Nintendo still has a way to go with the casuals.

[Renar]

famousringo said:

PSaiki said:
It has been selling out and is not selling as well as it could??????

I don't understand your line of thought.

The Wii has set a new standard for success.

If your product isn't selling next month's stock this month, it's not successful. :P

By that definition, I guess only the Wii was successful this holiday season.  That is, N. probably air shipped some Wii to sell for xmas that normally would have come in January via boat.  :)

@ ferret1603  "I haven't seen any reports. Do you have the link?"

 http://www.gonintendo.com/?p=30893

Wii Fit near sellout

Nintendo may have a Wii Fit sellout on their hands in Japan. The title has managed to move 254,000 units so far. From what we heard, Nintendo supplied retailers with 300,000 units for their initial shipment. While a sellout would be great, I really don’t think the game is going to be as big as Nintendo had hoped for. Japan is extremely fickle as of recently, and I am not quite sure what type of console gaming experience they are looking for. I do believe that Wii Fit will be a big hit in NA though.

and

http://www.cubed3.com/news/9132/1/Nintendo

Wii Fit only launched on Saturday, 1st December in Japan, but has already seen massive crowds gathering at various stores across the country to pick up the game and Balance Board package. With reports of only around 300,000 retailer pre-orders, though, Nintendo might be facing a complete sell out sooner than expected.

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250-260k out of initially 300k, and now with a month in, >1M. estimated sold.