Posted Jun 12, 2007 at 04:43PM by Nicolo S. Listed in: Wii, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 Tags: Microsoft, Japan, Sony
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Wii to own 360? - Image 1  


Wii achieved tremendous sales in just a month. Xbox 360 sales were enough to give it 10 million flat total, while PS3 barely moved an inch. From the last console sales chart, the numbers were:
  • Xbox 360: 9.71m (0.39M Japan, 6.17m America, 3.16m Others)
  • Wii: 7.09m (2.46m Japan, 2.84m America, 1.79m Others)
  • PS3: 3.31m (0.91m Japan, 1.44m America, 0.96m Others)
That was May 17, 2007. Now, Wii is riding its momentum and gained the highest increase - a whopping one million units sold, in just a month. Here are the numbers:
  • Xbox 360: 10.00m (0.39m Japan, 6.40m America, 3.21m Others)
  • Wii: 8.10 (2.64m Japan, 3.29m America, 2.17m Others)
  • PS3: 3.42m (0.94m Japan, 1.49m America, 0.99 Others)
Microsoft's machine sold around 300,000 units worldwide, while Sony's underdog got 111,000. At this rate, Nintendo could take the lead in a month. Looking at the graph above, 360's headstart does nothing to weaken Wii.

Halo 3 is right around the corner, while some hot games are coming for PS3; it's probably too early to decide, so hold on to your horses. Only time will tell if analysts are right, if Wii is just a fad and the PS3 will take over in a few years.


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   by BL (Unregistered) - 2007-06-12
 » yeh

we're number three , we're number three, at least Sony got 3rd place thats a bronze


   Re: Quixand - 2007-06-12
 » Why is everyone

being so hard on the PS3??

based on the graph (the 2nd one on the y axis is 4million) the XBox360 took considerably longer to hit that mark while the PS3 is already right on it in a shorter amount of time.

people are buying it inspite of it's pricetag and limited games library so that says a lot about the ps3... i don't really get all these forecast a doom everyone has been throwing around... compared to the 360's selling curve the PS3 is far from being dead.

   Re: qual (Unregistered) - 2007-06-12
 » well

if u look at the xbox 360's first few months the ps3 is matching it or doing better and it was easier for the 360 cause it didnt have to compete aginast two other consols

   Re: fanboys (Unregistered) - 2007-06-12
 » who cares

Who gives a crap who wins. Do any of you morons own sony stock? I really doubt it. Just go play some games and have fun!

   Re: jobo50 (Unregistered) - 2007-06-12
 » agreed

i totally agree with "fanboys" who gives a crap, as long as the console doesnt bomb and they stop making games for it, i dont give a crap if 360 comes in last, or first, as long as they release kickass games, and give us cool features...

   Re: Mister Common Sense - 2007-06-13
 » .

The XBOX 360 had very limited supplies at launch, where the PS3 didn't. That's why ebay prices were very high for the 360 for 5 months, while the PS3 was down after less than one month.

Not that it matters, because it's obvious there is very little demand for the PS3.

   Re: ahnp (Unregistered) - 2007-06-13
 » totally

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   Re: me (Unregistered) - 2007-06-14
 » wow.

artificially "low" supplies for crapbox360.

ever heard of the "hard to find" beanie babies? same thing happened with crapbox360, there were a lot of them for sale withing the first month of launch, just the hype brought on by MicroSux.

it was also hype that made people think beanie babies were rare, when in fact there were millions of them on sale at any given time.

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   Re: samy slama jama + big_willy_samm (Unregistered) - 2007-06-24
 » i have the asnwer

yoo dudes why does everyone try to slag off eachothers console i have both the 360 nd ps3 neither of them are crap i like my 360 coz of its live mode and thats it but i like my ps3 because it has far more features ps3 will overcome the 360 its only a matter of time why do you think it cost £425 duh i have changed my ps3 into a home computer can the 360 do that er no for all u ps3 fanboys the ps3 will rule u no it and so do i wii just sucks ***** lol for all those with a console ssj is ma 360 account and bws is ma ps3 online account when the ps3 brings out their gunz they will murder everything that stands inits way
   by badboy_br (Unregistered) - 2007-06-12
 » O_O'

so what do you think QJ????

