GfK Retail and Technology Australia has revealed that the Nintendo DS family of systems claimed the title of highest selling console in 2010, selling through more than 520,000 units. The Nintendo DS has been Australia's highest selling video game system since 2006 and still holds the title. In December 2010, Nintendo DS also achieved the title of the biggest selling video game console of all time in Australia, having sold through more than three million units.

Wii also achieved a major milestones in 2010. In November, Wii surpassed two million units sold in Australia. This milestone was achieved in 47 months and establishes Wii as the fastest selling home console in Australia. The Nintendo DS previously held this record which was attained after 52 months. Wii was also the highest selling home console for 2010, selling through more than 420,000 units.

For calendar year 2010, Nintendo recorded hardware unit sales share of 58 per cent for both Wii and Nintendo DS across all consoles. Furthermore, most games sold in 2010 were for a Nintendo platform, with Nintendo software (including both first party and third party published software) accounting for 47 per cent of software sell through of console games.

http://www.aussie-nintendo.com/news/25308/

Congrats to Nintendo.

OP - Congrats Wii for reach 2 million... and Congrats DS for overcome PS2... just AMAZING.

There are a mistake (or not) in this article. Maybe not.

The Wii is not the "the highest selling home console for 2010" Maybe is... it is "the fastest-selling console to 2 million".

The original article: http://au.gamespot.com/news/6299914.html

So far we have:

DS - 520k
Wii - 420k
PS3 - 429k 322k.

Or there a mistake in my maths... I will check. Checked... I made a mistake.

Edit 1 - I made a confusion... the GFK AU reported PS3 had "best hardware sales"... but I think that was revenue and not Units.

Edit 2 - PS3 hardware sales in 2010:

1100k (LT) - 318k (2009) - 460k (LT until 2008) =  322k

Wii also achieved a major milestones in 2010.

Good sales, but less than half != most!

Pretty impressive sales for a country whose population is only ~22 million. Does anybody know what sales are like in Canada?

and the ridiculous pricing.

Wii ranges fron $269-$349 depending on the day

PS3 160 - $499          PS3 320gb by itself $599 w/ GT5 $549 (I think the 599 is because they havent changed it yet though tbh)

Xbox360 4gb w/ Kinect - 398 <- dse website 250gb w/ kinect $499-$549 though I think $499 will be the standard

The 4gb or 250gb by themselves arent really sold commonly in australia anymore, they are discontinued in fact at dse, well they were 2 weeks ago but they are still on the site so who the hell knows, we might be getting em back in soon.

Nintendo popular in australia ?