Xbox 360 Now Outselling Wii on 12-Month Basis
Nintendo's Wii, once at the top of the heap, is now finding itself struggling to keep up with the HD competition. According to Cowen and Company analyst Doug Creutz, as reported by sister site GamesIndustry.biz, Microsoft's console is about to outsell the Wii for the first time this console cycle on a trailing 12-month basis (TTM).
"This illustrates the significant shift that has gone on over the last year in the console space," Creutz told investors. "The Wii was outselling the 360 and PlayStation 3 combined on a TTM basis as recently as January 2010, and was outselling the 360 alone by 2:1 on a TTM basis in December 2009 and 1.5:1 in October 2010.
"Over the last three years, TTM total U.S. Xbox 360/PlayStation 3/Wii hardware unit sales have remained relatively consistent in the 17-19 million unit range (18.2 million as of February), so this does represent a share shift as opposed to just a decline for the Wii."
Creutz added, "We believe the significant shift in hardware sales towards HD consoles is a positive ongoing development for the US publishers, who earn the majority of their sales on the Xbox 360/PlayStation 3."
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