Console game statistics

As of January , Grand Theft Auto V was the best-selling PlayStation 3 video game title worldwide, having sold over 20 million units around the world. Call of Duty: Black Ops II was the second best-selling PlayStation 3 video game title worldwide as of January , almost hitting 14 million units sold globally. The third best-selling PlayStation 3 video game title worldwide as of January is Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, with a little over Ranking fourth as the best-selling PlayStation 3 video game title worldwide as of January is Call of Duty: Black Ops, with over Grand Theft Auto IV had sold over The game with the second-highest unit sales in Europe in was Red Dead Redemption 2 for PS4, with a total unit sales of over 6.

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe for NS had sold a total of over 2. God of War for PS4 had sold over 2. The GTA franchise was a successful hit, with the Grand Theft Auto V being the latest release, garnering a huge player base now in In , it only sold almost 1.

Sony conducted a survey and found that there were over 41 million subscribers of PlayStation Plus around the world in May , up from over 36 million PlayStation Plus subscribers in December worldwide. In March , it was found by a survey conducted by Sony that there were over 34 million subscribers of PlayStation Plus, up from one year ago in March , where there were only over 26 million PlayStation Plus subscribers.

There were 94 million active users on PlayStation Network around the world in March , a little more than double than the number of active users were there 5 years ago, where there were only 50 million active users recorded in March As of August , it was found that there were million active users on PlayStation Network around the world. In March , there were 94 million active users on PlayStation Network, up from 80 million one year prior in March The rate of PlayStation Vita PSV sold in the world had since decreased since , with only thousand units sold in In , Sony officially discontinued the production of PlayStation Portable PSP devices, and only sold over thousand units in the world in that year.

In , it was found that Sony had sold 3. Sony PlayStation Vita game consoles had sold the most number of units in the German market in , hitting over thousand units sold. From to , Sony had sold a consistent number of PlayStation Vita game consoles in Germany, averaging It was expected that there will be 1.

Oculus Rift was forecasted to only ship , units worldwide in HTC Vive was forecasted to ship the least number of units among all virtual reality headsets in , with an estimated unit sold of only , It was found in January , that the VR virtual reality headset with the second-most number of unit sales sold in Q4 of was Oculus Quest, with over thousand units of VR headset sold around the world.

In Q4 of , they had only sold 71 thousand VR headsets around the world, the least-selling VR headset among the rest of the VR headsets on that survey. Valve Index was the third VR virtual reality headset with the highest units sold worldwide in Q4 of , with over thousand units of virtual reality headsets sold, followed by Oculus Go, with only a little over 84 thousand sold units on the same survey duration.

In , there were 56 million units of Sony PlayStation 4 game consoles worldwide, up from 52 million units sold in the previous year in There were only 1 million Sony PlayStation 3 units sold in , down from 5 million in the previous year in In , there were 41 million Sony PlayStation 3 units sold while there were only 13 million Sony PlayStation 4 units sold in the same year.

As of September , PlayStation had sold There are about A little over 9 million units of PlayStation console by Sony were sold to the rest of the world as of September The retail value of free games offered to PS Plus subscribers in has a cumulative total of 1, In , the accumulated retail value of video games offered for free to PlayStation Plus subscribers amounted to a total of 1, It was found that in , the accumulated retail value of video games offered for free to PlayStation Plus subscribers amounted to a total of 1, The sales of Sony PlayStation 3 had peaked in , where they sold over 4.

In , Sony officially discontinued PlayStation 3 and only sold 0. PlayStation 4 was officially released in November In , there were over 4. In , Sony PlayStation 4 had sold the most number of units globally since release, hitting over 5. In , Sony PlayStation 4 is still being sold globally and hit almost 4 million units sold in that year alone, down from over 5.

Sony PlayStation 2 has become the best selling video game console of all time and sold almost million units around the world. It was also found that As of September , it was found that 23 million of the million global unit sales of PlayStation 2 was sold to the rest of the world.

Since Sony PlayStation 3 hit the markets in November , it was found that there were over 87 million unit sales of the console shipped around the world. As of September , there were There were only around 10 million units of Sony PlayStation 3 sold in Japan. It was in when Nintendo 3DS generated the highest revenue, almost hitting million Japanese yen of revenue, up from million Japanese yen in Nintendo had reported an income of 2.

