According to preliminary figures from NPD Group for January 2007, Nintendo Wii game console was the most successful game machine in the U.S. – although all three next generation consoles obviously did worse than in December. Microsoft’s Xbox 360 could not sustain the lead in the U.S. market in January as sales of the console dropped nearly four times from December (down from 1.132 million to 294 thousand). Meanwhile consumers were still very enthusiastic about Nintendo’s Wii although there was still a drop in sales (down from 604 thousand in December to 436 thousand). Sales of Sony’s PlayStation 3 dropped two times (to 244 thousand units), making the PS3 January’s worst-selling new-generation game console in the U.S.
“I do think that we’re selling to additional and different customers, compared with the Microsoft and Sony consoles. We've had an incredibly healthy start and we think there's going to be a pretty long tail on this product,” said Perrin Kaplan, vice president of marketing for Nintendo.
“Xbox 360 had a fantastic January, and we feel great about our position in the marketplace,” said Molly O’Donnell, a spokeswoman for Microsoft Xbox group, adding that sales of Xbox 360 in January, 2007, were 18% higher year-over-year.
News source: Xbit Laboratories
“I do think that we’re selling to additional and different customers, compared with the Microsoft and Sony consoles. We've had an incredibly healthy start and we think there's going to be a pretty long tail on this product,” said Perrin Kaplan, vice president of marketing for Nintendo.
“Xbox 360 had a fantastic January, and we feel great about our position in the marketplace,” said Molly O’Donnell, a spokeswoman for Microsoft Xbox group, adding that sales of Xbox 360 in January, 2007, were 18% higher year-over-year.
News source: Xbit Laboratories
the only thing I wonder is will some Sony exec lie and say the numbers aren't that high because it was sold out everywhere. I can tell you just about every place has at least 2 ps3's so stock wasn't an issue this month.
The Wii, however; as rare as hens teeth.
That has got to say something.
Congrats to the Wii (I own one myself, i'm also a huge Ninty fanboy), however, the Wii still needs to keep up with strong third party support and first party games otherwise, regardless of how many have been sold -- it will end up like the GCN.
As for the x360... Well I think it's pretty much surprised everyone in how successful it still is, and the fact that it's sales are still so strong, a year later.
Too bad I can't comment on the PS3, being in .au and all, it still isn't out yet -- their loss.
Now, unless PS3 exclusives like DMC4, MGS4, MotorStorm, Lair, Warhawk, etc. can make up for the additional cost in the minds of the consumer (especially parents), then Sony has to get their head back in the game, and take notes form their own PS2. Because Sony had the perfect foprmula with the PS2, and it seems they've just headed in the opposite direction.
But we'll just have to wait and see.
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