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Wii gets you off your couch and moving!  (Source: Nintendo)

NPD shows Wii sales steadily increasing for June through August  (Source: roughlydrafted.com)
Another source has analyzed sales data and confirmed that in July/August Wii took the lead, with 9 million consoles, over the Xbox 360's 8.9 million consoles

Last month DailyTech reported on VGChartz's announcement that the popular Nintendo Wii had surpassed the Xbox 360 in worldwide sales.  At the time the statement was somewhat controversial and was met with some skepticism by fans of the other platforms.

Now another source, The Financial Times, has analyzed worldwide sales data through July, and through August for Japan, to determine the real console winner.

The FT's conclusion? There have been 9 million Wiis, 8.9 million Xbox 360s and 3.7 million PS3s sold worldwide.

The firm analyzed information from the leading retail tracking groups worldwide.  Data was provided by Enterbrain in Japan and NPD Group in the U.S. and GfK of Germany, which tracks European sales.  It is worth noting that while both studies declare the Wii sales king, their numbers are slightly different than VGChartz's sales figures.

When asked if the Wii was a success, Nintendo president, Satoru Iwata humbly replied in a recent interview:
"Not yet, it's a good start. It's been a good start, but it's only the beginning. We want to have the customers continue playing. We want to continue coming up with new proposals to them, and have them keep playing. Only then can we say that we've accomplished our goals. We've been preparing to make things happen."
The Wii has certainly been a commercial hit for Nintendo as it has transformed Nintendo from a shrinking company in the Gamecube era into one of Japan's largest companies.  The Wii has been popular with people of all ages, and is well liked for its casual "pick-up and go" style of gaming with a high level of user physical interactivity.

A recent survey on consume purchase intent showed the Wii Console obtaining the top mark for next-gen consoles, with a rating of 3.7/5.0.  Xbox 360 was rated at 3.4/5.0 and the PS3 at 3.1/5.0.  A rating of 3.0/5.0 is considered neutral.

A Microsoft replied tersely to this announcement, "We are exactly where we need to be at this point in our lifecycle, and would not trade places with anyone."

As Wii sales continue to top the charts each month, an exciting new accessory, the Wii Zapper is on the way.

To continue the good news for the Wii, it just had two exciting titles, Mario Strikers and Metroid Prime Corruption, released.   Wii owners also have many exciting titles to look forward to, many of them exclusive and utilizing the motion sensing control system.

Upcoming titles for the platform include Guitar Hero III, the controversial Manhunt 2, Fire Emblem: Radiate Dawn (Wii exclusive), Super Mario Galaxy (Wii exclusive), Nights: Journey of Dreams (Wii exclusive), Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles (Wii exclusive), Soul Caliber Legends, Trauma Center: New Blood(Wii exclusive), Wii Fit, and Dragon Quest Swords: The Masked Queen and the Tower of Mirrors (Wii Exclusive) among others.

As of Q2 2007, Nintendo has sold 44.8 million Wii titles, though Xbox 360 has been selling more software monthly for some time.

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8.9 million xbox360 sold in japan?
By noxipoo on 9/14/2007 3:48:17 PM , Rating: 1
wow? .1million below Wii? is that right? i read it wrong?




RE: 8.9 million xbox360 sold in japan?
By fk49 on 9/14/2007 3:56:16 PM , Rating: 5
Those are world-wide figures.
In Japan, the Xbox 360 sells like a Ford pickup


RE: 8.9 million xbox360 sold in japan?
By Locutus465 on 9/14/2007 4:13:58 PM , Rating: 2
If that was true, they'd be doing great... Pickups are where american car companies (tradtionally ford in particular) do well!


RE: 8.9 million xbox360 sold in japan?
By fk49 on 9/14/2007 4:27:17 PM , Rating: 4
Sorry, I meant it sells about as well as American cars in Japan. Which is terrible.


RE: 8.9 million xbox360 sold in japan?
By Samus on 9/14/2007 10:56:18 PM , Rating: 2
Pretty much the only American company with an international presence is Ford, too, so its amusing you used them as an example :)

But we get your point.


RE: 8.9 million xbox360 sold in japan?
By TomZ on 9/14/2007 11:40:35 PM , Rating: 2
quote:
Pretty much the only American company with an international presence is Ford

Um...are you forgetting GM?


