NPD: Wii Outsells Xbox, PS3 in January
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The Nintendo Wii continues to be a consumer favorite, according to sales data for January released by the NPD Group Wednesday. Meanwhile, the aging PlayStation 2 edged out the Xbox 360 for the number two spot.
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Nintendo&#39;s runaway surprise hit, the Wii gaming console, continued its strong performance last month, particularly in the Far East. According to Reuters, research by the marketing firm Enterbrain showed that the Wii outsold the high-end Sony PlayStation 3 by a ratio of more than six to one. In the four weeks ending June 24, Nintendo sold more than 270,000 Wiis, compared to Sony&#39;s sales of just over 41,000 units. Microsoft&#39;s Xbox 360 was a distant third, with just under 18,000 units sold.
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Nintendo Co. Ltd.  sold  600,000 units of its new Wii video game console in the first  eight days after its release in the Americas, as the company  vies with rivals Sony Corp.  and Microsoft Corp.   for gamers' hearts and wallets.
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Nintendo Co. Ltd.  sold 476,000 units of its new Wii video game console in the United States in November, more than twice the number of PlayStation 3s sold by rival Sony Corp. , as the two consoles debuted mid-month, research group NPD said on Friday.
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The Wii's lead against the PS3 was 4 to 1 in April and 5 to 1 in May.
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Nintendo has said that it had sold more than 600,000 new Wii video game consoles in just eight days in North America in a boost to its efforts to wrest back market dominance from industry leader Sony.
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Nintendo Co. Ltd.'s  Wii  was the best-selling video game console in the United States in  January, and the Japanese company also boasted four of the top  10 games, data released on Wednesday showed.
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PC Magazine - Sure, Microsoft can happily pound its chest and announce far and wide that they've outsold PlayStation 3 yet again (as they did this morning), but the most important factoid that came out of January's sales numbers is that Nintendo pounced them both.
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PSP demand rises too Nintendo's Wii may be outselling Sony's PS3 by an increasing margin in Japan, but the gap's narrowing in the US, the latest North American market figures show. Not that there's much in it, mind...â¦
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Nintendo Co. Ltd.'s Wii game console outsold Sony Corp.'s PlayStation 3 by a ratio of over 6 to 1 in June in Japan, a game magazine publisher said, solidifying Nintendo's leading position.
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Nintendo's Wii console is outselling Sony's PlayStation 3 in Japan by six to one, says research.
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Nintendo's Wii video game console outsold Sony's PlayStation 3 six to one in June in Japan, a Japanese publishing company said Monday.
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Nintendo Co. Ltd. said on Thursday  it will start selling its new game console, the Wii, on  December 2 in Japan for 25,000 yen ($212), making it the third  and last major game maker to bring a next-generation console to  market.
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Nintendo Co.'s  Wii game console  outsold Sony Corp.'s  PlayStation 3 by more than five  to one in Japan last month, Japanese game magazine publisher  Enterbrain said, casting a shadow over a turnaround in Sony's  game business.
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Nintendo next-gen sales surpass Microsoft's Nintendo's Wii is now the world's best-selling next-gen videogames console, having this week nosed past the Xbox 360. The Microsoft console has been available to buy for the best part of a year more than has the Wii.â¦
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Nintendo says it has sold more than 600,000 of its new Wii game consoles, since its launch eight days ago in North America.
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Yes, it was a good weekend for the Wii, though not so joyous for some shoppers. Reports from around the U.S. indicate that Nintendo's new game console, which competes with Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Sony's PlayStation 3, sold out quickly. Many would-be buyers went home empty-handed, in spite of braving long lines and cold weather to purchase the much coveted game console.