Posted Jul 17, 2007 at 10:18PM by Nicolo S. Listed in: Nintendo DS, Wii, PlayStation 3, PSP, Xbox 360 Tags: Japan, Sony, VG Chartz
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It's official: there is no stopping Nintendo's momentum. As if it was just yesterday since the Wii reached 8 million, Ninty's product of innovation and waving sticks have finally arrived at the 9 million milestone - just a million away from Xbox 360.

Looking at the numbers VG Chartz had more than a month back, the Wii sold almost a million units since early June. The PlayStation 3 had a solid month and sold more than the 360, but both pale in comparison to Wii's performance.

On the handhelds side, the DS continues to dominate with almost 45 million units sold. Sony's PSP, while behind by a huge margin, still experience healthy sales as it got past the 22 million mark.

Let's not beat around the bush, here's what VG Chartz gathered:

Xbox 360: 10.08m (0.41m Japan 6.50m America 3.16m Others)   
Wii: 9.05m (2.98m Japan, 3.64m America, 2.42m Others)
PS3: 3.69m (1.00m Japan, 1.58m America, 1.11m Others)

DS: 44.97m (18.14m Japan, 13.11m America, 13.72m Others)
PSP: 22.15m (5.75m Japan, 8.63m America, 7.78m Others)


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   by asdfasd (Unregistered) - 2007-07-17
 » asdfasd

First!

Nintendo sticking it to Microshaft and Fony. GG.


   Re: .. (Unregistered) - 2007-07-18
 » ..

You know whats pretty funny,

After the release of the PS3 and the WII, the Xbox360 sales pretty much stopped, they are still aruond that 10 million level, wich microsoft claimed to have reached 7 months ago :P

   Re: metalspector (Unregistered) - 2007-07-18
 » LOL

The Wii is selling so much hardware and the 360 so much software and the PS3 sucks...
Still more lols to those who still remain sony fanboys. Wow much of you (few posts below me) are bashing Cyberblade for telling the truth, PS3 has no chance. I mean clearly the 360 is first place (may be lacking a bit in hardware sales but it's software sales look very promising (who knew that so many games on the 360 would sell over 1 million and none in the wii and PS3 lol) and considering Halo 3 is soon to come I guess their hardware sale is bound to increase rapidly. As for second place the Wii, they are selling lots of hardware, they just need that push from third party developers (which EA is starting) to be succesful. As for the PS3, it's dead, the chance to get back with GTA as an exclusive is lost as GTA moved to 360 and even said the game was bound to look better on the 360 (didn't sony promise superior graphics? why do most 360 games look better than ps3 games?). Aside from that the PS3 has horrible online, but even if it had good online (just imagine) it wouldn't matter as all my friends are on xbox Live, not on playstation network... In the end the Playstation is for... fanboys, just like nokia's n-gage, only that the PS3 has sold more than the n-gage cause they have more fanboys but still, the real gamers who buy consoles are the casual gamers, no casual gamer wants that bulky expensive ps3 with no xbox live XD
   by badz149 (Unregistered) - 2007-07-17
 » not a suprise

it's cheaper and the graphic sucks!! still comparable to the graphic of ps2. it wil loose it's hype in a year time when ps3's library grows bigger


   Re: somedude (Unregistered) - 2007-07-17
 » you don't know sh|t about specs STFU

Moron, its not comparable its PS2, its slighty better then xbox1 (which owns PS2 in terms of graphical power). Get your facts straight, you idiot. Look at Super Smash Brothers Brawl pictures. PS2 doesn't come close to doing that.

Stupid ass fanboy.

   Re: . (Unregistered) - 2007-07-17
 » .

Who cares.
Its *****ing toy with simple games like brain training etc. for casual 'gamers'
For me, Nintendo is dead.

   Re: Cyberblade (Unregistered) - 2007-07-17
 » The PS3 has no chance.

