Nintendo’s Wii was the most popular next-gen games console in the US in March selling 259,000 units, results from market research firm NPD show.
The news will not be welcomed by Sony, who has seen slow sales for its newest product PS3 (PlayStation 3) and announced job cuts within its game division. During March US sales figures for Microsoft’s Xbox 360 were 199,000, compared to PS3’s unit sales of 130,000.
Sales figures looked similar in comparison for handheld consoles, with Nintendo’s DS seeing figures of 508,000 during March and Sony’s PlayStation Portable (PSP) achieving 180,000. However figures were not poor all-round for Sony, with its PS2 emerging as the best-selling console overall, with 280,000 units sold in March.
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bruno said: Things are not going as bad for sony if the slowly down of ps2 comes with one slowly rise of ps3Is only the change period of substitution will be longerSony is still Sony
Majin_Boo said: E3 07 is when things are going to start getting interesting Price cuts are coming I can smell it Plus Microsoft will be dropping a number of heavy hitters this Fall Halo 3 being the most notableBoth Microsoft and Sony know that the Wii will destroy them in total worldwide sales figures by the end of the year if they dont do something I can envision Microsoft making through the year without a price cut but I cant envision this for Sony However if Sony drops their price then Microsoft will follow and vice versa