NPD: Nintendo Wii tops Xbox, outsells Sony PS3 almost 2-to-1, now top-selling console "Sony's new PlayStation 3 video game has gone from top dog to underdog in record time," Mike Snider reports for USA Today.

"Despite the buildup and hype around its arrival in November, the PS3 has been outsold so far — at a rate of almost 2-to-1 — by the Nintendo Wii," Snider reports. "In February, the Wii was the top-selling console video game system with an estimated 335,000 sold, outpacing the Microsoft Xbox 360 (228,000) and the PS3 (127,000), according to The NPD Group."

"Nintendo's $250 Wii, released the same week as the PS3 ($500-$600), has sold about 1.9 million so far, compared with 1.1 million PS3s," Snider reports.

Snider reports, "Billy Pidgeon of IDC, in Framingham, Mass., expects the Wii to sell more than 16 million systems worldwide this year, compared with 10 million each for the PS3 and 360." Via MacDailyNews .

Labels: gaming

  ¶ posted by Jimmie Geddes, Editor @ 3/21/2007 12:38:00 PM