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Nintendo has boasted about Wii becoming the best-selling current generation console in the US.
June sales of 666,700 units took its lifetime total to nearly 10.9 million, according to NPD data (spotted by Kotaku), which puts it in front of previous leader Xbox 360.
"As we have demonstrated this week during the E3 Media & Business Summit, Wii continues to pioneer new ways for people to interact with their video games and with one another," said Nintendo marketeer Cammie Dunaway.
The DS lead the overall pack with 783,000 units sold, followed by Wii and then PlayStation 3 with 405,500 units sold.
The Sony figure was boosted largely by the release of Metal Gear Solid 4, which was head and shoulders above competition for June in the software chart.
"The PlayStation brand is truly hitting its stride on its long-term opportunity across all three platforms. Our strong June numbers serve as proof to the continued momentum of the PS3 and affirms that we're exactly where we expected to be," said Sony US speaker Jack Tretton.
The PSP was next with 337,400 units sold, while Xbox 360 dwindled with 219,800 units shifted throughout June. Its representatives in the software top 10 were Ninja Gaiden II at three and Battlefield: Bad Company at six.
The PS2 rounded out the list with 188,798 units sold, taking its lifetime US total to over 42.4 million consoles shifted.
June US software chart
- Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (PS3) - 774,600
- Guitar Hero On Tour (DS) - 422,300
- Ninja Gaiden II (360) - 372,700
- Wii Fit (Wii) - 372,700
- Wii Play (Wii) - 359,100
- Battlefield Bad Company (360) - 346,800
- Mario Kart Wii (Wii) - 322,400
- LEGO Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures (Wii) - 294,500
- LEGO Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures (DS) - 267,800
- LEGO Indiana Jones: The Original Adventure (PS2) - 260,300
June US hardware chart
- DS - 783,000
- Wii - 666,700
- PS3 - 405,500
- PSP - 337,400
- Xbox 360 - 219,800
- PlayStation 2 - 188,798
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TurboBailey
18/07/08 @ 15:26
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Surely these stats mean MGS4 was worth more than 8/10 eurogamer!!
Anyways - Congrats to Nintendo, it shows there strategy is working. Even my folks want to buy one. Now that's casual gaming
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monkie_king
18/07/08 @ 15:32
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Wii Fit is the new one with the balance board. You're thinking of Wii Sports.
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influenceuk
18/07/08 @ 15:33
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Didn't MS say they were beating the Wii and PS3 in sales? mmm i think Ms need to check their figures again.
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GamesConnoisseur
18/07/08 @ 15:52
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Yes certainly proof that MSG4 is a system seller and proven Konami right that its always been more popular in West and more so in USA!
Sony just need to make sure Konami wont do a Capcom/Square-Enix! One month doesnt declare the winner of this generation, so look at how the trends change over the long term and would be interesting to see if PS3 can sells consistently better than previous averages after the June's MSG4 release. |
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monkie_king
18/07/08 @ 15:58
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Sony will need to do this consistently until Summer 2010 to catch up in the US, though. Depends how much MGS is a blip.
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seasidebaz
18/07/08 @ 16:03
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"Didn't MS say they were beating the Wii and PS3 in sales?"
No, they said software sales. Then clarified it as "3rd party revenue". |
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mossychops001
18/07/08 @ 16:05
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Microsoft did not have much to say about the NPD sales yesterday, wonder why?
hint. PS2 188.798. xbox360 219.800. |
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callum9999
18/07/08 @ 16:10
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Funny how so many people who disagree with a view then brands all news items as bias.
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canIdoyabombsforya
18/07/08 @ 16:33
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Sony will catch up, when their next firmware allows their Blumediatelly to wash your dishes ;)
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Doctor_What
18/07/08 @ 16:33
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Well, we all know that this means who's going to win the console war. With innovative and challenging titles, great graphics, and the right price point. Who'd have thought that the Dreamcast would make such a late comeback?
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DanWhitehead
18/07/08 @ 16:35
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Funny how so many people who disagree with a view then brands all news items as bias.
I was tickled by the idea that the bias varies from day to day. |
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SeesThroughAll
18/07/08 @ 18:13
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@ bad09:
Crying Wolf is easier than Laughing Octopus. Hide under the tank, and equip a sniper rifle. Piss easy.
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BartonFink
18/07/08 @ 18:33
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@Ja_Long - wouldn't say they are complaining too much with game sales.
Not sure a MS handheld would be received very well tbh. But yea both Sony and Ninty are raking it in :D |
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" Have been playing games for over a year now, haven't you."
Lol, no. I have been playing games since I was 7. Now im 25. And Nintendo amazed me with the Wii and not because the Wii was as good as the Nes, snes, gameboy or even the N64. The Wii is a expensive gadget with gimmick controls obviously focused at people that think they must have all the hottest gadgets. Its the same case as with the iPhone. Good games for the Wii?? I can count them all using my hands fingers. So no, Nintendo its sucessing about solding consoles but with that crappy games, they all just make hardcore gamers laugh at their Wii and go back to play with the high- tech visuals and old schools pads. At least ps3, pc and 360 have more AAA games than the Wii without the need of a "revolutionary" crap that only make the developers' job harder. |
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"..I can count them all using my hands fingers. So no, Nintendo its sucessing about solding consoles but with that crappy games..."