What the hell is the PS3 going to be getting? Killzone, Metal Gear, and Lair. That's about it. The rest already jumped ship to the Xbox which already has a ton of good games, and will soon have Halo 3. (Which face it, Halo 3 will outsell all of the above listed PS3 exclusives because the fanboys demand it.)

I will agree that right now the Wii doesn't really have games with graphics beyond that of the PS2, but obviously the Wii is going to be gaining some really big games over the next year. More awesome exclusives that Sony will never get.

Metroid Prime
Smash Bros Brawl
Super Mario Galaxy
Fire Emblem
Trauma Center: New Blood
Mario Strikers Charged (Out in Europe, not here yet though)
Resident Evil Umbrella Chronicles

Point is, the Wii's library is going to go far beyond that of the PS3. The PS3 has about as much luck catching up to the Wii as the PSP catching the DS.

   Re: mikey (Unregistered) - 2007-07-17
 » @ cyberblade

yea thats all sony has is killzone mgs and lair.... how about heavenly sword uncharted drakes fortune Rachet and clank GT5 (wii has no simulations) haze unreal 3 this list can go on forever go play your little toy stick your wii in your @ss while i go play my nex gen games on my ps3 and 360 :)

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   Re: Bl (Unregistered) - 2007-07-18
 » @Cyberblade

blah blah, u said Mario like 3 times, what other games do they have

   Re: Cyberblade (Unregistered) - 2007-07-18
 » @mikey

(Oh right, we have no argument, so lets resort to basically saying that the Wii is a sex toy and that anyone who plays it is gay. Great plan.)

Are any of those going to sell anywhere near the level of MGS, Killzone, Halo, Metroid, etc? GT5 maybe, but the others stand almost no chance of being anywhere near the other games I listed, and Unreal doesn't count because it's not exclusive.

The PS3 has no chance. End of. It's fallen so far behind in sales, and the Wii is about to overtake the 360 in sales. The Wii is an excellent gaming system, as is the 360.

The PS3 and PSP both show Sony's arrogance. They got *****y and it blew up in their face. They honestly believed that the Playstation name alone would be enough to take the handheld market, and keep them on top in the console market. It's this arrogance that made them blind to both Nintendo and Microsofts advancements.

I'll gladly shut up if some way in hell Sony catches up, but honestly they stand no chance. Their only chance is if they honestly drop the price on the PS3 $100 upon the release of a system selling game such as Metal Gear. And I mean an honest price drop, not just a clearance sale for a 100 gigabyte model. As it stands, the 360 is very likely to drop its price for the holidays with Halo 3, and Nintendo is poised to release many of those exclusives this christmas season.

And before you scream fanboy, I'd gladly buy a 360 if I could afford one, and I happily enjoy my PSP almost as much as my DS.

   Re: rawr (Unregistered) - 2007-07-18
 » skies

Everyone likes to flame analysts, but there's more wannabe analysts in these boards. The console war can go pretty much any way. Deals can be made, ***** can be done, etc etc etc. Why don't all you speculationists shut the hell up and just enjoy the ride. All these unbacked claims and wild generalizations (ie 'the rest already jumped ship to Xbox') are totally stupid and I won't say fanboy-ish, but just plain egg-headed. Yes, you're an egg. With that said, I'll probably buy a Wii and DS this week - I bought a PS3 last week. Living in Japan rocks.

   Re: mikey (Unregistered) - 2007-07-18
 » @ cyberPu$$y

ok fine the wii isnt a sex toy its a peice of ***** console which belong in last gen. The wii is just a fad as other new electronics are when they are released.... do you think people will buy an iphone 3 years from now??? and back to games... i can list games like unreal considering this is a discussion of nintendo wii vs ps3, therefore the ps3 has those exclsuives. Now the wii.... Are you forgetting that japan is going to go crazy when mgs and FF get released thats atleast another 6-8 million consoles worl wide. Games like RE5 which are multi plat. Do you tihnk japanese are goign to choose a 360 over a ps3 for re 5? i doubt it. or even dmc4? no they will choose sony. Go play with your wii mote and leave these forums with your last gen games with thrown in motion.. and dont get me wrong i used to lvoe nintendo but im not spending 250+ on a consoles which performs slightly better then my gc, it doesnt cost them $200 more for motion so lets not talk about over priced or worth the value either because sony wins that battle also and besides this is coming froma fanboy from both sony and mS they will own your gay wii....

