Wii overtakes Xbox 360 in US – now leads the world

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by Mike Bantick

Friday, 18 July 2008

! Despite a somewhat lacklustre showing at E3 this year, folks are flocking to the Wii’s wares as Nintendo takes a grip on the US market. Related stories Review: Too Human Microsoft investment shows all is not well at Novell Microsoft IE8 Beta 2 released: the web browser for jerk-offs? It’s the end for the “Frickin’ Laser” Brendan Fraser movies coming to games Via 1up come the June NPD sales numbers figures for gaming software and hardware in the U.S market. In a nutshell, the Wii has now surpassed the Xbox 360 in total sales and spurred by rampant Metal Gear Solid 4  purchases, the PlayStation 3 was doing its own hotcakes impersonation. June 2008 Hardware Sales * Nintendo DS -- 783,000 * Wii -- 666,700 * PlayStation 3 -- 405,500 * PSP -- 337,4000 * Xbox 360 -- 219,800 * PlayStation 2 -- 188,800 For PS3 the June figures reflected a rise of almost 100 percent over the May shipments of 208,700 units. The bundling marketing strategy also seems to be working for Sony, with MGS4  hitting the top of software charts, with the bundle representing pretty much the increase in PS3 hardware sales since May. North Americans obviously have a soft spot for Indiana Jones, with the LEGO Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures snaffling 3 top ten places. June 2008 Software Sales  Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (PS3) -- 774,600 (Roughly 1 million including bundles)  Guitar Hero On Tour (DS) -- 422,300  Ninja Gaiden II (Xbox 360) -- 372,700  Wii Fit (Wii) -- 372,700  Wii Play (Wii) - 359,100  Battlefield: Bad Company (Xbox 360) -- 346,800  Mario Kart Wii (Wii) -- 322,400  LEGO Indiana Jones: The Original Adventure (Wii) -- 294,500  LEGO Indiana Jones: The Original Adventure (DS) -- 267,800  LEGO Indiana Jones: The Original Adventure (PS2) -- 260,300 Please enable JavaScript in your browser to post your comment! Tags See All Tags Consoles  DS  E3  Games  Microsoft  Mike Bantick  Nintendo  Nintendo DS  PS3  PlayStation  PlayStation 3  Sony  Wii  Xbox 360  Get stories like this delivered daily - FREE - subscribe now

 

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