The Wii is out-selling the PS3 6:1 in Japan! It’s selling just over 15:1 to the Xbox 360.
There seems to be a trend: the Wii was ahead of the PS3 4:1 in April, 5:1 in May, and now 6:1 in June.
Nintendo has sold – not shipped – 5.84 million Wiis world wide in the first five months after launch. Sony hasn’t stated how many they’ve sold, but they have shipped (as in, shipped to stores) 5.5 million PS3 units, world wide since launch (seven months). Japan accounts for just under half of all Wii console sales.
That either means PS3s are selling far better in other countries to make up for this huge difference, picked up a lot of slack in the 5th, 6th, and 7th month, or there is a lot of unsold stock sitting around, all over the world. I won’t pass judgement here without the facts so I don’t upset some of my Sony fan readers…
As always, I’m impressed with the Wii. It might be a cheap gimmick (maybe?), but it certainly hasn’t stopped it from dominating the crap out of the console market.
They’re still going for above retail on eBay (approximately $300 right now) – after seven months!
Yeah. I didn’t even care about getting one until one of my co-workers mentioned the fact that the longer I wait, the harder it is to mod… After that I had to pull some strings in order to get myself a wii by this weekend.
Yes… This is also a shameless attempt to get my page indexed by google.