Wii becomes top-selling video game console in US

[Sabz5150]

http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5...pTncQMTKac24Jw

LOS ANGELES (AFP) — Nintendo said Thursday that its globally popular Wii has become the top-selling video game console in the United States, a crown coveted by rivals Microsoft and Sony.

Market-tracking firm NPD Group reports that 666,000 Wii consoles were sold in the United States in June, raising the total sales count in the country to nearly 10.9 million units.

Will sales eclipsed those of Microsoft's Xbox 360 consoles, which went on the market a year before the Wii was released in November of 2006, according to industry figures.

Earlier this year US sales of Xbox 360 consoles topped 10 million and prompted Microsoft to tout the milestone as a sign Xbox is destined to be more popular than Wii and Sony's PlayStation 3.

The rivals battled this week at an Electronic Entertainment Expo, each claiming to be the inevitable victor in the video game console war.

Wii consoles are credited with expanding the video game market beyond "hardcore gamers" with simple motion-sensing controllers and group-oriented games.

"As we have demonstrated this week during the E3 summit, Wii continues to pioneer new ways for people to interact with their video games and with one another," Nintendo marketing vice president Cammie Dunaway said in a statement.

The Japanese video game giant scored another victory with its DS portable devices, selling more than 783,000 in the United States in June to raise total sales there to 20.8 million units.

[koster]

Market-tracking firm NPD Group reports that 666,000 Wii consoles were sold in the United States in June, raising the total sales count in the country to nearly 10.9 million units.

Sounds like Nintendo made a deal with the devil to put them over the top...

[Sabz5150]

Sounds like Nintendo made a deal with the devil to put them over the top...

I think you have that backwards... Satan just couldn't find a Wii.

[BHvrd]

I think you have that backwards... Satan just couldn't find a Wii.

This and now that mama mia movie. Satan is really on a roll lately!


OH MAMA MIA!

[garagesaleking!!]

are ps3 sales a joke?

[CartCollector]

are ps3 sales a joke?

Pretty much.

[Lostdwarf]

that article will hold value only until 3rd quarter results are in and after E3 nintendo goes spiriling

[Sabz5150]

that article will hold value only until 3rd quarter results are in and after E3 nintendo goes spiriling

With the PS3 still hovering around half a grand and the 360's being less reliable than a Ford Pinto, the Army of Shig still has a chance.

Remember, it prints money. Always has, always will.

[Frankie_Says_Relax]

While Wii has the lead in the current gen console war by a small length ...

... TECHNICALLY, the PS2 is still the top selling console in the US still in production ... somewhere close to 50 million in the US and still going.

[carlcarlson]

Where's Rob? "ROB?! Are you in here?"

I actually thought this had happened awhile ago. Pretty impressive.

[josekortez]

This and now that mama mia movie. Satan is really on a roll lately!


OH MAMA MIA!

Don't forget the upcoming sequel to The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants. I'm pretty sure he had something to do with that one too.

[Fuyukaze]

No matter how well it sells, it'll always be last place for all the "hardcore" gamers out there. It's Nintendo, that means it must suck reguardless of how many great "casual" games it has. Like No More Heros. Or Baroque. Or Fire Emblem. Those are all casual gamers and everyone knows the PS3's winning liabrary of killer exclusives like Final Fantasy XIII, Grand Theft Auto IV, Devil May Cry 4, and Naruto: Ultimate Ninja are what real gamers want.

[Icarus Moonsight]

Wii, the little console that could.

[smokehouse]

You know...normally I would have said "Good for Nintendo, way to go" but I kind of think of it as ill-gotten gains. Right now the Wii is a paperweight. Mine just sits there waiting for anyhting decent to come out for it...and the big N's E3 showing didn't help my future outlook.

The Wii is selling because it's the Wii...and for little else. What must have aps exist for that thing? For many, their Wii sits there doing nothing.

[Sabz5150]

It all depends... if you're the kind of person who goes into seizures if you don't kill something every three seconds, then yes the Wii will gather dust. However, if the kid that used to "clunk" the livingroom TV over to channel 3 on Saturdays after cartoons were finished still lives inside ya, then the Wii will hold its luster for quite some time.

[Nature Boy]

The Wii is selling because it's the Wii...and for little else.

You make it sound like that's a bad thing. Nintendo put their money where their mouth was, marketed to non-gamers, and are reaping the rewards. Plain and simple.

Now excuse me. It's been 17 seconds since I started this email, so I have about 6 or so things to go kill.

[Icarus Moonsight]

You make it sound like that's a bad thing. Nintendo put their money where their mouth was, marketed to non-gamers, and are reaping the rewards. Plain and simple.

Now excuse me. It's been 17 seconds since I started this email, so I have about 6 or so things to go kill.

Only 6? Slacker!

Seriously, I knew this thing had more than a fair chance to flop. All it required was complete rejection of the controls. I believe most people are satisfied with their systems. The only thing harder to find in stores than a New Wii is a used one (I've seen two used and dozens new). If they were sitting around and collecting dust then people would sell them, at profit in most instances no less. I know it's fun to transpose your own opinion onto the general public, but in reality, it just doesn't work consistently. I for one am glad that it is doing well. It would really have stung for both of the last two consoles I have been extremely excited about at launch to be commercial duds (DC was the other, if you couldn't guess that).

[Nature Boy]

Only 6? Slacker!

Have you seen my Halo 3 service record? I kinda stink

I know it's fun to transpose your own opinion onto the general public, but in reality, it just doesn't work consistently.

Or at all really (I've got zero interest in the Wii personally, and could list the reasons I think it should have flopped). But as a guy who still loves the Nintendo machines I do have I'm happy to see the big N finally figuring things out.

[Melf]

No matter how well it sells, it'll always be last place for all the "hardcore" gamers out there. It's Nintendo, that means it must suck reguardless of how many great "casual" games it has. Like No More Heros. Or Baroque. Or Fire Emblem. Those are all casual gamers and everyone knows the PS3's winning liabrary of killer exclusives like Final Fantasy XIII, Grand Theft Auto IV, Devil May Cry 4, and Naruto: Ultimate Ninja are what real gamers want.

Why are you complaining? Animal Crossing is coming to Wii! Reggie said hardcore gamers should love that.

[ooXxXoo]

While Wii has the lead in the current gen console war by a small length ...

... TECHNICALLY, the PS2 is still the top selling console in the US still in production ... somewhere close to 50 million in the US and still going.

Yeah`....No wonder.....The Ps2's keep breaking(they don't last very long).... People just replace them instead fixing them(which will be pretty much about the same cost for a new one).....I remember the very first time when I saw the PS2 internal cd-rom drive, I thought it was some sort of joke..
What ever happened to "ITS A SONY".....