 sales incorrectly

Oh the other hand, Microsoft almost always reports "shipped" numbers.

[uth11]

This data is from the beginning of July for one thing

[DarXyde]

@AndrewLB,

Logic denotes any console with a "shipped" amount of units has physical sales very closely behind. Otherwise, they wouldn't be shipping them and they'd be returned to the manufacturers. Let's say, in your eyes, that PlayStation 4 has only sold 10+ million units, but not nearly as much as they have now. That would be approximately 15 million sitting at retailers. Yeah, no.

Also, I thought it'd be amusing to entertain your bias, but I suppose I should inform you that the last time Sony announced sold numbers was, if I recall, the beginning of the year...with 18 million units sold. It's been outpacing Xbox One and Wii U every month since internationally. Is it really that unlikely? Now's a good time to use the "available in more regions" argument as well, considering it is available in more regions and that certainly does help it keep its advantage over competition, but isn't necessary to do so. In the absence of that, in the case of Xbox One, the gap would only be smaller but with PlayStation 4 still at an advantage because Microsoft had played its hand in regions they are best and are still behind in those areas.

In your sincerest heart of hearts, you know that 25 million sold is very realistic. Supposedly, the 25 million sold is confirmed in their financial reports, but I haven't combed through it yet.

[Mulando]

@DarXyde
yes it was "shipped". Xbox is ~15m Shipped, and PS4 is ~25-26m shipped
When you sell a product worldwide and it is not sold out (which the ps4 was the first year) you can substract ~1-2m of the shipped number. All those consoles in stores etc are not sold, and there are many many stores that still have those consoles "unsold".
There are also those consoles that count "double" because they were defect, but those numbers should be really low this console cycle.

the good thing is, both numbers are healthy. But WiiU isn't, at least not for AAA games from third-party publishers.
You can already sell games on the current gen with 1m+ copies sold on one platform. this is really good so soon in this cycle.

[DarXyde]

Mulando,

Didn't say that it wasn't 25 million shipped. I just suggest that 25 million isn't unrealistic in terms of sales and that, even if shipped, sales are not at all far behind.

[ABizzel1]

There's no battle between XBO and Wii U at all. In 1 1/2 year XBO has a 3m lead against Wii U and it launched a full year after the Wii U.

Wii U is dead last, and it's sales numbers are still barely getting by, only increasing with each AAA release which unfortunately for the console are 1 every couple of months.

PS4 is a distant first selling more than XBO & Wii U combined.

XBO takes 2nd place unchallenged.

Wii U dead last, and being phased out for the NX. They could drop the price of the Wii U down to $199 and get a large sales boost, but it's pointless in the long run, and they're better off just waiting for the NX.

[ZhugeEX]

If there is one thing I don't like about this website is that VGChartz articles get voted hot when they're nothing more than estimates made up by the site owner which are corrected only when actual information is released by either the big 3 themselves or external market research institutions.

Sure it works as a VERY rough estimate but no one should read too much into this.

[JMyers]

Missing you on Gaf!

[JackStraw]

That is pretty much every article on N4G. Rumors, "opinion pieces," estimates, guesses, etc. This site is a glorified gossip site now.

[MasterCornholio]

Your charts are awesome and at least they have plenty of data to support them.

Completely agree with you about VG charts. I only use VGs to get a general idea of sale trends. To me the most reliable source are the manufacturers themselves.

[HeavenlySnipes]

Are you serious? The WiiU has no chance of outselling the Xbox One. Especially with the NX's probable announcement next E3

[Magicite]

PS4 selling much better than X1 and WiiU combined, a beast!

[Picnic]

There is no battle for 2nd place. The Xbox is practically assured it. The WiiU mainly has Japanese focussed titles lined up. It will be lucky to sell even a quarter of what the Xbox One ends up selling. Because the original Wii sold so many but had reached a graphics limit due to mediocre tech, Nintendo released the WiiU midgen. This didnt result in huge sales because consumer confusion over name plus not a small price didn't pull in loads of casual people in a smartphone age whose Wiis were collecting dust. If NX releases midgen it absolutely must aim for Xbox One beating graphics , highly sophisticated virtual reality or, perhaps most likely, a console with truly current gen specs for a very affordable price that will far more be bought as the 2nd console in a household than the WiiU was. But the NX needs some additional cool to attract actual gamers in to parting with any small amount of cash. Something outside the box like a Star Wars Pilotwings hybrid. Or Mario in an adventure with Disney characters.

[SaveFerris]

Interesting estimates. I wonder what the sales figures for PS4 will be by the time the Playstation Experience rolls around?