do you think the wii is jus a fad???
maybe its fun, but do u think it can survive on mario 200th and in a few years i bet nintendo will delay games because they can't think of names for their marios and pokemons...lol


   Re: :) (Unregistered) - 2007-06-12
 » -

lol, maybe Konami and SquareEnix will have to delay their games too because they can't come up with anything other than Metal Gear and Final Fantasy!! HAHAHA with Final Fantasy XXV: Tales of Who Gives a Crap and Metal Gear Sons of *****s!

   Re: oooo (Unregistered) - 2007-06-14
 » omg

wowo to put it that way how many killzones you think will hafta come out so they can "kill halo" like they sed so so many times, jeez innovation has gone down the *****ter for sony : P
   by 666 (Unregistered) - 2007-06-12
 » 666

I thought 360 hit the 10 million mark a couple months ago. At least that's what the 360 fanboys were saying. I'm not worried about the PS3 at all. We all know what's going to happen. ;)


   Re: I dunno (Unregistered) - 2007-06-13
 » Worldwide sales

nexgenwars.com shows the 360 over 11 million.
   by devildude - 2007-06-12
 » wtf

i dont trust that *****ing vg chartz website xbox 360 sold more than 11 milion and 8 milion people r *****ing mad in the world buying that *****ty nintendo wii


   Re: qual (Unregistered) - 2007-06-12
 » umm

ya they were probably talking about "units shipped"

   Re: the cheif (Unregistered) - 2007-06-12
 » nope

they're for units sold.

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   Re: joe (Unregistered) - 2007-06-12
 » @ cheif

microsoft confimed when they annoucned 10 million sold they meant to retailers ie units shipped it was announced back in feb

   Re: me (Unregistered) - 2007-06-12
 » europe

Didn't Sony say 1 million had been sold in Europe alone? How could there only be 0.99 sold in "Others" ?

   Re: I dunno (Unregistered) - 2007-06-13
 » me is you

@ me, Europe is the "other".

PS3 is for sale in the US, Japan and Europe.
   by x man (Unregistered) - 2007-06-12
 » piss s 3

this system sucks. cost too much for nothing. and what more can the cell do. every time a game looks bad on the ps3 the fanboys say that developers dont know how to program for it. I think that developers have already maxed out the cell. but the 360 still have potential. all of the games that come out for the 360 always look better and better. where as thou all the ps3 games look bad with bad frame rate. face it theres nothing more the ps3 can do. all that money for nothing. thats why its selling soooooo bad now!! hahahgaaaahhhh !!


   Re: 666 (Unregistered) - 2007-06-12
 » 666

Where are the games that look better than Gears of War? It seems that 360 is going downhill from that. Look at Halo and Forza. They look like crap .

   Re: Mister Common Sense - 2007-06-13
 » .

You haven't played Forza huh?

Best driving simulator ever. No exaggeration. Gran Turismo 5 (if it comes out) will need to be redesigned to compete.

Halo 3 isn't finished yet. Gameplay over graphics. Resistance is still the PS3's best shooter, nuff said.

   Re: TNC-Menace (Unregistered) - 2007-06-21
 » Lol @ you foolish comment

Epic the developers said they maxed out the 360 with gears ROFL!!

Under the hood: MotorStorm "uses 15-20% of available SPU resource"
http://ps3.qj.net/Under-the-hood-MotorStorm-uses-15-20-of-available-SPU-resource-/pg/49/aid/92150

Motorstorm grahics are on par with gears as in textures and it only uses 15% of the Cells SPU's so think before type crap the 360 will get smashed by the ps3 power in the coming years...
   by devildude (Unregistered) - 2007-06-12
 » see

lets put it this way. lets say the wii is one apple, lets say the 360 is three apples and the ps3 is 4 apples you cant really compare the sales of one apple and four apples can you.


