It is now clear that the current console cycle is drawing to a close as the PS3 and Xbox 360, which had been producing respectable year-on-year sales trends, are in decline. Q2 has been a drab quarter for high-profile full-price releases, a stereotypical summer lull compounding the generational downturn. Overall hardware volumes are hit particularly hard in USA, while Nintendo's 3DS doubles its year-on-year worldwide sell-through to find its greatest growth in PAL and Japan.

Tables and charts included:

• World hardware volumes, year-on-year change
• World hardware volumes, Q2 11 and Q2 12
• PAL hardware volumes, year-on-year change
• PAL hardware volumes, Q2 11 and Q2 12
• USA hardware volumes, year-on-year change
• USA hardware volumes, Q2 11 and Q2 12
• Japan hardware volumes, year-on-year change
• Japan hardware volumes, Q2 11 and Q2 12
• World hardware installed base forecast, TV consoles
• World hardware installed base forecast, handhelds
• World hardware volumes forecast, TV consoles
• World hardware volumes forecast, handhelds
• World hardware volumes market share, TV consoles, Q2 11
• World hardware volumes market share, TV consoles, Q2 12
• Release volume by format, TV consoles, 2010 & 2011
• World hardware volumes market share, handhelds, Q2 11
• World hardware volumes market share, handhelds, Q2 12
• Release volume by format, handhelds, 2010 & 2011
• World hardware share, by region, Q2 12,
• Hardware sales volume, by region, Q2 12

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