Financial Times Germany: Wii at 30.2% worldwide market share

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Game_boy said:

Two words: Supply limited

Pretty much right on the money.

http://www.techspot.com/news/27988-amazon-sells-1400-wii-units-in-10-minutes.html

Also keep in mind the you can't think of the Wii in terms of regular video game consoles, the appeal is far too broad.  They're leaving everyone in the dust this generation.

However, I think the PS3 will end up in 2nd place if next year's games are successful. I was checking out IGN earlier and the hype for GTA4 for the PS3 was higher than the 360. The 360 seems to be going after not only PS3's market, but the PC (FPS and RTS games), and Wii (their casual machine).

The PC part is especially important since we've just had the biggest tech jump in 10 years and the hardware is very affordable. The nvidia 8800 GT is sold out all over, a great sign for PC games, and the PC already has Gears of War, Orange Box, CoD 4, UT3, Bioshock, and probably 99% of the FPS that the 360 will get, and with all of those games the PC version is better.  

In the PC forum there's a great thread about what's coming up for the PC, and the 2008 lineup is incredible.  This could be a revival of the 1996-2001 PC era. 

If it is a PC revival, that's a big bite in the ass to the 360, and while the PS3 doesn't have a ton of games right now, their selection is incredibly diverse so it won't hit the PS3 anywhere near as hard. 

The PC may end up a bigger player in this generation than a lot of people are considering right now.