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http://www.adese.es/adese/noticias/210
http://www.adese.es/images/pdf/notabalance2013.pdf
http://www.adese.es/index.php?option=com_mtree&task=att_download&link_id=9&cf_id=30

Physical sales (revenue)

Software: €401 million (-6%)
Hardware: €275 million (-8%)
Accessories: €86 million (-11%)

Physical sales (units)

Software: 10,830,000 (-15%)
Hardware: 1,172,000 (-21%)
Accessories: 4,444,000 (-12%)

Home console market: 692,000 units (-11%)
Portable console market: 481,000 units (-33%)

Software sales (units)

PS3 - 4,050,000 (+3%)
WII - 1,397,000 (-29%)
3DS - 1,267,000 (+45%)
360 - 1,253,000 (-13%)
PC - 948,000 (-37%)
PSP - 594,000 (-55%)
PSV - 372,000 (+21%)
NDS - 302,000 (-70%)
PS4 - 240,000
WIU - 211,000 (+306%)
PS2 - 92,000 (-68%)
XBO - 60,000
PC Educational Games - 45,000 (-44%)

Spain 2013 Top 20 Software Sales

01. PS3 GRAND THEFT AUTO V (TAKE-TWO INTERACTIVE)
02. PS3 FIFA 14 (ELECTRONIC ARTS)
03. PS3 CALL OF DUTY: GHOSTS (ACTIVISION BLIZZARD)
04. WII JUST DANCE 2014 (UBISOFT)
05. 3DS ANIMAL CROSSING: NEW LEAF (NINTENDO)
06. 360 GRAND THEFT AUTO V (TAKE-TWO INTERACTIVE)
07. PS3 THE LAST OF US (SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT)
08. WII JUST DANCE 4 (UBISOFT)
09. PS3 CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS II (ACTIVISION BLIZZARD)
10. 3DS POKÉMON Y (NINTENDO)
11. 3DS POKÉMON X (NINTENDO)
12. PS3 FIFA 13 (ELECTRONIC ARTS)
13. PS3 FAR CRY 3 (UBISOFT)
14. 3DS NEW SUPER MARIO BROS. 2 (NINTENDO)
15. PS3 PRO EVOLUTION SOCCER 2014 (KONAMI)
16. PS3 ASSASSIN'S CREED IV - BLACK FLAG (UBISOFT)
17. PS3 GOD OF WAR: ASCENSION (SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT)
18. PS3 GRAN TURISMO 6 (SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT)
19. PS4 FIFA 14 (ELECTRONIC ARTS)
20. 3DS LUIGI'S MANSION 2 (NINTENDO)

Spanish video game market (Historical Data)

2000 - €504.80 million
2001 - €579.98 million
2002 - €710.03 million
2003 - €800.13 million
2004 - €790.27 million
2005 - €863.00 million
2006 - €967.00 million
2007 - €1,454.00 million
2008 - €1,432.00 million
2009 - €1,200.00 million
2010 - €1,120.00 million
2011 - €979.00 million
2012 - €822.00 million
2013 - €762.00 million

 

[KillerMan91]

dat PS3 domination.

 

[Mt Heart Attack]

Dat crisis effect, holy shit

 

[KillerMan91]

Dat crisis effect, holy shit

Well I would say that the downfall of Nintendo is also huge part of that decline. Wii and DS were monsters even in Spain.

 

[Loris146]

PS2, immortal.

 

[Raist]

Spanish video game market (Historical Data)


2007 - €1,454.00 million

2013 - €762.00 million

welp.

 

[Aquamarine]

Software sales (units)

PS3 - 4,050,000 (+3%)
WII - 1,397,000 (-29%)
360 - 1,253,000 (-13%)
3DS - 1,267,000 (+45%)
PC - 948,000 (-37%)
PSP - 594,000 (-55%)
PSV - 372,000 (+21%)
NDS - 302,000 (-70%)
PS4 - 240,000
WIU - 211,000 (+306%)
PS2 - 92,000 (-68%)
XBO - 60,000
PC Educational Games - 45,000 (-44%)

Holy shit...wha...oh...wow....

 

[Mr.Marston]

Holy shit...wha...oh...wow....

:lol

Spoiler

I'm assuming that 92k for PS2 was mainly FIFA 14

 

[N.Domixis]

Holy shit...wha...oh...wow....

Dat flopage outside US

 

[Usobuko]

Really a lost cause when PS2 outsell your new shinning console in 2013, by more than 50%.

