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http://news.cnet.com/8301-10797_3-5...1.2-million-hardware-units-sold-400000-wii-u/

Nintendo sold more than 1 million hardware units over the last week, the company has confirmed to CNET.

Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime told CNET in a phone interview today that during the last week, its internal data has shown total U.S. hardware sales have reached more than 1.2 million units. That figure includes the Wii U, Wii, 3DS, and DS.

According to Fils-Aime, Nintendo sold over 700,000 consoles during the last week. The Wii U topped the Wii with 400,000 units sold. The Wii, which Nintendo launched all the way back in 2006, was able to muster 300,000 Wii sales during the last week.

"Wii U is essentially sold out of retail and we are doing our best to continually replenish stock," Fils-Aime said. "Retailers are also doing their best to get the product to store shelves. But as soon as product hits retail, they're selling out immediately.

On the portable side, Nintendo sold more than 500,000 hardware units, including 250,000 3DS and 275,000 DS devices. Fils-Aime explained to CNET that the DS outsold the 3DS because of the "significant" deals retailers were offering on Black Friday.

Mod Edit:

For comparison:

Looks like the Wii sold through 600K consoles in the first 8 days back in 2006.

I have no idea how supply compares.

 

[MarkusRJR]

How is that compared to the Wii's first week?

Hopefully the sales will continue to be good.

 

[XenodudeX]

bomba

 

[subversus]

My body is Reggie.

 

[ASIS]

They only shipped 500k right?
So is this good? Bad? Bomba?

 

[Divvy]

How is that compared to the Wii?

It's right in the OP

The Wii, which Nintendo launched all the way back in 2006, was able to muster 300,000 Wii sales during the last week.

 

[SoulPlaya]

They only shipped 500k right?
So is this good? Bad? Bomba?

It's good, very good, but I think everyone assumed that it would sell out at launch.

 

[Wuthering_Heights]

Only 400k huh?

 

[BearPawB]

It's right in the OP

he meant the Wii when it launched, not the wii now

 

[Tagg9]

Pretty sure they shipped a lot more than 400K.

 

[Keikaku]

How is that compared to the Wii?

EDIT: I was wrong, my bad!

Looks like the Wii sold through 600K consoles in the first 8 days back in 2006. So, the WiiU didn't do quite as well.

 

[Laguna]

Great WiiU sales

 

[Currygan]

the hardest part begins now

while WiiU's a success, I'm really curious to see how those 800k are distributed. Hopefully the 3DS got a boost

 

[pants]

300 000 Wiis sold
400 000 WiiUs

Ok Reggie.

 

[Wuthering_Heights]

It's right there in the article. It's even bolded.

It sold 100,000 more in it's first week than the Wii. Looks good.

The Wii sold 300k this last week.

 

[Sean]

How is that compared to the Wii?

Wii did 600k in the first week it seems.

With demand seeming to seriously outstrip supply, Nintendo announced today that their just-released Nintendo Wii sold over 600,000 units in the Americas in its first week on store shelves in folks' living rooms.

 

[Coldnoodle]

Yay

 

[ElectricBlanketFire]

It's right there in the article. It's even bolded.

It sold 100,000 more in it's first week than the Wii. Looks good.

No...the article says Nintendo sold 300,000 Wiis last week.

 

[BearPawB]

It's right there in the article. It's even bolded.

It sold 100,000 more in it's first week than the Wii. Looks good.

Not than the wii in its first week, than the wii THIS week. That is not good

 

[The Mana Legend]

I'm more interested in the software sales, but the hardware sales look good.

 

[Kerub]

I guess they just can't compete with smartphones.

 

[Lord_Byron28]

It's right in the OP

He means how does that compare to the wiis launch week.

If Wii U sold 400k and Wii sold 300k that must mean 3DS sold 500k unless DS sales were high.

 

[Joeshabadoo]

pretty much in line with expectations given current economic climate and the minor steps taken by Nintendo to keep the Wii semi-attractive for another holiday

 

[Insane Metal]

It's right there in the article. It's even bolded.

It sold 100,000 more in it's first week than the Wii. Looks good.

