Wii, PS3 Sell Big In First Week

Wowzer writes "Nintendo today announced the Wii sold through more than 600,000 units in the Americas in just its first eight days of availability. That's a rate of nearly one per second continuously since the November 19 launch!" From the article: "The company noted that, when taking into account first-party software and accessory sales, Wii sales have thus far amounted to an impressive $190 million. Nintendo also added that sales of the Wii's highly anticipated launch title, The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, has already has achieved sales of more than 454,000 units in the Americas, a figure which it notes represents in excess of of 75 percent of all hardware purchasers." I couldn't find any sales figures for the PS3, just word that the company has sold all the units it shipped. Gamasutra is also reporting sales figures via Ebay for the two consoles. 15,000 PS3s were sold, while the Wii cracked 27,000 via the popular online auction site.

Comments

Re:Before anyone mentions NexGenWars

[AKAImBatman]

BTW, I love the new Wii topic icon. ;-)

Wii, PS3 Sell Big In First Week

[KermodeBear]

...and in other news, water is wet, the sun is hot, and Janet Reno is ugly.

Re:Before anyone mentions NexGenWars

[GeorgeH]

My biggest problem with NexGenWars isn't the stats behind it, it's the concept. Who won the last gen? In my living room I have a PS2, Xbox and GameCube (retired in favor of the Wii), so for me, everyone. I know that the GC didn't do as well as the PS2 or Xbox, and you could say it "lost" the last gen wars. That means both Sony and Microsoft "won," which isn't an option you can vote for on NexGenWars. How do I vote for the Wii60?