Wii reaches 9 million, a million behind 360

It's official: there is no stopping Nintendo's momentum. As if it was just yesterday since the Wii reached 8 million, Ninty's product of innovation and waving sticks have finally arrived at the 9 million milestone - just a million away from Xbox 360.

Looking at the numbers VG Chartz had more than a month back, the Wii sold almost a million units since early June. The PlayStation 3 had a solid month and sold more than the 360, but both pale in comparison to Wii's performance.

On the handhelds side, the DS continues to dominate with almost 45 million units sold. Sony's PSP, while behind by a huge margin, still experience healthy sales as it got past the 22 million mark.

Let's not beat around the bush, here's what VG Chartz gathered:

Xbox 360: 10.08m (0.41m Japan 6.50m America 3.16m Others)
Wii: 9.05m (2.98m Japan, 3.64m America, 2.42m Others)
PS3: 3.69m (1.00m Japan, 1.58m America, 1.11m Others)

DS: 44.97m (18.14m Japan, 13.11m America, 13.72m Others)
PSP: 22.15m (5.75m Japan, 8.63m America, 7.78m Others)

[ASSASSYN 36o]

And still I say the wii is insignificant in the console wars. 1 mature game a year if that speaks alot to me about nintendos future gaming platforms.

The imbred idiot below agrees with me...how cute.

[wii on your face]

if you're going to be a huge d!ck about it, it's IN bred, not imbred. phucking [email protected]! Maybe you'd know that if your mommy and daddy weren't brother and sister. Why do you have to be such a sh!thead?

Doesn't really matter what all you people afraid of the wii say, it's kicking a$$ and no one can stop it. Just because you guys don't like it, doesn't mean it's no good. Just look at the numbers, read 'em and weep!

[clownfacemcgee]

relax, it's just vgchatz, and vgchatz are notoriously inferior to NPD. Wait for the NPD monthly report. That'll tell you just how well the Wii fared versus the 360. And 360 versus the PS3. And PS3 versus your mom. And your mom versus Santa Claus.

Your Mom versus Santa Claus! Only on Pay Per View!!!!

[Shadow Flare]

It's not hard to catch up to the 360 when it hasn't sold anything. I still can't get over that xbox 360 sales have been at 10 million since 2006. THAT'S CRAP!!! (Of course 360 has been selling. But MS DID state they sold 10 million at year's end 2006 and official figures show they have sold barely anymore since)

But i actually agree with the peasant above me, i too think the wii is insignificant and shouldn't be compared to the ps3 and 360. The way the wii has been built means it should stay in the ps2 class

[outlawauron]

MS said they SHIPPED 10.4 at the end of the fiscal year. That does not mean sold to consumer.

[ItsDubC]

And yet you continue to post degrading comments about the Wii with respect to the PS3/360 in all aspects other than sales. If you feel the Wii shouldn't be compared, then don't make comparisons at all.

[AngryTypingGuy]

According to nexgenwars.com, the 360 has passed 11,500,000. Everywhere you look, the numbers are a little different. The Wii will pass the 360 soon though. I will say though that the Wii is a child's toy compared to the other two.

I think the Wii is actually good for the other two companies. The Wii will bring in casual gamers. Some of them will turn into hardcore gamers, and want to pick up a 360 or PS3.

[Silvanos]

What I am afraid of is companies seeing huge profits from crap games.

If a company sees it can make huge profits from garbage because 11+ million casual gamers will buy what do you think they will make? Mini games for casual gamers at a minimal cost.

Not saying they will stop making hardcore games, just maybe not so many.

[The Swordsman]

I must agree with the two of you. The Wii is hardly seventh generation. Sure, it has a nice controller, but it's hardly very advanced now is it. It just doesn't have the cutting-edge technology that makes the PlayStation 3 and the Xbox 360 seventh generation consoles.

