TORONTO - The most popular game rentals (all platforms) according to Rogers Video for the period ending Dec. 16.
1 Assassin's Creed (Xbox 360)
2 Mass Effect (Xbox 360)
3 Super Mario Galaxy (Nintendo Wii)
4 Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Xbox 360)
5 Kane and Lynch: Dead Men (Xbox 360)
6 Mario and Sonic at the Olympics (Nintendo Wii)
7 Assassin's Creed (PlayStation 3)
8 Unchartered: Drakes Fortune (PlayStation 3)
9 Kane and Lynch: Dead Men (PlayStation 3)
10 Halo 3 (Xbox 360)
Wii has surpassed the installed base numbers of Xbox 360 in the United Kingdom as of this week, reports MCV. The UK trade magazine bases this on numbers from UK data tracking organization Chart Track.
This is significant as, to the best of my knowledge, the UK is the only major territory in which Wii has actually overtaken the Xbox 360. Except of course for Japan. Wii is ahead in the worldwide numbers mostly because the 360 failed so hard in Japan, but sometime in 2008, Wii is very likely to overtake Xbox 360 in every market, including America, eradicating Microsoft's year-long lead.
It should be an interesting year for sales junkies to watch.
DS Smashes UK Hardware Record [MCV]