In , Nintendo reported having lost over million dollars of income from over million U. It was in the fiscal year of when Nintendo generated the highest income between the fiscal year of and the fiscal year of , with a reported income of over 2. It was in the fiscal year of when Nintendo sold the most number of Nintendo Wii units, hitting almost 26 million units sold globally. In the fiscal year of , Nintendo sold the most number of Nintendo 3DS units, hitting almost 14 million units sold worldwide.

In the fiscal year of , Nintendo sold the most number of Nintendo Switch units, with over 21 million units sold worldwide, up from almost 17 million units sold in the preceding fiscal year. In the fiscal year of spanning from April to March , Nintendo Company from Japan had reported an advertising expense of 76 billion yen approximately million U. In the fiscal year of , Nintendo company from Japan reported having spent over 72 billion yen approximately million U.

Nintendo has grown significantly in the past decade, from only having a total of 4, employees in the fiscal year of to 5, in the fiscal year of In the fiscal year of , Nintendo employed 5, employees, up from 5, in the preceding year. In the fiscal year of , Nintendo hit the lowest net sales, with only a little over 4.

Nintendo Switch was launched on March 3, , and had sold over 10 million units around the world in the world by December In the fiscal year of , there were almost 17 million units of software for the Nintendo Switch were sold, up from almost 12 million units of software for the Nintendo Switch that was sold in the preceding fiscal year of Nintendo Switch was launched on March 3, , and sold thousand units of software in the fiscal year of One year later since Nintendo Switch was first launched in March , Nintendo Switch had already sold over 6 million units of software for the console in the fiscal year of The Nintendo Switch console first launched in March , designed to be played both on-the-go and stationary.

During its first year, the hybrid console had already sold over 13 million units around the world. In , it was found that the hybrid console had sold over 19 million units worldwide, up from almost Since its initial release in March , Nintendo Switch had already sold almost 49 million units across its lifetime.

It was found as of September that As of September , Out of the 64 million units of Nintendo Switch console that was sold worldwide, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate almost hit 20 million sold units worldwide as of June The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild hit over Regardless of the time of the day and the device you own — the rush of not knowing what will happen next remains the same.

After you have spent hours on a single game in Steam or Twitch, you are one of the pack. According to the statistics on video gaming, users definitely prefer smartphones and desktops for gaming. Since the future of gaming is online, in the years to come, most games will be played on the cloud. No downloads, no expensive devices. If you are curious about smartphone trends we have created an interesting smartphone stats article where we talk about smartphone usage, growth, revenue, demographics, and more.

Consoles have fallen a bit out of favor nowadays. But they still charm users all over the world with their interactivity and ease of play. On the other side, they are expensive, and sooner or later, with the advances of online gaming — they will become less and less popular. Nowadays even toddlers play games. It used to be that mostly teenagers played games. People in their 20s and up have more money to spend, and a lot of them are happy to spend some of it on games.

Spending some quality time with your kids and relaxing at the same time. Enjoying a mutual passion for gaming is an amazing way to bond with your progeny. And sprinkle them with some video game statistics. The variety of games nowadays is absolutely stunning. Live streaming has changed the way we play. In , the odds are that either you or a friend or relative of yours is a dedicated Overwatch or Fortnite player. Companies like Blizzard and Epic Games surprise their fans with amazing season features that keep gamers hooked!

Did you enjoy the Overwatch Summer Games this year? According to online gaming statistics, the future of online gaming is as secure as the success of the next Taylor Swift video… so to speak. Gamers are looking for multiplayer shooters or sports games that are shorter in duration, have amazing and complex characters and give them the experience of a lifetime. In the course of the last decade, the global video game market share has been climbing at a steady rate.

Video games industry statistics have announced their verdict: mobile gaming is on the rise and the future of gaming is on the cloud. Most gamers are aged 18 and higher, and women are playing video games more than ever before. I've been a tech-addict all my life. I still remember the sound of a successful dial-up connection. I started my writing career at a very young age for a gamers' magazine.

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