European / Others Hardware Charts for Week Ending April 12th, 2008

VGChartz estimates that the European / Others hardware charts for week ending April 12th, 2008 was as follows:

Total Hardware: (IN brackets is last weeks #)

DSL: 153,253 (173,868)
Wii: 140,150 (125,075)
PS3: 98,039 (117,007)
360: 66,864 (75,101)
PSP: 61,963 (56,766)
PS2: 47,704 (48,251)

UK Total:

Wii: 48,271 (44,844)
DSL: 35,027 (40,177)
PS3: 26,746 (29,324)
360: 21,793 (23,285)
PSP: 9,812 (8,396)
PS2: 7,596 (7,348)

France Total:

Wii: 34,580 (30,176)
DSL: 26,465 (30,929)
PS3: 13,416 (17,665)
PSP: 7,352 (6,092)
PS2: 5,002 (5,090)
360: 4,244 (5,060)

Spain Total:

PS3: 12,709 (14,750)
DSL: 12,436 (13,099)
PSP: 10,142 (9,934)
Wii: 8,383 (7,379)
PS2: 5,318 (5,621)
360: 2,569 (3,218)

[Time Lord]

lol..Spain love their PS3's....PS3 still outselling 360 even after the price drop, God have mercy on 360 in EU when PS3 gets price drop

[TruthBTold]

como podrais haber dado cuenta los espanoles disfrutan de gustos de la mejor calidad. lo he dicho antes y lo volvere a repetir, espana fue, es y sera tierra de el Playstation.

edit: Kain81

thanks bro, just finished playing GOW 1 and 2 and Im ancious for the 3rd part, Kratos is the man. In english I basically said that I have always said that spain was, is, and will always be land of the Playstation brand and that spain has excellent tastes in life.

[Kain81]

i dont know what you say but i like your Avatar^^

[sonarus]

Another day another vgchartz sales report. I ask this question every week with hopes of getting an answer. WTF is "other" region. There is other EU ps3 outsells 360 here but there is this random "other" i suspect they pull out from their a$$es and 360 is always second in sales there.

[Time Lord]

The east European countries, the likes of Russia, Poland,ect as well as the Scandinavian countries, Sweden, Denmark ,ect

[sonarus]

that should fall under other europe though. Maybe other is other parts of the world like africa and asia

[Time Lord]

?

[heyheyhey]

yeah the situation in Spain is identical to the one in Japan

[ChickeyCantor]

" and will always be land of the Playstation brand and that spain has excellent tastes in life.
"

o the arrogance !!! its killing me!!!

[sonarus]

Yea i have to admit, playstation fans are getting terribly arrogant. Last yr we were so humble lol look at us now. Year of the playstation b!tch lol.

[The Wood]

the irony of your comment is killing me

swings n roundabouts mate

[Sir Ken Kutaragi 4]

PS3: 98,039
360: 66,864
;-P

[Xlll]

after all the crap PS3 owners took in year 1 from 360 fans it's a case of karma being a biatch.

[Phil Harrison Mklll]

PayBack Time:)

[ChickeyCantor]

@the wood
there is no irony there, because i do not claim such things in life.
not even with my previous post above this one.

BTW
INTERNET SERIOUS BUSINESS

[TruthBTold]

you really should relax, I am only making a comment, Im not declaring "Spain rules the world". I am very proud and love my heritage and find it funny how prefering the PS brand is also done by the rest of other spanish gamers. Dont take things so seriosly and personaly, I love the fact that there are also other cultures around the world to keep things from getting too common.

[Cyrus365]

The other regions also refers to parts of Africa, like South Africa, and India for sure. I'm not sure if Other regions refer to China or Korea, which for sure aren't in the japanese sales data, they go into the PAL region data.

[TheREALHarryEtTubMan]

Die FAILbox, DIE!!! HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

What a big pile of FAIL, the 3fixme has become.(Always has been)

Wait, I thought the XFlop was winning in the U.K??

Keep dreaming BOTS. The 3fixme is this generation's Sega CD.... or should I say..........................X box hahahahahha

Xbox = FAILURE........No one's buying that RRODbox HAHAHAHHAHHA

[Sir Ken Kutaragi 4]

PS3: 98,039
360: 66,864

;-D
;-D
;-D
;-P

[mikeslemonade]

Microsoft doesn't have an excuse this month. I guess they're finally admitting defeat.

[Boink]

everyone droppped except the wii and psp, not very impressive numbers at all

[Time Lord]

right?

[eagle21]

And 360 20% less than that. lol :)

[Hydrolex]

ummm looks like a NO answer.

We have to wait for the U.S report

[Fishy Fingers]

GTA 4 isn't out yet. I fail to see your point?

You even contradict yourself as a fanboy...

"Weren't GTA IV DLCs suppose to help Xbox 360s sales around the world ?
ummm looks like a NO answer."

The answer is YES, YES they were meant to, but didnt har har har.

