By using this site, you agree to our Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use. Close

Forums - Sales - Wii breaks record as 500,000 milestone reached in Australia

Cobretti2 on 23 July 2008

Nintendo Australia has announced that Wii has hit the 500,000 mark in sales throughout Australia, and that it's the fastest console to do so in the region.

Independent market research company GfK Australia has confirmed that it took the console 84 weeks to hit the milestone. PlayStation 2, the previous record holder, took 107 weeks, and Nintendo boasted that Wii's performance is 23 weeks faster.

Nintendo DS hit the 500,000 mark in April 2007.

 

 

Source: http://www.aussie-nintendo.com/?pageid=article&t=11451



 

 

Around the Network
starcraft on 23 July 2008

WOW. Thats fast.



starcraft - Playing Games = FUN, Talking about Games = SERIOUS

highwaystar101 on 23 July 2008

Oh those crazy Aussies



Imthelegend on 23 July 2008

For such a small country we certainly buy alot of consoles and games.



 


 

steven787 on 23 July 2008

1 in 40 people own a Wii in Australia or 1 in 13 households.



I would cite regulation, but I know you will simply ignore it.

Around the Network
OGY on 23 July 2008

Im one fo those 13 households. Australia officially converted to the land of Nintendo.



Nintendo = Innovation = Wii

Imthelegend on 23 July 2008

Its about to be even better. I know at target we have a toy sale on tomorrow. At just our store we have now 245 Wiis on sale. If that number is multiplied by how many stores we have, it will reach well over 10,000 this week. And I'm expecting it to be sold out by about 6am(We open at midnight).



 


 

puffy on 23 July 2008

yeh well more of my there are more wii's in my friends houses than ps3s, nd i only know 1 person with a 360 nd they bought that last week :P



 

OLDSKOOL on 23 July 2008

I live in Melbourne and between myself and 6 of my close friends own - 6 Wii's, 5 X-Box 360's and 4 PS3's. That right there is a close represntation of how the market it is in Australia right now!

By the way...only myself and one other mate own all three consoles!



Wii - 3810 4459 0841 8442 - (Message me to add me)

360 - LuminalACE

PS3 - AUS-ACE

koffieboon on 23 July 2008

IGN also posted this info, but also added some info on the DS:

http://au.wii.ign.com/articles/892/892899p1.html

The week commencing 6 July was the highest individual week of sell through for Nintendo DS hardware in Australia, with more than 49,000 units sold. This is the largest single week sell through ever, for any console in Australia.

Nintendo DS currently has an install base of more than 1.2 million units, which demonstrates that Nintendo DS continues to be the popular choice for all consumers.


Does anybody know why DS sold such a huge amount of consoles at the start of July?