Sales figures: It's all a matter of perspective

Sales of the Nintendo Wii have plummeted over the past six months, to the point that the Wii (and motion-sensing controller) craze is looking more and more like a passing fad.

But don't cry for Nintendo. Wii sales continue to outpace both the Xbox 360 and PS3, and Nintendo's portable DS system, which was released in 2004, has sold close to 115 million units so far. The DS remains the hottest-selling system on the market, not only dwarfing the Xbox 360's 32 million units sold, but closing in on the total sales of the PlayStation 2, which was released four years earlier.

Here's quick look at the top selling games by console over the holiday season so far. The number of weeks the game has been on shelves is in parenthesis.


1. "Wii Sports Resort" - Wii (17 weeks) - 5.5 million
2. "Halo 3: ODST" - Xbox 360 (4 weeks) - 3 million
3. "Pokemon Heart Gold / Soul Silver" - DS (6 weeks) - 2.7 million
4. "FIFA Soccer 10" - PS3 (3 weeks) - 1.3 million
5. "Madden NFL 10" - Xbox 360 (10 weeks) - 1.2 million