January 2013 UK Software Sales

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Rik
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PostJanuary 2013 UK Software Sales
by Rik » Fri Feb 08, 2013 12:58 pm

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           <------- Jan 2013 ---------->        <------ Jan 2012 ------->
System     Share (%)   Share (units)            Share (%)   Share (units)
Xbox 360     38.4%         810K   (-50K)          30.9%         860K
PS3          25.8%         545K   (-28K)          20.6%         573K
PC           10.8%         228K   (-84K)          11.2%         312K
Wii           8.6%         182K  (-352K)          19.2%         534K
NDS           6.6%         139K  (-170K)          11.1%         309K
3DS           5.3%         112K   (-44K)           5.7%         156K
PSV           2.2%          46K   (----)          ----%         ---K
WiiU          1.6%          34K   (----)          ----%         ---K
PSP           0.6%          13K   (-18K)           1.1%          31K
PS2           0.1%           2K    (-1K)           0.1%           3K

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread. ... st47451945

As we all knew, Vita and Wii U struggle.

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PostRe: January 2013 UK Software Sales
by Peter Crisp » Fri Feb 08, 2013 1:11 pm

Vita is doing fine I don't know what all the fuss is about.

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PostRe: January 2013 UK Software Sales
by Rik » Fri Feb 08, 2013 1:15 pm

3DS share of the market has actually gone down :o

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PostRe: January 2013 UK Software Sales
by Bigerich » Fri Feb 08, 2013 1:16 pm

Over four formats, Nintendo has a 22.1% share.

That's quite bad. Only twice the PC's share of physical retail..

3DS software is 72% of last year.

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PostRe: January 2013 UK Software Sales
by jawafour » Fri Feb 08, 2013 1:26 pm

Hang on... aren't these figures January 2013 sales versus December 2012 sales; not all of 2012?

There's no way that, say, Xbox 360 sold 810k games in Jan against 860k in the whole of 2012 :-). In this context, it's amazing that the Wii sold 19% of all games during December... what on earth were people buying?!?

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PostRe: January 2013 UK Software Sales
by The Alchemist Penguin » Fri Feb 08, 2013 1:28 pm

I believe it's January 2013 vs January 2012. Everything is down, which I'm sure is making some retailers rather nervous.

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PostRe: January 2013 UK Software Sales
by Fade » Fri Feb 08, 2013 1:33 pm

I think you mean hardware

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PostRe: January 2013 UK Software Sales
by 1cmanny1 » Fri Feb 08, 2013 1:59 pm

Yes he does

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PostRe: January 2013 UK Software Sales
by GrinWithoutaKat » Fri Feb 08, 2013 2:12 pm

Er... it's software. How do you track the number of PC hardware units sold?

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PostRe: January 2013 UK Software Sales
by ontwofronts » Fri Feb 08, 2013 7:17 pm

Those WiiU numbers :dread:

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PostRe: January 2013 UK Software Sales
by Squinty » Fri Feb 08, 2013 7:20 pm

Nintendo are doomed etc.

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PostRe: January 2013 UK Software Sales
by Zellery » Fri Feb 08, 2013 7:22 pm

Selling less software than the Vita. :dread:

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PostRe: January 2013 UK Software Sales
by Winckle » Mon Feb 11, 2013 10:56 pm

It certainly seems like the decline of console gaming is upon us.

We should migrate GRcade to Flarum. :toot:

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