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Shino
Fade into this fantasy, caught in the web of time
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 Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2006 10:09 am Post subject: A successful first week for Nintendo |
The figure I saw was over 700K, but they are officially stating 600K...
3 of 4 buyers buy Zelda. That's pretty damn good!
| Gamespot wrote: | Over 600,000 Wiis served
Nintendo recaps its new system's first eight days at retail, says more than 75 percent of Wii owners also picked up Zelda.
By Brendan Sinclair, GameSpot
Posted Nov 27, 2006 7:18 pm ET
While Sony said it would have 400,000 PlayStation 3 systems ready for its North American launch, Nintendo consistently refused to put a comparable figure on its own efforts with the Wii launch. Instead it would say only that it would ship 4 million systems worldwide by the end of the year.
Now that the launch has come and gone, Nintendo has finally tallied up the number of Wiis it has sold. Today the company said that more than 600,000 Wiis were sold in the Americas in the console's first eight days of release.
"We've shipped retailers several times the amount of hardware the other company was able to deliver for its launch around the same time--and we still sold out," Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime said in a statement. Leading up to the PS3 launch, one analyst predicted that Sony would fall well short of its shipment goal, suggesting that fewer than 200,000 PS3s would be available on day one.
First-party software and accessory sales brought in more than $190 million on their own. The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess in particular rang up strong sales of more than 454,000, or three games for every four consoles. Nintendo said the system's downloadable game service, the Virtual Console, was also a hit, though it gave no figures to describe how big a hit it was. |
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Buda
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| Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2006 12:19 pm Post subject: |
wow, thats preaty damn good, and i havent picked up mine yet 
heh im so gonna win my bet |
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GAAZ
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| Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2006 1:29 pm Post subject: |
Doot, Ultrawolf, Shino...Bought Zelda.
I am the 4. T_T
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Shino
Fade into this fantasy, caught in the web of time
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| Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2006 1:43 pm Post subject: |
| GAAZ wrote: | Doot, Ultrawolf, Shino...Bought Zelda.
I am the 4. T_T
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Don't forget Una.
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ScrumYummy
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| Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2006 3:01 pm Post subject: |
Add me in. GAAZ = teh fail.  !
Although, we got a Wii on launch day, and it was defective (it could pick up wireless signals, but couldn't connect) so Nintendo sent us a new one; we finally got it a few days ago. Well, it turns out the old system corrupted all of our save data, so we couldn't transfer it to the new system--so my 20+ hours of Zelda went out the window ;_; I haven't gotten over my depression enough to start a new file on the new system. X)! |
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Terin
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| Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2006 7:25 pm Post subject: |
I'm still waiting for the price to teh drop. But affer that, wiii for me!
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Blackmage
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| Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2006 11:50 pm Post subject: |
My clutch started slipping yesterday so no Wii for me anytime soon, teh sadness  |
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Silver Adept
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| Posted: Wed Nov 29, 2006 8:53 am Post subject: |
Sounds like Nintendo took care of its fans and its business when it came to the Wii. Pretty successful launch. Once it becomes a bit more affordable, I think I may consider getting one. |
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| Posted: Wed Nov 29, 2006 7:51 pm Post subject: |
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I preorderd my copy today.
You think it was a bit late? But the launch is the eight. |
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kurjohoto the III
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| Posted: Sat Dec 02, 2006 2:41 pm Post subject: |
PS3=sad
My roomie got one! Zelda is so sweet! Wii sports is still my fav though. |
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