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Wii Stats: It’s stories like this…

Posted on December 12, 2008May 22, 2019 by Dodger

That make me glad I’m developing for the Wii. Sheesh!

http://www.gamespot.com/news/6202243.html?part=rss&tag=gs_news&subj=6202243

TOP-SELLING HARDWARE – NOVEMBER 2008 
Wii–2.04 million 
Nintendo DS–1.57 million
Xbox 360–836,000
PlayStation Portable–421,000
PlayStation 3–378,000
PlayStation 2–206,000

Of course, then there’s the very next paragraph:

TOP-SELLING SOFTWARE – NOVEMBER 2008 
Title / Publisher / Units* 
1) Gears of War 2 (Xbox 360) / Microsoft / 1,560,000
2) Call of Duty: World at War (Xbox 360) / Activision Blizzard / 1,410,000
3) Wii Play w/ Remote (WII) / Nintendo / 796,000
4) Wii Fit w/ Balance Board (WII) / Nintendo / 697,000

5) Mario Kart Wii w/ Wheel (WII) / Nintendo / 637,000

6) Call of Duty: World at War (PS3) / Activision Blizzard / 597,000
7) Guitar Hero World Tour (Wii) / Activision Blizzard / 475,000
8 ) Left 4 Dead (Xbox 360) / Electronic Arts / 410,000
9) Resistance 2 (PS3) / Sony / 385,000
10) Wii Music / Nintendo / 297,000

Hard to be a 3rd party in that space.

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