Wii tops sales in US for June 2007

When it comes to the battle of game consoles, Nintendo Wii always tops the charts. According to video game console data in the US for June 2007, Nintendo Wii remains in the lead in the monthly ranking of hardware units.

In June 2007, Nintendo sold 380,000 Wiis compared to 98,500 PlayStation 3s and about 198,000 Xbox 360s. While Playstation 3 lagged behind, Playstation 2 sales remained steady at 270,700 units.

Sony said in a statement that its Playstation3 has been making steady improvement in sales as the company lowered its price to USD 499.

According to a statement from Microsoft, Xbox 360 remains on top in head-to-head competition for "total consumer spend" since November 2006, at the time when PlayStation 3 and Wii were launched.

Microsoft still enjoys a good lead in the cumulative hardware sold in the US -- 5.8 million Xbox 360s, compared with 3.2 million Wiis and 1.45 million PS3s.