- Main article: Video game industry
Australia
Popular titles
- First person shooters [1]
Best selling games
South Africa
Hardware
Total as of October 2008:
- Xbox 360 - 72,000 - released October 2006 - 3,000 units per month
- Nintendo Wii - 58,000 - released October 2007 - 4,850 units per month
- Playstation 3 - 45,500 - released March 2007 - 2,400 units per month
2008
In 2008 Nintendo had 40% more sales as of October 2008 as the year before.
Quarter 3 2008 percentages:
Console Market:
- Wii – 36%
- PS2 – 29%
- 360 – 22%
- PS3 – 14%
Portable Market:
- Nintendo DS - 51%
- Playstation Portable - 49%
Portable Market share development:
Quarter 1 2008: NDS: 39% PSP: 61%
Quarter 2 2008: NDS: 42% PSP: 58%
Quarter 3 2008: NDS: 51% PSP: 49%
Seventh Generation First Year
- Nintendo Wii - 58,100 - 4.841 units per month
- Xbox 360 - 39,500 - 3.292 units per month
- Playstation 3 33,200 - 2.767 units per month
All Data by Core Gaming, distributors of Nintendo in South Africa
New Zealand
Software
- SingStar series - 266,000
- SingStar Abba - 12,000 (first six weeks)
Hardware
Total
as of Dezember 2008:
- Playstation 2 - 525,000
- Playstation Portable - 142,000
- Playstation 3 - 60,000
2008
Yearly software sales: ~ 1,220,000
Sony: 818,000 (67%)
Yearly hardware sales: ~ 180.000
Sony: almost 100,000 (55%)
- Playstation 2 - 40,000
Asia
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