Andre Yoskowitz
8 Dec 2008 15:54
Nintendo president Satoru Iwata has noted that Wii console sales in the US for the Thanksgiving weekend were 'huge', with the company selling 800,000 units in three days.
Last year for the same period the company sold only 350,000 units of the popular game console.
As if there was any question on where the Wii would fall on the hardware sales charts, these numbers guarantee the top spot. However, many retailers are reporting that they are sold out of the console, with one notable exception, Wal-Mart, which says they have "tens of thousands" extra in stock.
"When the economy is strong, people tend to buy three things from the top of their wish list," Iwata said to Reuters. "But when things are bad, people often buy only the first thing on their list - Fortunately for us a lot of shoppers put our products at the top of their list."