Sony has the biggest console market share, followed by Nintendo and then Microsoft

"Sony maintained its position of leader in 2020, representing 46% of the console market, versus 49% in 2019. Microsoft was steady year-on-year, with its market share just declining 1% to 23%.

This slight decrease both at Sony and Microsoft benefitted Nintendo, which represented just shy of 31% of the console market in 2020 thanks to 26 million Switch consoles being shifted. Around $7 billion was spent on Nintendo hardware last year.

Looking at software more specifically, 50% of consumer spending went to Sony's consoles. In terms of physical games sales, it's unsurprisingly Nintendo who took the lead though, even though Ampere Analysis noted that "Nintendo's digital games business grew substantially in 2020."

A very good number to Sony is how alone represents 50% of software revenue which in itself helps to put light on why so many developers are eager to port their games to PS platforms and why they happily accept timed exclusive contracts: games actually sell on PS.

It's also interesting how physical are in decline even on the switch consoles, where digital are slowly but surely growing and will surpass physical in the end.

This news will certainly make some people angry, but this is not conjecture, these are hard, cold data and facts.

Facts don't care about your feelings. 😎

Source: https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2021-03-11-console-market-reaches-record-high-of-usd53-9bn

Sony always wins baby.

@NathanDrakeSwag: yeah, they do. And data don't lie, it's right there, with all the sources to back it up and no amount of conjecture will change that.

Facts are facts, and data are data, right? 😎

Yet, Nintendo has the fastest selling gaming device in the world

Shame they have to count last gen.

Talk about spin in this old article. It's based on revenue, and that comes from third party and online, and it's higher price tag.

Not profits, first party game sales or total consoles sold. Nintendo is clobbering Sony in all three categories.

Switch has been outselling Playstation consoles badly for close to three years straight.

Switch sold 28.8 million over the last fiscal year, PS4's best year was 20 million

sales are up 44%

That is a better year than any Sony console in all of history.

https://www.theverge.com/2021/5/6/22422451/nintendo-annual-earnings-switch-84-59-million

@casey-wegner: cold, hard facts. Sony has the biggest market share.

Given not many people had a Wii U to care about lack of BC, and all the digital sales they are making now, I wonder if Nintendo's lack of BC support in a future system might come to haunt them.

@wonderwinner: Not arguing the data but I am curious as to what your point is with posts like these.

You can’t say that it means Sony is better, as this data only proves that it’s more popular. And if you think thats the same, you’re an idiot.

And surely you wouldn’t be attempting to turn people away from their preferred system as that comes down to personal preference.

So what is it? The only conclusion I can arrive at is that you like to gloat and make others feel badly about themselves. Which makes you a narcissist and a sadist. Not a great example for fellow gamers.

Sony have the highest revenue which includes third party. A meaningless cherrypick that probably not even true of todays date because your article is old and third parties have been absent due to covid.

Switch is again on pace to sell over 25 million this year and PS5 has sold 8 million

Sony constanly celebrated PS4 has never reached over 20 million in a single year on the market

Switch did 28.8

@casey-wegner: cold hard facts. Sony has the biggest market share, everything else is conjecture.

Sony>Nintendo. That's all i need to know. And for the Xbox, i don't think anybody cares about a console without a single exclusive.

@Starshine_M2A2: this is system wars. This is what this forum is about, no?

Look at the thread he made. The lem is an emotional wreck lol.

@wonderwinner: Sure. But perhaps you could be less of an asshole about it.

@Starshine_M2A2: not my problem if you don't like my style and are hurt about facts. Anyway, don't derail the thread any longer, this is not about you.

@NathanDrakeSwag: the guy is taking this forum too seriously, he should take a vacation.

Perhaps a permanent one. This is like the 5th time he's tried to turn SW into fanboy wars which is against the rules.

Only if your definition of marketshare includes third party game sales.🤣

Nintendo's console is destroying Sony's in sales, as are their first party game sales.

@casey-wegner: You can try to change the facts but numbers don't lie: Sony has the biggest market share. Numbers don't lie. 😎

There's nothing to argue about.

46>31. Sony is the market leader, and has the biggest market share. Everything else is conjecture.

@Starshine_M2A2: @davillain-: @xantufrog: is this behavior and derailing threads allowed?

Switch will be outselling Playstation for the years to come so we'll see how long you try to pedal this #fakenews

@casey-wegner: in the future, Nintendo can surpass Sony, who knows? But for now it's a fact that Sony has the biggest market share.

Nice, so Sony is losing market share.

@wonderwinner: cold hard facts. Sony has declined more than Xbox and Nintendo.

You Cows are the ones starting response threads.

This third party revenue thread is clearly sad damage control to the console sales thread I started where Switch is clobbering Playstation in sales and has been for years.

The Cows are butthurt that I'm reminding people about actual sales numbers and they want me silenced.

Reality is starting to sink in and they don't like it.

They think removing me will change Nintendo ruling Sony in present and future console sales so they cling to old damage control articles. Harsh times.

How can they feel confident in Playstation when PS4's top year was 20 million, and Switch's was 28.8?

PS5 is currently at 8 and they think demand will suddenly ramp up higher than PS2 sales 🤣

@casey-wegner: Cold, hard facts: Sony has the biggest market share, 46%>31%.

I'm surprised they've lasted here so long tbh

lmao i knew you were a drug addict. Each time i see you post in here and all of a sudden talk about how shitty this place is (just like your locked thread from a few minutes ago), you're always following with some drugs related comments. Being on drugs and calling others as drug addicts ain't gonna help your cause, buddy. I bet you you're REALLY stoned right now lmao.

@casey-wegner: Don’t worry - I’m working on it.

Whose thread just got locked for attempting to start fanboy wars?

He is "working on it"🤣That is just sad to read on a forum.

I can ask you the same thing like that stunt you pulled on making a fanboy thread. Keep on making a fool out of yourself and you can say goodbye cause the previous mods and including me have given you lots of chances.

@davillain- Is this kind of language towards other users allowed here?

@casey-wegner: Exactly.

Looks like your buddy deleted he post when a mod called you out for your aggressive attacks on other users lol.

@Starshine_M2A2: And I advice to go take a break cause you can't handle SW at all.

Nah I just don't want to get involved.

He's right though.

As long as I continue getting games that enjoy playing then that’s all that matters to me. 😁