Do you Wii?

[lord of the mark]

Feb data, per Quartertothree, presumably NPD.

Hardware

Nintendo DS 485,000
Wii 335,000
PlayStation 2 295,000
Xbox 360 228,000
PlayStation Portable 176,000
Game Boy Advance 136,000
PlayStation 3 127,000
GameCube 24,000
Xbox 480

Software

360 CRACKDOWN 427K
WII PLAY W/ REMOTE 371K
NDS DIDDY KONG RACING 262K
WII LEGEND OF ZELDA: TWILIGHT PRINCESS 130K
PS2 GUITAR HERO 2 W/GUITAR 130K
360 GEARS OF WAR 119K
360 MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 2K7 113K
360 LOST PLANET: EXTREME CONDITION 111K
WII WARIOWARE: SMOOTH MOVES 109K
360 NBA STREET HOMECOURT 102k


Wii continues to sell well, PS3 is in bad shape, Nintendo continues to be weak in software sales.

[Asher]

And 360 sales strong in both hardware and software...

[lord of the mark]

Originally posted by Asher
And 360 sales strong in both hardware and software...

I didnt check the arithmetic, but someone said the total Wii cumulative sales, incluind Feb, was 1.9 million units. IIUC 360 didnt hit that till June. Were they still having production problems in June? Of course the price for the 360 was higher (someone could do the arithmetic wrt hardware revenues).

[ZargonX]

Wii is doing very well (as is the DS), and the 360 is still selling quite nicely. Now, the PS3 on the other hand, got outsold by the GBA. Whoops!

[DrSpike]

Originally posted by lord of the mark


I didnt check the arithmetic, but someone said the total Wii cumulative sales, incluind Feb, was 1.9 million units. IIUC 360 didnt hit that till June.

Yes, clearly the wii is on top.

[Asher]

Originally posted by lord of the mark
I didnt check the arithmetic, but someone said the total Wii cumulative sales, incluind Feb, was 1.9 million units. IIUC 360 didnt hit that till June.

Around June it had stabilized, but of course that doesn't make it retroactive.

And I'm curious where you got the 1.9 mil figure in June from?

I assume you're talking US-only. Because Over 1.9 mil Xbox 360ses were sold by January worldwide.

[Asher]

I also do not understand the comparison of units sold between the two. It doesn't matter how many units you sell if your attach ratio is as low as it is for the Wii. People aren't buying many games.

The Wii itself is cheaper and technology-wise lends itself better to the present than the future -- it has momentum based on the gimmicky controls and benefits from the lack of all TVs being HDTVs.

I think it's clear the Wii won't maintain any form of momentum to challenge anyone to be the #1 console this generation.

Halo 3 launches this year, and that will be interesting...

[lord of the mark]

Originally posted by Asher

Around June it had stabilized, but of course that doesn't make it retroactive.

And I'm curious where you got the 1.9 mil figure in June from?

I assume you're talking US-only. Because Over 1.9 mil Xbox 360ses were sold by January worldwide.

from the graph YOU presented upthread.

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[lord of the mark]

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[ZargonX]

Halo 3 launches this year, and that will be interesting...

No, it won't. A lot of people will buy it, and that'll be that. It's going to be a big seller, and that will be 0 surprise to anyone.

[asleepathewheel]

Are PS2s still being manufactured, or are these just heavily discounted residual stock? I wonder when sales of the PS2 are going to be surpassed by sales of the 360 (and the ps3) for more than a one month blip?

[asleepathewheel]

Originally posted by Asher
I also do not understand the comparison of units sold between the two. It doesn't matter how many units you sell if your attach ratio is as low as it is for the Wii. People aren't buying many games.

What are the attach rates compared historically?

Originally posted by Asher
I think it's clear the Wii won't maintain any form of momentum to challenge anyone to be the #1 console this generation.

Should be fun, but really, who cares who is #1 (besides shareholders and fanboys) as long as enjoyable games come out for the system you own.

[asleepathewheel]

Originally posted by Asher
Because Over 1.9 mil Xbox 360ses were sold by January worldwide.

Yes, worldwide figures are better to use than just US or NA numbers on these things.

[Asher]

Originally posted by lord of the mark
from the graph YOU presented upthread.

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Then yes, that's US-only.

[Chemical Ollie]

I finally got hold of a Wii today, just in time for my daughters birthday on Tuesday. It has been sold out whenever I have looked in the store, until now.