[chaosatom333]

silly rabbit, dlc is for kids.

[Hydrolex]

PS3: Say something

Xbox 360: Whoat ??

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LOL Xbox 360 doesn't have anything to say

[Angelitos]

Wow, the PS3 is outselling the 360 in every major territory in Europe.

[FLOPbox 360]

<--------------------- Makes XBOTS sad : (

[IQUITN4G]

It's going to take a long time to catch up to 360 in a couple of those regions at the rate it currently is and the same too for the America isn't it?

[solar]

yes it will. and you got disagree's for using logic in your statement. crazy huh?

[moparful99]

You would be right under the assumption that sales stay where they are. But the ps3's sales have been going up(slightly falling in some areas) where as the 360's sales have been nearly free falling in every major region of the world.. Wait until next holiday shopping season and I'm sure that gap will be shrunken.

[Warbletot]

That works out at approx 125000 unit per month in Europe alone, what you really have to watch is the % in growth rate per month. Considering it was not too long ago the 360 was outselling PS3 in Europe, that growth rate is on the march.

[GiantEnemyCrab]

Sales have been going up? Did you notice the little bracket () to the left that shows the previous weeks numbers. They are not going up they are going down.

But then again it is April and this is the guess work of vgchartz. Nothing to base any argument or statement of superiority.

[dan-boy]

but you still get the disagrees???? sony are gonna have a hell of a job catching microsoft in the uk, and it's gonna take even longer to catch them in NA. ofcourse sony will eventually overtake microsoft, but in all honesty, if the ps3 was gonna be anywhere near as sucessful as the ps2, it should already be trouncing everything!

[Kain81]

wooohoooo...

but sony must cut the price too, so they can sell more units. more than a wii i would say.

[Hydrolex]

let me give you some bubbles.

bubble for you brotha !

[IQUITN4G]

There i was thinking i'd asked a question, hence the ?

[skynidas]

Good for Sony

[SUP3R]

Again and again every week the 360's European numbers keep going down after the "cheaper than a Wii" price drop. Microsoft doesn't have any excuse for this.

[Zolin]

keep it up sony..

[hotshot127]

1st 3 months of 08 on a global basis. now if sony were to cut the price of the ps3 all around the globe to about 299.99 or maybe even 249.99 would be enough for gta's launch. i know thier not going to do it but it would definetely keep the momentum going. i expect the ps3 outsell the 360 by around 3 million in the holiday season alone and maybe another 1.7 million from now until the hoildays. so the ps3 should make a pretty big comeback this year and the beggining of 09, im sure it will surpass the 360. but if sony is trying to keep microsoft from saturating thier market share (the ps2 owners) then they should cut the price right now. no matter how much sony wants to admit it, microsoft will take away from sony's ps2 userbase some with gta's launch and that could start a chain that sony doesnt want, so with that being said, SONY DROP THE PRICE....

[Iamback]

this is replay to Hotshot127 that asked in gamer zone for Sony to cut price, and my response is.
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they will not do it, no reason to since they outsell 360 on all markets now, even if difference numbers are not massive (yet). Price cut will happen after E3, so mid July. Until then Sony has yet to release Prologue in US, than GTA4, Haze, MGS4, so those games WILL move units and even raise those numbers by the time price cut happens. And by then its bye bye

[Kaz Hirai]

Looks like ANOTHER bad week for you PIGS! And this is only the beginning! You cannot begin to imagine the MASSACRE you are in for when GTA 4 and MGS 4 are released! Nazisoft's PIG PENS will be in chaos!

2008- the DEATH of the Xbox 360 in Europe! It's coming, PIGS! The Blu-Ray of Death is coming for you!
Judgment Day is coming for Nazisoft and the entire Xbox brand! It begins.........on June 12th!!!!!!

MWAH-HA-HA-HA!!!

[TheEndzor]

Everytime King Kaz posts on this site. an Xbox gets a RRoD

King Kaz is my hero

[chaosatom333]

*fell of the chair after reading this*
"should your King rub it in? Ah, what the hell"

[eagle21]

It's our time now. :)

[ItisI]

The Wii continues on out selling all. It's funny not one person in this forum has said anything about it. Why?

[Fishy Fingers]

Because they're not interested in it.

[ChickeyCantor]

@fishy,
no its because they think its not competing......but the fact remains, all are going for a gaming market, so from a bizz perspective they are competing.

but...i guess you are right too....

And its still kicking ass.....
maybe people are in denial XD

[Kain81]

I like nes, snes, N64 and the Game Cube, but wii...no i pass!

[shine1396]

actuallly the dsl is kicking ass...and like the wii is rebranded gc with a new controller...I suppose it's technically next gen..but come on...their competing in different markets...somebody said that it was like comparing Microsoft office to the sims...and I thought he was crazy...and I still don't fully agree but I can see that he's looking at the software market as a whole...it just ain't fair...their competing for diff. markets...the wii is cross-gendered, the DSL on the other hand, is king of the roost...at least in europe...Psp appears to be resurging in japan...

