THe Wii sells 3rd party games better than the 360.

[Mikewarrior]

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Running the numbers for 3rd parties:

29.05 million from 3rd parties total.

Wii 3rd parties = 29.05 million
X360 total = 28 million
PS3 total = 20 million

I garnered these numbers via utilizing the American software figures provided by Nintendo in their quarterly investor relations reports. Subtracted a figure equal to the hardware numbers to remove Wii Sports. This gives me the totals for each quarter minus Wii Sports. I then used the software ratio provided by Nintendo's chart to calculate the total 3rd party sales for each of the 3 chart segments.

Nintendo's investor relations information including the software and hardware sales data per quarter as well as the 1st party vs 3rd party chart can be found here:
http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/en/index.html

The Wii has less 3rd party support (Amount of games from 3rd parties) than the 360, yet the Wii is within 500,000 in just 3rd party game sales than 360's TOTAL = Looks like my predictions of the Wii doing better than the 360 in game sales is true.

[Mikewarrior]

Nintendo even states it here...

http://www.gamedaily.com/articles/ne...umption/?biz=1

Nintendo of America's VP of Corporate Affairs, Denise Kaigler, has "set the record straight." She says the idea that software isn't selling on Wii is a false assumption that's been spread around.

For as long as the Wii has been on the market, industry pundits and journalists have pointed to low software tie ratios and sluggish sales of third-party games on the platform. Nintendo is getting increasingly annoyed by this perception, however. With 19 third-party titles that have sold over 400K units in the U.S. and a few that have gone on to be blockbusters, such as Guitar Hero III and Mario & Sonic, Nintendo feels it's about time that people start thinking differently about how games sell on the Wii.

Speaking to GameDaily BIZ during E3, Nintendo of America's Vice President of Coporate Affairs, Denise Kaigler, commented, "There is an assumption out there that just simply isn't true... We're setting the record straight. This is fact," she said while pointing to a chart supplied to Nintendo by The NPD Group. "We are selling third-party games and they are doing very well, and better than our competitors."

[Mikewarrior]

THQ revenue - by the platform

* 1. Nintendo DS ($27.3 million)
* 2. Nintendo Wii ($23.3 million)
* 3. PC ($23.2 million)
* 4. Xbox 360 ($20.1 million)
* 5. PlayStation 2 ($19.9 million)
* 6. PlayStation Portable ($10.4 million)
* 7. PlayStation 3 ($6.7 million)
* 8. Mobile ($5.1 million)
* 9. Game Boy Advance ($1.6 million)
* 10. GameCube ($53,000)

[Mikewarrior]

How many 3rd party games have publishers been putting out on the Wii that can equal the likes of these: GTA IV, CoD 4, Assassins Creed, BioShock, Tom Clancy games, Metal Gear Solid, etc? Oh that's right, none what so ever.

You've got to applaud a console that can take 3rd party support like the Wii has received, and have it outsell the total sales of either the 360 or PS3.

Updated:

Here is a breakdown for the first 18 months software units (US):

Wii - 50 million (not including Wii Sports)
X360 - 28 million
PS3 - 20 million
PS2 - 42 million

First 18 months hardware units (US):

Wii - 9.5 million
X360 - 5.2 million
PS3 - 4.2 million
PS2 - 8.5 million

http://kotaku.com/5010214/nintendo-w...irst-18-months

Wii 3rd party software = 29.05 million
X360 total software = 28 million
PS3 total software = 20 million

Remember, this is just U.S. numbers & I know for a fact that the Wii is doing far better in territories like Japan & Europe.

So it's TOTAL 360 software (Including 1st Party) for the U.S. while the Wii's 29.5 Million is 3rd party only.

And that 30 Million is wrong in the OP (Math off) - It's really 28 Million TOTAL for the 360 compared to Wii's 29.5 Million in just 3rd party sales.

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LOL you have been talking to yourself here.

[Mikewarrior]

^ lol, yeah... I keep myself company with only the best.

[Rhyme]

LMAO :)