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Nintendo Wiis sold at the rate of nearly one Wii sold per second continuously since the Nov. 19 launch

In its first eight days of availability, Nintendo's Wii video game system sold through to more than 600,000 consumers in North America. According to Nintendo’s calculations from just its own first-party software and accessory sales, Wii instantly has become a $190 million business for NOA.

"Even with sales already in excess of 600,000 units, demand continues to exceed supply, as it's clear this is one of the 'gotta-have' products for the holiday season," says Nintendo of America President Reggie Fils-Aime. "We've shipped retailers several times the amount of hardware the other company was able to deliver for its launch around the same time -- and we still sold out. Given the inclusive nature of Wii game play, we're seeing this new form of video gaming is already a huge hit with gamers and newcomers alike. It continues to be a phenomenal launch."

After hearing about the massive number of Wiis that Nintendo was stockpiling for launch, many figured that finding the new console would be a walk in the park, especially compared to securing a PlayStation 3. What many are finding (or rather, not finding) is that Wiis are in rather short supply relative to demand. Nintendo is shipping a much greater supply of its consoles than Sony is of theirs, but that is not changing the availability situation. Wiis are selling out just as quickly as PS3s as soon as they hit store shelves.

According to GameStop’s data, attach rate for the Wii is around three games per console – better than the retailer expected and about double of that on PS3. It should come to nobody's surprise that The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess was attached to more than 75 percent of all Wii consoles sold, achieving sales of more than 454,000.

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Just a post:
By knowyourenemy on 11/28/2006 9:27:37 AM , Rating: 2
This is the only source I have read so far that posted over 600,000 in the first 8 days of launch. By noon of the Monday after launch (just over 24 hours I believe), Nintendo had sold 667,000 consoles alone.




RE: Just a post:
By sdsdv10 on 11/28/2006 1:04:36 PM , Rating: 2
Is it possible your number was world wide sales figure and this is just North America (as stated in the article title)?


RE: Just a post:
By Saist on 11/28/2006 3:01:56 PM , Rating: 2
the Wii hasn't launched in other countries yet sdsdv

This is for America only.


RE: Just a post:
By gus6464 on 11/28/2006 5:03:05 PM , Rating: 3
Thats not true, my cousin lives in Panama and he said they had wii's since the US launch date. Canada also got some as well. The nintendo launch was for the entire north and south american continent. Whereas he says that PS3 is no where to be seen anywhere yet.


Perfect Analogy
By ahkey on 11/28/2006 5:29:47 AM , Rating: 3
RE: Perfect Analogy
By RandomFool on 11/28/2006 10:34:25 AM , Rating: 2
Is that a talking pickle?


RE: Perfect Analogy
By Drexial on 11/28/2006 2:35:14 PM , Rating: 2
its also a talking potato


Nintendo comeback
By joust on 11/28/2006 4:28:29 AM , Rating: 3
Very impressive. I remember reading articles two years ago where analysts proclaimed the demise of Nintendo as a console maker.

I tried the Wii a couple days ago, and I'd have to say it's quite fun. I do feel like a raving lunatic -- waving my arms about wildly -- but hey, it's hilarious.

Nintendo certainly made this console right.




RE: Nintendo comeback
By Drexial on 11/28/2006 2:37:36 PM , Rating: 3
just remember the days of waving the original controller around like a raving lunatic, only then you were.... this time your actually doing something.


Game Developers Better Start Making
By porkster on 11/28/2006 10:16:01 AM , Rating: 3
Game makers better start making if they want to be apart of the wave. Any company that doesn't putt he Wii at top priority is really naive about the market.




impressive?
By michal1980 on 11/28/06, Rating: -1
RE: impressive?
By 7DrFunk7 on 11/28/2006 7:26:04 AM , Rating: 2
Yea but the only difference is that sony shipped 175,000
and Nintendo sold 600,000 in 8 days. That is 3 times more than sony sold since its launch. And there will probably be plenty of Wii's for christmas sales.

Your right lets bash Nintendo instead of sony.


RE: impressive?
By Schadenfroh on 11/28/2006 11:35:40 AM , Rating: 2
The ratio is the key

Sony said around 400K units and shipped 175K and got bashed to living hell.