   Re: mohaas05 (Unregistered) - 2007-07-18
 » loser cyberbiatch

you can't afford a 360 what are you a day laborer? and you conveniently ignored that a price drop IS planned for PS3 and you ignored about the exclusives coming this fall. see sony actually tries to make a quality product. nintendo just puts like one *****ty idea in their products and markets the hell out of it. but you'll go suck mario's ***** anyways.

   Re: misthero (Unregistered) - 2007-07-18
 » it's so hard to hunderstand?

wii is selling because a lot of little babys buy it, a lot of mothers and sister that never heard about Halo, Final Fantasy or Metal Gear and never will play those game.

Wii has a different target.

and... why anyway ppl cares about who sell more? you share something with sony/microsoft/nintendo??

   Re: Stealth (Unregistered) - 2007-07-19
 » @ Cyberblade

Im sorry it seems you forget titles like god of war and final fantasy that are exclusive only to sony. MS isn't going to get those titles. And MS keeps trying to get FF on there platform which to them lacks.

But if you haven't notice SE said FF game for the Xbox is not even an option or a possibility. The PS3 are getting great games, One i can think of which is new is The Agency, which will kick butt against XBox. Don't get me wrong i don't hate the xbox, i just don't want to get a faulty system. I think the 3 year warranty is a scapegoat to there poorly built system.

And what does the wii have 4 good games this year. What happens next year, what great titles will they have, doesn't seem like much or any.
The wii remote is a fad like the system it self. And im pretty sure that they took some technology from Immersion to make it. Though so far they haven't found yet but you can only think about the possibility.

It seems your the biggest fanboy here, Youo have no idea how many exclusives sony is getting. At the end of this year and mid way 08 they will have 60 exclusives. And thats only the beginning. I could go on to list them but i rather not.
Also sony is making new franchises of game and pushing the envelope for there new games to show off the power of the cell. B4 you say the ps3 is done maybe you should check the problems the Xbox is having. I mean 7 months ago they claimed to reached 10 million. Now they are still there, It seems ironic that it hasn't gone up, maybe cause people don't want to buy a faulty system. But again i can't speak for everyone here. So enjoy your primitive wii remote, maybe it can actually help you lose some weight or better yet lose some ignorance that you have on the gaming world.

Sony is the most successful gaming company for 3 gens, however this gen is still open for debate. I know sony will lower the price needed for the demand of consumers, hell i know they get back into this race, i mean they slowly are making a comeback.
Stop talking crap that you seem to know, which is very little may i add.
Like rawr has said stop claiming to be some factual speculationists, and enjoy the games at hand.

In the end the gamers win not the companies, all gamers are all the same in the aspect we buy games, play games and enjoy them. Stop being some stupid fanboy and enjoy what games are out. Not attacking to one group, or company.

   Re: Blarg (Unregistered) - 2007-07-19
 » To mikey

Why do people keep mentioning Unreal 3 as a PS3 exclusive? It has been DELAYED for the 360, not canceled. The 360 version comes in early 08

To the guy above about The Agency, you do know it is an SOE MMO right? Have you ever played an SOE MMO? They all SUCK. SOE ruined Star Wars Galaxies within a month of acquiring it. Same with The Matrix Online. I'm not expecting much from The Agency

   Re: Don Maglione (Unregistered) - 2007-07-19
 » To Stealth

Is there any particular reason I never see you in anything besides anti-360 and pro-PS3 articles? You throw "fanboy" around like you aren't one, but you pretty obviously are.

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   Re: Stealth (Unregistered) - 2007-07-19
 » um...

Blarg question have you played the agency b4, and have you gotten some info we don't no. So stop trying to say its going to suck.

