Analysis: Sony continues to widen its console sales lead over Microsoft

Fig. 1: This graph should look largely familiar to anyone who's been following the sales reports over the last two years.

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Ars Technica's latest analysis of the worldwide game console market will look largely familiar to anyone who has been following our previous reports. Sony continues to slowly increase its majority share, while Microsoft holds relatively steady and the Wii U slides quickly into market obscurity.

Last week, all three major console manufacturers released their quarterly financial reports for the period ending in September. Sony once again reported the strongest console sale results, shipping four million consoles to stores during the three-month period, up from 3.3 million during the same time a year ago. Nintendo also saw its quarterly console shipments improve slightly from a very low base, up from 610,000 consoles last year to 720,000 consoles this year.

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