The Wii might not taste as delicious as a hot cake (results pending), but it certainly sells as good as one. After less than fifteen months since its release, the Wii has sold over 20 million units worldwide. Through rigorous scientific calculations, Nintendo Wii Fanboy has decided to officially quantify that total as "a lot." Most of these units were sold in the past nine months, causing Nintendo's profits to nearly double in that time.Nintendo has also reported that 6 million of those Wii units were sold in Europe. The top selling software in the continent includes Wii Play (selling 2.3 million copies), Super Mario Galaxy (selling 1.3 million), Mario Party 8 (selling 1 million), and Twilight Princess (selling 1.3 million).
Not too shabby, Nintendo.
[Via press release]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
1-24-2008 @ 7:56PM
Gun Barrier said...
woo nice! i hope they start buyin no more heroes, to prove 3rd parties sell.
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1-24-2008 @ 7:57PM
glass soldiers said...
with a swift punch in the neck nintendo takes back the throne from sony and takes back what was rightfully theirs in the first place, while microsoft wonders how they will replace red ring of death 360's without bill gates funding the cause, hmmm...
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1-25-2008 @ 10:59AM
Co said...
AND wonders how to sell a console in Japan. Seriously, how can they be considered for the market lead when they can't even penetrate 1/3 of the market???
1-24-2008 @ 10:05PM
hvnlysoldr said...
SD slot=Syrup Dispenser Now I get that joke. And Microsoft was all uppity about whoever reaches 10 million would be winner.
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1-25-2008 @ 9:09PM
glass soldiers said...
hey the wii has already outsold the 360 and theyve also passed the 10million win with over 20million console sold world wide so does that mean nintendo wins?, hmmm...
1-24-2008 @ 11:17PM
Max Headroom said...
Wii is obviously a fad!
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1-25-2008 @ 8:54AM
max said...
there are alot of stupid idiots in the world who apparently should have just bought a freaking nintendo, or ps1 (what i would do if i wanted to play super mario again).
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1-26-2008 @ 1:29AM
Garst said...
Hot cakes? I'm a man. I eat WAFFLES!
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