Nintendo selling 200k DSs a week, 700k Wiis a month
by Mike Schramm 
{ Jul 15th 2008 at 12:30PM }
Nintendo has announced at their press conference this morning that they're still selling 200,000 Wii DS systems a week, and 700,000 systems a month. As a comparison, the Xbox 360 sold 520,000 units during the Halo 3 release last year, when it last beat the Wii. So Wiis are still selling like hotcakes, and Nintendo brags that it's not even a holiday season -- they say they're keeping up these sales all year long.
Very impressive. Of course, the games aren't selling quite that well, but in terms of systems, Nintendo just keeps on rolling.
Update: It appears we misheard Reggie. Nintendo is selling 200k DS systems a week, not Wiis. But they are still selling 700k Wiis a month, and both system sales figures are pretty astounding.
Very impressive. Of course, the games aren't selling quite that well, but in terms of systems, Nintendo just keeps on rolling.
Update: It appears we misheard Reggie. Nintendo is selling 200k DS systems a week, not Wiis. But they are still selling 700k Wiis a month, and both system sales figures are pretty astounding.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Brodie-san @ Jul 15th 2008 12:36PM
I might not be into the whole Wii concept but kudos where kudos are due.
J.Goodwin @ Jul 15th 2008 12:42PM
200k Wiis per Week = 10,400,000 per year.
700k Wiis per Month = 8,400,000 per year.
Fuzzy math?
L4Flare @ Jul 15th 2008 12:42PM
200,000 a week... 700,000 a month? Correct me if I'm wrong but something isn't adding up lol
OhJustSomeRandomGuy @ Jul 15th 2008 12:46PM
It's Nintendo math.
You figure with all that "brain training" they'd been doing, they'd be the least likely to make a simple math error, but apparently those Brain Age games don't work.
EbonyDad @ Jul 15th 2008 12:47PM
That still doesn't explain why you can't find certain software (aka Mario Kart Wii) in the retail channel anywhere.
Poisoned Al @ Jul 15th 2008 12:48PM
If they are selling 200k a week, 700k a month, were do those 100k go? Somebody like to round up hummm?
PNT510 @ Jul 15th 2008 1:53PM
I am pretty sure they said they were selling 200k DS a week in europe. Not 200k Wii's a week in the US.
Corn @ Jul 15th 2008 1:22PM
they said 200k DS a week. joystiq just wrote it down wrong. it is 200k DS and 700k Wii.
klitorisaurus @ Jul 15th 2008 1:56PM
I've still never seen them in stock at any store I've been to. I figured Nintendo was just creating false demand but if those numbers are true I guess not. I still don't know anyone who owns one, strangely.