Don Maglione when did i say anything anti-xbox. All i said was xbox has problems like there systems being faulty and i dont want to get one for that reason. That is stating a fact not against anything here buddy. Im also for sony cause people disrespect sony and the ps3 cause they feel like they know everything.

Also did you read my last part here i will quote it for you
Like rawr has said stop claiming to be some factual speculationists, and enjoy the games at hand.

In the end the gamers win not the companies, all gamers are all the same in the aspect we buy games, play games and enjoy them. Stop being some stupid fanboy and enjoy what games are out. Not attacking to one group, or company."

If you did you would see im not anti anything. But you assume things.

   Re: Shea-tan (Unregistered) - 2007-07-19
 » Neutral

Lets not forget

Super Paper Mario
Mario Kart Wii
Wii Fit
Resident Evil 4 (Before you flame me, yes i know its a port but its the best version)
No More Heroes
Dance Dance Revolution

I am however not a Wii fanboy, there are also countless games for the 360 and PS3 i look forward to (although i dont own a PS3 yet, i need to wait for the majors)

Bioshock and Blue Dragon (both coming out on the same day -_-;;)
Turok
Lost Odyssey
Call of Duty 4
GTA 4
(Aside from all the ones previously mentioned)

In the end, whats the point in flaming a console when in the end, you get to play all the games you want. The fact that they are going in different directions just means that we will have more variety in our gaming diet.

   Re: Blarg (Unregistered) - 2007-07-19
 » Poor reading comprehension

If you will re-read my post Stealth you will find that I never once said it will suck, just that I am not expecting much from it based on OTHER Sony MMOs. I played both of those MMOs when they came out and stopped when Sony bought them, they destroyed both games. I think the best saying to sum it up is "Don't try to fix what ain't broke", because that's exactly what Sony did and they ended up breaking them beyond repair. I have no faith in Sony when it comes to MMOs
   by AoxomamoxoA - 2007-07-17
 » Halo 3 and MGS will put things back the way they belong

MS will probably regain the no1 spot once halo3 drops. And sony should get back to being 1/2 of what MS will sell at the same time once MGS4 drops (as long as it stays a sony exclusive that is).

Wow, I just noticed that both of sonys products are behind and their next up rival has sold over twice as many in both territories. Better catch up!


   Re: YaMi (Unregistered) - 2007-07-18
 » would you please shut up :)

X B O X 3 6 0

- Microsoft's coporate VP Peter Moore confirmed that Konami's Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots will not be coming to Xbox 360, the game remains as a PS3 exclusive title.

source :
http://www.the-magicbox.com/gaming.htm

so please stop it with the "MSG4 might come to 360",cuz simply...it WONT :)

see me laughing at you now dear sir :D
   by Quixand - 2007-07-17
 » good month for the PS3

actually selling more than the 360.. although it doesn't give the monthly numbers in this article.

a combination of bad press for the 360 (with the height of the unreliability issues) and a bit of momentum from Sony from the 60GB pricecut before E3 and hike of hype on its upcoming games.

hope Sony follows thru and pushes harder.


   Re: Quixand - 2007-07-17
 » WHOA!! Wait Up!!

i went back to QJ's previous article and I just want to point out one thing:

Here's the Numbers in QJ's previous article dated July 5:

Xbox 360 - Worldwide: 10.13; Japan: 0.41; America: 6:47; Others: 3.25

PlayStation 3 - Worldwide: 3.61; Japan: 0.98 ; America: 1.56; Others: 1.07

Wii - Worldwide: 8.85; Japan: 2.91; America: 3.57; Others: 2.37

And Here's the number's in todays article (July 17):

Xbox 360: 10.08m (0.41m Japan 6.50m America 3.16m Others)

Wii: 9.05m (2.98m Japan, 3.64m America, 2.42m Others)

PS3: 3.69m (1.00m Japan, 1.58m America, 1.11m Others)

The 360 went DOWN from 10.13 mil to 10.08 mil?

