Xbox One Worst First Week Sales in Recent History for a Home Console in Japan

We just learned that Xbox One sold 23,562 units during its first week on the shelves in Japan according to the reliable data announced by Famitsu and its publisher Enterbrain.  But how does that compare with its predecessors, and with other home consoles for which we have recorded data?

According to aggregated data from Famitsu sources (courtesy of NeoGAF user Chris1964) we can examine the first week sales of every home console since the Dreamcast (the number of days indicates how many each console has been on sale during its first week, until Sunday).

• 1998.11.27 [Sega Dreamcast] (¥29,800) – 101,490 (3 days)
• 2000.03.04 [Sony PlayStation 2] (¥39,800) – 630,552 (2 days)
• 2001.09.14 [Nintendo GameCube] (¥25,000) – 133,719 (3 days)
• 2002.02.22 [Microsoft Xbox] (¥34,800) – 123,929 (3 days)
• 2005.12.10 [Microsoft Xbox 360] (¥29,000 / ¥39,795) – 62,135 (2 days)
• 2006.11.11 [Sony PlayStation 3] (¥49,980 / ¥59,980) – 88,443 (2 days)
• 2006.12.02 [Nintendo Wii] (¥25,000) – 371,936 (2 days)
• 2012.12.08 [Nintendo Wii U] (¥26,250 / ¥31,500) – 308,570 (2 days)
• 2014.02.22 [Sony PlayStation 4] (¥41,979 / ¥46,179)- 322,083 (2 days)
• 2014.09.04 [Microsoft Xbox One] (¥43,178 / ¥53,978) – 23,562 (4 days)

Luckily we’re just at the beginning of the generation, and we can only hope to see an improvement. Competition is always good for the market, but for the moment Xbox One needs to step up its game if it wants to compete at all in Japan.

thanks: Dualshockers