Wii Japanese Sales Figures

December 5th, 2006 Posted in Articles, Business, Driving, Multiplayer, RPG, Simulation, Sports, Strategy, Wii

The Wii launched and sold out in Japan last week, Famitsu has the details. Apparently 370,000 consoles were sold (previous estimate was 400,000), and a total of 631,500 software titles were sold, giving Wii a software ratio of 1.8 per console. Among the best sellers were Wii Sports (176,000), Wii Play (171,000), and Zelda Twilight Princess (145,000).

Three of the top four games were party games, Wii Play was bundled with an additional controller, while another party game, WarioWare Smooth Moves sold just over 63,000 copies and took the 4th spot. Red Steel was one of the disappointments, only 9,300 copies were sold.

In the US, the Wii sold 600,000 units, while Zelda Twilight Princess was by far the best selling game, over 450,000 copies were sold.

Read (Famitsu) [Thanks, Ron]

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2 Responses to “Wii Japanese Sales Figures”

  1. Jim2k Says:

    December 5th, 2006 at 4:37 pm

    Zelda as number 3? I must say that is surprising. Red Steel = no surprise at all.



  2. monir Says:

    December 5th, 2006 at 6:36 pm

    i think the reviews had more influence on the result of red steel, same like a film, they could brag on and on about how good it is and then it turns out its just an average film. or they do the opposite, downgrade it even though its decent, but because its french…



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