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Nintendo Wii Reaches 6 Million Units In UK
by Leigh Alexander
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December 3, 2009
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Nintendo's Wii has sold six million units in the UK since it launched there three years ago -- making it the fastest-selling console in that region's history.
Data from GfK-ChartTrack shows the Wii hit its milestone in the 48th week of the year, and that the mid-November launch of the black Wii gave sales their most recent push.
"Wii launched in December, 2006 and sold 185,000 in just a few weeks," said GfK-ChartTrack director Dorian Bloch, according to UK trade site MCV. "In calendar year 2007, it sold 1.81 million – but really took off in 2008, with 2.73 million sold.
In its third year, Wii unit sales in the UK show some signs of slowing: "So far in 2009, it’s hit 1.31 million – but it’s got a few weeks to build on that before Christmas," adds Bloch.
Although these recent figures make Wii the fastest-selling console of all time, it's still got a great deal more units to move before it catches up with the best-selling console: Sony's PlayStation 2 has sold 10 million units in the UK to date.
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So its a good news for apple lovers.
Wii is good as well but god knows what apple is going to come up with as they have hired world's best programers.
"Soon the fastest growing console will be apple gaming"
How so?
Apple already brought out a console before. It was called the "Pippin" and it bombed big time.
And just a couple of years ago, Apple came out with the Apple TV, that bombed big time as well, so what makes you think yet another Apple console is going do any better?
What first party games does Apple have?
Given Apple's propensity to sell their products at super high prices, what makes you think an overpriced Apple console is going to sell well in the price sensitive game console business, especially when Apple doesn't have any great, top selling franchises like Mario or Pokeman etc like Nintendo has?
don't bother. Juman is a troll. The same post is on several articles I've read this evening.