Wii overtakes Xbox 360 in the US

According to VGChartz, Nintendo Wii has now overtaken the Xbox 360 as the most popular home console in North America. The Wii, depicted as a blue line above, has been gaining ground fast since its launch in November 2006.

The figures determined by VGChartz aren't entirely accurate, but it's expected next month's NPD numbers will confirm this news. Note these statistics are focused on the US. In worldwide terms, the Wii has been number 1 for a while.

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Diddy Kong Lover said:

About time, ExBox Please Fix Me went down.

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wiiboy101 said:

The lead format 3rd parties, and you know it.

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Wii are the champs said:

Welcome to reality! The Wii Pwns to the MAX.

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Crimson Fang said:

So, does that mean developers will try a bit harder since we'll expect good things from the number 1 console?

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Shadow said:

Burned.

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Juan L said:

It's about time.

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Yoshi-1up said:

And the 360 has been out a year longer too. Pwned.

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Nintendoof said:

Look at the PSuck3's sales. Looks like a crash.

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Master Foot said:

It was a matter of time before Wii surpassed 360 in sales. Is that a red pen mark on the bottom of the graph? Silly me, that's PS3.

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monkeylemur said:

Wii are teh numbuh wun!~.

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ToTaLgAmEr said:

Awesome, go Wii.

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Quartz said:

How much you want to bet the big dip up in X360's line is around Halo 3's release?. This is good news though.

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brawlboy said:

Awesome.

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Diddy Kong Lover said:

They shoulda' put ExBox Please Fix Me in red because of the ring.

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