Nintendo Consoles In Demand For 2008 Holiday Shoppers
If you have not bought your Nintendo console and have plans to do so this holiday season, you better get to the retail store sooner than later. An article on Gamespot.com reveals the stats on Nintendo holiday games sales in the United States “for the “Black Friday” week of November 18-24. The seven-day period was Nintendo’s best ever in the US, with over 1.03 million systems sold in the 50 states. Of those, 350,000 were $249 Wiis, and 653,000 were $129 DSes. The latter figure eclipsed the record set in 2005, when over 600,000 Game Boy Advances were sold during Thanksgiving Week.” As Wii’s are well received by the entire family to play, the Wii console has turned into a hot commodity that’s in more demand than anticipated. Reggie Fils-Aime, the President of Nintendo of America laments, “At this point, we are literally trying to catch up with demand. [Prospective Wii buyers] aren’t going to sleep outside of a store overnight or visit a retailer five or six times. It is literally a missed opportunity.” Don’t miss your chance to break out the new Wii with the family over the holidays.