The Wii has officially outsold the Xbox 360 in the U.S., making it the number-one console in America, Nintendo said Thursday.
"After just 20 mos, Wii is the new console leader in the US @ nearly 10.9 million units, says NPD 2day."
That's a text message that Nintendo of America just sent to journalists' phones, knowing they'd be away from their desks covering E3. (The company used the same delivery medium to announce the Wii MotionPlus controller on Monday.)
The news comes in advance of the official release of the U.S. sales data for the month of June, which is scheduled to be released later this afternoon by the NPD Group.
It's worth noting that at Microsoft's press conference Monday, Xbox exec Don Mattrick told the crowd that the Xbox 360 was the top-selling piece of game hardware in the U.S. -- knowing full well that this would likely cease to be true in three days' time.
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