November 8th, 2008

European Games Statistics

When talking about games statistics, numbers always come in first place, because customer satisfaction is something a bit more difficult to assess. Just think about a MMORPG game - while veteran players of the genre may go crazy about a title and appreciate a lot of things hidden to the novice's eye, a beginner may simply label it as "boring" and move on(that was the case with me and World of Warcraft, hahahaha!). Anyway, this is not about MMORPG statistics, since we already talked a bit earlier this week about WoW's latest milestone reached; today is all about European games statistics. To be more accurate, we're going to see how well is doing Nintendo(and the other consoles) in Europe.

Just don't ask why I usually put forward Nintendo - I already told you one day that I have some extremely pleasant memories related to it, and that's all. Now, let's focus on the European games statistics - the Wii was Europe's top seller, with over 10.4 million units in the region during 2008, followed by Sony's PlayStation 3 and, finally, Microsoft's Xbox 360.

Back in April, the Wii hit a peak with almost 180,000 units sold, while its rivals only managed to sale around 90,000 units each.

However, Nintendo's financial results (beware! Japanese page ;)) suggest that Microsoft's recent Xbox 360 price cuts pushed the console forward a lot, since last month, the PS3 has been overrun by Microsoft's console.

Finally, it seems Nintendo ruled the European handheld market too, with around 225,000 Nintendo DS sold in July, compared to the PSP's peak of only about 50,000 units.

That's it for today, but if you want to help us have our own games statistics, please be kind and share with us that big secret - how many consoles do you own, and which one do you like most?