   Re: jayhawker09 (Unregistered) - 2007-06-14
 » well

yes you can, because that one apple sold 8 million times, whereas that 4 apple crap sold only 3 million times. and since its not a 4:1 price ratio thats a terrible example, but yes, nintendo has thus far made more money than sony, so yes, you can look at it this way, and yes sony is far, far behind everyone else
   by such crap (Unregistered) - 2007-06-12
 » they dont show real facts

look here
http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/1474/ps3lauchvs360lauchuw4.png


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   Re: qual (Unregistered) - 2007-06-15
 » Everyone go to that link^^^^^^^^

it clearly shows that the ps3 is doing beter than the 360 at launch and the wasnt competing with two other next gen consols.
   by vhj (Unregistered) - 2007-06-12
 » but

at least 1million have sold in PAL, not 990,000. 1million was reached a coupla weeks back

   by eksMAN (Unregistered) - 2007-06-12
 » Hmmm...

360 = 11m Wii = 7.5m PS3 = 3.2m via http://nexgenwars.com/


   Re: wsgfbjs (Unregistered) - 2007-06-12
 » nexgenwars

is bull*****. it updates every second based on estimations

   Re: jayhawker09 (Unregistered) - 2007-06-14
 » so what about slopes??

first off, read above, 360 is in the lead anyway, but even if PS3 were ahead, it doesnt matter b/c at this point a lot of people already own one system or another and most people dont have any interest in buying another. sure, a couple people may, but the vast majority only want one system. with the market base 360 already had, and wii has built up, there are very few consumers left wanting a PS3, and with the price so high, that market becomes even smaller. come on, think for a minute here, people
   by AoxomamoxoA - 2007-06-12
 » Ouch to Sony

I believe the PS3 has failed this round. It isn't even half way to second place yet. And for a nintendo product to be killing it just adds salt to their wounds.

There's a lot of Sony hopefuls out there, but most already own a PS3. So hope is really all they have left.

Personally, I don't care who wins. I got all three so either way I will still have the best games to play.


   Re: Quixand - 2007-06-12
 » AoxomamoxoA

you have often been more knowledgeable that this...

i think we can both agree that there are more people waiting to get one (for various personal reasons such as still enjoying their ps2s, waiting for certain games, price drops, still saving up money or working out their budget, waiting for occassions and such... my entire department here in my office are actually just waiting for their tax returns) than people actually owning a ps3... and i mean a LOT MORE people...

saying that "so hope is really all they have left" is fanboyish for someone who has been known to deny such status and even stating arguments that and judgments that are way off especially this early in the fight with the PS3 having a comparable performance to the 360 (when it came out) inspite of the presence of competitors (especially the red hot wii), lack of games, huge pricetag, lost of exclusives and such.

   Re: Quixand - 2007-06-12
 » let me ask you this AoxomamoxoA

if you check the graph (i'm not sure if it's accurate but based on it)... now the PS3 is getting killed with how fast they sold against the wii... but against the 360 the PS3 actually have an edge based on the slope of it's selling rate...

now the PS3 is expensive, the wii and the 360 is a lot cheaper that why it took that long...

now what's the 360's excuse?

   Re: AoxomamoxoA - 2007-06-12
 » Quixand, the QJ Village Idiot

The 360 doesnt need an "excuse". It's in first place, and your beloved PS3 is VERY far behind.

It has no worthwile games and an expensive pricetag, but if you do buy one the store will throw in the dust for free!

Keep living a year in the past buddy, it just goes to show how badly the PS3 fans are in denial about getting owned so hardcorely by every other console including the Wii.

And keep waiting and waiting and waiting, eventually that 600 dollars will be worth it. Unfortunately the PS3 will be six years old by then and only cost 400 bucks, so in the end it really wasnt worth it.

Noob.

   Re: Quixand - 2007-06-12
 » oh wow what an idiot!!!

apparently you didn't understand a simple question...

look at the graph... look at the slope... that line right there represents the selling rate for each console (which is what the lines is for anyway)... as i meantioned "check the graph"... look at the slope of both the 360 and the ps3 in relation to the amount of time that coulc be justly compared the first 6 or 7 months for both the 360 and ps3...

check the graph... check the slopes...

now answer my question...

