Nintendo clear winner in second quarter console war
- July 31, 2008 07:22 AM PST
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Nintendo easily beat competition from Microsoft and Sony to ship more consoles and handhelds in the second quarter of the year, figures from all three companies show.
Nintendo Wii still in complete control
The company shipped 5.2 million of its Wii console during the April to June period -- that's well ahead of the 1.6 million PlayStation 3 consoles shipped by Sony and Microsoft's 1.3 million Xbox 360s. Sony's second-generation PlayStation 2 console continues to sell well thanks to its low price and Sony shipped 1.5 million of the units during the period beating out the Xbox 360.
Sales of software for the Wii totaled 40.4 million, again easily outclassing the PlayStation 3 at 22.8 million units and the PlayStation 2 at 19.3 million units. Microsoft does not announce software sales estimates for the Xbox 360.
In the handheld space, the DS shipped 6.9 million, which is almost double the 3.7 million PlayStation Portable consoles shipped during the same period. Software sales for the DS were 36.6 million units while those for the PSP totaled 11.8 million units.
The figures were released by the companies when they announced their respective financial results over the last few days.
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- Jul 31 2008 at 07:26:49:AM PST
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NINTENDO's winning? [p] *gasp*[p]NOOOOOOOO WAAAAAAYYY!!!![p] lol i think Nintendo's gonna win the Nobel Prize or something. Americans are lazy and don't wanna exercise, so since pretty much everyone owns a Wii, they introduce Wii Fit! [p] lol nintendo you sure are a rich, crazy bastard company!
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like ive said before... nintendo is a jackhammer alpha male with angel wings and a firesword!
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hiphophippy27 Posted at: 07/31/08 at 7:37 AM PST NINTENDO's winning? *gasp* NOOOOOOOO WAAAAAAYYY!!!! lol i think Nintendo's gonna win the Nobel Prize or something. Americans are lazy and don't wanna exercise, so since pretty much everyone owns a Wii, they introduce Wii Fit! lol nintendo you sure are a rich, crazy bastard company!Congrats on being totally clueless. Wiifit sales = 3m. Mario kart,SSBB, and SMG all outsold it. Pulling up the worst selling game as if its the best selling one only makes you look foolish, not Nintendo.
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Shammon Posted at: 07/31/08 at 7:26 AM PST Hmm... I wonder why MS doesn't announce their numbers for software........... great question...why??
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