The latest sales figures for the next generation of consoles were recently released, and it gives a good status report of the attempts of Microsoft, Nintendo, and Sony to create buzz in the month of July. It would seem all the consoles got a nice boost of sales due to exciting news and price drops alike.
First up, the Nintendo Wii, which is still very hard to find even 9 months after its initial release. In July, 425,000 systems were sold in the U.S. alone, and thus leaping them forward over the total Xbox 360s sold. And so, it is as everyone has predicted, The Wii is now the dominant console in less than a year’s time.
Speaking of Microsoft’s Xbox 360, their sales were actually down from June, only selling 170,000 systems in the U.S. even after a slight price cut and a huge anticipation for games like Halo and Bioshock.
Lastly, Sony is seeing a bit of good news, with sales up about 60% due to their recent price cut, no matter how controversial it may be. They sold 159,000 systems, and even though it may not be as good as the Wii and 360, it shows a good healthy rise in popularity for the PS3, and at least it already out-sold the Dreamcast.
DS and PSP sales are also doing quite well, selling 405,000 and 214,000 unites respectively. Even the old PS2 got sales of 222,000 units surprisingly.
It is still early on in the life cycles of these systems, so there is still some time for any of these consoles to rise or fall.
First up, the Nintendo Wii, which is still very hard to find even 9 months after its initial release. In July, 425,000 systems were sold in the U.S. alone, and thus leaping them forward over the total Xbox 360s sold. And so, it is as everyone has predicted, The Wii is now the dominant console in less than a year’s time.
Speaking of Microsoft’s Xbox 360, their sales were actually down from June, only selling 170,000 systems in the U.S. even after a slight price cut and a huge anticipation for games like Halo and Bioshock.
Lastly, Sony is seeing a bit of good news, with sales up about 60% due to their recent price cut, no matter how controversial it may be. They sold 159,000 systems, and even though it may not be as good as the Wii and 360, it shows a good healthy rise in popularity for the PS3, and at least it already out-sold the Dreamcast.
DS and PSP sales are also doing quite well, selling 405,000 and 214,000 unites respectively. Even the old PS2 got sales of 222,000 units surprisingly.
It is still early on in the life cycles of these systems, so there is still some time for any of these consoles to rise or fall.
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