I say around ~800,000. Maybe a bit lower. BUT it will be well above 500,000.

@tokilamockingbrd,

Agreed, people tend to get a bit excited about this. I too hope they sell 100 billion this week...but I'm not going to hold my breath for that =P

There will be riots.

Hmm 100 might be a lowball figure for some stores. I remember BestBuy got in 500 one time. Or was it 200? I will check at my local BB to see what number they get in.

So let's see.

Week Dec 15th: 16.8-17 million
Week Dec 22nd: 18-18.3 million
Week Dec 29th: 19-19.4 million

According to Reggies transcript:

http://vgchartz.com/forum/thread.php?id=12162

Furthermore, systems will be available this weekend, with retailer circulars running at, at least six national retailers. Best Buy, K-Mart, Sears, Target, Toys 'R' Us and Circuit City. For Wal-Mart, a retailer that doesn't put out weekly circulars, they will be pushing out massive amounts of Wii systems into their stores all week long.

Well, if the sales numbers in Europe and Japan hold up we really may be seeing a 1 million plus amount of Wii sold during one of the following weeks. That would be a first i think, to sell so many units over a year from launch. Ohhh....2008 can't come quick enough, there are so many Wii games that i want to buy during the year :D.

Hey guys, I was just told by my Gamestop manager that he just received a company wide email that said they would not be doing the voucher program.

Thoughts on why?

Edit: I mean raincheck.

Yeah Wii events. I thought the sales problem was not bad marketing but the fact that Nintendo isn't able to produce enough of the damn things.