Nintendo Wii U.S. sales top Sony's PS3
By Reuters

Nintendo Co. Ltd. sold 476,000 units of its new Wii video game console in the United States in November, more than twice the number of PlayStation 3s sold by rival Sony Corp.

Sony's PS3 sales came in at 197,000. Microsoft Corp. sold 511,000 units of its Xbox 360 in November. That console, released just over a year ago, is locked in a three-way battle with the PlayStation 3 and Wii, which were released in mid-November amid speculation over whether Sony can maintain its dominance over the global console market after selling more than 106 million PlayStation 2 units globally.

The Japanese electronics maker had said it would ship 400,000 PS3s into the United States for its launch, but there has been broad industry speculation that the company had fallen far short of its initial goal.

Nintendo has said it expects to ship 4 million Wiis worldwide by December 31, double the number of PS3s promised by Sony. Late last month, Nintendo said it sold 600,000 Wiis in the first eight days after its November 19 debut.

Microsoft, which gets most of its sales from North America, is targeting global Xbox 360 shipments of 10 million by year end.

Nintendo's Wii retails for $250; Sony's top-line PS3 retails $600; and Microsoft's Xbox 360 retails for $400. NPD is still calculating historical console sales data.
NPD said overall video game-related sales were $1.7 billion in November.

Sales of games that run on consoles and portable players were $804 million. Hardware sales were $771 million, fueled by consoles and Nintendo's DS hand-held device, which sold 918,000 units in November.

NPD receives data representing approximately two-thirds of the U.S. retail sales and makes projections for the remainder of the market based on a sampling of U.S. consumers.

that's what you get for making it damn near impossible for people to buy your gear Sony....bad business really. FIRE YOUR PR GUY NOW!!

Hi tEChniiQue

Very good statistic's tech, very interesting read indeed, but it is Sony's own fault....nice for some other company to get a slice of the cake without having to beg for it ?? :-D

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Wow...good news. I was hoping I wouldn't have to wait until the Spring to be able to go into a store and see empty Wii sections :-)

thats what u get for putting your prices up so god damn high. I mean, its really great having all those features but I think theyre going to overboard with all this online playing crap. Whatever happened to the good old days when u were inviting friends over for a few cold ones playing super mario gokart and stuff, now its all onlin play sum1 over the other side of the world, CRAP!!! I think nintendo Wii is awesome anyways, wirless remote, nunchuk, and more fun games too! Except, i have to admit, I cant wait for KH3 or the upcoming Final Fantasies to be released and theyre on ps3. But for a good, value for money family console, I recommend wii.

umm the richer u get the more greeder u get, thats life, what can we do

HMMMMMMMMMMMMM! WASTED