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The Wii went on sale across North America on November 19, and in the eight days that followed the system has sold more than 600,000 units – Nintendo points out that this is at a rate of nearly one per second.
“Even with sales already in excess of 600,000 units, demand continues to exceed supply, as it’s clear this is one of the ‘gotta-have’ products for the holiday season,” said Nintendo of America President Reggie Fils-Aime. “We’ve shipped retailers several times the amount of hardware the other company was able to deliver for its launch around the same time – and we still sold out.“
There are no prizes for those of you that predicted that the top selling launch title would be The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess; the game shifted 454,000 units and achieved an attach rate of more than 75%.
The Wii launches later this week in Japan and will go on sale in the UK on December 8.
