January Sales Figures

[Ashy]

Nintendo Wii sold 436,000 units in January according to NPD, with Xbox 360 selling 294,000 units and PlayStation 3 hitting 244,000.

The numbers were released to various news outlets by Microsoft, and have not been officially verified by NPD. Microsoft says it is targeting cumulative sales of 12 million by the end of June, suggesting average numbers of around 200K a month.

Perrin Kaplan, vice president of marketing for Nintendo said, “I do think that we're selling to additional and different customers," compared with the Microsoft and Sony consoles. We've had an incredibly healthy start and we think there's going to be a pretty long tail on this product."

A Microsoft spokesperson said the company had enjoyed “a fantastic January," with Xbox 360 boosted by Lost Planet. Sales of Xbox 360 are up 18% compared with the same month a year ago. The company will be happy that Xbox 360 beat PS3, with few shortages of either machine. On the other hand, the cheaper Wii did suffer shortages in January, but still managed to trounce the competition.

For Sony, third place will be a disappointment, but the company’s bigger play must come later in the year, if and when the Blu-ray factor kicks in.

Source: Next Generation - Interactive Entertainment Today, Video Game and Industry News - January: Wii Triumphs; 360 Up; PS3rd

[sarah your jenkins]

whopp de dooooooooooo sorry you couldn't afford the PS3 m8!!!!!! i mean the wii is £180 and that's wht people buy it. It's cheap!!!!!!!!!!!!

so i really don't give a s**t because the PS3 is a much better console and all of us know it