 

[ec0ec0]

:,O we are... but that ps2

EDIT: needs to add to the tittle: "ps2 outsold xb1" ajaja... spain is too much.

 

[Atolm]

The funny thing is that you can't buy new PS2 anymore, I'm pretty sure that if Sony managed to produce a model priced 50€ or less it would still sell very well.

 

[Rolodzeo]

Dat youth diaspora.

 

[NYCmetsfan]

That doesn't seem healthy for the industry. But when the economy is in such crappy shape its to be expected that spending on a luxury item is cut.

 

[Steroyd]

Really a lost cause when PS2 outsell your new shinning console in 2013, by more than 50%.

And this is Spain, it's going to be a horror show when the XBO launches in tier 2 countries.

 

[FuKuy]

Pretty useless report because don't track any information on digital sales, MMOs and F2P revenue.

 

[Zephyrus]

too busy playing LOL and flaming everyone.

 

[Atolm]

Pretty useless report because don't track any information on digital sales, MMOs and F2P revenue.

All of those make very low numbers here. In fact Spain is a very big market for retail stores like Game.

 

[Kazuma Kiryu]

People aren't kidding when they say the Xbox brand means very little outside the US, in general.

 

[IAmRandom31]

The fucking PS2 was on that list? I did not misread that right? WOW

And the console market is as bad as it has been since 2002 over there. Yup, we sure are on the right track game wise!

 

[rob305]

Oh snap I always thought PES would sell more than FIFA in Spain. Looks like times changed

 

[iamvin22]

Holy shit...wha...oh...wow....

 

[Guymelef]

PS2 versions of FIFA and PES has strong sales every year here.

 

[popyea]

Animal Crossing seems surprisingly high. The Penelope Cruz effect?

 

[beast786]

Wow at ps2/xb1

I would have bet my house against it if someone made this bet

 

[Darak]

All Spanish markets doubled around 2007-2008, and that was not unique to videogames. Everything was a huge fiction around credit money injected into the economy to inflate an already huge property bubble, thanks mostly to a government which was (and remains) extremely incompetent and extremely corrupt at the same time.

That shrinking tendency, by the way, is very far from being finished. The country faces record unemployment numbers, crumbling social institutions (everything from hospitals to education to the pension system), not to mention a never-ending stream of civil liberties' erosion. Spain was an awesome market, fourth or even third in Europe perhaps, when cash was flowing. But that is no longer the case.

To stay on topic, don't read much into those 2013 sales from both PS4 and ONE. There were massive shortages around all the country, and my impression is that both companies deployed the big marketing weapons only well into 2014.

And those PS2 sales are not entirely surprising, as some big Spanish malls are pretty ignorant about the videogame market and you can probably find very old stock (at the original prices) here and there (not only consoles, but also games).

 

[FuKuy]

All of those make very low numbers here. In fact Spain is a very big market for retail stores like Game.

I don't agree. Those numbers were low 5 years ago but now digital revenue is quite big in Spain. Not as big as retail but Steam and mobile are growing.

 

[RalchAC]

welp.

What do you expect? I'm not saying we're a poor and homeless bunch of people, but when things aren't going that well games and other unnecesary stuff are the first things that get cut.

Keep in mind that 2007 to 2010 the DS/Wii were selling a lot, the PS3 just launched, and the PSP was quite healthy. 3DS isn't selling as well as the DS, WiiU has less shelf space than the Vita, PSP is in decline and today spending 400€ is harder than spending 600€ in 2007 (PS4).

I think PS3 sales are going to stay strong here until at least until the 2015. It's becoming the new "casual" console now that the Wii has died.

I don't agree. Those numbers were low 5 years ago but now digital revenue is quite big in Spain. Not as big as retail but Steam and mobile are growing.

LoL is everywhere. I have quite some friends that 2-3 years ago were more into traditional gaming and now their playig times goes almost exclusively to LoL.

 

[VLiberty]

PS2 and XBO numbers are software sales.

 

[Tony Redgrave]

Ha ha dat PS2 dominating XO.

I'm Spanish myself and I truly don't think people really get it when we say this is Sonyland, I mean really, there's very little people I know that care for the Xbox brand at all, it's mostly Sony and Nintendo here and now Sony is clearly at an advantage.

 

[Raist]

What do you expect? I'm not saying we're a poor and homeless bunch of people, but when things aren't going that well games and other unnecesary stuff are the first things that get cut.

