Andre Yoskowitz
9 May 2010 23:36
According to Nintendo's latest financials, the Wii console has topped 70 million units sold worldwide, seeing 20.53 million sales in the fiscal year ended March 31st, 2010.
The number, 70.93 million, is good for about 49 percent of the home console market, with rivals Xbox 360 and PS3 controlling 27 and 24 percent, respectively.
For the year, sales of the Wii hardware jumped in Japan to 2.38 million from 2.06 million, but sales in the Americas fell drastically from 12.93 million to 9.86 million. In the EU and other nations, sales fell from 10.96 million to 8.30 million.
Overall, software sales decreased, but "million-seller titles" jumped from 54 to 79.
Software sales fell from 204.58 million to 191.81 million, with sales only rising in Japan.