Post by: Gahiggidy on December 07, 2006, 02:37:57 PM
UPDATE: The following day, Nintendo corrected this press release by deleting one sentence. We have struck through it but left in the text so you can compare the original and corrected versions.
Wii-MARKABLE! November Sales Show Nintendo Hardware Systems Outsell All Others Combined
REDMOND, Wash., Dec. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- For video gamers, it was the month that was -- November 2006, the first time all three new home systems would be available to consumers, along with three established portable game devices.
It was a month that belonged to Nintendo.
According to independent sales data from the NPD Group, Nintendo sold 55 percent of all video game systems in November, led by the launch of the Wii(TM) home system and the incredible continuing success of the Nintendo DS(TM) portable.
In only the first seven days of availability after its Nov. 19 launch, Wii sold nearly half a million systems in the United States alone (as reported previously by Nintendo, total sales of Wii in the Americas reached 600,000 in its first eight days of availability). Despite spot shortages in some locations, well more than a million Wii systems will be available in the United States by the end of the year.
While Wii sold through at a rate of more than 70,000 a day for the seven days represented in the data (substantially higher than any other game device), November's two top sellers of any type were the Nintendo DS, at almost 920,000 units, and Game Boy® Advance, with nearly 642,000 portables sold. With Wii and Nintendo GameCube(TM) totals included, Nintendo sold through more than 2.1 million of the 3.9 million systems purchased for the month.
The data also reveals that the Wii title The Legend of Zelda®: Twilight Princess achieved sales of 412,000, representing 87 percent of all Wii purchasers, the highest industry rate of sale for any launch title since introduction of Super Mario® 64 with the Nintendo® 64 a decade ago.
In addition, despite the inclusion of Wii Sports software with every system sale, Wii buyers also purchased an average of two additional games, compared to approximately one game per system for the installed bases of either competing new home system.
Post by: Viewtiful mario on December 07, 2006, 03:24:19 PM
How did it's numbers compare the the PS3's
Post by: Athrun Zala on December 07, 2006, 03:35:27 PM
and mind you that these are US only numbers, so maybe it got a bit ahead of 200K
Post by: Nick DiMola on December 07, 2006, 04:56:13 PM
Post by: Dirk Temporo on December 07, 2006, 07:39:08 PM
Post by: Svevan on December 07, 2006, 08:12:35 PM
Post by: Kairon on December 07, 2006, 08:22:43 PM
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Originally posted by: Svevan
LOL at 1 million Wiis available in US by year's end - that's 3 million less than promised. I'm beginning to feel less bad about talking down pre-ordering, there WAS a shortage and there was no way to see it coming based on Nintendo's optimism.
*cough*
Worldwide.
*cough*
You have to wonder... Japan got about as many at launch as the U.S. did, and how many will make it to Europe?
~Carmine M. Red
Kairon@aol.com
Post by: Blue Plant on December 07, 2006, 08:27:44 PM
Post by: Kairon on December 07, 2006, 08:32:12 PM
~Carmine M. Red
Kairon@aol.com
Post by: Blue Plant on December 07, 2006, 08:33:21 PM
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on December 07, 2006, 08:40:19 PM
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Originally posted by: Dirk Temporo
IT PRINTS MONEY!
sorry, had to do it
Post by: KDR_11k on December 07, 2006, 09:19:44 PM
A local retail worker said "There's so few of them for all of Europe I have no idea what Nintendo is thinking".
Post by: kings x on December 08, 2006, 02:31:32 AM
I am sure there are many people in the same boat as me, and who wouldn't buy Zelda when they have the chance when we all thought Nintendo gamers would have the system by now. I only know one person with Wii -he works at EB.
Post by: couchmonkey on December 08, 2006, 02:31:39 AM
It looks like Nintendo will fail to get the 4 million out this year if it's not even sure about 1 million in N.A. Hopefully we'll see at least 3 million, because this is a golden opportunity for Nintendo.
Post by: Caliban on December 08, 2006, 02:32:03 AM
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Originally posted by: Svevan
LOL at 1 million Wiis available in US by year's end - that's 3 million less than promised. I'm beginning to feel less bad about talking down pre-ordering, there WAS a shortage and there was no way to see it coming based on Nintendo's optimism.
They promised 4 million WORLDWIDE, get this in your heads people, WORLDWIDE.
BlackNMild2k1, you should somehow also put Miyamoto in that animation.
