The numbers are a bit high for all three I think. Wii for instance sold 990,000 in Japan in 2006 (by December 31) If you throw in the 10% fudge factor for Mexico and Canada, Wii sold 1.245 million in North America by December 28 (this is why January is 5 weeks in new NPD January data, the leap 'week' accounts for four days in December 28-31 and three in February 1-3) in 2006. The European data listed on this website shows 810k for Europe in 2006. 810,000+1,245,000+990,000 = 3.045 million Wii's sold. Throw in the four days in North America (estimate 4 days divided by a 31 day month x 576,000 American December Wii's), and you arrive at a number very close to Nintendo's financial report figure of 3.19 million Wii's sold by the end of 2006 - 3.12 million or so. Add in a bit more for Canada, Mexico and South America over the 4 days you get to 3.19 million I think. In January, Wii sold 450,000 in Japan (by the 28th). Add 1/2 the total of the next week to January, and you get another 35,000 Wii's sold in Japan in January. North American estimates for Wii are 500,000 over the 5 week period. For the actual January period, I would say it is around 400,000 Wii's sold. Europe seems to be having shortages, but sales are still brisk, call it 150,000 in January. No idea if Euro figures are low or even too high though, but if close, that adds 1 million to the Wii world wide total in January. In February, as of the 11th, Wii had sold 115,000 or so in Japan. If North American sales and European sales remain about the same, another 11 days of sales in those territories would add 275,000 units or so. In other words, as of about February 11, 2007, Wii is: 3.19 (2006) + 1.03 (January) +.115 (Japan February) + .275 (Eur + N.A. February) = February 11, 2007 Wii userbase That adds up to 4.61 million. The website says 4.71, for today, February 19, 2007. Wii probably sold about 60-80 thousand in Japan this week. Throw in another 70,000 for the West and the numbers seem pretty reasonable to a bit low for Wii.
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