Wii Is The New PS2, PS3 Is The New...

...GameCube. Website VentureBeat crunched the NPD numbers and has turned up the following results:

• Based on the console's first 26 months of availability, the Wii is on its way to become the best-selling console of all time — a title currently held by the PS2. (The Wii has been outselling the PS2.)

• During the first 26 month period, the PS3 sold 6.79 million units in the U.S., compared to 6.75 million GameCubes during its first 26 months. While the GameCube finished a distant third last generation, the console was profitable for Nintendo.

There are more figures and data in the link below.

Wii is on track to outsell PlayStation 2, while PS 3 is on par with GameCube sales [VentureBeat]