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)
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.
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
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.
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
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!