Wiik 42 2007, The sale of the Wii last week

[Just_Ben]

Hi all. Its time again for a Wiik for the week. Lets start, shall we?

America – Or Wii are back where Wii belong

The Wii sold 148 thousands units this week. Thats 16% more than last week and it took back the top spot from the 360 this week. The Wii had 2 titles in the Top 10 (20%), 11 titles in the top 50 (22%) and 33 titles in the Top 200 (17%)

Software Top 15:

Place	Overall	Name	Week	Sold	Change	Overall
1(1)	1(2)	Wii Sports	49	144,795	16.4%	5,736,144
2(2)	5(4)	Wii Play	37	75,484	19.1%	2,641,082
3(-)	11(-)	Naruto: Clash of the Ninja Revolution	1	33,094	-	33,094
4(-)	13(-)	Zack & Wiki: Quest for Barbaros Treasure	1	29,055	-	29,055
5(3)	24(20)	Mario Party 8	22	20,558	-0.2%	1,306,836
6(-)	26(-)	EA Playground	1	17,648	-	17,648
7(4)	37(28)	MySims	6	12,898	-14.2%	144,687
8(6)	39(32)	Carnival Games	9	12,666	-12.7%	193,762
9(8)	44(48)	Resident Evil 4: Wii Edition	19	11,667	15.6%	446,926
10(5)	46(30)	Bleach: Shattered Blade	3	11,134	-24.7%	63,433
11(7)	48(41)	Metroid Prime 3: Corruption	9	11,048	-4.7%	474,759
12(10)	60(55)	The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess	49	9,139	0.6%	2,004,522
13(-)	62(-)	The Sims 2: Castaway	1	8,705	-	8,705
14(9)	66(49)	Dance Dance Revolution: Hottest Party	5	8,080	-18.2%	68,259
15(14)	85(74)	Mario Strikers Charged	13	6,797	-9,00%	369,508

#1 The biggest release this week was Naruto: Clash of the Ninja Revolution taking spot 3 on the Wii and spot 11 overall.
#2 EA Playground has a decent release. My Simms still holds relatively steady. Looks like EA can sell some software on the Wii.
#3 The Legend of Zelda crossed the 2 Million mark in the Americas.
#4 Metroid Prime seems to have reached a stable point for know.
#5 Zack&Wiki hit #4 on the Wii and #13 overall. Thats a nice debut, despite being sold out or not ordered in many places, as people on the forum reported.

Outlook: This massive amount of units suggest that not only shops are releasing may stockpiled units, Nintendo has to ship more, a lot more. The Christmas season has begun for the Wii in America. Guitar Hero hit the charts next week. It will be interesting how it sold. If you go by the leader board on the website it got outsold by the 360 version big time and hold up against the PS3 one. The Wii it self should be around the same as this week, about 140 thousands units.

Japan -

To Come.

Other – Or who says thats a small market?
The Wii sold 142 thousands units this week. Thats up 3%. ioi corrected the database, and its know showing that the Wii sells nearly as good as in America. It sold out the PS3 by 2:1 and the Xbox360 3:1.

Software:
UK:
#1 Metroid Prime 3 hit the charts at #1 for the Wii and #7 overall. Thats a good release, considering it was up again PES 2008 on 3 consoles.
#2 Carnival:Funfair games got a revival and is #2 on the Wii and #14 overall.

If anyone has links to charts of other countries, I am happy to include it.

Outlook: Metroid Prime 3 was the released this week in the E.U. Next week Need for Speed hits and thats a big title in the E.U. But it should help the 360 and PS3 more than the Wii, so I see falling numbers next week 130 thousand Wii's sold sounds reasonable.

Overall:

The Wii did great this week, in all territories and will most likely do better next week WW, caused by Japan and the Mario release next week.
This are the important upcoming games for each territory:

CW	Europe	Japan	America
44	Need for Speed ProStreet	Yoshi's Storry	Manhunt 2
The Simpson Game	Super Mario Galaxy	Battalion Wars 2
	Opoona	The Simpson Game
45	EA Playground	Tiger Woods PGA Tour 08	Bee Movie Game
Endles Ocean	Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga
Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga	Mario & Sonics at the Olympic Games
Tony Hawk's Proving Ground

That was the Wiik for the calender week 43, hope it was interesting and you come back next week for the Guitar Hero/ Mario Galaxy week.