Wii Sales Keep on Climbing
Industry experts are predicting that the Wii is poised to overtake global sales of the Xbox 360 within a couple of weeks.
With nearly 10 million consoles sold since the Wii went on sale at the end of last year and it is has achieved this in half the time it took Microsoft to sell the same number of XBox 360 consoles.
Global Console Sales:
- Nintendo Wii - 9.27m
- Microsoft Xbox 360 - 10m
- Sony PlayStation 3 - 4.5m
When designs for the Wii (then called Revolution) were initially drawn up the focus on was a shift away from the traditional battleground of ever better graphics and bigger processors, and more towards gamer participation and activity.
At the time Nintendo hinted that the design of the Revolution wireless controllers would be unique - “It is the game experience that will most separate the Revolution from its competitors” said president of Nintendo Satoru Iwata.
Wiimote controller contains an accelerometer that can detect movement along three axes, which has lead to the increase in social and interactive games, but the worry is that the Wii is becoming something of a party game and that the novelty may soon wear off. To build on the innovation of the Wiimote controller Nintendo has launched a series of accessories for the Wii such as an interactive balance board.
Nintendo feel it can still innovate through hardware, I hope that the games that follow are even more innovative.