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Nintendo Sells 50 Million Wii Consoles To Consumers

by VGChartz Staff, posted on 27 May 2009 / 15,860 Views

It finally happened: After 130 weeks on sale we can now report that Nintendo sold its 50th million Wii to customers.

 

 So far the Wii is the fastest selling console ever released, selling at an even faster pace than the DS or the Playstation 2 at their respective points in life. (See the graph below for more details, numbers in millions)

 

Sales after 130 weeks on the market

 

We’ve also included PS3 and Xbox360 for comparison purposes. As you can see the Wii holds up quite well.

 We’re looking forward to E3 and hope those 50 million people will see a lot of games worth playing. Stay tuned for more news and analysis here on VGChartz!

 

 


49 Comments

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PeteyPeeps (on 01 June 2009)

Come on people ... gamecube will be one of my favorite consoles of all time ... the wii doesn't stand up to it in anyway ... im just speaking truth ... Im a sega / nintendo fan boi >>> Sony and M$, but honestly,the wii has, and still is a major disappointment to me, lets see if this years E3 will change things ... altho, after checking how long the press conference is for Nintendo compared to the others ... i cant see happyness MICROSOFT - Monday, June 1, 10:30am-12:00pm PT NINTENDO - Monday, June 1, 9:30am-10:00am PT SONY - Monday, June 1, 11:00am-12:30pm PT


MegaGame (on 31 May 2009)

why is not fair to take 130weeks from start, insted of 130weeks of each part of the world, it is not nintendos fualt that sony didnt put enouge money in to making ps2 to make a world wide luanch like wii. For me that looks like sony didnt have enouge faith in their ps2 at start, the same way nintendo had in wii.


Wonktonodi (on 31 May 2009)

has the ps3 been out 130 weeks in Europe yet?


jmcraddock (on 31 May 2009)

Wow, PS3 is beating Xbox 360 in the console war! Xbox got a year start, but in the graph, when compared after 130 weeks each, ps3 is the winner!


Pepe2009 (on 29 May 2009)

Stefan.De.Machtige says: Wii: I'm the wii and i just conquered the earth. Earth: We surrender. Wii: Bow to me, worms! Earth: Yes, master Wii: Now, play me...don't be shy... ha...ha...ha... Posted on: 05/27/09, 13:28 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Couldn't say it better myself. :P


Pepe2009 (on 29 May 2009)

Fad my ass


Omega_Phazon_Pirate. (on 29 May 2009)

@ Uno, I seriously hope you are joking :P. And lol @ Petey, but as I always say, ignorance is bliss.


uno (on 28 May 2009)

Fad. It will pass soon....


Bobbuffalo (on 28 May 2009)

lol @ Ail


Ail (on 28 May 2009)

As someone else pointed out the comparison with the PS2 isn't fair because it discounts the fact that the PS2 was released earlier in Japan so there aren't 120 weeks of NA or Others data. If you want this site to be respectable, try to post factual information on the front news page......


Showertea (on 28 May 2009)

@itmchris How is it inaccurate? Yeah, the PS2 sold a lot more than 31 million and the 360 has sold more than 18 mill. This is how much it's sold in 130 weeks, which is how long the Wii's been out. That's a completely fair comparison.


Bobbuffalo (on 28 May 2009)

lol @ peteypeeps


Jumpin (on 28 May 2009)

I think PeteyPeeps is in the minority. The Wii, when compared to the first two and a half years of every other console from Nintendo; comes out way on top. Gamecube had nothing worth playing on it for years, N64 had like 30-40 games TOTAL after two and a half years, SNES didn't have anything until Donkey Kong (which was like three years). The NES is really the only one, in its time, that competes.


Araknie (on 28 May 2009)

If it's the worst, and all are saying that... ...why costumers continue to buy it? It's not like people like you is saying, think to it.


PeteyPeeps (on 28 May 2009)

Its a sad day in gaming history ... Nintendo's WORST console Selling the most ... sad day indeed


itmchris (on 28 May 2009)

it's a good idea to point out that this chart only represents part of the selling cycle for certain systems and is an inaccurate comparison. Some systems were out earlier and some later, you've selected to only include data that accurately represents the wii. The 360 has been out for more then 130weeks and has sold Worldwide: 27.93 million (as of January 14, 2009).


Falcon095 (on 28 May 2009)

@Seraphic_Sixaxis Er.. you know that Wii Fit and the "other wii types games that bring family together" ARE part of the Wii's exclusive line-up right?


Seraphic_Sixaxis (on 27 May 2009)

True, due to Wii-Fit. and Other "Wii-" type games that bring the family together, not due to the wii's exclusive line-up. Still its quite the landmark, congrats... for bringing familys together! thats just great. :)


vess13 (on 27 May 2009)

260 weeks in the future will be fun times for Nintendo...


