Nintendo Sells 1.5 Million Consoles over Thanksgiving Week

Nintendo reports that “more than 2.5 video game systems sold every second” during the Thankgiving week – Nov. 22 to Nov. 28.

550,000 Wiis sold, and more than 1 million DS and DSi went home for the holidays for a grand total of more than 1.5 million consoles sold.

Press Release:

REDMOND, Wash., Nov. 30, 2009 – Nintendo’s internal tracking numbers show that the company sold more than 1.5 million Wii™, Nintendo DS™ and Nintendo DSi™ video game systems combined in the United States during Thanksgiving Week. That works out to more than 150 Nintendo systems sold every minute continuously for the week – or more than 2.5 every second.

Nintendo estimates that during the week:

• More than 550,000 Wii home consoles sold, demonstrating that consumers nationwide have responded to the new suggested retail price of $199.99.
• More than 1 million Nintendo DS and Nintendo DSi portable systems sold. This number surpasses the all-time hand-held hardware sales record set by Game Boy™ Advance during Thanksgiving Week 2002.
  “Holiday shoppers are finding value in our products’ prices, and through a game-play experience that is unique to Nintendo,” said Cammie Dunaway, Nintendo of America’s executive vice president of Sales & Marketing.

Note that the internal Nintendo of America numbers referenced in this release represent sales from Sunday, Nov. 22, through Saturday, Nov. 28.