Wii reaches 5 million units threshold in Japan

Tuesday 22nd January 2008, 04:02:00 PM, written by Stefan Salzl

According to Japan-based Enterbrain Nintendo's current home console Wii has - as of January 20 - sold more than 5 million units in Japan alone.

Just barely over one year after its launch on December 2 2006 in Nintendo's home market the Wii has been passed over the Japanese counters more than 5 million times. Among the offerings of the current console generation Wii so far has been the solid market leader in Japan, considerably outpacing its main rival in that market, the PlayStation 3 by Sony, despite the strong brand awareness of its predecessors.

The report also contained the life-to-date sales numbers for Wii's Top 5 software titles, all of which unsurprisingsly were developed by the Kyoto-based manufacturer itself. Among these titles the majority of sales were achieved by new Nintendo franchises such as Wii Sports, Wii Play and Wii Fit.

Wii Hardware Sales in Japan (January 20)
Title	Launch Date	Untis Sold
Wii	12/02/2006	5,019,337
Top 5 Wii Software Sales in Japan (January 20)
Title	Launch Date	Units Sold
Wii Sports	12/02/2006	2,663,938
Wii Play	12/02/2006	2,139,084
Mario Party 8	07/26/2007	1,153,648
Wii Fit	12/01/2007	1,113,626
Super Mario Galaxy	11/01/2007	843,961

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