Sony PS3 sales catching up with Wii

Sony PS3 sales catching up with Wii Submit your comment Wii outsold the rival console by 1,7-to-1, making it the No.1 game console for a seventh consecutive month, Enterbrain said, but that was well short of the 6-to-1 lead the Wii had in May. The launch in June of Konami's highly anticipated Metal Gear Solid 4 for the PS3 helped stir demand for the Sony machine, the magazine said. Nintendo sold 235 990 units of its Wii console in the five weeks ended June 29, while sales of the PS3 came to 139 494 units, Enterbrain said. Microsoft's Xbox 360 trails the pack, with sales of 10 964 units. Despite its strong performance in June, the PS3 has a lot of catching up to do in total sales around the world. Sony has sold 12,85 million units of its latest console worldwide by the end of March, or just half the Wiis sold since the rival... [read full story]