Andre Yoskowitz
29 Nov 2010 14:24
Nintendo has said today that they have already seen strong Holiday demand for their Wii and DS consoles, with 1.5 million being sold last week.
For the individual week of Thanksgiving, the gaming giant sold 900,000 DS handhelds and 600,000 Wii consoles, far out pacing past full months.
Adds NoA president Reggie Fils-Aime: "U.S. shoppers bought about 9,000 Nintendo hardware systems nonstop for every hour of every day during the week of Black Friday."
Year-over-year, DS sales were down from 1 million, but Wii sales rose from 550,000.
As a special promotion, Nintendo has launched new bundles of the console, including a 25th anniversary Super Mario Bros. red Wii and a green Mario Party DSi handheld.