   Re: Snarg (Unregistered) - 2007-07-17
 » .

Recalls and/or returns? I dunno.

   Re: mikey (Unregistered) - 2007-07-17
 » thats not july its the months of june

those arent the july numbers. thats i believe june 4th - july 7th that is 5 days before e3 and about 2 day before the price cut they will update their numbers when npd releases the sales numbers in august.

   Re: Wrong (Unregistered) - 2007-07-18
 » ..

Vgcharts is wrong...... 360 has 11mil units sold....

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   Re: mikey (Unregistered) - 2007-07-18
 » @ wrong

actually if you watch the E3 trailer Peter Moore clearly shows a grath and says they have sold 5.6 million in the US. Which means both sites are exxaggerating alittle bit and the 360's sales are probably even less then whats stated because i doubt Europe has more 360's then the US for it to meet 11 million... and i doubt japan has even 400k... so you do the math and thats just simple math coming from what peter more said just a few days ago.

   Re: Mister Common Sense - 2007-07-19
 » flawed data anyone?

VG charts has had the same sales reports for the 360 for like 6 months. Almost no 360s sold for like 6 months or sales have gone down?

Why does nextgenwars have totally different sales reports? Who is right?

Bulls*it.

The only good month the PS3 had was November 2006 before it was a well known failure. Of course that's if you can call all the violence it caused a good month.
   by KillerHurdz (Unregistered) - 2007-07-17
 » .

So they are saying that the numbers at http://www.nexgenwars.com/ are wrong? I dono...


   Re: mikey (Unregistered) - 2007-07-17
 » nexgenwars + terrible random # generator

their numbers are wrong... somedays i go their and the numbers were less then a few hours ago... and besides that they have no data showing where their numbers are from and how their numbers add up to those. VGCHARTZ has list of numbers for every months/weeks all released by npd for software hardware etc. and their list makes sense where ass nexgenwars has different numbers everyday before npd releases any numbers.
   by hah (Unregistered) - 2007-07-17
 » hah

So all you Wii fanboys can do is flaunt your sales numbers and tell us that the wii is equal to the xbox in terms of graphics? You are pathetic. Omg the Wii is outselling Ps3!!! Its also $200 cheaper and aimed at older casual players who don't really care about video games. Nintendo has learned well from their mistakes. They can't make better games than Sony/MS, so they will take it a different route and make really simple and basic games to entice people who wouldn't normally play. A genius idea and I commend them for that. But this also means that their loyalty now lies with the casual gamer. So you can defend Nintendo all you want. But if you appreciate a deep, intense, and graphically jaw dropping experience you better look elsewhere because Nintendo could care less about you now. You are in the minority. It will only get worse, even to the point of taking away from the PS3/360 because developers can't afford to make these big blockbuster games and will settle for easy money on the Wii. So stop being cheap and stop bragging about how the Wii is crushing MS and Sony. It could bring about the end of the game industry as we know it. Think a little before you post. But I don't expect much intelligence from a Wii fanboy. Also, you guys used to be like "Nintendo isn't competing with Sony and MS." And now that Wii is selling like the ipod, you shove it in our faces. Hypocrites make me laugh. Go and play your best selling game, Mario Party 8. I'll stick with Ninja Gaiden Sigma.


   Re: Burn_Griffith - 2007-07-17
 » Indeed

Nintendo won't mean "jack" when big name titles for the PS3 and 360 will be releasing soon, both in this and the year to come.

Games such as;
Lost Odyssey [X BOX 360]
Final Fantasy XIII + Final Fantasy Versus XIII [PS3]
The Last Remnant [PS3/X BOX 360]
Ratchet + Clank Future: Tools of Destruction [PS3]
Uncharted: Drake's Fortune [PS3]
Tekken 6 [PS3] etc...

