Worldwide Chart for Week Ending 02nd May 2008

VGChartz releases the following worldwide weekly hardware sales data:

Wii 667,676 (+99%) 25,458,203
DS 390,575 (+3%) 71,071,176
PS3 353,186 (+79%) 12,368,232
X360 265,812 (+65%) 18,720,841
PSP 231,017 (+1%) 33,679,017
PS2 99,847 (+10%) 117,445,749
GBA 962 (-1%) 79,589,083

Along with the following software sales:

X360 4,835,966 (+269%) 120,353,392 6.43
Wii 4,497,828 (+66%) 121,874,993 4.79
PS3 3,769,688 (+249%) 51,184,075 4.14
DS 2,107,241 (-7%) 246,443,418 3.47
PSP 543,839 (+6%) 70,619,897 2.10
PS2 534,322 (0%) n/a n/a
XB 192 (+10%) n/a n/a

[alexM]

50m dollar down the drain

PS3 victorious

More carnage with MGS4

[Cwalat]

it's nice that they atleast get the DLC...
and 360 did pretty good in sales....

i know it's VGChartz but still, they aren't off by much anyways...

i do not know what MS are doing, why are they not making exlusive game deals anymore ?

other than Gears 2 they have nothing....
RE5 is multiplat, and by the time it comes out PS3 will have gained alot in hardware sales if not surpasst it...
i really feel sorry for those who were looking to own a 360 for years... MS has nothing in 09...

they were the ones who slapped sony through media and press saying "we have all the games", hypocrits....

it's to soon to tell but why the fu*k aren't MS coming out with more exlusives ?
any reason ?
they have money ... they have larger userbase at the moment..

[sonarus]

Why do people still bother reporting Vgchartz sales data?

[Fishy Fingers]

Some enjoy it, so I approve it. Frankly it doesn't interest me much, but they should just ignore it if it bothers them so.

[alexM]

PS3> x360 in terms of HW sales

VG downgrades PS3 numbers.

so the scenario doesnt change.

NOTE:_ Vg has x360 selling more than 6 m in europe when x360 didnt even reach 5m sold in europe

[HighDefinition]

I guess, WE could just guesstimate.

[Breakfast]

@ Sonarus

http://forums.n4g.com/m_124...

Because people still like to believe them :)

[Cwalat]

sonarus:

because they aren't off by that much anyways..

[sonarus]

When i say reporting i don't mean like a news report silly lol

I mean like reporting it as spam, lame e.t.c. People always report vgchartz news. Its all good to me as long as it has rumor in the channel

VGCHARTZ FTW. Still on that 400,000 week for the WII WTF. They just went through their half their monthly production in 1 week

[hokis4ever]

I don't mind it at all. I only get irritated when people swear by it.

[wow4u]

Yesterday, **SONY THEMSELVES** told us they had sold "nearly 12 million". Yet, here we see vgchartz already over 12. See a problem with your theory? SONY themselves have just told you that vgchartz is, without any doubt at all, OVERESTIMATING PS3 SALES. Get it?

MS told us they've passed 19M in April.

http://www.eurogamer.net/ar...

So, uhm, yeah, VGChartz numbers are clearly wrong.

[fanboi hater]

you are the one who is wrong. Sony reported that they had sold 12 million by the end of 2007. In other words this number is even more off than you say and in the opposite direction you imply. As for xbox 360 numbers i'm not entirely sure where they currently stand. However, judging from past, these numbers very well might be inflated but according to your source they should be above 19 million.

[Cwalat]

n4user1

lol... they sold more than 12 million after holidays season...

2 million 360 sold during january-april... wonder how many PS3's were sold during that timeframe since they have outsold 360 since november last year... if i had to guess, i'd say that PS3 hardware worldwide will be 15 million after may...

