The Wii console continues to break records this week by becoming the UK’s fastest ever selling console, with sales tipping over the 1 million mark just 38 weeks after it launched.
The new data from Chart Track points out that the PS2 took 50 weeks while the Xbox 360 took 60 weeks to top the magical figure. The diminutive Wii now controls a whopping 68% of the UK console market [I take it this does not count older consoles like the millions of PS2s], while Nintendo’s other little earner, the DS dominates the handheld market with an 86% share. A chuffed David Yarnton, general manager of Nintendo UK said:
“The non-stop demand for Wii, even in the traditionally slow sales period for video games in the UK, is clearly behind this record-breaking achievement. With the increasing number of unique software titles for the system from Nintendo and third parties, [the Wii] is being enjoyed by both avid and new gamers of all ages.”
Well, it may not have the power, HD or graphics capabilities of its fatter rivals but as top sod, Simon Cowell, would say, it obviously has the X-factor.
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