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Nintendo Wii sales hit 6 million in Europe

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DVDBack23 @ Jan 24, 2008 21:20 | 5 comments

Following Nintendo Japan's announcement that 5 million Wii units had been sold in the country, Nintendo Europe has revealed that sales of the Wii had reached 6 million and DS handheld sales had reached 20 million units.

The company also revealed that first party software sales for the region had been impressive, with four titles for the Wii blasting past one million units sold. "Wii Play" has sold 2.3 units while "The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess" and "Super Mario Galaxy" sold 1.3 million each. "Mario Party 8" just hit one million units sold.

DS games continued to sell very well with the "Nintendogs" series leading the pack with over 8 million units sold.

2008 Wii titles coming to Europe should also be hot sellers especially the upcoming "Wii Fit", "Super Smash Bros. Brawl" and "Mario Kart Wii". The last two titles are successors to blockbuster hits for past consoles.

Nintendo also revealed that for the 9 month period ending December 31st 2007, profit was $2.43 billion USD, almost double its 2006 profit.

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Comment by: wetsparks (Jan 25, 2008 06:35)

2.43 billion dollars in profit, holy crap. And with no end in sight on the massive demand for the console and smash bros. and mario kart coming.....

Comment by: glasssd (Jan 25, 2008 07:29)

I'm a PS3 Man but gota admit, the WII is kicking butt.

Comment by: nobrainer (Jan 25, 2008 16:42)

thank god the fun has been brought back into gaming as i've just about had enough of doom and half life clones over the last 20 years!

i can see the appeal of the 360/PS3 to the kids but anyone over 30 would have seen it all before many times over.

*NOTE TO GAME DEVELOPERS*

better graphics do not make a good game or a game next gen!

The BPI Are: SONY, UNIVERSAL, WARNER GROUP, EMI.

The RIAA Soundexchange Are: SONY, UNIVERSAL, WARNER GROUP, EMI.

The MPAA Are: SONY, UNIVERSAL, WARNER GROUP, DISNEY, PARAMOUNT, FOX.

Comment by: snowlock (Jan 25, 2008 23:12)

gotta love it
=)

Comment by: borhan9 (Feb 19, 2008 06:52)

Quote:
Nintendo also revealed that for the 9 month period ending December 31st 2007, profit was $2.43 billion USD, almost double its 2006 profit.

Thats impresive :)