Console Wars VI

[Nikolai]

August 2011 US software chart

1. Deus Ex: Human Revolution (360, PS3, PC) - 244,000
2. NCAA Football 12 (360, PS3) 240,400
3. Call of Duty: Black Ops (360, PS3, NDS, Wii, PC)
4. Phineas and Ferb: Across the 2nd (NDS, Wii, PS3)
5. Cars 2 (NDS, Wii, 360, PS3, PC)
6. Just Dance Summer Party (Wii)
7. Just Dance 2 (Wii)
8. Lego Pirates of the Caribbean: The Video Game (Wii, 360, NDS, PS3, 3DS, PSP, PC)
9. The Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time 3D (3DS)
10. Zumba Fitness: Join the Party (Wii, 360, PS3)

August 2011 US hardware chart

1. Xbox 360: 308K (-13.7%)
2. Nintendo 3DS: 235K
3. PlayStation 3: 218K (-3.5%)
4. Wii: 190K (-22.2%)
5. Nintendo DS: 165K (-51.9%)

[Asher]

Nintendo is just full of fail these days.

And the Wii U will be more of that.

[Nikolai]

Well, Wii is oversaturated, so no surprise there. DS is obsolete, so it's actually more of a surprise that it sold THAT well. 3DS has sold bad for a long time now, and these numbers are much better than earlier this year. Time will show whether it can do as well as the DS. I very much doubt it though, it's not that much of a revolution. Which incidentally is the same problem I think the WiiU will face. But the 360 is doing worse than before, I hadn't expected that. I guess the recent price cuts from its competition did influence the sales...