   Re: Quixand - 2007-06-12
 » now why only those months???

cause that's how old the ps3 is...

the console that you're saying is worthless actually has a better slope than your 360...

now that is not a fanboy "oh you only have hope" crap...

that is fact.

   Re: AoxomamoxoA is retarded (Unregistered) - 2007-06-12
 » AoxomamoxoA you are such an idiot

He doesn't even know how to read a simple graph. That's why he started talking about something else.

   Re: Mister Common Sense - 2007-06-13
 » sorry to interrupt, but...

That slope for the PS3 on the graph looks about the same angle as the 360, just much lower.

Why the hell are you arguing about the slope of the graph anyway? Is that your best defense?

   Re: I dunno (Unregistered) - 2007-06-13
 » What are you talking about

The slope of the 360 at the end is 3 times steeper than that of the PS3.

I know this because of the 300,000 360s sold verse the 111,000 PS3s sold.

300,000 to 111,1111 equals 3 to 1, equals a slope 3 times steeper. How can you even remotely suggest (Quixand) that the slopes are the same?

   Re: jayhawker09 (Unregistered) - 2007-06-14
 » umm

first off, read above, 360 is in the lead anyway, but even if PS3 were ahead, it doesnt matter b/c at this point a lot of people already own one system or another and most people dont have any interest in buying another. sure, a couple people may, but the vast majority only want one system. with the market base 360 already had, and wii has built up, there are very few consumers left wanting a PS3, and with the price so high, that market becomes even smaller. come on, think for a minute here, people
   by hah (Unregistered) - 2007-06-12
 » hah

Wii will stay strong until early 2008 after all 3 of their big titles Galaxy, Smash and Metroid are out, they have nothing... literally nothing to keep the momentum. After I say about Feb 2008 watch the Wii sales drop and PS3 and 360 start to gain back more ground. PS3 will only increase after this time.


   Re: nah (Unregistered) - 2007-06-12
 » nah

There's tons after.....I believe a new Zelda is in developement....umm after there's Mario Kart...which'll be awesome...disaster, hammer, mario and sonic olympics

I'd give wii more credit...if ppl are buying it now when it has absolutely no games, then the industry will only grow when it gets more games
   by hah (Unregistered) - 2007-06-12
 » hah

@ x man

http://boardsus.playstation.com/playstation/board/message?message.uid=27804779#U27804779

Now go cry in the corner like a good child. Its ok, we are all idiots sometimes. Oh and its been proven that PS3 has a bettter GPU and CPU than the 360 so yeah, enjoy spreading your lies and get the facts straight.


   Re: tyu (Unregistered) - 2007-06-13
 » Hah is internet brainwahed and belives biased one sided sites

So you think that anyone is going to look at a board called playstation.com and then believe what you say LMAO...
   by hah (Unregistered) - 2007-06-12
 » hah

@ x man

http://boardsus.playstation.com/playstation/board/message?message.uid=27804779#U27804779

Now go cry in the corner like a good child. Its ok, we are all idiots sometimes. Oh and its been proven that PS3 has a bettter GPU and CPU than the 360 so yeah, enjoy spreading your lies and get the facts straight.

   by darkgeekrocker - 2007-06-12
 » i always wonder..

why 360 fan boys says "its all about the games" when ps3 fan boys talk about specs. and price...now i wonder why all of a sudden 360 fanboys say "its all about the sales"...will you be saying that when the wii and/or ps3 pass 360 units sold? i am sure it will quickly switch around and say "its not about the sales" or "its just about the games",anyway i just hate fanboyism, its like racism, spliting gamers apart
but to the point, i believe the wii will be doing good for about 2-3 years, because its not a fad, its the casual gamers finding a easy gaming console (with easy controls) and they have many games to look to, like the ps3
now i do research on ps3 a tad more than the wii and 360, so i leave you with a list of current future AAA titles for the ps3 (multi platform or not):
LittleBigPlanet, The Agency, Assasains Creed, MGS4, Killzone 2, Saint Row 2 ( based on the interview at gamespot), FFXIII, FFXIII Versus (very different from FFXIII), possiably WarHawk, Unreal Turnament 3, and Home (it has mini games)


