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Wii Outsells 360, PS3 Worldwide

Posted by Zonk on from the top-dog-has-a-waggle dept.

Wowzer writes "Despite confusing consoles produced, shipped or sold reports, the Nintendo Wii is now the best-selling system worldwide. Its sales exceed that of the Xbox 360 despite Microsoft's console having a year-long head start. And it's way ahead of the PS3. From the article: 'Sales figures from each console's launch date through the end of July (and the end of August in Japan) were added up, with the Wii just barely edging out the 360: 9 million for the Wii, 8.9 million for the 360, and 3.7 million for the PlayStation 3.'"

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  1. I don't get it by suv4x4 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Its sales exceed that of the Xbox 360 despite Microsoft's console having a year-long head start.

    I don't get it. This reads as "He runs faster, despite his competitor, Bob, has no legs."

    Of course, if you released a year *earlier* your sales slow down as time goes, so it's not "despite", it's "partially because".

    It'll be interesting to see how many units are sold total. If Wii leads here (versus sales/month), now I'll agree the "despite" mark.

    I guess the saddest one in this situation is PS3. Released late, too expensive, no sales. But Sony knew this, and proceeded to kill PS3 anyway, so Blu Ray can live.

    Everyone got what he wants, a big happy corporate family.

  2. Re:Surprising in some ways, unsuprising in others by Hitto · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Sir, you misspelled Mario KART.
    Please hand in your gamer card!

  3. Re:He might not have the 480p cable by Hitto · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I tried it on an HD-ready Plasma - no fucking difference.
    Tried it on my video projector (usually, the PS3 or the 360 are in the home cinema room, because THESE consoles really shine in that regard) - um... yeah... if you look REALLY HARD, there *is* a tiny little smidge of difference.
    The 480p cables are not worth the money IMHO. (this coming from a guy who spent 16000 euros on his rig!)