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Yes, the PS3 and 360 combined do sell more software than the Wii alone. Yes, the HD consoles have had more big-budget releases than Wii has lately. And no, top ten lists don't tell you what overall software sales are like.

Americas YTD software sales:

Software Totals:

ConsoleYearTotal
50,776,754 96,404,972
48,380,955 126,016,630
40,284,917 119,756,723
24,924,382 42,770,884
17,836,055 165,288,995
11,824,550 56,322,863
57,430 10,527,859
Total 194,085,043  

Japan YTD software sales:

Software Totals:

ConsoleYearTotal
19,397,632 108,860,657
10,381,283 24,324,619
6,836,473 21,135,715
5,106,613 129,804,178
3,477,957 6,952,809
1,124,147 3,370,603
5,619 47,272,398
Total 46,329,724  

Alas, EU and others don't have yearly charts, but you can find lifetime sales on the weekly page:

Software Totals:
Note that software figures are largely incomplete.

ConsoleWeeklyTotalTie Ratio
1,012,405 57,566,387 4.49
811,342 28,709,985 3.40
744,337 30,248,155 3.88
537,624 72,743,930 2.17
319,568 n/a n/a
68,795 4,874,012 0.33
Total 3,494,071

 



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