nintendowii preview thumb Report: Wii out to outshine PS2, while PS3 making inroads in comparison with GamCubes

The NPD Group released collective data about Nintendo and Sony’s consecutive console releases. The stats are based on the first 26 months after product’s release, where Wii went on to become the best selling console (17.5 million consoles sold in the U.S.), leaving behind PlayStation 2 (15.9 million consoles sold in the U.S.).

Whereas Sony’s PS3 sold 6.79 million consoles in the U.S. since its release up till the first 26 months. This comes in comparison with Nintendo’s GameCube sale of 6.75 million.