13.17 Million Wii’s Sold World-Wide........VG Chartz need to keep up

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RolStoppable said:

1stgentonexgen said:
You guys are all questioning that report with VGCharts having a lower sold amount listed than the article has. But a million here or there doesn't interest me because we all know that Nintendo offered the WII at the right time and people are embracing right now more into simple game play fun. Rather then the HD capable competition.
The one thing that has me confused, they claim that the WII is selling faster then any other console ever. Is that true? I would think the earlier systems that are over 100 million (GB, PS, PS2)would have had better first year sales then the 13 million claim in the article. Does anyone know the 1st year numbers for the other high selling systems?

Yes, the Wii is selling faster than any console before it.

The PS1 had shipped roughly 4m units in its first 16 months on the market.

http://vgchartz.com/worldcons.php?date=35125&sort=0

The PS2, the previously fastest selling home console, had shipped 10.6m units in its first 13 months on the market.

http://vgchartz.com/worldcons.php?date=36951&sort=0

 

Rol , you also must remeber that for Sony hardware like PS1 and PS2, SCE reported shipments as units manufactured and not sold to retailers ( unlike Nintendo ) until last April

Overall you are right, obviously .