January US Console sales

[Furyo]

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid= ... technology

Wii wins, X360 second, PS3 third

[Minos]

ok

[Lee3dee]

I'm happy with my Wii purchase. I won't be buying a ps3 until there are some decent games for it, like MGS or FF. Plus, paying $599 isn't a attractive price for me at the moment.

[Fletch]

I won't buy a PS3 until it's price drops below.... I won't buy a PS3 until some good games.... You know what, I'm just not going to get a PS3.

Wii4Liife

[von*ferret]

I enjoy my 360 but I'm going to buy a Wii for my girl.

[KungFuSquirrel]

All Sony hate aside, I would have expected them to close the gap a bit more early on - it's not unreasonable to think that a year after the 360 launch you'd see a few months of the PS3 ahead in monthly sales as some people with 360s buy PS3s to add to their collection and the initial Sony crowd gets their units. They have a lot of catching up to do with the 360s head start alone, and if that gap is widening already, there's trouble.

The Wii really is in its own category right now. It's great to see that the excitement is keeping up; that's been the biggest question about the platform so far... if they can keep this up through whenever they can get Mario, Metroid, Smash Bros, and other major franchises out the gate, I think they're going to have an absolutely stellar run.

[ReNo]

Its rather odd here in Europe. Quite a lot of retailers are saying that the PS3 is being preordered faster than any console yet, which is surprising enough in itself given the price point. Even more wierd though, is that some of these retailers (Amazon and Play.com, particularly) are only taking preorders up until they've filled their launch allocation, after which they are closing them off. These sites have now been taking preorders for about a week - surely if they are selling preorders as quickly as they claim, they can't STILL have more left in their launch allocation? I know Sony have promised a lot of stock for the EU launch, but it seems a little suspect. I don't think it was anything like this easy to get a guaranteed Wii or 360 at launch during their preorder campaigns, so if the PS3 is selling even quicker than those did, Sony must have corrected those production issues and then some!

[Furyo]

Reno, it's called marketing Those retailers are saying that just so people aren't completely scared and they don't end up with all that lauch allocation in their warehouse too long

[Ginger Lord]

Yeah, Amazon.co.uk sold out both their batch's of pre-order Wii's in under 10mins each time.

I can order a PS3 right now on there if I want to. So either they have a lot more than the Wii's or somethings afoot.

You still can't get a Wii on Amazon.co.uk, 3 months after launch.

[FrieChamp]

Berkley said Sony's new machine is "the hottest gaming system since the PS2", adding, "Demand will inevitably outstrip supply, so our advice to customers is to pre-order to avoid disappointment."

http://gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=22914 for more

I think it's half marketing bs and half Brits being crazy about Playstation

[NykO18]

You still can't get a Wii on Amazon.co.uk, 3 months after launch.

And I just received the one I pre-ordered on november.

In fact, not this one, because I had a bunch of luck, I found one in a shop (the only one in fact) just 10 min after the opening.. so i canceled my preorder.

But yay, Twilight Princess 4ever!

[e-freak]

Wii is Nintendo's iPod - so said. Though the comparsion may be not entirely correct: Wii is innovative while the iPod isn't...

[Fletch]

Reno, it's called marketing Those retailers are saying that just so people aren't completely scared and they don't end up with all that lauch allocation in their warehouse too long

I got the same thing going into a Gamestop the other day. The guy made a comment about whether I had any next gen consoles, and I said I had a Wii. He then asked if I was interested in getting my hands on a PS3, to which I said no. He then said that I should get it now while they had a few in stock because they were selling like hotcakes. Of course then I could go across the street to Target or Walmart and see 3 or 4 at each store, or go to the Best Buy next to work that has had a stack of over a dozen just sitting there in the wide open for a month now. PS3's might be selling, but they're selling at a rate less than the stocking rate. Wiis on the other hand are always gone within hours of a shipment getting in, and the shipment sizes are much larger and faster than Sony. It's the Sega Saturn all over again.

[Zacker]

The Wii however can't live forever on minigames, can it? I think it's long term success is going to be highly dependant on if there are solid games coming with more than just innovative controls.

[Furyo]

This is the list of 2007 Wii titles:

- Super Smash Bros. Brawl

- Disaster (most likely Day of Crisis)

- Donkey Kong Barrel Blast

- Doubutsu no Mori [Animal Crossing]

- Forever Blue

- Hoshi no Kirby

- Mario Party 8

- Mario Strikers Charged

- Metroid Prime 3: Corruption

- Project H.A.M.M.E.R.

- Super Mario Galaxy

- Totsugeki Famicom Wars W

- Wii Health Pack

- Wii Music

taken from this article: http://gonintendo.com/?p=13544