[Spinner]

lol @ n4user1

Do you even bother to read the articles that are posted? You know, since you were busting some guy for "not being able to read"

[alexM]

MS has sold 16.5m x360s worldwide

MS has shipped 19 m x360s worldwide

MS has sold 11m x360s in NA

<5m in europe and 500k in JAPAN

total = 16.5m

MS hasnt reached 5m x360 sold in europe. MS would have released a PRESS CONF bragging about tht. MS also didnt respond to SONY's claim cuz x260's LTD has been surpassed in europe

x360's total base is 16.5m worldwide

If x360 sold 2 m between JAN--MARCH...wnder how much PS3 could sell

However not even 1 m X360s were sold during the 1st quarter cuz x360 doesnt sell in europe and in USA they got outsold by PS3 for the 1st 2 months. the 3rd month was a TIE(march)

Watch out for SONY's press release in a few days.

SONY reports consumer sales unlike MS who reports SHIPMENTS ( sales to retailers)

[callahan09]

I honestly think that they put too much effort in to just be completely making sh*t up. They're never really THAT far off, either, and a lot of the discrepencies are tied to places that they claim to gather information from that nobody else gathers info from, like Mexico, Australia, China, the majority of Europe, etc.

I mean, VGChartz has some good technology in their website, a nice layout, hefty servers, a lot of members, and regular updates, with generally close to accurate numbers as far as we can tell... I don't really know why people think so low of them.

Do their numbers usually match the ones people put more stock in to? No. But they're hardly very far off.

Disagree all you want, folks, I know it's considered a sin to defend VGChartz in any way.

[Kaz Hirai]

Sony Soldiers- this is NOTHING compared to the week of June 12th! MGS4 marks the Beginning Of The End for our FEEBLE "competition"!
Anyway- enough chit-chat! I have a FUNERAL to prepare- the FUNERAL of the FLOPbox 360! Taking place on June 12th!

36 days until Judgment Day, Nazisoft!

MWAH-HA-HA-HA!!!

[TheEndzor]

nearly 100k ps3's sold more worldwide then the 360

Well Done Sony

[HighDefinition]

Wow.

NEXT.

100,00 MGS4 bundles.

[Breakfast]

you missed a zero. or the comas in the wrong place...

[bababrooks]

no.....years till it comes out!

[HighDefinition]

PS3 should drop the PRICE, right NOW.

[resistance100]

No need just yet, MGS4 and GTA will help keep decent sales for a while, however maybe drop it just before September, so more people are tempted to buy it when LittleBigPlanet comes out.

[marichuu]

or the new Naruto game with the best celshading yet. or disgaea 3 :p
those are the 2 main reasons I've bought a ps3

[sonarus]

I think not dropping the price in UK is a mistake. Price drop would have massive effect if it happens right at the time of MGS release. They don't really NEED price drop in US just yet but since MSoft already made their move on a price drop in EU, sony should follow and the best time would be MGS4 release. If sony had dropped price for GTA4 release, they could have probably sold an additional 50% more consoles minimum. The sooner sony takes their eyes off the 360 onto the wii, the better

[jwatt]

Knowing Sony they won't do a price cut, why not out sell your competition even when your competitors just gave a price cut. It backs M$ into the corner, where a price drop should be your last option.

I think Sony is real comfortable with thier position by not doing a price cut now Sony has many options.

[KeiZka]

That's what I'm waiting for. Then, I'll have a PS3. That 450e is too expensive for me still...

[TheExecutive]

MGS and reintroducing the 80 gb should give it around a 1,000,000 console boost. Not saying that MGS will spur that kind of console sales, because i dont think it will, but both should add up to that

[Sir Ken Kutaragi]

PS3 353,186 ;-P

X360 265,812 ;-D

[Fernando Rocker]

Wii 667,676 =)

PS3 353,186 =)

[Snukadaman]

whats up dude...

[Jamaicangmr]

It's side crampingly funny how Wii sales are now used against the PS3 by Xbox360 loyalists.

That speaks volumes about the state of things. lol!