Nintendo said over a million at launch and over a period of 8 days only provided 600K.

Seems to me they lied (or miscalculated) about equally.

We should bash both.


RE: impressive?
By Transcendental Ego on 11/28/2006 11:21:46 PM , Rating: 2
"Yea but the only difference is that sony shipped 175,000"
Has this been verified yet? I thought that it was only the view of one analyst.


RE: impressive?
By Misty Dingos on 11/28/2006 7:31:54 AM , Rating: 4
Sony sucks! They can't make enough PS3s to save their corporate butts. They are the embodiment of corporate greed and incompetence.

M$ is evil! They want to control the youth of the world with their seductive and pervasive devices and software.

Nintendo is a bunch of losers! You have to jump around and move to use their system. How lame is that. They will get sued into oblivion by all the kids that get hurt using that thing.

All the game systems are the work of the devil! They should be cast into the fiery pits of HELL! Repent gamers, repent!
Save yourself now!

Is that bashy enough?


RE: impressive?
By BioRebel on 11/28/2006 9:00:04 AM , Rating: 2
Actually you're wrong, it was 4 million units world-wide before the end of 2007. The units are all made, my guess is any less than 4 million, is due to shipping problems.


RE: impressive?
By Mazzer on 11/28/2006 10:11:24 AM , Rating: 2
You mean 4 million by the end of 2006. 4 million by end year 2007 would be a sad number.


RE: impressive?
By Schadenfroh on 11/28/06, Rating: 0
RE: impressive?
By bunnyfubbles on 11/28/2006 12:29:34 PM , Rating: 2
Yeah, I guess you missed the part where this is just N.American numbers.


RE: impressive?
By encryptkeeper on 11/28/2006 1:41:55 PM , Rating: 4
michael1980, what's your Sony employee ID number?


RE: impressive?
By michal1980 on 11/28/06, Rating: -1
RE: impressive?
By encryptkeeper on 11/29/2006 1:01:02 PM , Rating: 2
What a load of bullshit.


RE: impressive?
By Drexial on 11/28/2006 2:32:46 PM , Rating: 2
no nintendo said 4 million units by X-Mas.... thats a different claim.... and even if it was a claim, they have met their goal far closer then either of the other companies. i think the bashing should come to those that thought that this console was going to crash. i think this system will sell well into june and peak at about 6-8 million consoles sold. this will continue to gradually increase at a slowing but still impressive rate. the reason i think the demand is that high is because even though the availability is around 4 times the amount that the PS3 has been, its ebay value is still what it was on the day of launch. consoles are still selling up to twice the value on there. the PS3 market value on ebay has dropped to just over $100 above retail including tax. that says a lot for a console that was never supposed to take off in the US market, even i had my doubts about its success. i think the poor PS3 availability did Wii more of a favor then the 360, like microsoft thought it was going to. while the 360 sales are pretty good, they are up from quite a decline in sales since last X-mas this is leaving them far short of expected sales. projected by microsoft to be at 11 million consoles by the start of 2007.


RE: impressive?
By AstroCreep on 11/28/2006 2:53:34 PM , Rating: 2
Blah, Blah, Blah...

It was impressive because they sold out all the units from the first two runs.
It was impressive because there is still a huge demand.
It was impressive because the Wii has been critically hailed by hardcore gamers, gaming jounalists, and the media in general.

And for the RUMORS about launch day, that was simply that - they were rumors! The only thing we knew was that Nintendo was going to ship 4 million units worldwide before the end of the year.

Sony, however, delayed the European release, cut the number of Japanese units for launch day, and has only shipped a fraction of the amount they said they would have available for launch in the US.

Now, who was it that lied? :/


RE: impressive?
By ViperROhb34 on 11/28/2006 4:09:34 PM , Rating: 2
Lets not forget Nintendo actually launched its console in more then two countries ! Even if it shipped/sold 600k in NORTH AMERICA .. What about South America.. Central America..and Canada and FRench Canadian Countries?

Sony sent consoles to Two places only.. Japan and North America.


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