Microsoft: Oops, We Forgot About The Wii In Worldwide Sales

v1c1ous - 590 days 5 hours ago

this won't end well :/

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wow4u - 590 days 5 hours ago

MS said "we reached 10 Million" first in the USA.

From their press release:

"REDMOND, Wash., May 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Microsoft Corp. today announced that the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system has sold over 10 million units in the U.S., making it the first current-generation gaming console to break the 10 million mark in the U.S. The U.S. install base contributes to global sales of over 19 million, more than any other current-generation console."

World-wide sales are relevant, but that doesnt change the fact Xbox 360 reached 10M first.

Kotaku is really stretching for traffic with this garbage.

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DJ - 590 days 4 hours ago

Yeah, MS doesn't like to talk about the Wii. I don't really count it either, but whatever. Pretty soon they'll be saying, "We have the highest install base of any next-gen console released in 2005."

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AlterEgo - 590 days 4 hours ago

how convenient.

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Bathyj - 590 days 2 hours ago

I dont count the Wii as competition. It doesn offer anyway close to what the other two offer and I dont care what its sales are. Coke sells more than Chateu Le Teur is doesnt mean its a better drink.

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Tmac - 590 days 2 hours ago

Microsoft got caught up in so many PR blunders they forgot who's leading this generation.

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Danja - 590 days 2 hours ago

well im sure the Wii will be the 1st to sell 15mill in the US...

but good for M$ took them long enough to get there....the Wii will pass the 360 in NA...in less than 2 weeks..

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Nameless - 590 days 2 hours ago

So Microsoft talks about sales in the U.S.A & Kotaku mentions something else & changes the topic & is blowing this out of proportion. They must be losing visitors so they come up with these very over exaggerated news stories. Kotaku should merge with News 4 Gamers. It would be the perfect match

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Apocalypse Shadow - 590 days 1 hour ago

what happend to WII60?microsoft pushed that as well as 360 fans.

answer:once they saw they were getting outsold,they disregarded that idea as sony still outsold them in 2007.the PLOY didn't work.and nintendo outsold them worldwide.

microsoft is not the leader.they have no leading console,they claim leadership for online when the mass market doesn't see online gaming or even care for online gaming.and no part of the 360 platform has anything innovative that they can claim as leading like the wiimote or bluray.

you have a marching band,and as the first person in front carries the flag forward,the masses of musicians are marching in a different direction.everyone wants to play something else and go in another direction.if they were behind the flag holder,then you can call him the leader.

microsoft is the flag holder.microsoft started out the gate first.but the masses are going in a different direction.by trying to beat sony by being first,they left the door open to get their @sses kicked by nintendo.

watch,when microsoft enters next gen "first" with 720 2 years from now,,watch how they claim they won the console war by spitting out USELESS NUMBERS:

we won the harcore game attachment rates
we won by having more achievements unlocked
we won by having more online gamers
we won by having more cross game invites

they'll never claim they sold the most consoles.that would be a LIE.but if you spew "half truths",it would make it seem like they won something.but in reality,they got outsold by nintendo and sony in the console race.because counting only one country instead of ALL countries is a half truth as well.when consoles are sold "globally."and america is not the whole world.

megaton..................bomb s bursting in air....gave truth through the night..........that our flag was still there.........

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Jason 360 - 590 days 1 hour ago

MS said "10 million US", they never said anything about 10 million "worldwide". I don't even know what this is, spin I guess, or a poor attempt at damage control. Wont be long now till MS has 10 million US and 10 mill everwhere else. They are the leader in the US, and thats what the other article was talking about.

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The Wood - 590 days ago

first to this, first to that. The first hurdle is just that.... many more to come for all of the top 3

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scissor_runner - 589 days 23 hours ago

Man is it going to hurt IF The Wii does actually beat them in America. That is their last stand the way EU and japan is going. Hey but no one though they would be here MS or nintendo, crazy huh? I think this is for the stock guys... they will believe any thing!

