NINTENDO RETURNS TO GLORY!!!

Primal · 08-23-2007, 07:40 PM

They're back as the leader of the pack.

And the others had a year's headstart.

Lifetime sales of 10.57 Million units surpassing the other 2.

http://www.vgchartz.com/news/news.php?id=508

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Vgchartz.com, the most comprehensive Videogame charts in the world has announced that lifetime sales of Nintendo's Wii have passed Microsoft's Xbox 360 on a worldwide basis as of August 23rd. (*)

Two years ago, very few analysts would have predicted the Nintendo Wii would be market leader this generation against the established Playstation and Xbox brands. But analysts can be in error: Vgchartz.com data, which is based on sample data from retailers all over the world indicates that the week ending August 23rd Nintendo's Wii (which was released one year after the Xbox 360 in November 2006), currently standing at 10.57 million consoles sold, passed Xbox 360 lifetime sales of 10.51 million units, making Nintendo the new market leader in both the home and handheld videogame console businesses.

As weekly data from vgchartz.com shows(**), the console outsold Microsoft’s Xbox 360 by a margin of 2.3 : 1 worldwide on average each week since its release, selling at an even faster rate than the most successful console ever created, Sony's Playstation 2, despite still being sold out in most major markets.

This is the first time that a company has been market leader in the home console and the handheld market since 1994 when Nintendo’s Super NES and Gameboy dominated worldwide.

Vgchartz.com is proud to be first to announce this major sales cross over as an independent tracker of sales and expect this to be a milestone for the current generation. In just two years, home console sales for the three major manufacturers have effectively reversed. This will have a large impact on third party publishers and will undoubtedly influence the decisions they make in the future.

One factor that has no doubt helped Nintendo's Wii to gain so quickly is the console's broad appeal across all age groups, demographics and countries. Current sales are pretty evenly split between the three major markets – 3.46 million have been sold in Japan, the American market (including Canada and South America) accounts for 4.24million and Other markets (including Europe and Australia and a few niche markets) for 2.87 million units sold, respectively.

Justin · 08-23-2007, 07:54 PM

wow! this is awesome news! As a life long Nintendo fan I'm very happy to hear this

xreynoldsxcorex · 08-23-2007, 08:27 PM

Hardware sales for July:
1) Wii - 425,000
2) DS - 405,000
3) PS2 - 222,000
4) PSP - 214,000
5) 360 - 170,000
6) PS3 - 159,000
7) GBA - 87,000

poor ps3 can only beat the Gameboy Advance at this point.

Nintendo is best!

thecallahan · 08-24-2007, 08:46 AM

Now I love my Wii and 360 but to be fair, the 360 is the better machine of the two. But I wonder how popular the Wii would be if it was around the same price as the other two big guns. I say that because I've had the Wii for about 3-4 months now and only have Zelda and don't see myself buying anything except for Metroid and Mario in the near future.

cougartrace · 08-24-2007, 08:53 AM

now Ninendo just needs to get some worthwhile games to the market and create a decent online experience (that character crap with the Big Head has to be scrapped)

RichBamf · 08-24-2007, 09:21 AM

I can't believe that the Japanese like the PS3 better than the 360!?!

bat_collector · 08-24-2007, 09:58 AM

wow! now the third party publishers will be coming in droves

The General · 08-24-2007, 10:50 AM

I haven’t been a hardcore gamer for a while now and I’m not a fan of the Wii but this awesome news. Always loved Nintendo and I love my DS. This is also awesome because I hate Sony. The PS3 hasn’t been successful on the video game front and hasn’t been the death blow in the format wars. I love it.

Daredevil · 08-24-2007, 10:59 AM

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Originally Posted by xreynoldsxcorex

Hardware sales for July:
1) Wii - 425,000
2) DS - 405,000
3) PS2 - 222,000
4) PSP - 214,000
5) 360 - 170,000
6) PS3 - 159,000
7) GBA - 87,000

poor ps3 can only beat the Gameboy Advance at this point.

Nintendo is best!

nice to see PS2 still doing well. even better than 360

Kujo · 08-24-2007, 01:38 PM

I don't understand the appeal of the Wii. I bought the Wii simply for Zelda. I have interest in any of the other games that are out on the console, and most 3rd party games, i'd rather play on the 360.

Like thecallahan said, the 360 is the better console and has a solid line up of games, and the best (better than PC IMO) online experience there is.

This touch-screen/wii-mote gimmick will soon run its course