Wii are #1!
by fledgling otakuThe Nintendo Wii is officially the world’s best-selling console:
The Financial Times is reporting that the Nintendo Wii is now the number one selling console in the world, even though the Xbox 360 enjoyed a full year head start. Based on sales data from the NPD Group, Enterbrain, and GfK, here is how the console sales break down:
- Nintendo Wii: 9 million units
- Xbox 360: 8.9 million units
- Playstation 3: 3.7 million units
Meanwhile, the Wii Zapper is coming out soon, bundled with a Zelda minigame that lets you use it for crossbow practice. But all of this is just the appetizer for when the online multiplayer lightsaber game arrives, someday…
September 15th, 2007 at 12:03 am
I wonder how that stacks up against the playstation 2. I remember looking at the sales for the 2006 holiday season and the PS2 outsold all the next gen systems combined…
September 15th, 2007 at 1:11 pm
I am pretty sure that the PS2 numbers blow all these away. I wouldn’t be surprised if the PS2 sales are higher than all the numbers of the nextgen systems combined. It’s a good point Mark, they shoudl have mentioned it in the article for context. If I see it mentioned I’ll post about it, now I’m curious too.