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Will the Kinect Be Able to Help the Xbox 360 Overtake the Wii in Sales?

The question out there now is if the Kinect add-on for the Xbox 360 help the home console finally surpass the Wii. Some experts have been claiming that the 360 has already overtaken the Wii. However, actual reports show otherwise.

The Wii has led the console race since the start. It is true that the Kinect add-on has been driving up Xbox 360 sales. However, media companies that are reporting that the 360 has overtaken the Wii in sales are simply wrong.

Of course, one thing should be set straight, and that is the fact that Wii sales have been slipping. Most people that wanted a Wii have already bought one. However, as clearly seen in the weekly figures posted below, the Wii is still outselling other systems, meaning that it is just adding to its lead.

Weekly worldwide sales figures for the Wii (for the week ending November 27) came in at 1,440,792. The Wii sold 665,402 in America, 39,752 in Japan, and 399,216 in EMEAA. The 360 only sold 844,582 the same week. Numbers were close in America, with the 360 selling 604,762, but in Japan the 360 was smashed by only selling 4,206, meaning that, in Japan, it was out sold by the PSP, WII, PS3 and the DS despite the release of the Kinect.

So maybe the other media sources are talking about overall numbers. Well, the Wii has sold 77.7 million consoles to date worldwide. The Xbox 360 has only sold 46.4 million, so the Wii is king there as well, and with the Wii still outselling other consoles on a week-to-week basis, it will be hard for other consoles to catch up. The only thing that has outsold the Wii is another Nintendo product, the Nintendo DS.

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  • Abdel

    I think your missing the point a bit here, The Wii may of sold 665,402 in the USA and the 360 sold 604,762 BUT that is not taking the KINECT factor into account.

    KINECT is priced around the same as the Wii or the 4gb 360 but sold 658,171 in the USA on the same week.

    Microsoft are the winners here.

  • Godless

    To answer the headline. In short, ‘No’ it won’t, despite there being the odd week where the xbox360 has in fact out sold not just the Wii but also the DS

    The console buying parents don’t realise that the WII is spent, and that before next Christmas Nintendo will have there new baby on the shelves, the Wii 2 or whatever they call it.
    And in true Nintendo fashion they will abandon there current hardware, leaving new buyers with only the back catalogue of games to enjoy.

    The Wii has done amazingly well to compete against and out sell the far superior hardware in both the Xbox360 and the PS3. In fact the Wii is nothing more than a last generation console, with a new and innovative user interface.
    It’s all down to the motion controller, and the fact that it was targeted at the kids & casual gaming demographic that has allowed it to sell so well. Just ask anyone over 12 and under 45 which they would rather buy for themselves. I’d be surprised if you got many wanting a Wii.
    That said, once the Christmas shopping is over, I think we will see a sharp, and permanent fall in the sales of the Wii, while the Kinect hardware will continue to sell. As better games and improved response times are achieved it should continue to sell for the remainder of the Xbox life cycle.
    Whether the Xbox360 will ever catch up to the massive lead the Wii has, remains to be seen, but I suspect that even given till the end of the projected life cycle of the Xbox, ( 3 years or so), it is unlikely to catch up.

    Kind of proves you don’t have to be the best to win after all.

  • http://I think

    Both systems have their own special strengths. But from a technical standpoint, the PS3 has much more horsepower and assistance for a wider range of high resolution video and audio. But despite becoming a year older, the Xbox 360 remains surprisingly competitive in some locations.

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