According to the front page data Wii has reached 6 million units sold in just over 4 months in the Americas, and 3 to 3.5 months elsewhere. Wii has been out for 17 weeks in the Americas, 2.37 million on the front page/17, at a rate of 139,412 consoles per week on average (obviously including the bias of the holidays, weekly sales are more like 80,000-90,000 now) In Japan, Wii is estimated to be at 1.98 million 15.5 weeks (adding 1.5 weeks from March 11 to make the data upto March 21). An average of 132,000 per week (again, obviously impacted heavily by the holidays, weekly sales are somewhere between 45,000-85,000 recently, depending on shipment allocations) In others, Wii is estimated at 1.68 million, through 14.5 weeks (if data is through March 21), an average of 115,862 units per week. With 800,000 Wii's sold in December, that would mean 880,000 were sold in 2007, in 11.5 weeks. This puts the recent rate at 76,522 consoles per week (on average). For comparison, in roughly 70 weeks Xbox 360 has sold 5.88 million in the Americas, a rate of 84,000 per week. This average fluctuates quite a bit (look at the 360 2006 December sales to see why!), but recently (and im most months) the range has been in the 60,000 to 70,000/week range.
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