[jigaman]

Sorry but your comment doesnt hold water. Pretty graphics, intelligent A.I. arent the only factors that make the "Next Gen" grade. Nintendo has done somethhing to the industry (yet again) this generation to further push & evolve the gaming industry. Just because they didnt make a big leap in hardware doesnt mean they're not "Next Gen". Broaden you narrow spectrum.

[The Swordsman]

Oh, really my narrow spectrum. Really, the Wii isn't all that good for gaming. It has problems with certain genres of gaming. It is many problems with the fighting genre. Look at Namco's Soul Calibur series. While the PS3 and the Xbox 360 get Soul Calibur 4, the Wii gets Legends, an action adventure game, which Namco isn't putting much effort into going by how all the character and level designs are from Soul Calibur 2, while Soul Calibur 4 gets new designs for the areas and characters. Mortal Kombat: Armageddon was only average.

My brother has the Wii. He hates it. He never plays, except for when friends are over, and even then, only his friends are really playing it. He much rather play the Sims on his PC. Free Radical Design has stated that the Wii hardware lacks the power necessary to run the software they have scheduled for release on other seventh generation consoles. Scott Steinberg, Sega's U.S. Vice President of Marketing, has even expressed concern about the creative depth of the Wii pool. And other than the very rare true Mario game, in this case Galaxy, Metroid Prime 3, SSBB and perhaps Mario Kart, what other exclusive AAA games does the Wii have for release in the near future?

[ItsDubC]

Battalion Wars 2, NiGHTs, Fire Emblem, RE:UC, Dragon Quest Swords, Dragon Blade, No More Heroes, Animal Crossing, Zack & Wiki

EDIT @below:

Animal Crossing has never appealed to me personally but for some reason those games always seem to be popular and highly-anticipated. And I agree about No More Heroes, it's a gamble. It's garnered a lot of hype and many have said that Killer7 was severely underrated but I've never played it so I can't speak from personal experience. The gameplay videos look interesting, though I will wait to see whether the game appeals to me or not.

[The Swordsman]

Well, UC and BW2, yes, AAA, and yes, Dragon Quest Swords and Nights, but Animal Crossing? Would that really be AAA material? And you can't be sure about No More Heroes. Goichi Suda's last game, Killer 7, only receiverd mixed reviews.

Edit: Ya, I've never played Killer 7. People say it's underatted, but, I must admit that I find it alittle... odd, to say the least, and the whole on-rails thing turned me off from purchasing it on either my PS2 or my Gamecube.

[ad4mb]

The reason its selling is because its cheap.
The reason its cheap is because all it is is a controller.
The console itself is last gen with tiny improvments

[risk]

and vg charts is a bunch of bullocks.

lol disagree with me all you want, id rather trust Famitsu or the official NPD numbers rather then these sites. hell id rather trust Wikipedia!

[tplarkin7]

VG Chartz literally fabricates numbers. This is verified by the owner of VG Chartz, Brett:
"NPD are a professional multi-million dollar data firm. They collect data from most major retailers and provide a very high-level service to their clients who pay a lot for their info, VG Chartz is doing things on a much smaller and less professional scale so as of now, there is no comparison in terms of “accuracy”."

[Rute]

To tplarkin7: No, Vgcharts does not fabricate numbers, they monitor numerous different sources and then update the numbers. Sure, they have been few hundred thousand units off couple of times, but Vgcharts is reliable enough for me at least.

EDIT: Estimating sales does not mean fabricating because Vgcharts uses lots of very reliable sources. Vgcharts numbers have been very close to official numbers in the past. Why do you think they're wrong now?

[tplarkin7]

Did you read my quote above? The owner admits that his data is not accurate. He admits that NPD is official, and that VG Chartz is not. You and I could make a website and use old NPD numbers to make guesstimates. That is what VG Chartz does.

[Ebay3rd]

Congrats Nintendo on your innovative moves, They are bucking the flow and still thriving.How many consoles can say they actually reach out to non gamers. That is the secret to their success, they are thinkn outside of the box...Hope the trend continues, cause the Wii may end up being a gateway to gaming for non gamers,So the industry should not see the Wii as competition but rather a tool that will help add new gamers to the industry...Way to go!!!

