Nintendo Sales Figures: That's a lot of DS UnitsPosted 1:40pm Wed Nov 28, 2007 by Shiva Stella
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Not to be outdone, Nintendo has claimed that it has sold more Nintendo products in the first week of the 2007 holiday shopping season (Sunday, Nov. 18, through Saturday, Nov. 24) "than at any other time in [our] history." Here's the shopping list for North America:- 653,000 Nintendo DS units (up from 600,000 Game Boy Advance units in 2005)
- 350,000 Wii units (this number would have been higher if certain people could have found the damn thing for less than $500)
"As shoppers look for ways to maximize their limited holiday spending money, they turn to gifts that can be used by the entire family," says George Harrison, Nintendo of America's senior vice president of marketing and corporate communications. "Wii and Nintendo DS offer something for every member of the family. They're the most fun video game experiences at the most affordable price."
With higher gas prices and fuel costs, and the lukewarm expectations for the 2007 holiday shopping season, Wii and Nintendo DS might be just what Santa ordered: Thirty-five percent of consumers said they plan to spend less than they did last year, according to a survey conducted by Opinion Research Corp. for the Consumer Federation of America and the Credit Union National Association. Similarly, a USA Today/Gallup Poll showed that 25 percent of Americans expect to spend less on gifts this year than they did in 2006.
With higher gas prices and fuel costs, and the lukewarm expectations for the 2007 holiday shopping season, Wii and Nintendo DS might be just what Santa ordered: Thirty-five percent of consumers said they plan to spend less than they did last year, according to a survey conducted by Opinion Research Corp. for the Consumer Federation of America and the Credit Union National Association. Similarly, a USA Today/Gallup Poll showed that 25 percent of Americans expect to spend less on gifts this year than they did in 2006.
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