[johndoe11211]

I would say close to thirty million. That's just my guesstimate.

[DialgaMarine]

Given the Star Wars and CoD bundles, and the next push from Destiny, I'd say Sony can easily sell close to 5 million consoles by years end.

[trunkswd]

I see the PlayStation 4 lifetime sales to be around 33m-35m by the end of the year.

[GorillaSceptre]

So 10 mill units in 4 months? Even though PS4 sales are down a few % compared to last year?

¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Doubt it.

[FoxyGotGame]

Sony recently announced 25.3 Million shipped, so why is that figure of 8 million so outlandish to you hmm? Funny how you chose to go for the highest estimate.

Just get over it Gorilla, have a Banana on me. PS4 is in its own lane. Wii U is X1's nearest competitor. I will help with the sales numbers in November when I purchase an X1 Black Friday Bundle. I am a Gamer who likes to play all the games on as many platforms as time/money allows me.

Edit:

It'll achieve 30+ Million by January 1st 2016 is my guesstimate. But, I sense much panic in this space. Silly /

[pivotplease]

More like 8 or 9 million needs to be moved in 5 months. August isn't even in and counted yet. The best sales months of the year too. Get your information straight. My guess is still probably 31 mill.

[Spotie]

About 25 million as of June, Gorilla. That leaves six months to get ten million. Less than 2 million a month is more than doable, given December alone is likely to see well over 2 million consoles moved.

[johndoe11211]

I think that's a little high. Although I do foresee an explosion in sales next year with uncharted and horizon being released.

[GorillaSceptre]

@thatPSguy

This is the second time you've responded to me, and both times you've come off as an insecure child.

Get over what? He gave his opinion and i gave mine.

I wasn't even negative about your precious piece of plastic. PS4 is killing it, i just don't think it could sell 10 million in 4 months.

Get some air.

[LatinGamer214]

But wait didn't sony say they past 25 million already and the X1 past 14 mill. Why the numbers low here?

[PSIN4MANT]

Because the sodium levels are too damn high!

[trunkswd]

These sales are through the end of June. The PS4 figure was for the beginning of August.

[LatinGamer214]

Ok i get it now thanks for info.

[pivotplease]

And then there's the VGchartz factor. It's scientifically proven to impact sales by as much as 5 to 15%.

[dawa]

The official 25M PS4 figure was at the end of June (shipped), because it's from the Q1 FY2015 financial report (April-June).
It's a common mistake to think the numbers are as the date of report (July 30th) but that's not the case.

The difference between Vgchartz "estimates" (24M) and official numbers (25M) is because it's "sold" vs "shipped".

[Death]

First off, VGC numbers are based on very little to no actual sales information. It's a best guess no different than you or I with the exception they get ad revenue for their guess.

Second, the 25 million number was shipped and not sold through. There are two separate sets of numbers that constantly get switched around or confused depending on the target audience and context. There very well could be over 25 million sold today. The retail channel typically holds between 1 and 2 million units depending on the time of year. Last November Microsoft had shipped 10 million consoles to retail vs Sony's 13.5 million reported to investors. We keep hearing Microsoft state their YOY numbers are higher than last year. It's hard to believe they only shipped 3 million consoles since November last year. http://www.forbes.com/sites...

[NeverHeavyMan]

The issue with your 13.5m vs 10m shipped talk is the date, or rather, the dates. Sony announced 13.5m PS4's shipped by September 30 (though in your defense, a few sites claimed it as a Nov announcement), while Microsoft announced, during the holidays, that it will ship 10 million consoles "shortly".

Thus, you're trying to make it sound as if Sony and Microsoft are a mere 3.5m consoles apart (or at least, at that point, they were), when in reality, the difference was greater then and is probably MUCH greater now (can only go on Sony, since Microsoft remains silent).

OT: VGC is late to the game, but, at least in the PS4's case, 24.1m sold through by July 4th sounds about right.

[Death]

The November PS4 numbers come from the quarterly results. The 13.5 million shipped numbers were reported for the quarter ending September 30th 2014. Microsofts announced 10 million shipped in the beginning of November 2014. It's a difference of just under 6 weeks or 43 days. The difference was 3.5 million consoles plus the consoles shipped by Sony in those 6 weeks in October and early November. I can't accurately guess, but leading into the holidays 5 million more shipped isn't unreasonable.

I agree completely that those numbers today are much higher. I don't think its 10 million though since summer isn't typically busy as far as console sales go. What do you think sounds reasonable as far as sales go? I'd be shocked if Sony shipped 10 million consoles to Micrsofts 3 million that many claim.

