Unofficial reports state that Wii has overtaken Xbox 360 shipments

Unofficial reports state that Wii has overtaken Xbox 360 shipments

Nintendo Wii has become the fastest selling gaming console of all times. It is still hard to find a unit in the stores in the US market even several months after launch.

It is competing with Xbox 360 from Microsoft and Playstation 3 from Sony.

The latest statistics from VG Chartz reveals that Wii sales have now passed up lifetime Xbox 360 sales in less than a year.

The site claims that the figures are based on sample data from retailers all over the world. The report claims that Wii sold 10.57 million consoles as of August 23 compared to 10.51 million units for Microsoft Xbox 360.

The difference between the two figure is even more impressive considering the Wii console was launched one year later than the Xbox 360.

If this is indeed true, Nintendo repeated history by becoming the company which is the leader in the home console and handheld markets (Wii and DS). Their Super NES and Gameboy were the market leaders way back in 1994.