Isn't the article saying 300.000 last week?

 

[Kazuma Kiryu]

Wii did 600k in the first week it seems.

well, there goes wiiU i guess.

This sort of reminds me of the classic "Playstation family" PR releases, lol.

it's nintendo, it's okay.

 

[AltogetherAndrews]

This sort of reminds me of the classic "Playstation family" PR releases, lol.

 

[liger05]

300,000 Wii's.

I do wonder if it wasnt possible to avoid all confusion with wii u and wii and turn many of those 300,000 wii buys into wii u purchases?

 

[zroid]

bomba...?

 

[TheBioLover]

That's.........not a lot for a console launch, or am I wrong?

 

[GiantEnemyGoomba]

I guess they shipped a ton more consoles than they did Wii at launch. Honestly, I think these numbers are irrelevant to how the console is going to do. It's the first half of 2013 that's going to show what we can expect from sales.

EDIT: Misread OP

 

[Hanmik]

Wii sold like 600k over the first 8 days..

http://www.ign.com/articles/2006/11/28/wii-sells-through-600k

 

[MYE]

Thats okay

 

[btrboyev]

It's never sold out, I've been able to see them in target and Walmart consistently for sale since launch. Even on Thanksgiving evening during fire sales.

 

[Keikaku]

Yeah, I read it wrong. Sorry for jumping on Yaceka!

 

[ASIS]

It's right in the OP

I think he means compared to Wii launch.

It's good, very good, but I think everyone assumed that it would sell out at launch.

Oh well, it's not gonna be a Wii, that's for sure.

 

[Barack Lesnar]

"Wii U is essentially sold out of retail and we are doing our best to continually replenish stock," Fils-Aime said. "Retailers are also doing their best to get the product to store shelves. But as soon as product hits retail, they're selling out immediately.

Funny, although obviously we can't expect him to say anything different. Similar to Tretton when PS3 launched.

 

[Spiegel]

500k DS+3DS?

That's pretty bad.

EDIT

Ah, the op has the actual numbers

250,000 3DS and 275,000 DS

 

[crimzonflame]

300,000 disappointed kids on Christmas morning.

 

[Wiz]

Decent, but nothing to write home about tbh

 

[stuminus3]

500,000 people throwing their arms up and screaming "what the fuck you mean it's only $140 now?!"

 

[BearPawB]

Why anyone would by a Wii right now is beyond me, let alone 300,000 people. Those are 300,000 people who aren't buying a Wii U anytime soon

 

[Aquamarine]

I love seeing a console do so well in the market. It's always a wonderful thing to hear, regardless of which company it is.

 

[Saiyar]

On the portable side, Nintendo sold more than 500,000 hardware units, including 250,000 3DS and 275,000 DS devices.

3DS is down almost 50% compared to last year. Total hardware sales are down as well (1.5 million in 2011)

 

[-KRS-]

It's pretty crazy when you compare how much the Wii sold in the states compared to how it sells in Japan right now. It's really really dead in Japan but in the states it still manages to sell 300.000 units. And then the 3DS situation is the complete opposite. Well the 3DS is not completely dead in the west but you get my point.

I wonder if many people bought a Wii thinking it was a Wii U.

 

[18-Volt]

270,000 3DS is not good. They always have sold more than 1 million DS just on Black Friday week in the past.

 

[zruben]

Wow. I wasn't expecting such a high number, considering the lack of marketing and the "it's just a controller" confusion.

I'll still buy mine on mid-2013.

 

[Tash]

I am curious to see how this is going to progress WiiU wise, since the launch titles are very meh...
Depends a lot on what they have in store from now on

 

[stuminus3]

Why anyone would by a Wii right now is beyond me, let alone 300,000 people. Those are 300,000 people who aren't buying a Wii U anytime soon

SMH.

You know, some people can't even afford shoes for their kids.

 

[Vanille]

3DS is down almost 50% compared to last year.

yikes

 

[gofreak]

3DS is down almost 50% compared to last year. Total hardware sales are down as well (1.3 million in 2011)

....and here's why they're price cutting. The dedicated handheld market in NA is under serious pressure.