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:Wrong About Sony Numbers

[Anonymous Coward]

You keep repeating this, but you have no links to back that up. I realize you are the AC anti-Xbox 360/Wii troll but even you must see the disaster that the PS3 is shaping up to be.

With the PS3 ebay auction prices plummeting with the all the news of the numerous problems that the PS3 has it is doubtful that Sony will be able to keep the hype up for long. The PS3 is #3 (out of 3) in sales in next-gen systems, behind the Xbox360 and the Wii. No one expects this to change.

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.