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Wii Outsells 360, PS3 Worldwide
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.'"
Microsoft announced they hit 10 million worldwide last December and here it is nine months later and the 360 is just above 10 million worldwide. Talk about hitting a brick wall.
The first Xbox hit 24 million after four years before Microsoft stopped making the system. The 360 is closing in on two years on the market and it hasn't hit half the worldwide installed base of the first Xbox.
That means that the 360 is doing significantly worse than the first Xbox. And when you add in the 1.1 billion in defect charges this year the lifetime Xbox losses are in the 7 billion dollar range. 4-5 billion or so for the first Xbox, 1-2 billion over the past two years of the 360, and now the latest 1.1 billion on top of all of that. With Microsoft making so many moves in the Windows gaming market it seems like Microsoft is realizing that their efforts to burn money to buy marketshare have failed in the console market and are working on an exit strategy.
Huntsville, AL, Toys-R-Us. Went shopping for my son's birthday earlier this year and there were some on the shelf. But I don't play consoles.
They pop up on our local trader email list (email list where people buy/sell/trade items locally)... I see 8 from April-September, $250-$500, with games/accessories/etc. I see 70 on Amazon, new and used, starting at $300.
Honda Accord outsells Chevrolet Corvette. Gasp? These are completely different markets. Mommies & their young children, one market. Teens and young adults, one market. The difference in power is also conspicuous, since one of these systems is actually a Gamecube in disguise. But hey. It makes a good news blurb.
several available for sale. And all my friends who wanted one, have one.
Again, depends on where you are. Around here, need has been satisfied to the point of people selling them used for less than new, so you know there isn't a demand...