Wii set to dominate the U.K.
Wednesday, August 15th, 2007 at 9:31am by Jack
Eurogamer, courtesy of GameIndustry.biz, reports today that the Wii will soon become the No. 1 console in the U.K. Bangers and mash for everyone! (that may be an Irish/Scottish dish, so I apologize in advance)
The Nintendo Wii is on course to hit one million sales in the UK within three to four weeks, according to official sell-through figures from Chart-Track, Eurogamer is reporting.
Currently the console is outselling the 360 in the UK by over four to one, and the PS3 by more than six to one each week. If it keeps it up, it should pass the GameCube’s lifetime UK sales figure of just over a million by the end of September.
Naturally, then, its next milestone will be to overhaul Microsoft’s lead in the UK - which, if the current trend continues, could be before the end of October.
Halo 3 comes out around that time though, which could be interesting. And messy. And pretty much fun for everyone involved. Well, not the game companies, but the gamers anyway. Kudos to Nintendo though, they didn’t even have to hand out 40″ plasma screens at launch to get this momentum. :-/
August 15th, 2007 at 9:54 am
No need to apologise, it’s a British “dish”, (although it doesn’t really take much skill or imagination to prepare). Besides, Scotland is part of Britain so any dish of theirs is ours by default.
Personally I’d prefer we all celebrated throught the medium of roast beef.
Pip pip.
August 15th, 2007 at 12:25 pm
“If it keeps it up, it should pass the GameCube’s lifetime UK sales figure of just over a million by the end of September.”
Wow, just wow.
August 15th, 2007 at 2:35 pm
haha- i’m sure nobody would have minded the 40″ palsmas though!
wii is rolling along nicely and looks to be set to compete strongly with the 360 this winter while, I’m guessing here, the ps3 gains momentum but still is largely sidelined. However, I still doubt that the 360 and wii are competing too directly. I think the wii can continue sell through even with big releases like halo3. wii60 has definately become much more than a rallying cry for the me-toos of last generation. and the blue ocean prophesy is certainly true, though I sill have doubts about the depths of this new ocean….