My conservative shipped numbers would probably be 25 million PS4's and 15 million Xbox One's.

[XanderZane]

Because this is VGChartz.com and their numbers are never truly accurate. Take their figures with a grain of salt.

[chrisx]

Playstation dwarfing the box in sales

[thelwebb100]

McDonalds dwarfs other fast food chains in sales but is it the best food??

[pivotplease]

Analogy often = logical fallacy.
See: Plato

[BlackTar187]

lol Pivot serving up that BURN

[deafdani]

Well, it's pretty hard to beat a tasty Mcmuffin first thing in the morning. *drools*

[Antifan]

Not the best food, but the more accessible and reasonably priced food compared to the competition.
But that's not a good comparison. PS4 has better quality and quantity on its side compared to the competition. That's why there's a gap in sale.

[Chevalier]

PS1 and PS2 dwarfed their opponents and were there respective generations best systems so sometimes what sells the most is the best. Also Sony has a record of excellence that transformed the industry. So why not just wait out the generation before bringing in generalizations.

[DarXyde]

No, it doesn't. It really doesn't. McDonald's has actually been doing much worse financially as of late, so no, they aren't dwarfing anyone in sales. In fact, the entire fast food industry is in decline.

Your analogy is flawed by the way. It assumes McDonald's is more expensive and as available as other fast restaurants. McDonald's is cheaper and stays open later. PlayStation 4 is more expensive than the base model Xbox One and supply is definitely more constrained pet region than the Xbox One because it's more global, suggesting Xbox One should have a better supply available for North America at the very least...And it still doesn't sell as well.

False equivalency.

[Nightmar3Demom]

I thought Subway dwarfs other fast food chains in sales.

[PSIN4MANT]

Playstation is doing very well in terms of sales, but they really need to get their butts in gear when it comes to their 1st party exclusives.

[Aceman18]

That's the one thing we don't have to worry about, because they've always follow through with the games.

[PSIN4MANT]

I have no doubt they will deliver, I just want them to kick it into gear.

[GranTurismoFan]

Historical evidence disregards your entire comment.

[EinRobot]

Consoles still going strong.

[LatinGamer214]

They sure are and im loving it:)

[Spyroo]

B-buh console gaming is dying! Lmfao

[Ristul]

Whats that red line going for the stars, oh...

[S2Killinit]

Somehow VGchartz contradicts itself. The weekly sales of PS4 is close to 3X that of xbone worldwide on a consistant basis. Yet VGchartz refuses to reflect that PS4s total sales is even 2X that of xbox. In fact, their totals dont even reflect the most recent updates that VG itself publishes. For example if last month PS4 sold 3X more than xbox, the needles of total sales sometimes even move in the opposite direction because of a recent update regarding total consoles "shipped" by MS. Its strange. Its like they refuse to indicate that PS4s total sales is now well over twice Xbone's, which is sort of common knowlege by now, going by what is said in many articles that comment on the issue from time to time.

I suppose (and im guessing), VGchartz business depends on the continued relevance of the sales situation. I think if the gap gets too wide, VG's numbers would become less significant. Thus the refusal to acknowlege the actual sales difference.

[Death]

If Microsoft shipped 10 million consoles in early November, what makes you think they only shipped 3 million in the last 9 months? You are completely ignoring the consoles shipped for December which is the busiest month of the year not to mention shipping less consoles worldwide than they sell every month in North America alone.

[pivotplease]

Their exclusive lineup wasn't going to warrant too many extra sales for most of those months admittedly. This will change in the fall though.

[S2Killinit]

Im not sure if this comment was directed at me. But im not following what you mean. Also, im not sure how MS could be selling more in north america alone than they have shipped worldwide. That doesnt make sense.

Regarding the consoles shipped in november, im sure you know that MS would ship in advance of the holiday season so they can sell them DURING the holiday season. So if they shipped 10 million by november (and announced it as a milstone) thats because they were hoping to then sell those 10 million console for the holidays (and beyond really). You have to realize that when MS announced that they have now shipped 10 million, you can bet your life that this announcement was right after they shipped a large batch for the holidays (they would be stupid not to).

[Death]

What are the chances they stopped shipping consoles 6 weeks before Christmas? Keep in mind Microsoft came out on top of Sony for both November and December in North America. We've seen consistent year over year figures for Microsoft for 2015. Jan-March they were down 20% year over year, but up 63% in April, 81% over in May, 51% in June, 44% more y-o-y in July. Where are these consoles coming from if you truly believe they only shipped 3 million in the last 9 months? It simply doesn't make sense.

