Nintendo Wii now home console market leader

[The Mole]

http://www.ds-x2.com/news/Wii+Becomes+no.+1%3F,10674

I asume that is not counting the PS2 which is still selling quite well and outselling the PS3 in most regions most weeks.

It just goes to show Nintendo is back on form selling half of what the Gamecube managed in just 9 months.

[Jimmyzilla]

Wow so close!

I wonder how much the elite and Halo 3 will shift things

[Rossco]

Thats madness, I really wouldnt of thought the Wii would catch up so much, is that total sales since the launch of each?

[El Leone]

Yup. The wii is selling about 3 times as much as the X360 and PS3 are selling monthly. Watch the distance beteen each console grow respectively.

Also for comparison, here are the PS3 sales:
Australia: 66,503
Europe - 1,300,000
Japan - 1,085,019
Canada - 84,584
US - 1,609,000

TOTAL - 4,145,106

[stormbreak]

A year ago I wanted this to happen, but I'm wondering where my damn Wii games are :| *Just a few months till the killer apps*

[Peet]

Are those Xbox 360 sales the dodgy Microsoft-supplied numbers where replacements count as sales, I wonder...

[El Leone]

No. These are the real console sales, not produced or sold to retail. The reason they've been able to get the total figures is that there are retail trackers which count how many units have sold for investers such as NPD in America.

[Ady]

Hmm. So much for "It'll go the way of the 'Cube"...

[MarioMark]

Hmm. So much for "It'll go the way of the 'Cube"...

Yeah and the Cube is a WAY better machine, I'd have sold the Wii by now if it wasn't for Mario Galaxy coming out.

Why is the Wii selling so well? 90% of the games on it are atrocious. This figure means it's already outsold the Dreamcast.

[Rossco]

Selling so well because its appealing to people that wouldn't normally buy a console or that type of console. They have done an amazing thing with it and I take my hats off to Nintendo for that.

[Ady]

Yeah and the Cube is a WAY better machine, I'd have sold the Wii by now if it wasn't for Mario Galaxy coming out.

Why is the Wii selling so well? 90% of the games on it are atrocious. This figure means it's already outsold the Dreamcast.

But how many AAA games did the Cube have within the first year of its launch? These things take time and we, as seasoned gamers should know this already.

[angelox]

Well I think most hardcore gamers reservations on the Wii is the non-existant 2008 line up. There hasnt been any showing of Animal Crossing, Mario Kart details are few and far-between. Thats it right? (I dont count SSMB because it comes out in two markets this year). I do play it, mainly as a break between PC/360 gaming or when I have friends around who are fairly crap at games but enjoy flailing their arms about on wii sports. The "Blue ocean" dont post here, but they are the reason the wii is doing so well.

[elkatas]

But how many AAA games did the Cube have within the first year of its launch?

Let see... Gamecube's lineup for first 13 months...

Luigi's Mansion
Wave Race: Blue Storm
Pikmin
Smash Bros
Animal Crossing
Animal Leader
Doshin the Giant
NBA Courtside 2002
Super Mario Sunshine
Disney's Mickey Mouse & Magical Mirror
Starfox Adventures

11 games. Three N64 ports, two ****ty license games. Notice that console was released 9 months later in Europe than Japan, which resulted in relatively good launch lineup.

For comparsion, Wii's 1st party lineup for first 13 months.

Wii Sports
Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
Excite Truck
Eyeshield 21 (japan only)
WarioWare: Smooth Moves
Wii Play
Super Paper Mario
Mario Party 8
Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree
Pokémon Battle Revolution
Mario Strikers Charged
Metroid Prime 3: Corruption
Donkey Kong Barrel Blast
Battalion Wars II
Endless Ocean
Fire Emblem: Goddess of Dawn
Super Mario Galaxy
Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Mario Kart Wii (supposedly january)

19 games. 3 ports, 1 ****ty license game, 4 extended market games. Puts thing into perspective, eh? This is why I often say that NTSC-UK users have very short and selective memory*. Or perhaps it is just nostalgia that makes past look so much better.

* In fact, year ago, during X360's worst drought, many posters here hyped Rockstar's Table Tennis as a AAA title. Table Tennis, for god's sake! Of course, nobody remembers that.

[elkatas]

The "Blue ocean" dont post here, but they are the reason the wii is doing so well.

Well, except that so called non-gamers only are 10 percent of Wii's userbase. Rest have owned console before. This also means that Nintendo is mainly eating its competitors marketshare, which is really, really bad thing for competitors.

[EvilBoris]

Lol Doshin the Giant, i paid £70 for that piece of crap.
It did come with a memory card though.....

ah who am I kidding, CA games I'm glad you've gone under you con artist bastards!