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Old June 1st, 2008, 07:20 PM   #1
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Default Nintendo Wii: A Hit in Korea

Nintendo Wii: A Hit in Korea

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Nintendo Wii: A Hit in Korea

by Ingrid on May 25th, 2008
Nintendo finally released its hit console in Korea last month and it looks like the company continues to hit the jackpot in terms of sales. Nintendo shipped 50,000 units to Korea for the April 26th release and already 35,000 units have sold.
The console launched alongside games like Wii Play, Wii Sports, Zak & Wiki: Quest for Barbaros’ Treasure, Super Swing Golf Pangya! 2 and FIFA Soccer 08. Of these, their biggest seller was Wii Sports, which has been sold over 30,000 copies. Following Wii Sports in popularity is Zak & Wiki (Capcom) and Pangya! 2 (Ntreev Soft), with aproximately 8,000 copies sold each.
Actually not surprised at all
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Old June 3rd, 2008, 06:51 AM   #2
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Zack & Wiki SELLING? A good thing indeed.
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Old June 3rd, 2008, 08:26 AM   #3
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Although the numbers indeed seem good, there seems to be some grumbling. I can't seem to get if this is considered good or bad news, maybe due to the Google translation of the original source:
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Wii, first month grades domestic sales 'below expectations' (sic)
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Initial reports from Cubed³'s contacts in South Korea point towards the Wii certainly not grabbing the attention of the younger crowd, despite the plethora of TV advertisements and high awareness of Wii Sports...
Added bonus; lifetime sales in South Korea so far, courtesy of Koreatimes.co.kr :
  • Nintendo DS - 1,500,000
  • PlayStation 2 - 1,331,000
  • Xbox 360 - 150,000
  • PlayStation 3 - 50,000
  • Wii - 35,000

In light of these numbers, first month hardware sales seems stellar to me, maybe it's the regular gripes about third party and software in general not selling?
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Old July 16th, 2008, 05:08 PM   #4
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Now if the Wii were to get Starcraft working well on it they would make such a killing. And if Starcraft 2 is as good then they could port that as well and make even more sales. Of course that will never happen and it may also ruin the game...
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Old July 16th, 2008, 05:11 PM   #5
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Old July 16th, 2008, 05:25 PM   #6
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it is good news indeed

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