1 Million Wiis To Be Sold in U.S. By December

Gamasutra reports on comments by Nintendo's Reggie-Fils Aime, who is claiming the company will have sold 1 Million Wii consoles by December 1st. From the article: "Nintendo's previously stated plans called for the company to ship approximately 4 million consoles globally before the end of 2006. It is not clear whether the new figures stated by Fils-Aime are still in line with these numbers, since no estimate for Japanese or European sales were given. Sony's plans call for 1 million consoles sales in the U.S. by the end of March, 2007. When interviewed by Reuters, Fils-Aime also commented on the potential lifespan of the Wii, suggesting that a four, five or even six year lifespan was 'just about right.'"

Comments

So Much For The Bogus Launch Numbers

[Anonymous Coward]

So much for the Nintendo fans screaming about the Wii selling 1-1.2 million units at launch. Nintendo drastically cut back the number of units just before launch.

Tear up those multi-million lead over the PS3 Nintendo fans were prematurely bragging about. Sony is saying they will have a similar amount by mid-December too.

Re:Yes but the PS3 is to looking like a disaster

[timster]

PS3 ebay prices have dropped to around $1000, which isn't exactly spectacular for a console that launched only a few days ago in extremely limited numbers.

1080p is not required for "true HD" and only games with relatively simplistic graphics will ever use it, as the PS3 isn't powerful enough to render complex graphics with lots of effects in 1080p. Of course, only a small proportion of people have 1080p televisions anyway.