   Re: bouzekry (Unregistered) - 2007-07-18
 » lol

what your saying is funny, so for you it's all about graphics, if that's the point why paying lot of money to get a ps3 or a xbox360 while you can buy a new puter wich mostly will be way better graphicly than both of them, nintendo's strategie is to touch a large panel of users, and their game were all best, Zelda, Mario, Mario Kart, Super Smach Bross, squaresoft is back to programming for nintendo too, so i think they will have their own game too, i'm a hard core gamer, but honestly i really don't care about gfx, it's better but sometimes i'll rather play an old zelda link to the past than some games in both ps3 + 360, i don't tell i don't like em if i have the money i would be them, but the joy that brings nintendo will never be matched by the others, specially when all of them said before the wii release that they will be dead, now look at the selling charts ;)

   Re: BruceLeroy (Unregistered) - 2007-07-18
 » ^^^ bouzekry

you do realize that for a PC to equal the graphic abilities of the PS3 and 360 that you would need to pay more than $1500?
   by Burn_Griffith - 2007-07-17
 » Haha

In fact, games like Final Fantasy XIII + Versus XIII and Ninja Gaiden Sigma for the PS3 make some of the games on Wii seem like a joke.

   by The Unbiased One (Unregistered) - 2007-07-17
 » Quite True

Hah as a pretty good point. The only thing that Nintendo fanboys can do now is pray that Metroid, Mario, and SSBB are freaking amazing games that can hold onto hardcore gamers.

However, I disagree with Hah because of his ignorance of the Wii and video gaming in general (no offense) It was never graphics that made a game, Goldeneye and Ocarina are just as amazing now as they were 10 years ago . It has always been and always will be gameplay which all three companies are capable of making amazing.


   Re: Count Blah (Unregistered) - 2007-07-18
 » Seeing as how

the past incarnations of SSB, Mario, and Metroid Prime have all been amazing. There is a fairly good chance the new ones will.
   by WiiFanboy (Unregistered) - 2007-07-18
 » lol

i love too see when ps3 fanboys try to come and flame the wii users, but have no evident proof...lol!!! the wii's facts are right here plainy, but u ps3 fanboys who say the ps3 is going to catch up, try saying that when i see a chart with the sales being higher...lol all you all have right now is speculations and not actual facts so you try to flame us...haha go get a life........


   Re: 549845 (Unregistered) - 2007-07-18
 » 98456

How about you get a life. Look at that you are 40 years old and still playing with a Wii. Get a life
   by The One & Only (Unregistered) - 2007-07-18
 » why all the hate?

I have a wii, 360 and a ps3 and i can honestly say that the wii is aimed at a diffirent genre to the 360 and ps3 and thus i find it very enjoyable plus its value for money, i have always found nintendo consles to be the best in eeach generation in terms of enjoyment. The 64 kicked the psones ass in the late 90's and the gamecube althogh lacking dvd support online multiplayer and a big games libary i still found it more fun than the ps2 and xbox. Now the next generation i think the 360 is ammazing the games are kick ass and live is sweet, the ps3 is sucky i wasted my money on this piece of junk don't do the same complete waste of money boring games. The wii not as graphically good as the 360 but still extremly fun wi-fi on strikers charged is a good laugh and is fun to play with a few mates. In conclusion: buy a wiii and a 360 for the same price as a ps3 and have much more fun than buying sonys hunk of junk


   Re: ? (Unregistered) - 2007-07-18
 » ?

Nah no thanks I'm pretty happy with my PS3.

   Re: hmm (Unregistered) - 2007-07-19
 » good point

I'm goin to buy a 360 and a wii f**k the ps3
   by The_Regulator (Unregistered) - 2007-07-18
 » illusionary figures..

the PS3 is until now outselling the competition with a wide margin,check this:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/bestsellers/videogames/ref=pd_dp_ts_vg_1/105-8208739-8003631

the PS3 is still the best selling item,out-selling the 360 [which stands at 22 !!] and the Wii [which is at a respectable 3]

these numbers have zero scientific bases,as Quixand mentioned the 360 total sales numbers actually dropped.....kinda tell you how reliable these figures are

if the 360 sales were so good....then why did Peter Moore have to leave ??