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November 1st, 2009

digiGO! — The Digital (R)Evolution™ — Nintendo Offers Thanksgiving For... Thanksgiving!


Nintendo Wii product shot 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
Note that the internal Nintendo of America numbers referenced in this release represent sales from Sunday, November 22 through the 28th.