Nintendo Wii sales top 50m

[Killergran]

metalmonstar said:
Some odd things to note;

2. Wasn't Nintendo's plan to ship 52 million units by March? I know they lowered their forecast but it is hard to believe that after two months later they still hadn't even shipped 50 million.

3. VGchartz has the wii at 49.5mil. Considering that the wii sells about 250-400k a week worldwide, it is hard to believe that nintendo only has two weeks worth of shipments on shelves.

4. I could swear nintendo stated they shipped 50 million units back in late March or early April. I would have to look into that though.

What I am trying to get across is the numbers are quite peculiar. Either the wii and software are overtracked or undertracked.

2. Last year the goal for march was 50 million. Maybe it changed later, but a year ago they said 50 million in end of march.

3. It's not that hard to believe. Used to be not that long ago that Nintendo couldn't keep up with demand at all. And it said 50.23 million by end of March. And now it's May. So make that 6-10 weeks on the shelfs.

4. Yes... that's essentially it.