Nintendo's Wii console has been confirmed as the market leader, according to figures reported by the Financial Times. We reported last month that the Wii console had overtaken the Xbox 360 console in terms of the number unit sales worldwide, based on figures from VG Chartz. Now, although with different figures, the Financial Times has shown a similar lead held by the Nintendo console.

The sales data from the Financial Times indicates that Nintendo has sold 9 million Wiis, followed by Microsoft which has sold 8.9 million Xbox 360's and Sony which has sold about 3.7 million PlayStation 3 (PS3) consoles. VG Chartz reports currently that 11.45 million Wiis have been sold, 10.89 million Xbox 360s have been sold and 4.57 million PS3s have been sold.

The data for the Financial Times is collected from, Enterbrain in Japan, GfK in Europe and NPD in the United States. While the figures between both vary, they both show a similar lead taken very recently by Nintendo in the generation. The Nintendo DS console is also far ahead of the PlayStation Portable (PSP) in terms of sales, meaning Nintendo now leads both the home console and handheld markets.
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Reg Hardware