22k with the 5k from GoW Trilogy.

Next week should be insane for GoW III as its at $40 at some retailers on Black Friday and GameStop did a GoW 3 and Collection 160GB PS3 bundle for $299....

its a family console it's not that hard to understand.    . Saying the Wii  mostly appeals to kids is incorrect.  So I guess it was a little jab or just a throw away line. I'm not insulted just having a conversation.  The Wii  set out to be like the PS2 which had a huge diverse fan base. 

When the PS3 released sony made a mistake of going  after a narrow fan base of 15-25 year old males.   

Interesting numbers indeed, though I did expect the Wii to resume its top spot with the holidays in what has turned out to be one of the most financially burdened yet.

Don't forget Amazon had huge increases in all GOW sales, I think it was over 1000% increase in placement for GOW collection and GOW III was up a few hundred percent.

Wha? i never said third parties have "killed the Wii." I might have said they were killing the Wii prematurely, meaning they were choking it of potential extended life. But in the short term at least, Wii should still sell very strongly during the holiday season, as long as Nintendo releases games like DKC that appeal to a massive audience. With massive PS2 type of support, I think the Wii could have sold strongly for 10 years, but since it does not have it, Nintendo will probably be forced to release another console in 2012.

I never said that Wii would falter during this holiday season, but feel free to call me on a post of mine that may have contradicted this statement if you can find one.

Why are you so suspicious of the Wii resurgence? As I said, DKC is going to be a bombshell, as it is a highly popular 2D platformer that has potential to really move hardware. Then you have the Red Wii bundle, the conintued strength of NSMB, Mario Allstars, Just Dance 2, Kirby, Goldeneye, Michael Jackson, etc, and the normal holiday boosts that usually favor Nintendo.

Wii sales have been poor the majority of this year because Nintendo has had virtually NO games that appeal to a wide audience and reinvigorate Wii sales. Basically, from Jan - Sep in 2010, the biggest Wii releases were: Mario Galaxy 2 and Metroid Other M, both of which were clearly NOT hardware movers.

In the recent weeks, this has changed. Remember, software is what drives hardware sales. Sony and MS can throw out all the hardware addons they want, but at the end of the day, the populatiry of the GAMES is what is going to drive hardware sales, and there are no killer aps on those add ons that are pushing hardware. Black Ops is really the only recent hardware mover for the HD consoles.

would you please list all these new games that has been pushing wii sales the last couple weeks?

All you have to do is look at the top 10 to find that out.. NSMB, an extremely popular game, has extended its influenece into this year, as well as Wii Party, Michael Jackson, and DKC. Evergreen titles have the ability to power a console for an extended period of time. Wii has a number of 10 million selling games, and rest assured these games are helping it to sell this holiday.

I could answer your question with another question.. What new games should be pushing the HD console besides Call of Duty?

I don't publish the console sales, so I don't see why I should have to justify the numbers. These numbers are just estimates, and could be very far off. I don't deny that. But this is what has been posted. If you're that skeptical of the vgchartz numbers, just wait for NPD and leave it at that..

All you have to do is look at the top 10 to find that out.. NSMB, an extremely popular game, has extended its influenece into this year, as well as Wii Party, Michael Jackson, and DKC. Evergreen titles have the ability to power a console for an extended period of time. Wii has a number of 10 million selling games, and rest assured these games are helping it to sell this holiday.

I could answer your question with another question.. What new games should be pushing the HD console besides Call of Duty?

I don't publish the console sales, so I don't see why I should have to justify the numbers. These numbers are just estimates, and could be very far off. I don't deny that. But this is what has been posted. If you're that skeptical of the vgchartz numbers, just wait for NPD and leave it at that..

Flop of the week:  NBA Jam for HD consoles.  Xbox 360 version 1st week sales were 15,000.  PS3 wasn't even in the top 200 @ 10,000 in sales.

I was expecting EA to see superior HD sales and then point the finger at the lackluster no-online Wii version.  However, at this point, Wii is outselling both versions.