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See that picture up there, the one with the guy flying backwards through the air? That's the G-rated version of what Nintendo did to the competition at launch. If the Xbox 360 or PS3 had entrails, blood-slick loops of them would be sprayed across the country's Best Buys, GameStops and Wal-Marts right now.
According to the NPD numbers released just minutes ago, Nintendo sold 1.1 million Wii from launch through till the end of the year. Sony came in a distant second selling 687,300 Playstation 3s. Comparably, Microsoft sold 607, 343 from their launch date in Nov. 2005 through the end of that year. (Microsoft has sold a total of 4.5 million Xbox 360's since their launch in 2005) So, apples-to-apples, Nintendo came in first, Sony second and Microsoft third, with Nintendo nearly tying the second and third place combined.
And that was really just the coup de grace. Last year Nintendo also managed to skunk the Playstation Portable broadening the 178, 705 lead they had over the PSP to about 2.5 million units.
Check back in a bit for a more detailed analysis of the official NPD U.S. console sales numbers.
