American Softare is Up

[Bodhesatva]

Wii sells most software for the first time in a while in America, despite having a lower install base, and even accounting for Wii Sports (and Forza/Marvel:UA).

Now that we have a complete picture of the worldwide weekly sales, the Wii sold over 2 million more software units than the 360 and more than 3 million more software units than the PS3 (Again, even accounting for Wii Sports/UA/Forza).

Even if Ioi has made some serious errors, and even if those errors universally favor the Wii, it looks very likely that the Wii outsold the PS3/360 in terms of software by a considerable margin in the busiest week of the year. If you look at earlier weeks in the year:

 http://vgchartz.com/weekly.php?date=39250&console=&maker=&boxartz=3
 http://vgchartz.com/weekly.php?date=39152&console=&maker=&boxartz=3

You'll see that this week is equivalent to about 2 months worth of software sales from the earlier months of the year. It's extremely critical to sell software at this time of year, and the Wii is doing in spades. I think it's time to put the "Wii doesn't sell software" debate to rest.