worldwide sales

**custard** · 24-08-2007

lifetime sales of Nintendo's Wii have passed Microsoft's Xbox 360 on a worldwide basis as of August 23rd.

Two years ago, very few analysts would have predicted the Nintendo Wii would be market leader this generation against the established Playstation and Xbox brands. But analysts can be in error: Vgchartz.com data, which is based on sample data from retailers all over the world indicates that the week ending August 23rd Nintendo's Wii (which was released one year after the Xbox 360 in November 2006), currently standing at 10.57 million consoles sold, passed Xbox 360 lifetime sales of 10.51 million units, making Nintendo the new market leader in both the home and handheld videogame console businesses.

As weekly data from vgchartz.com shows, the console outsold Microsoft's Xbox 360 by a margin of 2.3 : 1 worldwide on average each week since its release, selling at an even faster rate than the most successful console ever created, Sony's Playstation 2, despite still being sold out in most major markets.

GhostWKD · 24-08-2007

yike didnt see that one coming... zelda tempting me to go for a wii

jug · 24-08-2007

who the hell is buying all these wii's?! are 5 year old girls now the largest market?

GhostWKD · 24-08-2007

lmao jug

Noclu3 · 24-08-2007

The Japs just will not buy american! only 430k LOL

I recon there has been more than 500k returned!

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