| After the hegemony established by Sony's | | | | available and this led to the success of Nintendo |
| PlayStation series in the gaming industry, it is the | | | | Wii's success. |
| time for the race leader to sweat. The gaming | | | | By the end of November Wii had reportedly sold |
| consoles launched by Microsoft and Nintendo are | | | | more than 600,000 Wii units and that is |
| competing with their product 'chip by chip' and | | | | approximately twice the number of consoles that |
| what more the latest trend suggest that they are | | | | PS3 has sold in the same period! Now don't jump |
| winning as well! | | | | onto any conclusions as the fact is that by the |
| Launched last year, Microsoft's X-Box 360 was a | | | | time PS3 will deliver all its orders by say the end |
| phenomenal success in the gaming console | | | | of January the number of units sold might well be |
| market and had better features than the PS2 but | | | | very much closer to what Nintendo has sold but |
| Sony was counting on it's PS3 console to win | | | | as far as the initial sales are concerned Wii has |
| back all the converts, alas they never considered | | | | piped the 'big brother' of online games industry. |
| the Wii factor. Both Nintendo's Wii and Sony's PS3 | | | | This trend only highlights the fact that the |
| were launched in mid November and both the | | | | revolution started by online computer games has |
| consoles had different USPs. | | | | evolved tremendously and now these 'new age' |
| Where Nintendo went for an all out World wide | | | | gaming consoles are replacing the Online |
| launch in an overtly aggressive but somewhat | | | | Computer Games of the past and carving out a |
| cocky approach, the buzzword for PS3 remained | | | | colossal gaming market for themselves in the |
| 'QUALITY' a promise which they delivered but | | | | present electronics industry. |
| short supply meant less number of devices | | | | |