   Re: ? (Unregistered) - 2007-06-13
 » ?

please show me 1 person who said its all about sales
   by Quixand (Unregistered) - 2007-06-12
 » yo 666

werd up , everyone knows wats gonna happen lol


   Re: Quixand - 2007-06-12
 » this guy

isn't me... this happens more and more with everybody.
   by Xbox is the best (Unregistered) - 2007-06-12
 » ha

Quixand your name represents ps3 sales, falling fast, LOL


   Re: Quixand - 2007-06-12
 » kid

u've said that joke a month ago...
   by Brennon (Unregistered) - 2007-06-12
 » What if???

What if Nintendo keeps going at this rate? What if Nintendo drops it price by $50 dollars? Which it will when Xbox drops it price. Why does everybody hate the Wii? The Xbox and PS wouldn't have even existed if it wasn't for Nintendo. You have to give Nintendo credit for reaching a new casual gamer market. Thats where all the money is anyways, not in stupid fanboys who make up all of these blogs.

   by skidz (Unregistered) - 2007-06-12
 » WoW Wiiii!

That Wii is doing incredible, congrats Nintendo. I just hope they can keep people happy with their purchase.

   by PS3Rider (Unregistered) - 2007-06-13
 » To QJ

QJ next time could you please do your homework. If you actually looked into the charts on VGCharts then you would realise something different. You would realise that when you lineup the release of the PS3 to the 360 the PS3 has sold more consoles in that space of time than the 360 and is still doing to do so for now.

Now we know the Wii is a streamroller so there is no doubt there to argue about.

But again if you lineup the PS3 launch to the PS2 and PS1 launch you again will see the PS3 has sold more in the space of time since its release. The PS3 may have sold the least but it isnt selling as bad as everybody is making it out.

Next time do your research.


   Re: yuiyui (Unregistered) - 2007-06-13
 » PS3 has failed and is withering away

The PS3 is failing do you not understand that, its sales in its home stronghold of Japan are low beyond belief and its outsold in software at least 2 to 1 (360- 9,082 per week, PS3- 4,004 per week) by the 360 and the Wii is just destroying it.

The USA the 360 is leading the way hardware sales 360 - 57,692 per week, PS3 - 14,927 per week, the 360 is doing well in Japan when you compare the terrible sales of the PS3 in the USA.

The Wii is kicking the PS3s ass all the while the 360 gains from it, its that simple, and with the 360 basic pack looking like dropping to around the Wii price sooner than later and the Elite taking over as the Premium bundle The PS3 has now where to go.

And you jokers who go on about the Wii (Mainly PS3 owners) most people are opting for the Wii its as simple as that, they like the system and they like the games (which are at number 2 and 3 in the USA by the way)you go on about yer but if they run out of games blah blah blah but you know they have plenty to come and you are relying on old hat games originally from PS1 i.e MGS4 which doesent in fact look that good from what I have seen of it so far, us Wii owners laugh at you and your film player....

   Re: Quixand - 2007-06-13
 » wii is cool

if ur the casual type of guy who just happens to own a wii then that's chill...

but if ur a gamer and all u have is a wii??? that's just sad.

and anyway i've got a wii... but i've got a ps3 too.
   by RhysMoN (Unregistered) - 2007-06-13
 » does it relly matter

all consoles are good in thier own way ....wi good for casual gamers and fun games, 360 games and their online community and ps3, the games and bluray..... it the end of the day we should all come together to the real enemy ....jack thompson haha :P

   by CommanderSalamander (Unregistered) - 2007-06-13
 » I dont need a graph to know The "pswii" is in trouble.

Why you might ask? Cause I ask gamers on XBL one simple question over and over, "what do you think of the wii and pswii"?? And only about 20% say they want a pswii and about 30% say they want a wii.

They say over and over the pswii is overpriced, has no games they want to play, and the games that are out might look a tad better, but dont flow smoothly, now these are just average gamers, but when i hear what devs. are saying basically the same thing, it rings true.

