Incredible. Unprecedented. Unbe-flippin-lievable. Roll out all the superlatives you like, they can’t come close to describing Wii’s staggering performance this November, the console shifting a whopping 600,000 units more than even the lofty predictions of Wedbush Morgan analyst Michael Pachter.

Wii more than doubled the still-impressive sales of Microsoft’s Xbox 360, which reached a very respectable figure of 836,000, while Sony slunk home with its tail between its legs, with PS3 lagging way behind on 378,000. Sub-400k in November? Ouch.

In the handheld market, DS showed its clear dominance over its widescreen rival, with over 1.5 million flip-top portables flying off the shelves, dwarfing PSP’s total of 421,000.

Cast your eyes downwards for the full list. 

Hardware

Wii = 2.04M
DS = 1.57M
360 = 836K
PSP = 421K
PS3 = 378K
PS2 = 206K

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This entry was posted on Friday, December 12th, 2008 at 4:01 pm by Chris Schilling
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