[Odion]

agreed, neither the 360 or the PS3 have risen according to their sales per month, while these guys estimate that the Wii sells a million a month

[TheXgamerLive]

www.nexgenwars.com

29.2% pick 360 (210,657 votes)consoles sold
11,505,769 sold.

19.8% pick PS3 (142,789 votes)consoles sold
3,780,124 sold.

51% pick Wii (368,578 votes)consoles sold
8,861,624 sold.

While the Wii is infact catching up, it's not within 1 million but more like 3 million away. Sorry fan boys.

Also, whom ever posted this, please stop using this waste for a source "VG Charts", there completly biased.

EDIT: To the lone swordsman below, that's right there's truthfully only one true source for all these numbers and that comes from the makers themselves, Microsoft, Nintendo, and sony.

[The Swordsman]

Oh, come on. NetxGenWars is as unreliable as VGCharts. Even on the Wikipedia, editors aren't even allowed to use those sites to source the sales of consoles becasue those sites are viewed as unreliable.

[outlawauron]

nexgenwars is based on counter. Thats goes up and is corrected later.

VGChartz is much more accurate than that. They are within 10% of every "official" sales reporter. And 10% is the margin or error that the NPD allows.

They even compare their numbers to MC, Famitsu, and Enterbrain.
They already have it set up to compare with the June NPD.

[LeShin]

Sales figures doesn't really interest me, especially as people above me rightly commented that it really does belong in the PS2's generation......and if you do that, the PS2 has an install base of above 100million!!!!!! Now THATS crazy! The thing is, I can make comparisons with the PS2 because for some odd reason it's still alive and kicking. It still has 100 games coming out for it. It's destroying all console competition.

Imagine if they decide to drop the price to £50 lol!

To be honest, I'll give the Wii it's props, but there's nothing on that system I actually want to play....so meh.

[EZCheez]

This is purely HYPOTHETICAL, but I believe would make a huge dent in Wii sales-

Sony should make a Wii-like remote for the PS2 (yes they will copy, but hey that's what Sony does best). That would turn that 115 million base into a "I've already got that" base. Not only that, but the PS2 being half price could firmly compete with the Wii, and in all reality has been the only console other than handhelds to compete. Sony is still sitting on the king of consoles, and I think they have focused too much on selling the PS3.

And as far as the technology goes, I haven't seen anything better graphically from the Wii that I hadn't seen from the PS2 years ago.

[texism]

There's a bunch of things that you don't take into account.

Sony is a 2 platform company (PS3 and 2). Doing this would mean a substantial shift in development resources. It's not just the remote they would have to make. They'd have to redesign the PS2 to be able to interpret motion from a bar or some other device. This means they'd be limited to what they can do since they already have the PS3 to worry about. The Wii is different because it was designed from the ground up. The PS2 was made to be a PS2, and making it into a wii-like system will warrant some redesigning.

Not only that, doing so will sully Sony's image. Especially after what Jack Trenton just said, and the fact that Sony has regarded the Wii as a gimmick, doing that will mean that Sony is a company without direction and focus, and that sort of thing really deters investors. It's not just about us gamers you know.

Trust me, they've thought about it. If they could do it, they would have.

[Huddymonster]

I have the truth about the Wii for anyone interested.

The mass population that the Wii is selling to is a fickle group. We as a people move from trend to trend looking for the hot new toy. Nintendo has made a mistake by trying to cater to this audience because they will eventually lose interest and move onto the next best thing. The Wii will never even have close to the success of the ps2.

The reason is because the people that keep going back for more games and will buy a redesign and will keep playing and make the system fresh are the gamers. The gamers are being turned off by the Wii and will stick with the bread and butter the PS3 where casual games will be available via the PS network and hardcore games can be found in every genre.

The Playstation has won every generation because it is about the games and they are the only company that is giving games that appeal to the different tastes of gamers and thus pulls in almost all of them.

Kremar and Achillies19 and EZCheez and Me can takem out anyone in RB6!!!!!!!!!!!!

