Eurogamer has reported that the DS is some way ahead of its handheld rival in the UK, having outsold PSP in 2008 by 5:1.

In a rare dribble of proper sales information from the normally vague Chart-Track, 3.4 million DSes found their way into UK households last year, compared with 600,000 PSPs. That’s 8.8 million units in total to date, which means more money to spend on ads with Girls Aloud and the Redknapps. Let’s have Harry playing Hotel Dusk next - sales would undoubtedly spike for CING’s noir-tinged adventure.

Meanwhile, we got installed base figures for the Wii - apparently 4.9 million waggly wonder-machines have been purchased since launch, which puts Xbox 360 firmly in second place with 3.2 million, with Sony’s PS3 on 1.9 million. Welcome to the third place, indeed.

Will 2009 continue to be the year of the Wii, or will Nintendo’s bubble burst? With MotionPlus on the way (alongside the sequel to the best-selling game of all time in Wii Sports Resort), not to mention the DSi for fans of portable gaming, I’m betting on the former.

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This entry was posted on Tuesday, January 13th, 2009 at 5:16 pm by Chris Schilling
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