January Game Sales Explode, Wii Dominates

njkid1, as he does from time to time, passed us a link to a story on the GameDaily site. Today they're discussing the January NPD numbers for the games industry. In short, they're terrific. Software sales totaled $549 million for the month, up a staggering 53 percent over last year. Hardware sales were brisk as well, with the Wii selling around 436,000 units. Trailing behind were Microsoft and Sony, with 360 hitting 294,000 units sold and the PS3 selling 244,000 units. January had an extra week, which resulted in 'inflated' sales, but even after normalizing the data things were tremendous for the games industry in a month where there's normally a post-holiday slump.

Re:A story in itself...

[Leviance]

Yeah, the biggest story is the differential between the 360 and the ps3. Sony can't be liking that the gulf between the ps3 their self-proclaimed "competitor" is getting even wider.

On a positive note, the PS3 has passed up the 3DO in sales (*thumbs up!*)

Another hidden story, from the article:
"And the PS2 also continues to outperform the PS3; Sony's six-year-old system sold 299K units."

Re:Amazing Sony Sales For January

[theStorminMormon]

My only question is whether Sony pays you buy the word or by the hour. In either case - they should get their money back. Your fanboishness is so extreme it makes me like that over-priced behemoth even *less*. Whether I'm referring to the company or the console is your pick.

-stormin

Re:Amazing Sony Sales For January

[BrokenBeta]

Score:0, Funny

Ouch.

Re:Wii Games Need More Selection

[Anonymous Coward]

Tiger Woods is coming out in the next month.

I'm very happy for him, but to be honest I never would have suspected he was that way inclined.

Re:Troubling for Sony

[TheRaven64]

Sony has a problem. They've sold fewer units than either of their competitors and they're selling them at a slower rate

It's not that bad. They make a loss on each one they sell, so the fact that they are selling fewer of them means they aren't making as much of a loss as they could be...

Re:A story in itself...

[KingSkippus]

You are right, but you are also arguing against a zealot.

Wow! Did I just get called a Nintendo zealot?

I don't even own a Nintendo! I own an Xbox 360 which is pretty neat, an old PS2 that I don't play any more, and a PSP which I haven't played after the first couple of months of getting it. (Talk about unfulfilled expectations!)

The last piece of Nintendo equipment I owned was an old—THE ORIGINAL!—Nintendo Entertainment System console, which I sold used over 15 years ago.

The reason I want a Wii so badly is because 1) I have an Xbox 360, and though it's fun to play with sometimes, it's really not that special, 2) I have seen absolutely nothing from the PS3 that merits any attention whatsoever (let alone $600 of my hard-earned cash!), and 3) the Wii looks like a lot of fun and a lot different from the ho-hum games that I'm so bored with now. Maybe I'm wrong, but according to what my friends who have managed to procure one say, I'm not.

Heh. A guy who hasn't owned a Nintendo console in over a decade and a half gets called a zealot because he wants a Wii and points out how well they're selling. That's a good one.

Re:Wii Games Need More Selection

[R3]

....not that there's anything wrong with that. :P

Re:Amazing Sony Sales For January

[king-manic]

I noticed 1 sony fanboy this thread, a half dozen of obvious 360 fanboys and a few dozen Wii fanboys. Although the Wii fanboys are hard to tell from people who know the situation well. The Wii has been a smashing success of marketting and good timing. I think the 360 fanboys are more numerous on slashdot but there has been a mass conversion recently.

Re:A story in itself...

[Rycross]

The black knight always triumphs!

Subtle?

[cheftw]

"January Game Sales Explode, Wii Dominates"

Somebody's been playing Quake