Title: Wii sells 30K+ units at Australian Launch
borgster101 - December 14, 2006 12:35 AM (GMT)
December 14th, 2006 Nintendo Australia's head of PR Vispi Bhopti has announced that in its first four days of availablity Nintendo's Wii console has sold 32,901 units, making the Wii the biggest console launch in Australian history. The previous record holder was the Xbox 360, with 30,000 units sold.
Since the launch of the GameCube back in May 2002, each subsequent game console launched in Australia broke the previous record of launch sales, and it appears that the trend has continued with the Wii.
The Wii launch was clearly a great success in Australia (as well as around the world) and now its up to Nintendo to continue this momentum in the coming months after launch and beyond.
Wii Midnight Launch, EB Games Chadstone
Source: IGN AU
_MetalliX_ - December 14, 2006 12:55 AM (GMT)
I don't know how accurate that data is. You can't use a figure for the Wii which is accurate to a single console, and then compare that to a figure for the Xbox which appears to be rounded to the nearest 10,000.
dave_cool31 - December 14, 2006 07:06 AM (GMT)
yeh I was wondering about the 360's rounding, but I don't doubt that Wii outsold it by at least a thousand units
quartz_donkey - December 14, 2006 08:06 AM (GMT)
This says that the 360 sold 30,421 in four days and that the Wii sold 32,901 in four days. Yay.
borgster101 - December 15, 2006 12:14 AM (GMT)
Regardless it appears the Wii has broken the record, which is in line with the trend in Australia.
Drake - December 20, 2006 08:25 AM (GMT)
Even so i still cant see the wii outselling a console console in the long run, i think there's alot of curiousity going on about the wii. For example my friend bought one to see what all the fuss is about and then returned it for a 360
dave_cool31 - December 20, 2006 11:40 AM (GMT)
well your friend, sir, is a buffoon! :P
/backslash - December 20, 2006 12:54 PM (GMT)
Agreed. It doesn't even sound like he knew what he was buying either
"What's this thing? Some kind of tv remote? Howcome it's not changing my channels?! I WANT TO CHANGE CHANNELS! And why won't it play my 'Sex & the City' DVDS?! Stuff this, I'm taking it back"
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I'd be interested to see how well the sales go for the Wii in the next 6 months
"What's this thing? Some kind of tv remote? Howcome it's not changing my channels?! I WANT TO CHANGE CHANNELS! And why won't it play my 'Sex & the City' DVDS?! Stuff this, I'm taking it back"
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I'd be interested to see how well the sales go for the Wii in the next 6 months
Drake - December 23, 2006 08:11 AM (GMT)
My friend just got pwnt :lol: nah seriously he just loves the whole home entertainment system kinda thing. media centre dvds etc.
peppermint_temptations - January 11, 2007 04:13 AM (GMT)
| QUOTE (_MetalliX_ @ Dec 14 2006, 10:55 AM) |
| I don't know how accurate that data is. You can't use a figure for the Wii which is accurate to a single console, and then compare that to a figure for the Xbox which appears to be rounded to the nearest 10,000. |
that is exciting!
dave_cool31 - January 11, 2007 05:37 AM (GMT)
where are all these new people coming from? I have nothing to say related to the topic, but I'm just curious; I've seen about three new users today :ph43r: not that that's a bad thing...