Wii Tops 90m Units Globally in 5 Years from Launch - News

The wii gets alot of critisism by gamers but its achievements cannot be underestimated. Wii sports might seem like old hat now but everyone remembers the first time they played it. It also made developers give us new experiences(and a ton of shovelware), suddenly games could be used to keep fit, games like call of duty could be played with a zapper and boxing games could bring in footwork via the balance board. The wii era will also be remembered as one where many retro games were either revisited or made available for download much to the delight of old fans.
Typically Xbox and Sony have both moved into motion gaming of some sort but all of that and the refinements of that in the years to come couldn't of been achieved if Nintendo hadn't of had the balls to go in a completely seperate direction. By the time its life officially ends the console will approach the 100mil mark, have delighted new and old fans and created new gamers from the mainstream. All this backed by a completely free internet gaming experience and I'd say the console has been an amazing success..... Now back to Zelda

Congrats Wii! You gave me many good games!

Why did you stop tracking Canada in your Americas Preview? It's got the same retailers as USA, it's not that hard to track.

It's interesting to see that Wii sales could have been very close to PS2's had it been sold in other markets. Still #2 best selling console ever is something to be proud about, especially with the strong competition taking away sales.

Congrats wii & nintendo! Now for the 100 million!

Long live the Wii!

Hopefully the 100 million mark soon

So the Wii will ends somewhere around 110M-121M LTD in three major markets plus a couple of millions more in emergent countries. Great!

original DS may actually outsell the PS2 in total sales. That would be a big achievement for Nintendo as even though the DS/Dsi/DS Lite aren't actually home consoles per say, it would still be the game system between the big 3 with the highest sales figures.

What was PS2 at WW at the same stage?

Good sales up till now, but I was thinking it might pass 100M this year but it slowed down for most of the year, Nintendo didn't back it up like before, so 90M is fair

Wii is the best console ever for me, then comes PS1

but It's shame that Nintendo reduced it's potential when they decided to make graphics not as good

@Spurgeonryan, no he said the PS2 already sold another 40m after getting to the 78m mark 5 years after launch. @errorpwns, DS is already over 150m. What's the PS2 on that the DS hasn't passed it already?

Pretty impressive, but what I'm really looking forward to is the day Wii hits that coveted 100 million, making it the first Nintendo home console ever to do so. Yup, these are where my priorities are... :/

Congrats Wii! I agree there was a reason I stood inline 5 hours Nov 19,2006 waiting for this console, it offered a completely new way to game. I currently have around 46 games ranging from super mario galaxy 2 to no more heroes to more casual titles. If you were willing to do a little bit of research to bypass the shovel ware there were some pretty good experiences to be had on Wii.

Congrats Wii! I agree there was a reason I stood inline 5 hours Nov 19,2006 waiting for this console, it offered a completely new way to game. I currently have around 46 games ranging from super mario galaxy 2 to no more heroes to more casual titles. If you were willing to do a little bit of research to bypass the shovel ware there were some pretty good experiences to be had on Wii.

What?? Isn't Canada sales already included in the Americas numbers?? Why separate it to make US/Canada/Mexico...?

I got 267 wii games, get wiiflow and a harddrive and u will never have to worry about a scratched up disk

Few of us love the Wii, yet many of us own one. That says something.

There is a little fallacy in those North American numbers, though. American (USA) sales usually lump the sales they get from Canada and Mexico (both countries make up the North American market). And is a fact that most Mexicans buy their consoles in the US not in Mexico (due to the expensive trade tariffs). Only a fool would buy a Wii in Mexico. Where they sell it for prices that are well above what you pay here in the US. Thus the US sales figures get "inflated" by the purchases done by Mexicans who buy the console here (either by them or a 3rd party like a family member or a friend) and then it gets smuggled back to their country (they call it "fayuca").

There is a little fallacy in those North American numbers, though. American (USA) sales usually lump the sales they get from Canada and Mexico (both countries make up the North American market). And is a fact that most Mexicans buy their consoles in the US not in Mexico (due to the expensive trade tariffs). Only a fool would buy a Wii in Mexico. Where they sell it for prices that are well above what you pay here in the US. Thus the US sales figures get "inflated" by the purchases done by Mexicans who buy the console here (either by them or a 3rd party like a family member or a friend) and then it gets smuggled back to their country (they call it "fayuca").

So adding the low ends to the wii numbers now it will at least do 105M LT.

lol and now vgc has it at 88.2m through the 19th. Gotta love adjustments post site created articles. Prolly doesn't matter though, in the end as its still gonna be well over 90m by the time November ends.