Nintendo is still in a good position, with the Wii taking third
place in hardware sales just as Wii Music is released in Japan.
Not exact matches
During the 3DS's launch week
in Japan, the glasses - free 3D handheld easily topped the
hardware sales charts, but found its best - selling title peaking at third
place, behind a pair of newly released games for Sony's systems.
Capcom's Nintendo exclusive action - RPG dethrones Dragon Quest IX, sparks a jump
in Wii
hardware sales; Gears of War 2 debuts
in sixth
place.
Only Amazon knows for sure and they aren't saying... but it seems that they are suddenly
placing more value
in the monies brought
in by Prime subscriptions than those coming from
hardware sales (which seems wise, given their lacklustre results).
The latter option of supporting that weaker
hardware will probably never happen for the same reason they canceled support for that
hardware in the first
place; Sony doesn't want the service to eat into their PS4 (or PS5) console
sales.
Even
in places like Japan where console
sales have hit a staggering minimum, the Switch
in 2017 has caused Japanese
hardware sales to nearly double
in amount from almost 117 billion yen to nearly 202 billion yen
in the matter of one year (Source: Famitsu).
«Fifa 16» (+10 %) also drops down a
place despite a boost fuelled
in part by high
sales of the Xbox One Fifa 16
hardware bundle.
Operating income for the sector decreased by # 180 million ($ 280m) to nearly # 12million ($ 18m), which Sony blamed on declining
hardware sales of PS3, Vita and PSP
hardware and the impact of a price reduction on the Vita
in Japan which took
place February.
Honestly, that schedule sounds a little optimistic, as we'd assume that a good portion of this year's Galaxy Gear
sales will take
place in and around the holiday season — not much time to make useful assessments and craft new
hardware for expos
in January and February.