According to Vgchartz data Wii have passed Microsoft’s Xbox 360 on a worldwide basis as of August 23rd. Vgchartz data is based on sample data from retailers all over the world indicates that Nintendo’s Wii currently stands at 10.57 million consoles sold over Xbox 360’s sales of 10.51 million units, making Nintendo the new market leader. These numbers are meant to project consoles sold not consoles shipped. Weekly data from vgchartz shows that Wii outsold Xbox 360 by a margin of 2.3:1 on average each week since its release. It took Wii only 10 months to accomplish what Xbox 360 did in 22 months.
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