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SL1M DADDY - 589 days 20 hours ago

I thought that MS was still holding onto the "we have sold more software" argument... What? Now they have to ignor the competition to get better PR sales reports out? So what is it? Do they simply have to stick their head in the sand and say "we're number one"?

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Lavagasm - 589 days 15 hours ago

The Wii is in a different league than the PS3 and the 360. The Wii is in the Pee Wee league with the Leap Frog Leapster and all of those "gaming" toys.

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Shortstop - 589 days 15 hours ago

Or, they are simply saying they do not consider the Wii to be a next-gen console.

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Nevers - 589 days 12 hours ago

I just posted something saying such on the other thread... funny.

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bigjclassic - 589 days 4 hours ago

by MS and thier followers. Technically Wii, PS3 and 360 are current gen consoles. No matter how you slice it, Nintendo is king this gen. Any attempt to belittle thier comeback in the industry is just childish and ignorant. Another sad ploy by MS.

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Homicide - 590 days 3 hours ago

LMAO! Typical Microsoft spewing BS like always. Your POS system will be in last place.

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princejb134 - 590 days 3 hours ago

no ones cares about the wii sales anyway
we all know its domincating for a overhyped console

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Darkiewonder - 590 days 3 hours ago

Just saying.

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MainEventX - 590 days 1 hour ago

PS3 is the only true next-gen system the Wii and 360 shouldn't even be considered next-gen consoles. First off the Wii and 360 still use an old format called DVD which only holds 4.7 gbs of data or 9gb on dual layer disc, the PS3 uses Blu-ray which holds 25gb of data or 50gb on dual layer disc. The Wii has no hdmi port which is necessary for the future while the 360 has an hdmi port 1.2 and the PS3 has an hdmi port that supports 1.3a. The differences first off 1.2 supports 16.7 million colors while 1.3a supports over 1 billion colors. 1.2 cant use Dolby True HD or DTS HD Master Audio and it cant support 7.1 surround sound, while on the other hand hdmi 1.3a supports all that plus more. hdmi 1.2 can only support 1920x1080p60fps maxed out while 1.3a supports 2560x1600p60fps maxed out. An added bonus about 1.3a also supports x.y.Color and Deep Color which 1.2 dosent. 1.3a also has a way higher transfer rate and bit rate compared to 1.2. Also the 360 has 3 core processors which is old news considering Intel makes Quad Core Processors while the PS3 has the revoluntionary Cell processor which has 8 and the Wii has a weak processor we dont even nedd to talk about.You cant even upgrade the 360 HD unless u pay for an overpriced 120 piece of crap HD on th PS3 u can upgrade your HD limitleesly. The 360 or the Wii doesnt even have an HD movie playback drive the PS3 does. The PS3 is built stronger than both the Wii and 360 it can handle more heat and cold and still not break down. Also the PS3 firmware constantly upgrades the system and by far has the most multimedia compatibilities compared to the Wii and 360. The RSX GPU can handle DirectX 10 level details and graphics the 360 GPU can't. The PS3 is truly the only system worthy of being called next gen and is the most future proof console that ever existed.

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moujahed - 589 days 18 hours ago

19 million??? Take away atleast 9mill, because Half of the x-box 36 owners went out and purchased the Elite, and or another console because theirs broken and Microsoft wasnt sending anything back, or was taking forever.

So 19million is a stretch. If you take every 360 owner in this world, and count them you'll get less than 19million I bet'cha.

As far as the Wii goes... yea, Wii stomped the PS3, and 360 when it comes to sells... they still are even with their sucky game titles.

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pshizle - 589 days 11 hours ago

ps3 is still in last gtfo droids

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captainjy - 589 days 10 hours ago

I will say this, putting the flaming and mudslinging aside for a sec, regardless of who is winning, all three are doing very well and all have been very successful at what each are doing.

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