so stupid. Wii was slightly lower at this time last year and PS2 suffered similar numbers at this time of the year. Incredibly stupid to match up week 101 for wii and ps2 considering ps2 launched in march and wii in november (right?) and then comparing the totals of wii and ps2 even though the ps2 has gone through 1 more holiday season than the wii.
Wii is as successful in Japan as it is in the west, it has sold 7 million in japan, 12.8 million in others and 15.7 million in NA and Japan since the ps1 era has been between 15-20% world marketshare for consoles, this puts it at 19.7% world wii marketshare and around 15% for total console marketshare.
Now keep in mind that the DS has outsold every system ever in Japan and if you add the PSP numbers you could end up with 2x the amount of hardware sales as the PS2 when the generation is over. Yes that means the handheld market has basically doubled.
currently playing: Skyward Sword, Mario Sunshine, Xenoblade Chronicles X
