Nintendo has announced that its Wii sold through more than 685,000 units, with more than 191,000 sold in December 2008 alone. This is almost 200,000 more than the Xbox 360 did last year and is expected to be more than the Sony PS3 (who has so far failed to release figures).
On top of that, Nintendo’s DS is said to be the best selling console of 2008, making it the third consecutive year that Nintendo DS has achieved this status. In another milestone the Wii has sold through one million units in Australia.
Independent market research company GfK Retail and Technology Australia confirms that Nintendo DS continues to break records as it comes through for the third year in a row 2006, 2007, 2008 – as best selling console, no easy feat considering the original Nintendo DS launched in 2005. In 2008 Nintendo DS sold through more than 800,000 units, more than 212,000 of these were sold in December 2008. Nintendo DS currently has an install base of more than 1.7 million units in Australia.
From the list of the top 10 console games for 2008, eight out of the 10 are titles played on Wii or Nintendo DS Wii Fit (1), Wii Play (2), Mario Kart Wii (3), Mario & Sonic At The Olympics Wii (4) Brain Training (7), Mario & Sonic At The Olympics Nintendo DS (8), Super Smash Bros. Brawl (9), and Big Beach Sports Wii (10).