RE: 8.9 million xbox360 sold in japan?
By mxzrider2 on 9/15/07, Rating: 0
By KernD on 9/15/2007 11:46:28 AM , Rating: 2
The fortune 500 list is of American companies only,
quote:
Our annual ranking of America's largest corporations

that's why Toyota isn't there. You might want too take a better look at the links you post.


RE: 8.9 million xbox360 sold in japan?
By TomZ on 9/15/2007 12:23:01 PM , Rating: 2
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you guys are retarded the out of the top ten most recognizable brands world wide 3 aren't from the U.S.

Uh, we were talking about car companies, not all companies/brands. Thanks for the info, though!


RE: 8.9 million xbox360 sold in japan?
By SigmaHyperion on 9/15/2007 4:01:28 PM , Rating: 2
quote:
Pretty much the only American company with an international presence is Ford, too, so its amusing you used them as an example :)

But we get your point.


Yeah, just Ford.

Oh, and Exxon-Mobil, Wal-Mart, GM, Microsoft, Chevron, Proctor and Gamble, ConocoPhillips, General Electric, CitiGroup, AIG, IBM, HP, JPMorgan...

Need I go on?

About the only non-American companies with an international presence that even holds a candle to the American ones are a couple Petroleum companies (namely BP and Royal Dutch Shell) and a handful of Auto manufacturers (VW, Toyota, Mitsubishi, etc).


By SigmaHyperion on 9/15/2007 4:03:52 PM , Rating: 2
NM, I see your reply in the other offset thread.


RE: 8.9 million xbox360 sold in japan?
By uglyone888 on 9/14/2007 4:02:09 PM , Rating: 3
quote:
wow? .1million below Wii? is that right? i read it wrong?


You read it wrong. That number is for worldwide sales not just in Japan alone. I don't think the combined sales of the original Xbox and the 360 have sold even that much in Japan... It stinks for them though because they are missing out on some of the best games


RE: 8.9 million xbox360 sold in japan?
By acer905 on 9/14/2007 4:06:01 PM , Rating: 3
Ahh, but is that not a biased statement? if they felt they were missing out on some of the "best" games do you not think they would buy the system? As i see it, they feel that the games for it aren't worth the system. And those who do think so, have one. Its not as if there is a shortage or anything


RE: 8.9 million xbox360 sold in japan?
By Frank M on 9/14/2007 4:53:01 PM , Rating: 3
Considering that Japan has an extremely xenophobic culture, I wouldn't be surprised if they ignored a the 360 simply because it was American.


RE: 8.9 million xbox360 sold in japan?
By Locutus465 on 9/14/2007 5:11:42 PM , Rating: 2
Sales *really* picked up when blue dragon was realeased... Probably they just need to get a speacial japan group going, speacializing on getting content the japonese people will find intersting, RPG's seem to be the biggie. I don't know why MS decided to just give up on japan w/o even trying, I think that's silly of them (in the past they've stated they're not putting in the effort because the expect to not do well).


RE: 8.9 million xbox360 sold in japan?
By mcturkey on 9/14/2007 9:51:01 PM , Rating: 3
If you'd made this comment in regards to original Xbox sales, it would be true. Sadly, you made it about 360 sales. Blue Dragon was Japanese developed for the Japanese market, and helped move systems. There are other Japanese games out already and coming out designed to do just this. Microsoft in fact has their own Japanese development studio and marketing group precisely for this purpose. Cracking that market is tough no matter who you are if you're not from Japan, but Microsoft has not given up by any means.

More on topic and in regards to the article, the title is misleading and silly. The Wii has not won anything. You can look back on the last generation and say that the PS2 won definitively, but until we are 4-5 years into this one, there will not be a clearcut winner. The oldest competitor has only been around for a bit under two years and is about to have a slew of very big powerhouse titles released for it. To say that a console that's only been around for 10 months has "won" is very premature.


By StevoLincolnite on 9/14/2007 11:41:48 PM , Rating: 2
You don't really need 4-5 years to determine the winner, if History is anything to go by, then the Wii has already won now that it is in first place in terms of sales, if you look at past consoles, since when has a console managed to beat another, then suddenly loose to the competitors console?


By afkrotch on 9/17/2007 12:51:10 AM , Rating: 2
Ya, that's why they strive to make a lot of money, so they can afford a BMW, Mercedes, Lamborghini, and whatever other exotic car is available.


By colonelclaw on 9/17/2007 6:07:07 AM