So which console do you prefer? According to the sales, the Nintendo DS is coming out way ahead with 47 million sales in just the United States alone and 135 Million Total Sales.
According to Nintendo's internal sales figures, the Nintendo DS™ family of portable video game systems has sold more than 47 million in the United States since the original model launched in November 2004. That tally makes Nintendo DS the nation's best-selling video game system of all time.
For the second major milestone of 2010, Nintendo's internal figures show that the Wii™ home console marked its third consecutive calendar year with U.S. sales of more than 7 million - a feat never before accomplished in the history of video games by a home console. To date, the Wii system has sold more than 34 million in the United States alone.
Heres where all the consoles rank overall
- Nintendo DS @ 135.58 million, including DS Lite, DSi and DSi XL units (as of September 30, 2010)
- Nintendo Wii has sold 75.9 Million consoles.
- Worldwide: 62 million (as of September 16, 2010)
- XBOX 360 - Worldwide: 44.6 million (as of September 30, 2010 (2010-09-30))
- PS3 - 41.6 million (as of September 30, 2010)
The wii was always going to be popular due to the target market for this console and the new control method that is assisting people adopt this new technology, and its available out of the box.
See the PSP isnt doing so bad after all coming in at number 3, but it has been around for a little while now
The XBox 360 and PS3 are neck and neck at 44.6 million and 41.6 million respectively, give or take a couple of million.
sources:
- http://press.nintendo.com/articles.jsp?id=27181
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo_DS#Sales
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xbox_360
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayStation_3
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayStation_Portable
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