Wii outsells Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PSP combined

Rohit — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 14:12:17 +0000

Sales of Nintendo’s little white console were off the charts in October, according to new data released by the NPD Group. Wii sold 803,000 units for the month, singlehandedly outselling Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PSP combined. Microsoft’s console sold through 371,000 units; PS3 190,000 and PSP 193,000. PS2, meanwhile, picked up another 136,000 players.

The games industry as a whole grew 18 percent year-over-year in October and is still poised to top $22 billion in annual sales through the end of the year, ignoring all signs of a recession.

The top-selling Wii game in October was, again, Wii Fit, with 487,000 units sold. Mario Kart Wii sold 290,000 copies and Wii Play picked up another 282,000 converts. The top-seller for the month, however, was Fable II, with a massive 790,000 copies sold during the month.

The top three best-selling Wii games demonstrate the unprecedentedly long shelf life that some software enjoys on Nintendo’s system. Not only has Wii Play, packed with a remote, sold upward of 7.2 million copies in America, but a quick glance at Wii Fit’s sales progress would show an increase in momentum as the months have passed, virtually unheard of.

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Wii outsells Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PSP combined