The Wii Is Still Winning April 21, 2007

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The Wii, the supposed lightweight in the console war, refuses to live down to its status and continues to kick console butt.

According to NPD, US consumers snapped up 259,000 of them during March, pushing the Q1 tally to just over 1 million. The Xbox 360 managed to hold onto second with sales of 199,000 units – not bad for a system on the market for almost 18 months. And the PS3? Well, it managed to sell 130,000 – half that of the Wii.

Even though the Wii is considerably cheaper, this is still not how the PS3 fairytale was meant to read and adds fuel to the rumours that Sony is planning a price cut.

As I’ve already covered, UK retailers like Play.com have seen the wisdom in popping the inflated PS3 price balloon and are offering the console [with free HDMI cable, Sony] for £399.-Martin Lynch

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