Post by: Jonnyboy117 on December 08, 2006, 02:32:25 AM
Post by: kings x on December 08, 2006, 02:52:00 AM
Post by: Caliban on December 08, 2006, 02:52:00 AM
I think 1.75 million for NA, 1M for Europe, and 1.25M for Japan by December 31st. Ok even if they don't reach the targeted 4 million units worldwide by the end of the year, so what, they're sold out, which is a a good and bad thing in itself.
Post by: JonLeung on December 08, 2006, 03:33:35 AM
So imagine how many more they'd sell if more were made available.
Maybe Nintendo's holding some back so they can continue to have strong sales for multiple months in a row instead of just the launch window.
Post by: KDR_11k on December 08, 2006, 03:45:18 AM
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on December 08, 2006, 04:15:54 AM
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Originally posted by: CalibanQuote
Originally posted by: Svevan
LOL at 1 million Wiis available in US by year's end - that's 3 million less than promised. I'm beginning to feel less bad about talking down pre-ordering, there WAS a shortage and there was no way to see it coming based on Nintendo's optimism.
They promised 4 million WORLDWIDE, get this in your heads people, WORLDWIDE.
But I thought they also said 2 million in N.A. by years end 4 million world wide, 6 million WW by March
QuoteI wish I was talented enough to make animated gif/jpgs or whatever. I didn't make it, but you can feel free to improve upon it however you like.
BlackNMild2k1, you should somehow also put Miyamoto in that animation.
Post by: Ceric on December 08, 2006, 04:41:31 AM
Post by: couchmonkey on December 08, 2006, 04:52:19 AM
Post by: bananaboy on December 08, 2006, 06:35:34 AM
So just remember those numbers are just for the States and the original allocation was promised for North America. Oh and the 4 million was worldwide not north america.
Post by: NinGurl69 *huggles on December 08, 2006, 07:24:23 AM
"Available" is a poor word to use. "were made availabe" is closer to truth, cuz i sure as hell don't see systems in stock anymore.
Post by: Maximilian on December 08, 2006, 07:31:40 AM
There's no denying that the Wii is hot this holiday. Everyone I've shown it to has become a convert and many of them now want a system of their own. Unfortunately, I've heard numerous times that people aren't able to find one, no matter where they go or how hard they try.
At least people aren't getting killed over Wiis
Post by: Klapaucius on December 08, 2006, 10:05:59 AM
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The data also reveals that the Wii title The Legend of Zelda®: Twilight Princess achieved sales of 412,000, representing 87 percent of all Wii purchasers, the highest industry rate of sale for any launch title since introduction of Super Mario® 64 with the Nintendo® 64 a decade ago.
Once again Nintendo breaks its own records and still remains number one. Kinda like beating your personal best when that just happens to be the World Record...
Post by: Pryopizm on December 08, 2006, 02:07:13 PM
Post by: Klapaucius on December 09, 2006, 03:54:51 AM
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Originally posted by: Maximilian
It's interesting they're backing down on the reported number of Wiis available. Weirdsville. I hadn't heard anything about the strap issue till last weekend, so that may be one reason.
There's no denying that the Wii is hot this holiday. Everyone I've shown it to has become a convert and many of them now want a system of their own. Unfortunately, I've heard numerous times that people aren't able to find one, no matter where they go or how hard they try.
At least people aren't getting killed over Wiis
Well that's because Wiis aren't worth as much. :P
(money-wise I mean, Wiis are much cheaper)
Not to mention none around to get all shooty over.
Post by: GoldenPhoenix on December 09, 2006, 04:39:04 AM
Post by: IceCold on December 09, 2006, 10:46:32 AM
QuoteI'm in the same boat - I've been calling around everywhere, and the one day that many stores get sizeable shipments, I don't call and it gets sold out again..
The woman in my office who I convinced to get a Wii for her husband is still not having any luck. Each day that new shipments come into Future Shop or Best Buy, she says there are lines multiple times longer than the size of that week's shipments already there
Post by: Tuxedo.Bond on December 10, 2006, 04:29:20 PM
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Originally posted by: Svevan
LOL at 1 million Wiis available in US by year's end - that's 3 million less than promised. I'm beginning to feel less bad about talking down pre-ordering, there WAS a shortage and there was no way to see it coming based on Nintendo's optimism.
So you are telling us you actually believed the PR Nintendo was feeding down your throat?
How dumb are you anyway?
JUST KIDDING.
Kinda...
<_< >_> -_-
Post by: vudu on December 11, 2006, 05:58:05 AM
