Zechs Merquise Posted November 26, 2006 Share Posted November 26, 2006 No official sales figures yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ultrajamie Posted November 26, 2006 Share Posted November 26, 2006 No official sales figures yet? no, but i reckon nintendo will annouce figures after all three launches... the whole wii pr push has been very 'global' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zechs Merquise Posted November 27, 2006 Share Posted November 27, 2006 no, but i reckon nintendo will annouce figures after all three launches... the whole wii pr push has been very 'global' I'm more eager to see the reception it gets in Japan on the 2nd than I am to see the European launch. But the fact Wii is outselling PS3 and it's only launched in one territory is a good sign. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flaight Posted November 28, 2006 Share Posted November 28, 2006 I think comparison against PS3 may not be sensible at this point though. How many PS3 are there, I think it was like 82,000 in Japan and 400,000 in the US? That's not even 500k available yet so Wii is bound to outsell it. Then again sony has to worry about why it's not selling out yet so... I'm curious how UK will do when Wii comes out. I can't even begin to guess. EDIT: I just spotted BBC report on Wii in the US http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6191260.stm Nintendo says it has sold more than 600,000 of its new Wii game consoles in the first eight days since they became available in North America. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nintendork Posted November 28, 2006 Share Posted November 28, 2006 Wait until the man speaks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flaight Posted November 28, 2006 Share Posted November 28, 2006 That was the man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nintendork Posted November 28, 2006 Share Posted November 28, 2006 Damn straight it was. Interestingly Zelda has a 75% attachment rate making it the most succesful full priced launch title I reckon. How did Halo do on launch day? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ren of Heavens Posted November 28, 2006 Share Posted November 28, 2006 I think it was 50% Halo and 40% Oddworld. Mario 64 had an attach rate at over 90%, but then it had only Pilotwings 64 to compete with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flaight Posted November 28, 2006 Share Posted November 28, 2006 I see Wii's been thriving in US ebay. Has Wii been a real sell-out then as Reggie says, even on highstreet stores? I was under the impression that it was only online stores that were sold out, but not sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teppo Holmqvist Posted November 28, 2006 Share Posted November 28, 2006 I see Wii's been thriving in US ebay. Has Wii been a real sell-out then as Reggie says, even on highstreet stores? I was under the impression that it was only online stores that were sold out, but not sure. By following US forums it looks that is really, really hard to get Wii from any shop, not just online shops. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmanprime Posted December 2, 2006 Share Posted December 2, 2006 Whoa. Jumped up past one million with the Japanese launch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smiter Posted December 2, 2006 Share Posted December 2, 2006 Yeah, assuming that Nintendo did deliver 400,000 units for launch day, it's pretty safe to assume that total sales have blasted past the 1m barrier. There are "SOLD OUT" signs popping up all over Japan. Nexgen says 1.1m, but take that with a pinch of salt until we get some official figures. According to the site figures - which are estimates - Wii has outsold PS3 by three to one. Of course, it's too early to say which console will do better in the long term. Not sure how many Wiis will be on sale in Europe at launch, but I bet we break the two million barrier sometime in December. Hell, maybe even three million. Xbox 360 took a year or so to reach 7m. I wonder how long it'll take Wii? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ultrajamie Posted December 2, 2006 Share Posted December 2, 2006 Yeah, assuming that Nintendo did deliver 400,000 units for launch day, it's pretty safe to assume that total sales have blasted past the 1m barrier. There are "SOLD OUT" signs popping up all over Japan. Nexgen says 1.1m, but take that with a pinch of salt until we get some official figures. According to the site figures - which are estimates - Wii has outsold PS3 by three to one. Of course, it's too early to say which console will do better in the long term. Not sure how many Wiis will be on sale in Europe at launch, but I bet we break the two million barrier sometime in December. Hell, maybe even three million. Xbox 360 took a year or so to reach 7m. I wonder how long it'll take Wii? nintendo have quotedb 4m by the year end.... thats 50%+ of the 360's 7 month headstart in only 6 weeks. amazing return to form... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ViPeR Posted December 2, 2006 Share Posted December 2, 2006 Over 1 mill now according to that webby. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guarana Posted December 3, 2006 Share Posted December 3, 2006 does anyone know how many 360s sold at launch ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solitanze Posted December 3, 2006 Share Posted December 3, 2006 Only one was functional. