Nintendo’s Wii outsells Xbox 360 and PS3 in January

February 23rd, 2007

“According to the new market data provided by market research firm NPD, US gamers mostly fetched Nintendo Wii video games console, which helped it easily soar past Xbox 360 in sales and open a huge lead over the PS3. The second best-selling console was Sony’s 7-year-old PlayStation 2, which moved 299,000 units and outsold Microsoft’s Xbox 360 with merely 5000 units and Sony’s newer but more expensive PS3 with nearly 300,000 units. According to NPD Group’s research data, Microsoft’s Xbox 360 sold 294,000 units, while Sony’s Playstation 3 sold 244,000 units. The high-end versions of these machines are priced at $US400 and $US600, respectively…” (Read full article here)

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