[EZCheez]

Good points, but I don't completely agree. There are already motion attachments for the PS2 controller to work as if it was a six-axis (I was just looking at one at EB). There are also Guncon controllers for the PS2 that use some of the same technology, so it wouldn't be as vast a change as you think.

Secondly, since when has making your customers new products to revamp what they have owned for years sullied a companies image? Especially a product to actually compete with something that is over twice the price. Sony would be using one of Nintendo's only advantages against them, price.

Sony hasn't thought about this enough.

[Mr VideoGames]

and that is what we really only care about

Note: the guy below me doesn't know anything about the Industry he just makes up random SH*T about Consoles he doesn't even have i Recommened you Ignore him or Report him, Thank You.

Note 2: GuCCi512 your going to have 1 Bubble to you Flaming Homosexual F*ggot SHUT THE F*CK UP

Note 3: nobiggy no thanks on that offer im sure your wife has been passed around enough, and she probably doesn't look that good if your letting people borrow her so SUCK MY LONG AMERICAN D*CK

[the greatest]

im sorry 2 say 360 is in reverse
total recall is about 2 hit
now when people go 2 buy a console
the only thing you are going here
wii for the kids and ps3 for my man

[GuCCi512]

i see why u only have one bubble

[RyuCloudStrife]

In my opinion the Wii will still pass the Xbox 360 by years end

[Fat Onion]

thats if 360 does not do a price drop

[nobiggy]

hats off to ninty, there kicking ass and i love it(not the console i f***ing hate it)love the fact that xbox is going down the pan. everyones starting to realise that a shoddy built console just wont do.

@videogames4life indeed it is selling better but its been around for much longer. anyways i do belive the ps3 will overtake in sales(if i'm wrong ya can borrow my wife for the day! it might take ya mind off thinking about bill gates and is chums) edit: videogames4life nah your alright m8 i'm sure gates and co. would be happy to. anyway i've come to the conclusion you prefer men as you keep telling men to suck your c**k and i aint a knob jocky sorry. good luck though

[LeShin]

LOL! sry that last comment you made was too funny not to give you a bubble. There you go.

[Xeoset]

http://nexgenwars.com/

Wii is 3Million behind the 360's 11.5Million.

Depends who you believe.

[Rute]

If you check out the official numbers (NPD etc.), you can see that they don't match with Nexgenwars, because Nexgenwars uses sold for retailers as a 360 number and sold to customers for PS3 and Wii. Somehow the site maintainer doesn't understand that MS means sold to retailers when they talk about their sales, although that's a well known fact. Also, the site is based on a counter with a script adding numbers at a pace that is set by the maintainer of the site. Nexgenwars has been off by several million units many times.

As for Vgcharts, their numbers fall within a 10% error margin, as outlawauron already stated. Vgcharts is much more reliable site than Nexgenwars.

[ad4mb]

@XGamer and Xeoset
Those are only estimates.
click on the link a top saying, were do the numbers come from.

[Ebay3rd]

its not a fanboy thing, but if I am a fanboy I am a fanboy of gaming itself, I would care if Attari made a comeback if the games were fun and look good then I would play and I would not be alone in this.

Also I was wandering why a 360 fanboy or Sony FB or even a Nintendo FB would read news unrelated to thier favorite console, and post negative comments, thats only gonna start a flamewar and then the articles themselves loose the spotlight and it becomes about the comments made...I think this site is pretty cool the way it works and would be alot better if everyone would just respect everyones opinions...

[ItsDubC]

Bubble for u for being a rare voice of reason.

[PS360PCROCKS]

I gave you a bubble for being a voice of reason, like myself, but watch it yesterday I got attacked for being to "neutral" because I don't incite flame wars and say things just to anger people.

