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conzer16
13-12-2006, 03:06 PM
According to NoE themselves, Europe purchased 325,000 Wii concoles in only 2 days, with over 100,000 of these purchases in the UK alone, making Wii the fastest selling home video-games console ever.

TLoZ:TP sold approximatley 240,000 copies, that means 3 out of every 4 people who bought a Wii also bought the latest instalment of the Zelda series and 50% of Wii hardware purchasers also bought Wii Play (with an extra Wii remote).

There is also some encouraging news for those who haven't been able to get hold of a Wii yet as Nintendo say
daily shipments are now arriving across Europe to replenish stock.

Laurent Fischer, Marketing Director at NoE also said
For those who were unable to buy Wii during the launch weekend, rest assured more stock is already on its way and we are doing everything possible to ensure that a steady supply of Wii units is shipped to stores across Europe throughout December and into 2007.


Not to be outdone by the Wii, the DS sold a staggering 515,000 units across Europe last week. This is most any console across all formats has ever sold in a week and takes total sales of the DS in (what is perceived to be) Nintendo's worst treated major territory to over 8.5 million!!!


Full article at www.nintendo.co.uk (www.nintendo-europe.com/NOE/en/GB/news/article.do?elementId=pEUMLLwWPqv4Y7rEeokibLovlU42Y mDV)
Acidyl
13-12-2006, 03:08 PM
nintendo's christmas song: "money, money, money, always funny,...."
Hamish
13-12-2006, 03:11 PM
Bravo Nintendo. Bravo.

But I don't get it. We all know this, but my mates think that "Nintendo is going down the drain."
Samdecahedron
13-12-2006, 03:13 PM
Damn i just read this i was gonna post. Oh well. This is really good news for Nintendo, now it just needs to make sure people keep buying it, unlike a certain purple cube.
KKOB
13-12-2006, 04:36 PM
http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3155877

^^^

1up.com are saying 350,00o units in 2 days- very odd.

AWESOME news though. :D
Goron_3
13-12-2006, 05:09 PM
Wow the DS Lite sold like crazy :D
KKOB
13-12-2006, 05:12 PM
oooooooo oooo oooooo My Japanese teacher, Shaw-sensei, is thinking of getting a DS Lite, i'm going to bring in Brain Training to let her try it out and hopfully persuade her into it. She's like 40 or more and is as sweet as anything so i hope she does get one :D

anywho . . .
fanman
13-12-2006, 05:25 PM
Those DS sales are excessive. I want a wii though...!
Zyneth
13-12-2006, 05:32 PM
What's with those ridiculously high DS sales? Perhaps DS Lites were bought by disappointed potential Wii customers.
fanman
13-12-2006, 05:35 PM
Potential wii owners have spent the week sulking.

Well... at least I have done...
Dante
13-12-2006, 05:54 PM
Sony says: (http://www.computers.net/2006/12/sony_claims_wii.html)

The Wall Street Journal (subscription required) has an article out that indirectly outlines Nintendo's comeback into the gaming world. Accordingly, U.S. retailers estimate that nearly 1.5 million Wiis will be sold before Christmas, about twice as many as the PS3. Nintendo explains that "Demand, as you can see from the reaction of consumers, has been greater than even we had hoped for."

Sony's response? "We feel very confident that the PlayStation fan is going to wait until they can get a PlayStation 3...If they do pick up a Wii, it's as more of a novelty," says Sony spokesman Dave Karraker.

:rolleyes:
olilan
14-12-2006, 12:07 PM
What's with those ridiculously high DS sales?

It must be the Christmas effect - the DS Lite, at its price point, is perfectly placed for Christmas presents.

Maybe that means they'll shift another half-million this week and next week!
Noodleman
14-12-2006, 12:38 PM
http://www.joystiq.com/media/2006/01/DSPrintsMoney.jpg
Yoochem
14-12-2006, 01:11 PM
325,000, and my Wii's NOT one of 'em... I really really hope I'll be able to get one before christmas! The shop I where I ordered one said it will be likely that I can get one next week, and I hope that's true. And to think that in other shops that I went to there was no chance of still getting a Wii this year :o
raven_blade2006
14-12-2006, 08:46 PM
325,000, and my Wii's NOT one of 'em... I really really hope I'll be able to get one before christmas! The shop I where I ordered one said it will be likely that I can get one next week, and I hope that's true. And to think that in other shops that I went to there was no chance of still getting a Wii this year :o

Good luck to you with getting your Wii. Its worth it.