[Nieuws] Geschreven door Michiel op 2006-12-14 14:52:15

En ook een Australisch record

Eén van de grootste Nintendo-fans van Nederland bevindt zich op het moment in Australië, onze eigen Joost, en gelijk koopt heel Australië massaal een Wii. Toeval? Hoewel het op het moment van schrijven nacht is in "The Land Down Under" zullen een hoop Aussie's hun Wii nog aan hebben staan. Waarom? Omdat ook Australië gevallen is voor Nintendo. De eerste vier dagen van verkoop wisten ze maar liefst 32 901 Wii's te bemachtigen, een nieuw record voor Australië. Nog nooit in de geschiedenis van het land is een console zo goed verkocht in de eerste vier dagen. Ziehier het complete persbericht.

Nintendo is pleased to announce that in the first four days of sale, 32,901* consumers have purchased Wii™.

This means the Wii has officially broken the Australian record for the biggest launch of a video game system in history.

“The launch of Wii has been a fantastic success for us,” says Rose Lappin, Director of Sales and Marketing. “We aim to bring gaming to the masses and I think we have taken some large steps in the right direction. Our main priority now is to deliver as many units as possible into retail channels, as quickly as possible, to try and meet this exceptional demand.”

Australia-wide, retailers experienced a surge of activity, with many reporting large queues in front of stores at openings and total sell-outs on launch day.

“Myer has just experienced a strong spike in total business which can be largely attributed to the introduction of Wii,” explains Bernie Brookes, Myer CEO. “We couldn’t be happier with the fantastic products Nintendo are releasing. Our Wii launch experience has really shown that consumers have made Myer a destination store for gaming.”

The Wii has already proven to be a sell-out success in North America and Japan, and very recently sent Europe into a retail frenzy.

Nintendo is targeting to deliver 4 million Wii hardware units globally by the end of this calendar year and 6 million by the end of this fiscal year in March.

Wii is sold for an SRP of just $399.95. The price includes one wireless Wii Remote controller, one Nunchuk™ controller and the groundbreaking collection of five different Wii Sports games on one disc.

The highest selling game for Wii is the critically acclaimed, The Legend of Zelda®: Twilight Princess. Reviews are flooding in, for what most are calling a modern masterpiece. IGN Australia says, “Go and get it; give yourself time to savour it. It will amaze”.

Bron: GameFront[/b]