Wii Surpasses 6 Million Units Sold in UK
According to recent sales figures, Wii hit two major milestones in the UK.
According to sales data from GfK-ChartTrack (retrieved by MCVUK) the Wii is officially the fastest selling home console in the UK. Additionally, the system has surpassed 6 million units sold in 51 weeks on the market.
Demand for the Wii has recently increased in Europe as well since Nintendo introduced the Black Wii.
Dorian Bloch, the GfK-ChartTrack director has stated, “Wii launched in December, 2006 and sold 185,000 in just a few weeks. In calendar year 2007, it sold 1.81 million – but really took off in 2008, with 2.73 million sold. So far in 2009, it’s hit 1.31 million – but it’s got a few weeks to build on that before Christmas.”
Currently, the best selling home console in the UK is the PlayStation 2 which has lifetime sales of 10 million units.
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