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Lastgengamer on 23 November 2009

Wii sales leap as Xmas factor kicks in

Black SKU gives console Q4 lift as it becomes last week’s biggest seller; Nindie.com working ‘round the clock’

Wii hardware sales jumped 60 per cent last week – as the black version of the console helped stimulate fresh interest in time for Christmas.

The Black Wii, which launched a fortnight ago on Friday, November 6th, helped the console become the best performing home system of the week, according to Nintendo.

And preferred distributor Nindie.com – owned by
Koch Media – has told MCV that it has been working “round the clock” to deal with increased demand.

“Of course it would be wrong to attribute all of this to Black Wii as we’re all starting to see a natural peak season uplift on all hardware,” said senior Nintendo product manager Rob Lowe.

“But we have been really pleased with Wii’s performance over the last couple of weeks and the new Black Wii has certainly contributed to that. In fact Black hardware sales have doubled week-on-week.”

 

Nintendo is hoping to avoid any stock troubles as demand increases. Lowe added: “We’re bringing in a decent supply of stock and hopefully retail will find it in plentiful supply this Christmas – although consumer reaction to the new colour might suddenly change that position. It is a limited edition version of the console so currently we only have plans for it to be available in 2009.”

Koch Media boss Craig McNicol added: “We are working around the clock this Q4, opening each weekend to take in deliveries to support yet another strong Nintendo Christmas. Nindie.com continues to be the only place to offer a fair allocation of stock to the independent channel.

"We allocate our stock based on the market share that our customers have built up with Nindie on first party Nintendo purchases in the past quarter. Loyalty gets paid back with fairness.”

 

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Ninendo seems set to have another huge Holiday.



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gurglesletch on 23 November 2009

You can't really say it jumped 60% if the quarter isin't over.




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Lastgengamer on 23 November 2009

^ Yeah I should have cleared that up sorry.



darthdevidem01 on 23 November 2009

Q4 was last quarter or is Q4 the coming one?

or is the article writer from the future? lol



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Bladeforce on 23 November 2009

That black Wii is soo damned sexy. Saw one next to a 360 the other day, people are like hounds trying to get the black Wii and it really does make the 360 look like a pile of dirt



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darthdevidem01 on 23 November 2009

@bladeforce

oh stop trolling bladeforce



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Bladeforce on 23 November 2009

All I am saying is the comparison it does look VERY good and to me it's not surprising the Wii will sell IMO about 700,000 this week they have got the design bang on



"...the best way to prepare [to be a programmer] is to write programs, and to study great programs that other people have written. In my case, I went to the garbage cans at the Computer Science Center and fished out listings of their operating system." - Bill Gates (Microsoft Corporation)

"Hey, Steve, just because you broke into Xerox's house before I did and took the TV doesn't mean I can't go in later and take the stereo." - Bill Gates (Microsoft Corporation)

Bill Gates had Mac prototypes to work from, and he was known to be obsessed with trying to make Windows as good as SAND (Steve's Amazing New Device), as a Microsoft exec named it. It was the Mac that Microsoft took for its blueprint on how to make a GUI.

 

""Windows [n.] - A thirty-two bit extension and GUI shell to a sixteen bit patch to an eight bit operating system originally coded for a four bit microprocessor and sold by a two-bit company that can't stand one bit of competition.""

tedsteriscool on 23 November 2009
Bladeforce said:
That black Wii is soo damned sexy. Saw one next to a 360 the other day, people are like hounds trying to get the black Wii and it really does make the 360 look like a pile of dirt

I fail to believe you're 29.

 

On topic: Good for the Wii. Still way down YoY. Hopefully the sex factor (also known as black coloration) can help it this holiday.



Avinash_Tyagi on 23 November 2009

^Actually its possible that Wii could be on par or even up YOY this week, what with the NSMB Wii release in NA and others.

Wii needs to see about a 40% rise over last week to get to last years sales, if this 60% plays out in other regions, it might make it.



 

Predictions:Sales of Wii Fit will surpass the combined sales of the Grand Theft Auto franchiseLifetime sales of Wii will surpass the combined sales of the entire Playstation family of consoles by 12/31/2015 Wii hardware sales will surpass the total hardware sales of the PS2 by 12/31/2010 Wii will have 50% marketshare or more by the end of 2008 (I was wrong!!  It was a little over 48% only)Wii will surpass 45 Million in lifetime sales by the end of 2008 (I was wrong!!  Nintendo Financials showed it fell slightly short of 45 million shipped by end of 2008)Wii will surpass 80 Million in lifetime sales by the end of 2009 (I was wrong!! Wii didn't even get to 70 Million)

Avinash_Tyagi on 23 November 2009

^How about WW, or are you still compiling the figures?



 

Predictions:Sales of Wii Fit will surpass the combined sales of the Grand Theft Auto franchiseLifetime sales of Wii will surpass the combined sales of the entire Playstation family of consoles by 12/31/2015 Wii hardware sales will surpass the total hardware sales of the PS2 by 12/31/2010 Wii will have 50% marketshare or more by the end of 2008 (I was wrong!!  It was a little over 48% only)Wii will surpass 45 Million in lifetime sales by the end of 2008 (I was wrong!!  Nintendo Financials showed it fell slightly short of 45 million shipped by end of 2008)Wii will surpass 80 Million in lifetime sales by the end of 2009 (I was wrong!! Wii didn't even get to 70 Million)