"Nintendo has maintained its lead primarily through ease-of-use, a lower price, and strong game titles at launch time," analysts have said.

What? More praise for the Nintendo Wii? This time, it's Yahoo who put in a good word or two for Nintendo.

An article has been recently posted on the Yahoo News website illustrating January's sales figures and the reasons for Nintendo's success. In that particular month, Nintendo sold 436,000 units during the month, with Sony's previous iteration of its console, the PlayStation 2, coming in second place. Microsoft's Xbox 360 was third, followed by the PlayStation 3.

Yahoo have also gone into details over exactly why the Wii has been selling by the bucket load: Nintendo has maintained its lead primarily through ease-of-use, a lower price, and strong game titles at launch time, analysts have said. Sony and Microsoft, in contrast, have tried to develop consoles that are cutting edge, which has increased the price of the units.

Positive words, but they also mentioned that Nintendo should not become complacent over their current position, and that there will be strong pressure from Sony and Microsoft in the coming months.

But just because Nintendo is ahead does not mean that its rivals have thrown in the towel. Sony has announced that it is giving away freebies in an attempt to win users to the PlayStation 3 platform. In March, the company will give a Blu-ray Disc version of the movie "Casino Royale" to the first 30,000 Australian PS3 buyers.