Wii launches with 1 million units in America, 30 games available in 2006

25 September 2006

Posted by:Ferry

Nintendo Wii box USA The Nintendo Wii will have one million units available on the North American launch day, according to Ron Bertram, vice president and general manager for Nintendo of Canada.

“We’re looking at a million (units) for North America at launch,” said Bertram. “When Sony came out (with their PS3 announcement), they said 400,000. If we get what we’re supposed to get, this will be our most plentiful launch in the 15 years I’ve been at Nintendo. All signs are actually extremely positive.”

The confident statement from Bertram echoes UK general manager David Yarnton’s belief in a strong launch for the Wii in Europe, who stated last week that he expected to see “more stock than we’ve ever had.”

Nintendo promises 30 Wii games will be available by December 31, 2006. “The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess” will be available at launch for the Wii.

The Wii will launch in America on November 19th priced USD $249.99 and in Europe on December 8th priced EUR 249 (GBP 179). Via Mackenzie

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William Rosenlof

I wonder why Nintendo chose 11/19 for a launch day.I dont understand why they are going to release their system two days after PS3.
http://aaag.2ya.com Y.V.Reetesh

YEs!! Getting a Wii and wont have to worry about Hardware lacks!
supadupagama

William, Nintendo said they were aware it’s close to the PS3 launch, but that it didn’t matter to them, since they supposedly don’t see Sony as competition (Yeah I know, it’s different technology, but still game consoles, so it seems silly to me)

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