[ThaGeNeCySt]

I'll believe NPD & Media Create

[chasegamez]

xbox360 in the first seven months sold around the same as the ps3
did in it first seven months
what by this time next year
ps3 should have caught up 2 the 360
but im sorry 2 say it will not catch the wii no time soon

[rev20]

double post crap soz xD

[rev20]

People can complain about it not bein next gen etc

but wiifit will sell another load of millions guranteed even though its not even a "video game"

Nintendo have got it made

[EZCheez]

Whether us video game fanatics like it or not, Nintendo has got it made in the shade, and they've got no reason to get out. I wouldn't be surprised if later on down the road they just stop attending E3.

Maybe Nintendo is in the process of making the most visually rewarding exercise machines ever, and will continue to go down that path. Who wouldn't if their company was using $100 bills as toilet paper.

[Huddymonster]

Ez CHeez is ownage in Rainbow 6

[machine]

considering that for every individual Wii system that nintendo sells they're actually making a profit because it costs them less to produce it than what they are selling it at. and then there is the PS3 and the 360 both of which actually loose money for every one of there systems sold because of their high production costs. eventually i'm sure that both of these company's will make their cash back with software sales from titles like Halo & Killzone2, but even with only a million units behind the the 360- which already had a whole year on both the wii & the PS3, those folks at nintendo are resting easy for once on pillows stuffed with all the currency's of the world.

[unsunghero28]

Everyone's complaining about the Wii not really being next generation. These sales (whether they be from nexgenwars or vg chartz) show that the consumer disagrees, and in the long run that's what will matter.

[the greatest]

it more for the kids and girls

[The Swordsman]

Well, actually, the consumer doesn't agree, or doesn't even know about the videogame generations. I've read alot of complaints on this very site that for the many gamers who bought the Wii at Christmas, alot of them got bored of it quickly and only play it seldomly, if not at all for months. The only reason it sells so well is because it's very cheap and is constantly praised by the biased media who influence the consumers to buy it.

[Kyur4ThePain]

current gen. The PS4, Xbox 720 and Wii2 are next gen.
We should be looking at what is available to the buyer now and what is selling.
The sales are what the sales are.
The fact that one console is less powerful than the other does not matter.

Like you said, the buyers are speaking.

Also, I believe it's wrong to look at total sales, because (keeping in mind what I said above about current gen vs next gen) in that case the PS2 ils still the leader (which I happen to believe is the truth).
Until a console gets officially pulled from the market, it is competing with everything else that is available.

[UJUSTLOSTONE]

I just don't understand what could be appealing about
the Wii, outside of Zelda and Mario, nothing would convince me to even look at the console.

I'm not going to lie, I played it, Had a blast, and was like, Allright, now where are the real games.

I'm confused now, Can it really still be considered a games console?
I mean yes it does have "games" but, sports sims, and exercise sims, seem to be what gives this product its kick.

You have to give Nintendo their props for doing well, but there product to me is more of a Life simulator thingee, or whatever.

Maybe I'm just hating on them, I dunno, But it just seems like a departure from the nintendo that we used know and love.

[Rute]

To tell you the truth, I don't think Wii has games that would justify ME purchasing it, which is why I don't have it yet. These are the games I'm waiting for: Metroid Prime 3, RE Umbrella Chronicles, Super Mario Galaxy, Super Smash Bros. Melee, De Blob and Donkey Kong. I don't see any reason why those games wouldn't have chance at receiving ciritcal acclaim.

What I don't understand, is why people keep dissing Wii software as if the 360 and PS3 had far superior games. True, they have many superhits, but I for one think many PS3/360 games are no more than the same old crap with better graphics. Gears of War, for example, is more shallow than Warioware in my opinion (I've played both). Does nothing else than graphics have value to you PS3/360 fans?

[UJUSTLOSTONE]

What your point is, and your arguement is well received.
However, I don't think that what most gamers are looking at is graphics alone. It is how the two concepts, graphics and gameplay combine to produce the ultimate gaming experience

I don't feel that your arguement can really apply to the PS3 due to the innovative games they have for the system such as Little Big Planet, Singstar, Guitar Hero, and Even Loco Roco is critically acclaimed. Not to mention some of the simple Downloadable titles that offer hours of enjoyment. Yes, some titles aren't out yet, but the patient adopter KNOWs there coming.

