Nintendo sold a whopping 1.4 million units of its
Wii video game console in the month of November,
according to Wedbush Morgan analyst Michael
Pachter.
Sales of the Nintendo Wii remain strong this
holiday shopping season, with Nintendo president
Satoru Iwata claiming that more than 800,000 Wii
systems were sold in the U.S. during the week of
the Thanksgiving holiday (November 23-29), more
than doubling the 350,000 units sold for the same
week last year.
The Wii was also the most popular product of
Black Friday, with many retailers, including Best
Buy and Circuit City, continuing to sell out of
the console online. Wal-Mart has reportedly
increased its Wii inventory to “tens of
thousands.”
“When the economy is strong, people tend to buy
three things from the top of their wish list,”
Iwata said. “But when things are bad, people
often buy only the first thing on their list.”
“Fortunately for us, a lot of shoppers put our
products at the top of their list,” he said.
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