Nintendo Wii has been consistent in the race of popularity and sales. In March, NPD stated that Wii ranked first in terms of sales, followed by Xbox 360 and PS3 in the US. In three months, Wii has again accomplished the winning position amongst the trio in the American market.
Japan-based Nintendo’s Wii gaming console has outsold both the video game consoles, mentioned NPD – retail market research firm. Nintendo sold over 666,000 Wii units in the month of June. While Sony reached a sale mark 405,500 PlayStation 3, Microsoft recorded sales of 219,800 Xbox 360 consoles. Nintendo DS has left everybody behind and recorded a sale of 783,000 units.
It seems that US gamers are more attached to Wii, apparently because of its easy-to-play games and a motion-sensitive controller.
Launched in November 2006, Nintendo Wii has won consumers’ heart as it can be clearly seen that around 11,008,200 units have been sold since its release. The Redmond giant has sold 10,465,900 Xbox 360 units, 4,851,100 PS3 units, according to the Port Washington, N.Y.-based market research firm.
It is amazing that the company has reached such an impressive position in just two-years. The most striking aspect to be considered is that Wii has even beaten the popular mainstream gaming consoles Xbox 360 and PS3 in sales.
I hardly consider marketing a cheap novelty toy against two actual consoles a win. You can sell just about anything if you lower the price enough!
Lol! I think x-box and ps3 owners are actually starting to upgrade to the wii. And! To back my statement up look at the sales they have enough to make it go that the ps3 owners all have a wii and apparentlly they even say it is great for parties and if your a teen, maybe in 18+ yrs of age, then you go to a lot of parties. And! Also if the wii is just for girls, “young” kids, and old folks. then it looks like ps3 and x-box 360 should pack it up cause even if its true that will be 2/3rds the population and it will mean 1/6th of the population will be microsoft or sony fanyboys. or less
yes i think nintendo really hit it big this time i have been a nintendo fan since my first nintendo in 1987 i love nintendo i bought a wii and i like the wii i also own a ps2 but, nintendo will always be my favorite. i like to play the silent hill games on playstation but, i wish they would put silent hill on nintendo but they probably won’t i play resident evil on gamecube i also like resident evil i have bought ever nintendo system tehy have made so far. anyway glad the wii is selling better.