UK's online Christmas shopping searches revealed

Wii winning, Blu-ray's on fire and Sony on top

18 December 2008 12:38 GMT / By Amy-Mae Elliott

The Wii is winning the Christmas shopping battle, according to online shopping data from AOL Shopping UK and PriceGrabber.co.uk.

The motion-sensing console has nabbed 44% of searches since the start of December compared to the Xbox 360's 35% and the Sony PS3's 20%.

All is not lost for Sony though, as other stats from the world of consumer technology show that Sony Blu-ray players are gaining the majority of Blu searches at 44%, with the company's BDP-S350 likely to be under most trees this Christmas.

Panasonic Blu-ray follows with 43%, then there's a drop to Samsung's 7%, Pioneer's 3% and Sharp's mere 0.53%.

The top ten most popular "digital" products searched for overall, according to the data, is as follows:

1. Sony Bravia KDL-32V4000 32-inch LCD TV
2. Acer Aspire One AOA110-Aw notebook
3. Sony Bravia KDL-40W4500 40-inch LCD TV
4. Sony KDL-40W4000 40-inch LCD TV
5. Panasonic DMC-FZ28 black digital camera
6. HP Compaq 2133 Mini-Note notebook
7. Samsung NC10 white notebook
8. Asus Eee PC 901 black notebook
9. Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ5EB-K black digital camera
10. Pioneer PDP-LX5090 50-inch plasma TV

Full tags
Biz, Gaming, Xmas2008, AOL, Sony, PS3, Nintendo Wii, Xbox 360, Blu-ray, Statistics, Home Cinema, shopping
UK Shopping
Amazon.co.uk, play.com, pixmania.co.uk, Currys.co.uk, Dixons.co.uk, 7dayshop.com, ebay.co.uk
US Shopping
Amazon.com, bestbuy.com, ebay.com

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