Wii Soon to Replace the Xbox

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It's all about $$$

C'mon, the Wii's cheaper! Sure, I'll buy a Wii to supplement my Xbox, but they're no where near in the same category as the 360 or PS3. It's $250! The standard iPods cost more than that.

How many of us would buy a SNES if they resold them for five bucks each?

I want to know who's making more money off this! They're the real winner. I could sell double that many units for a hundred bucks each.

Nic @ Feb 21, 2008 02:50:05 AM

Yes -- made a typo

The 30 million figure is wrong for PS3 for 2008 -- it's 20 million, according to iSuppli. Apologies. Will get that corrected in the column. But iSuppli does have Xbox 360 with a small lead at end of 2007, reporting 18.2 million sold vs 18 million Wii consoles.

David LaGesse of MO @ Feb 14, 2008 23:38:07 PM

Wii sales

Actually, Wii is ahead of 360 by over 4.5 million units (and growing).

http://vgchartz.com/

John Spencer of WA @ Feb 14, 2008 21:17:21 PM

How is xbox the most popular gaming console? Do you mean PS2?

of @ Feb 14, 2008 18:34:02 PM

Something's wrong...

PS3 will trail at 30 million? Maybe you'd better re-check those numbers - or your grammar.

Donald Duck of OH @ Feb 14, 2008 18:17:51 PM

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