Wii Sets Single Month Sales Record in the United States

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Kenology on 14 January 2010

So Wii > HD Twins combined according to NPD for 2009.

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patjuan32 on 14 January 2010

Kenology said:

So Wii > HD Twins combined according to NPD for 2009.

@ Savior X - What is the NBA Jam scan?

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famousringo on 15 January 2010

nordlead said:

Zucas said:
I'm surprised people aren't chiming in here haha. Last year, all people could talk about is Wii potentially beating that PS2 2.7 million home console record. But shortages caused it to miss it. This year, it crushed it haha. I'd say that's a pretty big deal haha.

The thing I remember, is this year everyone was saying it wouldn't break last years total sales. I don't remember what I had it at, but I think I had it at a near tie. Some were expecting a lot lower sales. I honestly don't think anyone in their right mind expected a 3.8m sales from NPD.

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Smeags on 15 January 2010

Good gravy! I mean, holy guacamole...

It's a Nintendo invasion!

Simply incredible sales.

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LordTheNightKnight on 15 January 2010

This should put off the Wii doomed articles for about a week.

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TheSource on 15 January 2010

Here is my theory for December NPD which covers five weeks:

Nintendo said a couple weeks ago that Wii sold over 3m in the USA in December...

We all assumed that was for a five week period, ala the NPD period. But...it may have been for four weeks (say Nov 30-Dec 27) as the press release was damn near the end of the fifth week. If that is the case, Wii had averaged ~800,000 in the USA through that four week period at least, and then it sold ~500,000-600,000 during the final week of the period. Otherwise, Nintendo would have just said "we sold over 4m Wiis in North America in the first four weeks of December". If that is the case then the figures Iwata gave would be consistent with NPD. I think this is possible - Iwata always mentions at Nintendo's briefings that NPD months are sometimes four weeks, sometimes five weeks. Maybe he forgets which is which sometimes?

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