The 360 is this gens innovator, thats how gamers see it.
Another thing 360 owners like is RUMBLE and ACHIEVEMENTS. Go ahead sonee copy the 360 and use those in your system too like the MENU button.

LOL

   by Jordan (Unregistered) - 2007-06-13
 » ...

First of all most of you guys are retarded fanboys, im not even going to address your stupidity, and second of all this information is inaccurate because Sony already announced they've sold 1.5 million in PAL territories in 9 weeks which is better then any other console(as well as broke records at launch) and it was better then the God, PS2. PS3 is off to a better start then PS2, which is the God, so what does that say? doing better then 360 in the same time frame, what does that say? Its doing ok at that high of a price..imagine later, Wait till some of the biggest franchises in the world come out, imagine that and ummmmm Sony has already lost? are you forgetting Europe and Japan hate microsoft and that they have ***** markets there which means auto lose because America isn't even the biggest market, while Japan loves Nintendo and Sony, Europe loves Sony, and while North America likes them all but loves Xbox, smallest market..microsoft isnt going anywhere soon

   by gtauk - 2007-06-13
 » lol

360 is still on 10 million

   by PSP (Unregistered) - 2007-06-13
 » People are overreacting...

what I see from the graph is that each console is increasing at it's own pace. If any were decreasing, then it would be something to address, but they are not. People are saying that the PS3 has failed just like they said the PSP had failed, and that's just retarded. You don't know what will happen until it has happened, so all this speculation is just pure opinion that should not be taken seriouly, but that's just what I think and truly don't care about all of this, which is getting really out of had.

You should get whatever console you want and that should be the end of it. It's just video games anyway, right. Why get so serious... :)

   by wiiowner (Unregistered) - 2007-06-13
 » quit arguing

don't you all understand? we all stand for the same thing which is video games. Look it doesn't really matter who is winning or losing because in the end it is probably going to blow us all away who is the top and the bottom. for the wii they got super mario galaxy and super smash brawl which might get them some sales for the wiis. the PS3 is coming out with new features like Ps3 home and assasin's creed which looks awesome. the Xbox 360 will have some more features hopefully and it has halo 3 and might even have gears of war 2. between all of these systems they all doing quite well but some systems just have some fanboys behind that will talk about how the other system is bad though if you're going to talk bad about another system make sure you at least have the right chart of sales or get some news to back up your system.

   by Andrew (Unregistered) - 2007-06-13
 » ummm ok...

I am a hardcore gamer (been gaming since the first NES when I was a kid), and only own a wii. zelda has held my focus for like 2 months now, and I love pirates of the caribbean, Elebits and mario party 8. Mario games rock! My bro owns a PS3 and the games are boring! We lose interest in like an hour, but can play mario party all night! It's the fun factor of the wii that has it killing playstation, and the innovation! PS3 is using the SAME controller as PS2, there's no innovation there... they stole rumble from nintendo with dual shock, and they're stealing the motion with their suckaxis. Show some innovation and people might consider shelling out $700 for a frickin updated graphics card!

   by The Unbiased One (Unregistered) - 2007-06-13
 » It seems to me...

That the only argument that the Sony Fanboys have as to why the PS3 will eventually skyrocket, can apply to both the Wii and 360. Be it Price drop, or new games, all three systems have that in their horizon. Also, you can't compare slopes and sh*t like that in this situation the winner is the person who sold the most consoles by a specific date, and as of right now, the 360 is winning.

   by Playstation Fan (Unregistered) - 2007-06-13
 » ps3

ps3 should be on top 4 it's specs and playstation was the first system company to have a cd drive PS1!!!


   Re: jayhawker09 (Unregistered) - 2007-06-14
 » haha

cuz specs mean its good, right??
   by osiriss (Unregistered) - 2007-06-13
 » first to use a cd drive?

err.. I believe NEC used the cd engine before. And what about sega-cd? The plastation project was first designed to be used on the snes as an answer to sega-cd.

   by Xbox is the best (Unregistered) - 2007-06-13
 » update

xbox 360 is 11 million now newbs



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