[ChickeyCantor]

@kain
if i ask you, what was sony trying to do with the PS2-Singstar and eyetoy?
i bet you are going to say : But the PS2 had games for hardcore people too!!

well same goes for the Wii, there are solid titles in the wii library.
saying its for non gamers is utterly BS

@shine
" Microsoft office to the sims"

the fact that these two do different things, the Wii has things in common with Ps3 and Xbox360.
It runs games.

Therefor, comparing those two is just nonsens.
All 3 are made for gaming, therefor they are competing.

the funny thing is, if the Ps3 or 360 would be on top, people be saying " AH! told ya the wii is gonna lose", while they are the one saying they arent competing

[solar]

i think its because the wii isnt considered "next-gen" because the leap in graphics like the ps3 and 360 have shown. this generation is to showcase HD gaming...and the wii lacks it.

i owned a wii for a wii bit and it was fun at first...then it got pretty boring. the 3rd party support wasnt to my personal preference. and my roommate ended up being a turd in many ways..even trying to text message while playing Mario Strikers Charged. yeah...that didnt work out well for him.

[ukilnme]

@ Kain81

Uhhhh I'm a gamer and I own the Wii. I play it on a regular basis, just as much or more than 360 and PS3 combined. It's especially fun at parties.

[mindedone]

I don't think that they are competing. The wii is not eating into Sony's market. Microsoft most certainly is.

[PStriple703]

i can't wait to see the sales numbers the week after june 12th

MGS4 bundle

[solar]

why? whats coming out that week?

[IntelligentAj]

I would say wow but VG Chartz makes estimates and EU doesn't release their figures so i'll stay muted for the time being until I see a another source.

[OJ_juice]

seriously, no matter what it will be last to ps3. Heck, the only competetion it has is ps2.

Let's summarize 360 sales in the europe: "360 is dead"

[Cernunnos]

-The PS3 is outselling everything. Almost 10 times as much as the 360, and twice as much as the Wii. Norway FTW!:p

[Phil Harrison Mklll]

Didn't see them today when this story came out -
'Pachter: PS3 Outsold 360 in March' to! :D

[OJ_juice]

They are too scared and embarrass to see this stats of thier failing system. Sad just sad, how ignorant and stupid they are.

[hotshot127]

yea i think they'll do it around that time too but i jus hope that sony can manufacture enough ps3's to keep up with demand and that price drop better be a significant one. im talking 299.99 of course

[PimpHandHappy]

would need 50 bubbles and post once every hour for 2 years to cover that many RROD's

~~zing

[killer_trap]

Europe=sonyland. always has been like that. and while i know the wii isn't in direct competition with the ps3 & 360 i still can't deny how greatly it's been selling. with mario kart knoking GT5P of the top spot all over Europe. http://www.charttrack.co.uk...

[thor]

I'm surprised to see the PS3 outselling the 360 in the UK; I thought the 360 just had a price cut? And the UK has generally been pro-360 until now.. hmm.. though saying that a lot more of my friends have got PS3s recently.

[ItisI]

Or is it the fact that a much heralded console like the PS3 is being beaten to a pulp by a console that is considered last gen. Maybe, just maybe nintendo has hit the right mix. Casuals and gamers alike. I have been playing games since the Nes days and I only own a Wii out of this gen consoles. I must of gone to a casual gamer somewhere along the line. LOL

[mistertwoturbo]

let's all hear it now, "VGchartz is inaccurate!"

[GiantEnemyCrab]

You can only declare that when the 360 is on top in a market.

PS3 ahead = vgchartz gospel

[callahan09]

It's really quite astonishing how the 360 had such a drastic price drop in Europe and it still can't manage to any better.

[GiantEnemyCrab]

and it's quite astonishing that anyone would use vgchartz made up numbers as the foundation for any argument or claim.

[callahan09]

GiantEnemyCrab, if you can think of a better source I'd love to know about it. VGChartz isn't perfect, but it isn't that far off, either. It's a decent barometer of what's going on.

[Vip3r]

"and it's quite astonishing that anyone would use vgchartz made up numbers as the foundation for any argument or claim. "

Which is pretty much what your doing...

[PopEmUp]

them turning up yet btw POG should be here any moment now

[cheetah]

PS3 numbers have fallen significantly because everyone is hanging for the GTA4 bundle. I honestly think once GTA4 is released PS3 will more than likely double sales of the 360 in Europe. That is a conservative estimate.

GTA4 could be a disaster for MS. It may just deliver the knockout blow Sony has been waiting for.

[DigitalEntity]

The PS3+GT5P bundle ended up not moving so many hardware. I guess people in europe are waiting for the PS3+GTA bundle. I am very curious to see how much PS3 that will sell (if indeed available across all europe).