And I didn't even mention Eyetoy and the host of different games they have for that peripheral!

Xbox is also trying its best to include other demographics with Viva Pinata and Guitar Hero. I don't know what else they have in this regards, because I don't pay attention to there Lineup as much.

My point is Ps3 Has BEEN doing innovative titles, and Microsoft is well on there way to increasing there demographic So clearly the battle is being fought on more aspects than graphics alone.

Sorry for the long post.
and you get bubbles from me dog

Peace

[Ebay3rd]

Thanks, favor returned, not that you need anymore bubbles...lol

You know I don't agree with alot of the things I read here, but that doesn't mean I go around stealing bubbles because someone see's things differently, nor do I go around selecting disagree eachtime someones view is opposite of mine. How can anyone disagree with "We need to respect each others opinions" That is a true indicator of your level of ignorance for whomever this pertains to...This is not an attack of any sort , hopefully just an eye opener....Good Gaming...

[EZCheez]

To use the disagree button if you don't agree with someone. After all, that's exactly why it is there. The only time disagrees are annoying are when the "disagreer" chooses not to explain why. Of course, there are some instances where explanation is not needed. Nothing happens if someone disagrees with you.

Now watch as everyone with a sense of humor disagrees with me.

[Huddymonster]

And I disagree because of it.

P.S. How did he knoe we were going to repel through the window right on that floor?

[Contra26]

4+ preorders of halo3.
more than 'teh' installbase of PS3.

how about......

PS3 only 1 million behind HALO3 Pre-Orders

[Double-Edged]

It's a shame that game has 1 million 'pre-orders' than a system 'install base'

KEYWORDS: PRE-ORDERS & INSTALL BASE

[Double-Edged]

that's salt.

It really shows how Sony doesnt have fanboys.... they have haters.

[EZCheez]

I don't completely doubt it, but where does this 4 million pre-orders number come from?

Could someone please provide a link to a reputable source that shows this info?

Like I said, I don't doubt it, but I have a hard time believing something that I have only heard in a forum.

[Double-Edged]

http://xboxevolved.e-mpire....

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk...

http://news.softpedia.com/n...

http://www.lostremote.com/2...

heck...
wikipedia it...
google it....
yahoo it....

4 million and massively counting...

[Huddymonster]

Guess what you have 4 million pre orders congrats. However what you fail to realize that a majority of these people have already bought the system. They just want the game.

So I guess you can be proud of the fact that the pre orders are more than the install base but that would make you narrow minded. First of all the PS3 is selling at the same rate as the xbox 360 compared to the 360's launch trends. The difference is that the ps3 had two huge barriers, the price and the lack of games. It is changing though because the price has dropped 100 on the remaing 60 gb left which there are a lot and selling fast because Amazon is sold out until July 22. Also the games are coming in bunches this fall.

So if you think the PS3 is going to be at this install base for long then sir you are a retard.

[the worst]

5 millions in repair
the number dont add up

[VirusE]

4 million sold is over 240 million in profit before the game even ships! This is why halo doubters are purely fanboys. Love the game or hate the game it is a FORCE to be reckoned with and as such just like the wii it deserves respect. It gets people playing games and helps the industry and drives competition.

[mrk01]

Can we put it with the big boys, 360 and PS3, even if it's slightly less powerful than the original xbox?
-If you saw there E3 07 conference, Nintendo isn't even aiming the wii at gamers anymore, ie. "Wii Fit"

[PS360PCROCKS]

I agree that the Wii is not really powerful enough to compare to the 360 and ps3 but as long as it's out and it's Nintendo's latest iteration it will always be compared and so the Wii is selling very nicely against it's competition. Put it this way, Nintendo might be going for a different audience than Microsoft and Sony, but it's working and that's all that counts, Nintendo is making bank right now.

[FordGTGuy]

WTF GUYS??????????????

Stop approving stupid VGChartz retarded stats.