[FoxyGotGame]

Certain Peeps should look at their respective systems and think to themselves "Good Numbers, Great Games ...boy I sure am glad I chose this platform/s"

Instead of focusing (negativity) hard on PS4 numbers in disbelief, and dismissing what others are commenting & guessing PS4 has a possibility of selling (total) by this years end?! ..and they have the nerve to call me a Fanboy????

Crazy, Crazy World /

[thecowsaysmoo]

PS4 will be in first, Xbox one will be in second and Wii U will be in third. People have to remember that the Wii U and Xbox one sales are not even close. Wii U released all their big titles and they released with a year head start. By the end of the year, the gap difference will be by 7 million.

[GiantFriendlyCrab]

and 12.11 million Vitas sold :)

[Automatic79]

Yeah I heard many people try to say the Xbox One and WiiU competing for second place when the numbers say the complete opposite. That's like saying the PS4 and Xbox One fighting for first place. Lol

[FallenAngel1984]

Wow I can't believe that Wii U is the only 8th gen console who's sales are down YOY. Nintendo consoles usually peak in their third year on the market, but apparanty Wii U is the sold exception. This console seriously needs a price cut. It took half a year just for the console to sell 1 million units.

PS4 has over 50% of the market. That global domination can never be challenged.

[raggy-rocket]

PS4 has obviously won the gen in sales, but saying that it's a fight for second place is a bit silly, who honestly thinks that the Wii U will sell more than the Xbox one?

[windblowsagain]

I still think the NX will fail.

Nintendo's fan base isn't as big as many think for a home console.

Buying a handheld is a completely different market.

The original Wii succeeded because it brought in mums/dads/nans/etc to play with children/gran children.

Xbox-one has a chance against PS4, if Sony screw up.

Microsoft is pushing things in the right direction now for many of those who were on the fence.

But at the end of the day. The console of choice, still has to have the games you want.

[benji101]

I would have predicted the ps4 to fail. It is very average... then again.. I see why it is a success it appeals to average people... Xbox has no chance. They cut their prices, they removed hardware, they have only one strong user base, the world is not really into xbox and they have not made their console desireable.

Nintendo are not dependent on one system as they sell software on mass to two systems. Both are profitable. One more so than the other.
Sony is only really making money from its ps4 sales now and most of that comes from license revenue. A lot of which it is sacrificing for exclusive content.

It is not as simple as Sony sold the most... It comes down to how much they make off of the sales.
How much they are spending on marketing. How much they are willing to cut off their licence deals to get third party support.
If any one thinks third parties jsut support a console because of sales they are crazy.
Nintendo is famous for having a stupidly high licence deal. EA removed support for Nintendo when they refused to pay for marketing of EA games on Nintendo platforms. Sony most probably are paying for the advertising marketing costs of Battlefront. It is like gambling. The publisher has the power this generation.

[WDBII]

The Xbox One will soon be America's console.. because of Microsoft's internet/online strengths

[2pacalypsenow]

What really is their online strength over PSN ?

[Leaguer]

well the online avatars these xbone carebears display to the world is in HD.... *straightface*

[WDBII]

Their mp experience is already better than any other consoles.. Their mission statement was online only.. Just watch.. Only time will tell

[2pacalypsenow]

@WDBII. Examples ??

[2pacalypsenow]

It's ps2 era all over again

[InTheZoneAC]

surprised the wii u is even visible on this graph...

[Shnazzyone]

What a sad time when the system with the most must play games is in last place. It's basically showing that game selection doesn't matter to a system's sales.

[sactownlawyer916]

Has it ever crossed your mind that the games you consider must play others dont?

[benji101]

Apart from Bloodborne most of the games on Ps4 that are not on PC are worthless.

That may change but Uncharted and one souls game is not enough to get the PC kids on board. However, pc gamers will buy nintendo consoles because the exclusive range is much larger and of a higher quality.

[MasterCornholio]

That's called having a personal preference.

Everyone should respect that.

[Hakoom]

the console with the best games will lead

[Shnazzyone]

Apparently not, metacritic still has wii U at top.

[sovkhan]

No year ahead start, no gigantic snow ball effect what's left for the competition???

[AnotherGamer117]

Articles like this really bring out the fan boys and hypocrisy.

I hear lots of folks saying how unreliable VG Chartz is, but yet we are going to use their numbers for anything?

Seriously, who cares about the numbers - AS long as your system of choice is selling well enough to get third party support and the games you want to play are available.

Gaming should be your time to relax, have fun and get away from the BS of everyday life. So keep calm and game on...