Nintendo president Satoru Iwata has revealed that the Wii has shipped 50 million units worldwide in his GDC keynote speech.
Units sold and units shipped are two entirely different things but Iwata’s announcement would seem to back up claims made earlier by Japanese site Nikkei.com that the Wii was due to reach 50 million units sold later this month.
If the prediction is correct it will mean that the Wii has sold faster than the PS2 taking just under two and a half years to reach 50 million sales, a figure the PS2 took three years to reach.
It also means that the last 12 months have been the Wii’s best ever, having notched up sales of over 25 million units since this time last year. Should the Wii keep selling like it is it will be on course to break the record for fastest selling console to 100 million units, held currently by the PS2 in five years and nine months.
Units sold and units shipped are two entirely different things but Iwata’s announcement would seem to back up claims made earlier by Japanese site Nikkei.com that the Wii was due to reach 50 million units sold later this month.
If the prediction is correct it will mean that the Wii has sold faster than the PS2 taking just under two and a half years to reach 50 million sales, a figure the PS2 took three years to reach.
It also means that the last 12 months have been the Wii’s best ever, having notched up sales of over 25 million units since this time last year. Should the Wii keep selling like it is it will be on course to break the record for fastest selling console to 100 million units, held currently by the PS2 in five years and nine months.
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