Wii Sells Out In Japan

With thousands lined up, the Nintendo Wii has sold out on launch day in Japan.

With online pre-orders snapped up the moment they were available, thousands waited in line for a chance to buy the Nintendo Wii in Japan. Nintendo claims 400,000 units were shipped with another 600,000 planned before the end of the year. This amounts to 200,000 fewer units than North America received for launch.

Unlucky gamers who were too late for the 1000 or more people lines rushed to other shops who raffled off systems rather than sell them at a first come, first served basis.

Nintendo has been running strong in Japan, selling over 128,621 DS Lite systems in a one week period from November 13th to 19th. The PS3 sold 42,099 units and the PSP sold 16,90 during the same time frame.

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The way the wii is selling has to be some kind of record right?

I mean, PS3 and XBOX 360 sold out at launch too, but there are sooooo many more wii units available that the fact they have sold out everywhere has to mean something amazing.

XBOX 360 was the fastest selling console ever here in aus when it sold 30 thousand in the first 4 days. By recent counts, the wii already has just over that many pre-orders and it hasn't even come out yet. Nintendo is certainly doing something right.