Wii passes 360 in LTD total software sales

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Mr Khan on 20 January 2010

http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/26856/Analysis_Wii_Overtakes_Xbox_360_LTD_Software_Sales.php

From Gamasutra's analysis of total software sales in the last months of 2009, they were able to derive, tentatively, that the Wii's total software sales, from launch, have finally surpassed the 360's, negating the last advantage of the 1-year lead time that the 360 had over its competitors.

I figured it was inevitable, but its still a nice milestone.

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shinyuhadouken on 20 January 2010

cool..cool, but 99% of wii games are still garbage. Enjoy your victory!!!

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I believe that this article is just for American software sales, seeing as the analyst uses NPD numbers (but with Wii's hold on Others and Japan, I'm assuming that Nintendo already has sold more software WW).

Still, this is fantastic news for the console. Glad to see people buying and enjoying the games!

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arsenicazure on 20 January 2010

Any idea how much of those sales are NOT from Nintendo?

Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd.

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Metallicube on 20 January 2010

shinyuhadouken said:
cool..cool, but 99% of wii games are still garbage. Enjoy your victory!!!

See, THIS is a major reason I left the gamepro forums for this site. At GP, not only were these ignorant trolls not banned, they were everywhere!

Anyway, so much for the myth that Wii owners don't buy software.

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shinyuhadouken said:
cool..cool, but 99% of wii games are still garbage. Enjoy your victory!!!

Umm..If Wii has 1000 games (not sure how many there is) then there would be 10 good games..I would almost agree with that...Well not that I have played those 1000 games..

Well according to metacritic Wii has 565 games..

Of course I would never say such a thing.

You are funny guy.

On topic:I thought it had already gone long ago..Mainly because of bundled games and Japan.

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shinyuhadouken said:
cool..cool, but 99% of wii games are still garbage. Enjoy your victory!!!

Enjoy your ban :)

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Simulacrum said:

shinyuhadouken said:
cool..cool, but 99% of wii games are still garbage. Enjoy your victory!!!

Umm..If Wii has 1000 games (not sure how many there is) then there would be 10 good games..I would almost agree with that...Well not that I have played those 1000 games..

Well according to metacritic Wii has 565 games..

Of course I would never say such a thing.

You are funny guy.

On topic:I thought it had already gone long ago..Mainly because of bundled games and Japan.

NPD counts neither.

Just so everybody is clear, this doesn't include Wii Sports, or any sales outside the US of A.

@ arsenicazure

Good question. We won't know for sure unless Nintendo puts out another release on 3rd party sales, but I'm going to see if Nintendo's financials have enough information to make an estimate.

Edit: And the answer is... unknown. Nintendo's financials don't distinguish between first and third party units shipped. We'll just have to hope for a new press release from either Nintendo or NPD.

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BladeOfGod on 20 January 2010

well, 360 games weren't bundled with almost every console, controller and accessory. im not trying to bash wii's success in software sales but this was pretty much expected

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