Wii just keep on rolling.
By Mark Raby at T G Daily.com.
It’s no longer a big surprise, but Nintendo’s console once again sold
more units than the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 combined, during the
month of June.
According to NPD’s latest data, the Wii was the top selling next gen
home console system, with 380,000 units sold last month. The Xbox 360
took its usual #2 spot with 198,000 units and the PS3 lagged behind once
again with only 98,000.
Thanks to the pending discontinuation of the 60 GB PS3 and the
associated price drop, the console’s sales numbers were higher than
previous months. May, for example, saw PS3 sales of around 82,000 units.
The Playstation 2, however, continues to sell very well. Around 270,000
units of the seven year old system were sold during the month of June,
putting it ahead of the Xbox 360.
On the handheld side, the DS scored exceptional sales again as well.
561,000 units of the dual screen system were sold last month. Sony’s
PSP showed a bit of a surge, though it was still well behind the
Nintendo competitor. Around 290,000 PSP units made their way to
consumers in June.
Nintendo backed up its high console sales by scoring well in software
sales as well. The four top selling games in June were all first party
Nintendo titles with Mario Party 8 (426,000), Wii Play (293,000),
Pokemon Diamond (288,000), and Pokemon Pearl (214,000). Microsoft
managed to be the only other company to make it on the top five with the
Xbox 360’s Forza Motorsport at #5 with 197,000 copies sold.
Further down the list, Nintendo also nabbed the #6 and #7 positions.
Pokemon Battle Revolution made it just behind Forza 2 with 157,000
copies, with Resident Evil 4 for the Wii hitting 150,000.