Another one for the remedial English class. Let's face it, if you can't even put a basic sentence together correctly, how on Earth are we supposed to listen to what you have to say? |
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BartonFink
18/07/08 @ 19:50
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Do you muppets not think that perhaps English is not their first language?
Oh and he probably has a point about being able to count the number of good Wii games on one hand. Mario Galaxy Mario Kart Zelda errr hmmm eh ;) |
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"Do you muppets not think that perhaps English is not their first language? "
Lol, correct, english isn't my first language but hey im trying. And if I do it wrong, help its always appreciated. xDDD "Let's face it, if you can't even put a basic sentence together correctly, how on Earth are we supposed to listen to what you have to say?" So, your only resource to try to defend the overrated Wii its insulting my bad and awful english??? Wow!! I know now why a lot of people its called a Wiitard :). Hey maybe i cant write proper english but i can read it. So if you are going to defend the Wii make it in the right way, with facts, not with that kind of "insults" because doing that you only demostrate me you are not just a Wiitard but a fag too. |
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AlcohollicA
18/07/08 @ 23:40
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Mario Galaxy
Mario Kart Zelda Wii Sports Wario Ware Mario & Sonic Olympics Smash Bros Brawl Thats all the games I have. All great. Cant count them on one hand......... or can you? |
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WinterSnowblind
19/07/08 @ 00:40
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If this keeps up then Microsoft are in trouble.
However, I think most of this can be attributed to the release of MGS4. Look back at the release of Halo 3, the 360 sold almost double the amount of the Wii that month. |
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Maybe next time Msoft won't rush out a broken system while ditching their original one? Twats killed any chance of sustained growth with the RROD thing, which incidentally still affects the Elite...
Oh, and their nabbing PSX exclusives and then crowing about it only highlights they want to be like Sony but with broken hardware. Selling a pale knackered imitation with pay-for online doesn't really cut the mustard anymore, does it Msoft? XboxLOL etc etc |
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Pac-man ate my wife
19/07/08 @ 09:40
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The Wii is after a completely different (retarded) market.
Of course it is. The Wii is a games machine, the 360 and the PS3 are devices will end world hunger, raise all peoples out of poverty, cure cancer and make the tea. C'mon people, let's not get into a 'my format is better than yours'. Either acknowledge that each platform has great titles that any gamer worth their salt should play, or admit you're a troll. |
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WinterSnowblind
19/07/08 @ 10:27
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@drumbaby
I don't think they're trying to make a system anything like the PS3, infact their E3 conference showed that they're doing the exact opposite. And besides that, it's Sony that are constantly "borrowing" features to make the PS3 more like the 360. The fact Square are now developing, what used to be the biggest brand on the Playstation format, is not going to hurt MS at all, and I fail to see how you could possibly try and spin it to make it sound like it will. As for the Xbox sales, look at my last post. I pretty much guarantee that this won't keep up. The Xbox only had Ninja Gaiden this month, where as the PS3 has had it's biggest title yet, MGS4. A lot of people went out and got PS3's for that alone. Perhaps you should wait and see if these trends keep up, before assuming the Xbox is on its way out? Also, why are the only people still complaining about the RRoD.. people like you? |
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If this keeps up then Microsoft are in trouble.
However, I think most of this can be attributed to the release of MGS4. Look back at the release of Halo 3, the 360 sold almost double the amount of the Wii that month. Did you not mean the Xbox 360 hardware sales doubled on the release of Halo 3? September 2007 NPD Hardware Sales Data. Microsoft Xbox 360: 527.8K (6.8 million total) Nintendo Wii: 501K (4.5 million total) Nintendo DS: 495.8K (13.2 million total) Sony PlayStation 2: 215K (39.3 million total) Sony PSP: 284.5K (8.6 million total) Sony PlayStation 3: 119.4K (1.87 million total) August 2007 NPD Hardware Sales Wii -- 403.6K Nintendo DS -- 383.3K Xbox 360 -- 276.7K PlayStation 2 -- 202K PlayStation 3 -- 130.6K PlayStation Portable -- 151.2K And in October 2007 it was back to business as usual for the Wii... Nintendo Wii: 519K (5 million total) Nintendo DS: 458K (13.6 million total) Microsoft Xbox 360: 366K (7.1 million total) Sony PSP: 286K (8.8 million total) Sony PlayStation 2: 184K (39.4 million total) Sony PlayStation 3: 121K (1.9 million total)
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I love my Xbox 360 and wouldn't dreaming of swapping it for a PS3, but if Microsoft want to boost new sales I think it is time to rejig the basic unit to include built in Wifi, an internet browser, possibly a blu-ray drive or alternative a significantly bigger hard drive if they want to push movie downloads. Their non standard hard drives are a rip off and you shouldn't have to fork out £60 for a wifi attachment.
I'm sure the casual punter might question the need to pay £40 for Xbox live although I still feel it represents good value for money as it's an excellent service. If Microsoft can bring out an equivalent of a wii remote that would help tremendously but not necessary 'kidify' the front end. The adult gaming nature of the 360 has always been another appeal of the Xbox brand. The PS3 is selling on the back of having a built in blu ray player, it still doesn't touch the Xbox 360 for overall quality of games/ online gaming experience. How many people buy a Wii to just play Wii sports and that's it. No wonder Microsoft can claim their software sales outstrip the other consoles in value. |
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