Exit nearly one year after Xbox 360 of Microsoft, Wii of Nintendo would be now the most sold console of living room this generation. According to Video Game Chartz, the figures of sale at August 23 would be 10,57 million consoles run out by Nintendo, against 10,51 million Xbox.
This first place had been awaited for several weeks by the analysts, because of the world weekly figures of sale: it would be sold 2,3 times more Wii from its exit than of Xbox 360. These figures make new queen of the market most quickly the sold console of the history of the video game, thus taking the place of Playstation 2 of Sony. Thanks to the first place of the DS in the sales of portable consoles, the Japanese giant affirms himself like the Master of the market of the consoles, which had not occurred since 1994.
A success very little envisaged one year ago when Playstation 3 left. However this one, left at the same time as Wii, is for the moment sold only to 4,32 million specimens.