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ren of Heavens Posted December 3, 2006 Share Posted December 3, 2006 does anyone know how many 360s sold at launch ? From Wikipedia: North America According to the NDP Group, North American sales totaled 326,000 units in November. In Canada, all 32,100 units available for launch were sold. By the end of 2005, Microsoft stated it sold roughly 900,000 units. Japan 62,135 units in the first two days, but only 103,990 units have sold by the end of April 2nd, 2006. Europe Microsoft confirmed that 300,000 units were available for the European launch. By the end of 2005, Microsoft stated they sold 500,000 consoles in the region. So about 700.000 sold around launch worldwide and a total of 1,5 mill. at the end of the year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dilli Gee Posted December 3, 2006 Share Posted December 3, 2006 Xbox 360 had a solid launch, and fortunately keeps on gradually developing its line-ups. The HD-DVD player add-on is too good for words to describe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guarana Posted December 3, 2006 Share Posted December 3, 2006 thanks.... interesting.... i think the wii will catch up to the 360 in sale numbers by mid 2007. i think japan will treat the wii like the new ds and eat it up (200,000 a week-style).... ps3 will be the last sony game machine (it loses to much money on every console it sells to turn a profit, the worst thing they can do financially ,is , sell ps3's )..especially it bluray fails sorry to be an ass... but does anyone know how many game cubes they had available at lauch and how many actually sold.....?/? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshMat Posted December 3, 2006 Share Posted December 3, 2006 I'll start thinking about sales comparisons when the PS3 is actually available at a steady rate. But it's worrying for Microsoft's sake that the 360 is doing so poor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zechs Merquise Posted December 3, 2006 Share Posted December 3, 2006 I'll start thinking about sales comparisons when the PS3 is actually available at a steady rate. But it's worrying for Microsoft's sake that the 360 is doing so poor. Unlike either Sony or Nintendo, I don't think poor sales will harm the 360, I think the 360 will always exist and always be supported, after all, it's Microsoft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nintendork Posted December 3, 2006 Share Posted December 3, 2006 Microsoft will throw money at the 360 until next generation. They want Windows in the living room. It's the future. They will never give up on it. Because that's where the money is at. Gaming ain't their passion tbh. That's why they think they can just buy creatives. So far they've gotten away with it. It's quite a nice place to work.. because chances are you're not accountable for anything. You'll never get fired unless you do something really bad. Whoever is in charge of Microsoft Japan must be getting a bit worried though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_mars_volta Posted December 3, 2006 Share Posted December 3, 2006 (edited) Some excellent points there Nintendork (Y) ________ VAPORIZER AFFILIATE PROGRAM Edited April 2, 2011 by the_mars_volta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IMJ Posted December 4, 2006 Share Posted December 4, 2006 If Nintendo really manage to deliver 4 million units worldwide by the end of this year, you can count on all of them being sold. The Wii is an incredibly hot item, it's really doing a great job. If true, Wii will have sold half of what the 360 has done in a year. If Nintendo can keep the momentum well in the next year, they really have a winner in their hands. They need a steady stream of quality software to do that. They've pretty much got enough titles lined-up in Japan. I'm not so sure about the Western markets though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fierce_LiNk Posted December 4, 2006 Share Posted December 4, 2006 If Nintendo really manage to deliver 4 million units worldwide by the end of this year, you can count on all of them being sold. The Wii is an incredibly hot item, it's really doing a great job. If true, Wii will have sold half of what the 360 has done in a year. If Nintendo can keep the momentum well in the next year, they really have a winner in their hands. They need a steady stream of quality software to do that. They've pretty much got enough titles lined-up in Japan. I'm not so sure about the Western markets though. In theory, you're right. They should be able to carry on the momentum. However, with the Gamecube, Nintendo saw really high sales figures at the start of the cube's life, and then it really slowed down as it entered the second and third years. With the Wii, they need to be consistent. Like the DS lite has sold in Japan, they need sales to be high for weeks and months on end. I think that's why some of us are unphased by these high early figures. We were expecting this anyway. Trouble is, can they repeat this next year, and the year after? That's the big question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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