Khuutra (on 27 May 2009)

The PS2 launching earlier in Japan thing needs to be noted that it still sold as much as Sony could produce - so after 130 weeks of production, the numbers above still hold.


sethnintendo (on 27 May 2009)

Grats Nintendo... Looking forward to reaching 100 million!


Soriku (on 27 May 2009)

@haxxiy "Japan: Wii - 8.07 PS2 - 9.96" Hmm...a bit closer than I thought, considering how low the Wii's been for quite a while, the lack of big games (which goes hand in hand with the Wii being low...), and because of the bad economy and stuff.


Nightmare24 (on 27 May 2009)

in my opinion- overrated


SaviorX (on 27 May 2009)

The Wii may not ever catch the PS2 in Japan, but it will exceed it everywhere else.


haxxiy (on 27 May 2009)

Well, in fact it wasn't that low. Going from launch on each region, at the same point on lifetime we get - Japan: Wii - 8.07 PS2 - 9.96 America: Wii - 23.30 PS2 - 19.76 Others: Wii - 18.82 PS2 - 15.30 Wii total - 50.19m PS2 total - 45.02m


liquidninja (on 27 May 2009)

It was only a matter of time before it happen. Now it's on the road to 50%.


.:Dark Prince:. (on 27 May 2009)

You've got to remember that the PS2 launched way earlier in Japan than NA/EU. Still, pretty impressive, even though 2009 seems a bit slow so far.


superchunk (on 27 May 2009)

Impressive. Its going to be a bitter-sweet day when Wii passes NES in LTD.


thetonestarr (on 27 May 2009)

@Omega_Phazon - That's due to Nintendo quickly moving in with the GBA's successor and effectively killing it off.


haxxiy (on 27 May 2009)

Whoa I didn't knew the PS2 was that low 130 weeks from launch.


jefforange89 (on 27 May 2009)

but wiiz r fadz


whatever (on 27 May 2009)

When "WM Plus" hits with a slate of new innovative games, this will push the Wii well past the PS2.


oliist (on 27 May 2009)

The fad kicks ass. :-D


bardicverse (on 27 May 2009)

Wow, the Wii is tracking at over one and a half times faster than the PS2? I didn't realize that. If that is the case, it's pretty likely it will strip the crown of best selling console LTD from the PS2.


Aidman (on 27 May 2009)

Top three CONGRATS to NInTEndooo Wiiiii To NITENDOOO DOOO ^^


Bobbuffalo (on 27 May 2009)

Well done Nintendo! well done!


Yridian (on 27 May 2009)

So all those who still think PS3 will end up #1 in total sales this generation, take a good long look at that graph ... wait a minute, 360 behind in sales of the PS3? Am I reading that right? Something is off ... me or the chart? Oh, duh. This is 130 weeks for each system. Okay, blond moment over.


DarkNight_DS (on 27 May 2009)

Am I the only one who couldn't even tell that there were letters beside the colored boxes on the right hand side of that graph?


MaxwellGT2000 (on 27 May 2009)

@ Omega One of the shortest retail generations, which it was cut short due to the PSP coming out and Nintendo had to counter. But this handheld generation will last much longer.


Omega_Phazon_Pirate. (on 27 May 2009)

what I find interesting is that the GBA sold more in 130 weeks then the PS2 did yet still could not outsell the PS2 :P.


Stefan.De.Machtige (on 27 May 2009)

Wii: I'm the wii and i just conquered the earth. Earth: We surrender. Wii: Bow to me, worms! Earth: Yes, master Wii: Now, play me...don't be shy... ha...ha...ha...


Stefan.De.Machtige (on 27 May 2009)

My god, Nintendo has given birth to a white monster. And Still some people pretend that it isn't a real console.


benao87 (on 27 May 2009)

Wow, amazing! Lol its interesting that ps3 sold more units that 360 in 130 weeks


dark_gh0st_b0y (on 27 May 2009)

Wii is the best console ever!! (for me)


MaxwellGT2000 (on 27 May 2009)

@Jumpin It has slowed but remember at the same time last year we had Brawl, Kart AND Wii Fit out and it drove console sales and Nintendo is shipping out faster then they did last year at the same time. When a steady supply of big games such as those starts coming again it will probably start becoming closer to shipping numbers.


Jumpin (on 27 May 2009)

I would say that's not good news if the Wii sales are now two months behind shipments. It wasn't very long ago that Wii shipments was also an accurate representation of current sales.


Louie (on 27 May 2009)

This is certainly the most beatiful graph ever :-P @ Jumpin: These are sales to consumers, Nintendo only reports shipment numbers ;-)


Jumpin (on 27 May 2009)

Didn't this happen back in March?