Nintendo fans have come out and voiced their pleasure as Nintendo announced today that they sold 3.2 million units worldwide of their new console, the Wii -- just shy of the 4 million promised for the year. All the info:
Nintendo says it has sold 3.19 million Wii machines worldwide, 1.25 million in North America, 1.14 million in Japan and 800,000 in Europe.
Although this figure is shy of the promised 4 million sold by the end of 2006, company spokesperson Yasuhiro Minagaw said the target had been met because some of the units were going through distribution. However, stocks of Wii are still extremely hard to find. Minagaw said Nintendo would hits its 6 million target of Wiis shipped by March 31, with a further million units manufactured.
After all the uber Nintendo fans buy the Wii, will anyone else?
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12:20 PM on 01.25.2007
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I really hope this doesn't happen.
But Wii Sports is fun. And Rayman is fun. And elebits is fun.
So when they showed up on Amazon on tuesday, I snapped one up.
In order for Mario to get coins out of that ? box, he's going to have to punch that guy in the junk. Awesome costume idea, poor design.
Indecent exposure, FTW!
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Enjoy, you in-the-closet fanboy!
I know this is just a small sample of people in a much larger market, but I think Nintendo is aiming at the right consumers. Word of mouth on the Wii is HUGE. Everytime I tell someone I have one they immediately want to come over and try it out. Now they just need to back it up with more quality 1st and 3rd party titles.
I am really looking for the small dose gaming that the DS offers. Turn on the system and be playing in less than 1 minute and play for 5-15 minutes. The wii doesn't, or hasn't shown me, that it has those games.
The arcade sytle games from Xbox and PS3 are more that style but not quite either. I like my DS but I hate playing on the small screen at home.
And when the hell is missing your target by 800k "just shy" that is almost a %25 missed target! I can carry that logic.
I'm "just shy" of being a millionare.
Ive also got my 360 to keep me busy.
Whether your a nintendo fanboy or not, im pretty sure everyone's gonna get a wii sooner or later.
Please see:
Wii Sports - quick round of any of those games lasts no longer than 15 min, fun for yourself and whole family
Warioware - you can't get much quicker than 3 sec minigames
Elebits - most levels are under 15 min, fun to destroy rooms
Large collection of Virtual Console classics that have a suspend feature so you can leave them at any point and come back to that same point later.
I guess the real question is, what kind of games are you looking for on the Wii that they haven't released yet?
Also, I don't thing much of the older population Nintendo has started to snag were prior Nintendo fanboys. Though, maybe they had a DS, but I'm sure not all did.
Most systems launch with one system seller and maybe a second if they are lucky which is then followed by a drought until the next killer app arrives usually a year later. How long into the Xbox's life cycle was Dead Rising and Gears of War released? And it's not like every title released between Oblivion and Dead Rising was anything to write home about. The exact same thing is happening with the PS3.
So the Wii won't get big name titles for a while. Big surprise. Why not bring it up for the PS3 too? Or why not even attempt to put it in a historical context? Because doing so wouldn't generate nearly as much flame and really, what's the fun in that, right?
I instead went with a 360, the first non-Nintendo system I've owned since the Atari 2600. Between Gears of War, Rainbow Six:Vegas, and soon to be released games like Crackdown and Assassin's Creed, I'm more than happy with the choice I made. I honestly don't see myself getting a Wii anytime soon, if at all.
If anybody cares ha.
But at least give Nintendo some credit by admitting they didn't sell 4 million, instead of saying "Oh we shipped 4+ milllion units!"
It's not just uber fanboys buying Wiis - it's everyone.
Barack Obama owned an NES when he was younger. Possibly when he was studying to become a jihadist by running for President. I swear it's true. It's on teh internets.
Initially, I was kind of pissed because that news came out about a week or two after I got my 360. But I really don't think I'll have any HDD issues as I don't plan on ever downloading any movies or having a huge game library where I'd be running out of space.
The noise and heat thing I think is over blown. When I'm playing, I don't even notice the noise coming from the console. As for over heating, I've checked the console a few times after some 2-3 hr gaming sessions, and any of the heat I've felt doesn't concern me. Definitely can't fry an egg on it, like I've hear some people say ha.
BTW...Mega Man doing the cabbage patch = awesome.
Sports is a great pack in
Zelda is amazing
Elebits really shows off what the controller can do and its fun to boot
Wario Ware is great as well and pretty quirky
That rounds off the games I have so far for the Wii, Im sure there will be at least a game every month or two thats worth purchasing.
Prego, at least one person thats no uber Nintendo fan. BTW anyone else missing Ishaan lately.
Given the press coverage over xmas showing FAMILIES playing together you'd think this is breaking into all sorts of markets.
As for fanboy only purchases. If that was true this would be selling at the same rate as the GC was or perhaps 1.5 times the rate. ;/ Still Summa being incapable of seeing anything but his own imagined reality is becoming quite the norm, and he has the cheek to think Sony's PR has lost the plot!
Yes I miss Ishaan's articles. Good reading without needing cheap tricks to attract faux hits.
Saved myself 200 squid, which I spent on Neo Geo games. :)
I wonder if Niero is interested in following up with a post about what his Dad plans to play on it? I'm interested in his computer and gaming background. Whether the Wii channels are more appealing to non PC users who haven't been spoilt by RSS feeds and realtime radar displays.
i would have seconded that had i not get a lot of kick out of summa posts
He's just a news source that tags on a question or something controversial to get hits. It works but I hope Dtoid will soon be in a position to not need it to drive traffic to the site. It lessens the impact of those who enjoy writing fun, informative or debatable posts and attracts an ugly "fanboy" like audience.
Heh, Summa thinks there's more than 3 million uber N-fanboys. What a N-fanboy.
Go back to sucking off Iwata, Summa, you Nintendo fanboy!
President = Talk shit, live in fantasy world, contribute very little
God = Don't actually exist or do anything, be followed by mindless drones.
Actually its a tough choice. Can we come back at the end of 2008 and see if the American public finally decide to stop rewarding stupidity like its a good thing. In the mean time I'll settle for
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