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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/connected/main.jhtml?xml=/connected/2007/12/01/nosplit/dlcon01.xml

It's a tough market. The latest figures from VGChartz.com show that, since its release a year ago, more than 14 million Wii consoles have been sold around the world, followed by the Xbox 360 with just over 13 million units sold in two years. The PlayStation 3, which hit the UK in March, has sold just under six million worldwide. But all these figures are dwarfed by Nintendo's big hitter, the handheld DS, which has shifted a staggering 55 million worldwide so far. And Sony's handheld, the PSP, has sold more than 26 million units.



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Impressive. Good for Vgchartz.

Basically, the idea I got was that everything was good except the PS3 which sucks in every aspect.



 

 

Good on ya, VGC.



Nice



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Another step in the right direction!
Remember that as far as tracking sites go, this one is still in its infancy, there's plenty of time to get publicity and credibility!

Congrats ioi!



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Not a fan of the Telegraph, but then again I'm not a pensioner. However that was actually a very competent rundown of all the consoles, especially for a national newspaper which usually seem a bit uninformed about the different SKU's and games available.



Congratulations to Ioi and all those helping him; this is the kind of exposure that helps to build credibility.



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FishyJoe said:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/connected/main.jhtml?xml=/connected/2007/12/01/nosplit/dlcon01.xml

It's a tough market. The latest figures from VGChartz.com show that, since its release a year ago, more than 14 million Wii consoles have been sold around the world, followed by the Xbox 360 with just over 13 million units sold in two years. The PlayStation 3, which hit the UK in March, has sold just under six million worldwide. But all these figures are dwarfed by Nintendo's big hitter, the handheld DS, which has shifted a staggering 55 million worldwide so far. And Sony's handheld, the PSP, has sold more than 26 million units.


 This is huge. That's one of the biggest newspapers in the UK. Congrats, ioi!

Also from the article:

 The PlayStation 3 isn't an inherently bad machine - it's technologically impressive, nicely finished and can play Blu-ray high-definition movies - but given the way in which Sony dominated the games industry with the PlayStation and PlayStation 2 (the latter has sold a staggering 120 million units worldwide), it is proving to be one of the biggest disappointments in the history of gaming.

 Ouch!

On the other hand, the guide had mostly good things to say about the Wii, DS and Xbox 360. 



bit off-topic, but VGC's rank yesterday at alexa was 8,008!



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Loads more places quoting vgchartz again:

Wii Fit sells 250,000 copies in week 1 as Wii sales soar!!

Xbox360 sales hit 14 million, PS3 just below 7 million

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