[Iron Man 2]

Fernando C*cker,stop comparing that Gamecube in disguise with the console ahead of it's time,the PLAYSTATION®3.MGS4 will curbstomp the 3FIXME worldwide next month,as usual!;)

$hane

[Storm23]

I love how it reports Xbox 1 software numbers at 192 units, lol, and that it went up 10%

[marichuu]

Should be counting the PSN, XBL and those Wii-whatever accounts instead.
Nobody cares about the offline gamers anyways :P

[KeiZka]

You must mean Wii console codes.. Quite many of them too, I believe.

[red_ring_of_death]

ps3 rules

[bigcheda]

wonder if the ps2 will reach 120M. that would be insane.

[BulletToothtony]

just reported yesterday that it has sold over 127 mil ps2's which is insane

[hotshot127]

oh yea so MART, what were you telling me about the ps3 having to outsell the 360 by 300,000 a month to catch up by the end of 2008.

well it looks like its about to surpass you're analysis by about 100,000 making it 400,000 a month. and gta is multiplatform so imagine mgs4's impact. and then not to mention that when the ps3 climbs back up to 60,000 a week in japan(it will with mgs4), it will outsell the 360 by more then 600,000 in 1 month and this is WITHOUT A PRICE CUT FOR THE PS3. whereas the 360 had a price cut in japan and europe.

so get ready because something tells me that you're going to leave this site very soon......

[PoSTedUP]

lol...reg. xbox= 192

[PSWe60]

and the good news just keeps on a comin'

[v1c1ous]

daym.

it beat out nintendo's.

but then again, how much software for nintendo is 1st party?

[paracardium]

if you goto to any store.. anywhere and look in the bargain bins its all 360 software and some ps2.That's probably why they sell alot of software

[harpua]

"That's probably why they sell alot of software"

doesn't take much to impress the x-kiddies, i mean look at the amount of halo 3 copies that were sold.

[juuken]

The PS3 continues to pound away at the competition.

[OJ_juice]

It's not in last place!!!!!! LOLOLOL

[Homicide]

R.I.P. Xbox 360

[nutjuice]

I wonder if the Wii will ever sell PS2 numbers?

[Jamaicangmr]

If these estimates are any indication of the actual sales then the PS3 did very good against the Xbox360 in the GTA sales war.

Now with MGS4 coming up we can expect it to only get a hell of alot better.

Happy gaming.

[Product]

The wii would need a couple huge surprises in store for it to reach ps2 numbers in its lifetime.Im all for wii but even im amazed that wii sells as much as it does without third party help(excluding some) and only a couple mario,metroid,zelda titles to keep it afloat.I mean where are all the classic names from the nes/snes days at?????(contra,f-zero,street fighter,and punch out come to mind)

[clrlite]

LOL@ wii still selling so well at $250 dollars. High five reggie!

[Bathyj]

Suddenly $50M doesn't sound like so much when M$ is losing so much more than that.

They're losing face, credibility, respect, they look like they've gone All IN and were buffing.

When you consider Sony sold 100K units more than them which is $40M of revenue in one week then $50M is a pittance.

[ItisI]

The PS3 continues to pound away at the competition

And continues to be thumped by the Wii. Oh thats right the Wii is a kiddies toy and not in comparison to the ALMIGHTY PS3. Shame its making a killing then because then that would of made these numbers interesting.

[Ace Ventura]

Keep whining. PS3 is STILL a 400-500 machine. It's virtually impossible to be caught up by now. It will beating the Wii Wii soon enough, don't worry.

[KeiZka]

I was unaware of GBA selling almost 80 million pieces. Interesting.

[Nadine Coyle]

GAMES ON XBOX 360 REALLY SELL.

[SL1M DADDY]

Looking past the fanboyisms, we can all agree that these numbers represent a strong industry and that means ling life and better games for our consoles. Cheers to all who love to game!

[N4g_null]

WOW this is getting out of hand here. can some one please find a EU source for sales? We have media crate and NPD what are people using for the EU? If it is wrong then people should post reliable sources instead of arguing. Any one work for a big publisher? They should have the correct numbers. If these number where correct I would say WOW!