Everyone knew this day was coming, but it is still remarkable how quickly Nintendo pulled the gaming upset of the decade. A mere eight months after its release, the Nintendo Wii system has taken the next-generation sales lead from Microsoft's XBox 360 system, which has been out for roughly 20 months.
As of earlier today, the overall next-gen system sales, as reported by VGChartz, stood at 10.57 million units for the Wii, 10.51 million for the XBox 360, and 4.32 million for the PS3.
VGChartz tracks sales of gaming consoles to consumers at a variety of retailers worldwide. They are then able to estimate approximate worldwide sales data for all three major consoles. Unlike sales numbers provided by manufacturers, VGChartz' sales data reports consoles sold to consumers, not consoles sold/shipped to retailers. The U.S.-only sales numbers provided by NPD for the month of July come out tomorrow and are rumored to provide even more bad news for Microsoft, as the PS3 is expected to outsell the XBox 360 for the month of July -- the first time this will have happened in Microsoft's home territory.
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