Wii Balance Board has almost outsold PS3, says Nintendo

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FaithRaven on 26 March 2009

"MCV Writes: GDC 09: Global sales of Wii Fit and peripheral just a few million behind Sony console Nintendo this morning told attendees to its GDC keynote that the Wii Balance Board has almost outsold the PS3 globally. Iwata referred to the device as almost a platform in its own right, pointing out that developers now have more options for games development and hardware to target. "Some developers are already taking advantage of this opportunity," before a Nintendo rep demoed new Wii Ware game Rock 'n' Roll Climber."

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They sure love to spin it lol.

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hatmoza 2.0 on 26 March 2009

The Shame !!!!

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Phoenix_Wiight on 26 March 2009

i love how they almost refer to it as another console. :)

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taxman on 26 March 2009

You could consider it another platform. After all the hardware portion if where the value is for the buyers.

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End of 2009 ltd sales:

Wii = 67-68m

X360 = 38-39m

PS3 = 34-35m

Prediction: The PS3 will surpass the 360 on weekly sales after it drops to $299 on all regular weeks (no big releases).

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Bokal on 26 March 2009

And 9 out of 10 of them are gathering dust under the couch?

They will know Helgan belongs to Helghasts

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BxN on 26 March 2009

Too bad they have nothing to play with it.

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Arius Dion on 26 March 2009

Damn, Nintendo is really dominating when they can have software on their platform outsell entire installed bases of another.

Bet between Slimbeast and Arius Dion about Wii sales 2009:

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