Keep in mind that 2007 to 2010 the DS/Wii were selling a lot, the PS3 just launched, and the PSP was quite healthy. 3DS isn't selling as well as the DS, WiiU has less shelf space than the Vita, PSP is in decline and today spending 400€ is harder than spending 600€ in 2007 (PS4).

I think PS3 sales are going to stay strong here until at least until the 2015. It's becoming the new "casual" console now that the Wii has died.

I know that. Just wasn't expecting a ~50% decline.
For reference in 2006 it was France 1.9B, Spain 1.4
Now it's 2.7 vs 0.7.

 

[Leonsito]

Awful numbers, worst in a decade.

 

[oti]

What do you expect? I'm not saying we're a poor and homeless bunch of people, but when things aren't going that well games and other unnecesary stuff are the first things that get cut.

That's an interesting assumption. There's a theory in economic science that consumers tend to actually increase their expenses in home entertainment during a crisis (in order to stay home and save money instead of going out and do expensive things). But you know, economic "science" is pretty funny in general.

 

[ichigo kurosaki]

Well if you read the report it says that even though the results don't look good the tendency is positive, since the decrease in sales year to year is more moderate than on previous years. Meaning possibly this year or on 2015 sales will go up again? Let's see, but I'm confident things will get back on track as economy (very slowly) recovers.

 

[Orgen]

I can't read the reports (blocked at work) but is it true that GTAV, FIFA and CoD made 87% of software sold in Spain? (read it on a newspaper).

 

[pieatorium]

That's an interesting assumption. There's a theory in economic science that consumers tend to actually increase their expenses in home entertainment during a crisis (in order to stay home and save money instead of going out and do expensive things). But you know, economic "science" is pretty funny in general.

not sure about home entertainment but there has been shown some correlation between film box office increasing with economic falls

 

[Canis lupus]

You really should've put PS2>Xbone in the title


ROFL

 

[oti]

not sure about home entertainment but there has been shown some correlation between film box office increasing with economic falls

Sure, there must be some data supporting this theory. Maybe this effect is long gone in Spain (the crisis didn't start yesterday after all), maybe it wasn't that strong or there's a time lag or (what almost always happens) it's more complicated than any theory.

 

[lherre]

To stay on topic, don't read much into those 2013 sales from both PS4 and ONE. There were massive shortages around all the country, and my impression is that both companies deployed the big marketing weapons only well into 2014.
.

ONE shortages? Really? You can buy D1 editions (I mean software not hardware) for ONE like DR3, Ryse or Forza.

 

[dark_prinny]

Crisis had hit us very very hard. Numbers is just a clear reflect of it. Hard times.

 

[Kaworu]

We still need the rest of the numbers to have a better image of the whole market. Smartphone penetration is very high and the digital market is growing in all the European markets.

 

[Sakujou]

welp.

1.dat sony country.
2.dat downfall of nintendo.
3.dem rise of mobile,dlc,iap....


Sad

 

[Turin Turambar]

I can't read the reports (blocked at work) but is it true that GTAV, FIFA and CoD made 87% of software sold in Spain? (read it on a newspaper).

No. It says traditional "core" games are 87% of the software sales.

 

[Piccoro]

Software sales (units)

PS3 - 4,050,000 (+3%)
WII - 1,397,000 (-29%)
3DS - 1,267,000 (+45%)
360 - 1,253,000 (-13%)
PC - 948,000 (-37%)
PSP - 594,000 (-55%)
PSV - 372,000 (+21%)
NDS - 302,000 (-70%)
PS4 - 240,000
WIU - 211,000 (+306%)
PS2 - 92,000 (-68%)
XBO - 60,000
PC Educational Games - 45,000 (-44%)

Vita and 3DS, arise!
And WiiU, +306%! :O

 

[shink]

That 21% increase. Power of Invizimals

 

[Piccoro]

Ha ha dat PS2 dominating XO.

I'm Spanish myself and I truly don't think people really get it when we say this is Sonyland, I mean really, there's very little people I know that care for the Xbox brand at all, it's mostly Sony and Nintendo here and now Sony is clearly at an advantage.

It is also exactly like that here in your neighboring country Portugal. Sony land from North to South. Ah

 

[Orgen]

No. It says traditional "core" games are 87% of the software sales.

Ahhhh that makes more sense, thanks!

So is AC not core then?

 

[Terbinator]

too busy playing LOL and flaming everyone.

Jjajajaja

 

[dark_prinny]

I don't agree. Those numbers were low 5 years ago but now digital revenue is quite big in Spain. Not as big as retail but Steam and mobile are growing.

Mind to post your source?