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Nintendo DS highest-selling games device in Australia in Q3; PS3 the lowest
More than 140,000 DS' sold down under between July-September; PS3 at the bottom of the sales charts.
Nintendo’s recent hardware dominance has seen its share price reach record highs, and it seems that Aussies haven't been immune to the House of Mario's resurgence. New figures from industry tracker GfK Australia show that Nintendo had the highest selling portable games device (the DS) and the highest-selling next-gen console (the Wii) down under in the last three months, easily eclipsing Sony and Microsoft.
The Nintendo DS was by far and away the highest-selling games device in Australia between the start of July and the end of September, selling close to 140,000 units. The DS sales figure of 139,483 units is almost five times that of its nearest equivalent, the PlayStation Portable, which sold 28,374 in the same time period.
The Nintendo Wii is also the clear leader in the next-gen console stakes, selling 61,027 units in July-September. The Xbox 360 sold 40,467 units in the same time period, while Sony's PlayStation 3 sold 27,533. Sony's newest console may be lagging somewhat, but its last-gen device--the PS2--is still going strong in Australia, with its third quarter sales of 66,228 enough to make it the second most popular games device in the country for that time period.
GfK Australia also released the latest install base figures for Australian gaming devices this afternoon. In next-gen consoles, the Xbox 360 is still in the lead, with 222,136 owners down under since launch. The Wii is quickly catching up, however, with a total of 167,899 units altogether. The PS3 has had 82,261 devices sold so far. In Australia, the 360 was first launched in March 2006, the Wii in December 2006, and the PS3 in March 2007.
Full sales details can be found below.
Nintendo DS
2007 Q3 sales: 139,483
Total install base: 730,076
PlayStation 2
2007 Q3 sales: 66,228
Total install base: 2,118,646
Nintendo Wii
2007 Q3 sales: 61,027
Total install base: 167,899
Xbox 360
2007 Q3 sales: 40,467
Total install base: 222,136
PlayStation Portable
2007 Q3 sales: 28,374
Total install base: 317,442
PlayStation 3
2007 Q3 sales: 27,533
Total install base: 82,261
All figures courtesy of GfK Australia.
Software Australien
Halo 3 unsurprisingly tops the Weekly Aussie Charts (Sept 30th)
Posted by Daniel Vuckovic on 10.05.07
This weeks Highlights: Surprise Surprise guess what game is number one for the last wee? Halo 3? You guessed right! Super Paper Mario sticks in there and as predicted Heavenly Sword drops to 10 with the smaller PS3 user base unable to prop it up. The most interesting thing is the hardware though, according to Screenplay - the week before Halo 3 was released, figures show that 3894 Xbox 360 consoles were sold. However for the week of Halo that number rose 55% a small increase for hardware considering 70,000 units of the game where sold. Full Chart Listing Inside
Overall Top Ten:
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The week before Halo 3 was released, GfK figures show that 3894 Xbox 360 consoles were sold in Australia compared to 3908 for Wii, 4126 for PS2, 4219 for PSP, 8615 for DS and 1251 for PS3. The following week the Halo factor increased Xbox 360 console sales by 55 per cent.
