Microsoft's Xbox 360 has been dominating its home turf for the past couple of years, sitting atop the monthly sales charts for the U.S. video-game console market, but the Redmond company has just taken the title of top-selling home console worldwide, as well.

Sony's earnings report, issued yesterday, puts the PlayStation 3 at 6.5 million units sold worldwide for the holiday quarter, topping the 5.6 million units registered by Nintendo's Wii for the same period - but falling short of the 8.2 million Xbox 360 sales reported by Microsoft

According to data compiled by GeekWire, it's the first time that the Xbox 360 has led worldwide holiday sales since 2006, when the PlayStation 3 and Wii were just being launched, posting a partial quarter and not yet ramping up their manufacturing to meet demand.

Here's the bigger news: The Xbox 360′s strong holiday quarter also put the Microsoft console ahead in worldwide sales globally for the full year of 2011, with 14.9 million units sold, compared with 14.1 million for the PS3 and 10.33 million for the Wii.

GRAPH OF TOTAL SALES

According to our data, compiled from historical earnings reports, it's first time the Xbox 360 has topped the worldwide console market for a full year of head-to-head competition with the PS3 and Wii.

Microsoft's surge reflects the strong reception for the Kinect motion sensor and the expansion of the console as a home entertainment device, enabled by regular software updates.

Don Mattrick, the Microsoft video-game chief, had predicted last year at the E3 conference that Xbox 360 would become the No. 1 console globally.

On a cumulative basis, Nintendo is still the king of the current console generation, with 95 million Wiis sold worldwide, compared with 66 million Xbox 360 for Microsoft and 62 million Ps3s for Sony.

[SOURCE: http://www.geekwire.com/2012/xbox-360-tops-wii-ps3-1st-time-yearly-global-sales]

Lol at Wii smashing Xbox/PS3 in sales, and Xbox vs PS3 in regards to sales are fairly tight..

Nice thread Salt!

Was good read, but still xbox360 better console overall

Did not think that there would have been that many wii's sold.

Good read nice find.

Yeahh alot of familys buy the wii thats why im not suprised its got that much sales

Ps3 ~ better console
Xbox ~ Better Network
Wii ~ 10 year old specs yet it sells more :3

you know nothing about anything...
and im not sure i needed to know this...

Nintendo games > all.

No matter how shit the console is, you could have Super Mario, DK, Mario Kart and Zelda and you will always sell heaps!!

When comparing hardware performance whilst reviewing games, reviewers would disagree with that MW3 running better on the Xbox than the PS3 would be the perfect example

Also, the Wii isn't 10 year old specs. It basically introduced the motion idea to consoles in such a big way that both the Xbox and PS3 had to follow as there was a big slice of the market to be taken.

wii's ftw i no ppl that have like 5 of um in the 1 house lol. as said above any console where u can buy dk mario kart zedla will get heaps of sales lol

Maybe if you were 12 mirra hahaha but surely you jest now days....