What ho, chaps! This morning yielded jolly splendid (if totally expected) news for Nintendo from the UK: according to GfK Chart Track figures, the Wii is (to use a British colloquialism) kicking arse in the land of tea and crumpets.Over the last 12 months, 2.5 million Wii consoles have been sold in Britain, swelling the total installed base to 3.6 million units. That means one in every 16.93 Brits is waggling a Wiimote -- not a bad figure, considering the console launched only twenty-two months ago. Furthermore, high street retailer The Game Group estimates that the Wii will have hit 4.9 million units in Blighty by Christmas. Gosh!/Blimey!/Etc.
To see how the competition fared (spoiler: not very well), hit the break!
UK hardware sales (since September 2007)
- Nintendo DS Lite -- 3,300,000
- Nintendo Wii -- 2,500,000
- PlayStation 3 -- 1,000,000
- Xbox 360 -- 1,000,000
- PlayStation Portable -- 700,000
- Nintendo DS Lite -- 7,100,000
- Nintendo Wii -- 3,600,000
- PlayStation Portable -- 2,900,000
- Xbox 360 -- 2,300,000
- PlayStation 3 -- 1,400,000
