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Nintendo: Average Wii Sits on Shelf for Just an Hour
Nintendo: Average Wii Sits on Shelf for Just an Hour
Wired - April 23, 2008
Submitted by lstormy10 (294) at 8:32PM PST on April 23, 2008
"Wii consoles, on average, sit on the shelves for just an hour before they are purchased. That stat comes straight from Reggie Fils-Aime. Fils-Aime [also] noted that North America gets about 40 percent of the 1.8 million Wii consoles Nintendo manufactures every month. The Americas are the only territory in which supply and demand are out of whack for Wii: Fils-Aime said you can walk into stores in Japan and Europe and find Wii on shelves."
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1DrMarioKart posted on Wii (Wii) at 11:58PM PST on April 23, 2008. RE: Nintendo: Average Wii Sits on Shelf for Just an HourIt should be slightly less than 40% to just the U.S. if Canada (~10% of U.S sales) and Mexico(?%) are counted in the figures for North America.
North America must have gotten closer to half the worldwide allotment in March to have hit 721k US only.[ Veteran ] [ Level 22 ] [ Rank: 448 ]bids
1SickDaddy posted on Wii (Wii) at 9:46PM PST on April 23, 2008. RE: Nintendo: Average Wii Sits on Shelf for Just an Hour@lstormy10,
That number works out for this last month, but not the months prior. I think the states were selling less than half a million, which is 25% or so.
I am amazed that it still remains popular that they fly so fast off the shelves. It's a cool system and they are definitely doing something right.[ Newbie ] [ Level 11 ] [ Rank: 891 ]bids
1lstormy10 posted on Wii (Wii) at 8:37PM PST on April 23, 2008. RE: Nintendo: Average Wii Sits on Shelf for Just an Hour@lstormy10,
Just so everyone does not have to do the math:
40% of 1.8 million consoles is equal to 0.72 million consoles.[ Oracle ] [ Level 20 ] [ Rank: 294 ]bids
16lstormy10 posted on Wii (Wii) at 8:32PM PST on April 23, 2008. Article: Nintendo: Average Wii Sits on Shelf for Just an Hour"Wii consoles, on average, sit on the shelves for just an hour before they are purchased. That stat comes straight from Reggie Fils-Aime. Fils-Aime [also] noted that North America gets about 40 percent of the 1.8 million Wii consoles Nintendo manufactures every month. The Americas are the only territory in which supply and demand are out of whack for Wii: Fils-Aime said you can walk into stores in Japan and Europe and find Wii on shelves."[ Oracle ] [ Level 20 ] [ Rank: 294 ]
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Then that would put the percentage of worldwide units going to the U.S. at around 32% to 36% depending on how much Canada and Mexico receive.