Nintendo shipped 400,000 Wii this past Friday in Japan. They sold 371,936 of them.
Game sale is the interesting part. Wii Sports isn't bundled in Japan, and a good thing for Nintendo. It sold 176,880 copies. 2nd place finish is Wii Play with sales of 171,888 copies. It's a collection of mini games. Zelda finished at 3rd place with 145,068 copies. That's right, Zelda isn't first or even second place. I believe the reason is because of the type of buyers that were in the line getting Wii.
Y went around Tokyo to see what the lines were like. She said in most of the big places, like Bic Camera. The line was at least 50% women. And no, they aren't being dragged there by their boyfriends. Most of them were getting Wii for themselves. It was a very sharp contrast compared to the PS3 launch line. Most of them have never own a console before. Some of them have DS. Several of them on TV interview express that this is the first time they brought a console. Someone like that would be far more likely to pick up Wii sport. Zelda means nothing to them.
I only hope the Press doesn't trash Nintendo for not selling out Wii. This in my opinion is an example of a good console launch. Plenty to sell, everyone that wants one got one. Like the PSP US launch. But the press was quite harsh on PSP launch in US for "not sold out".
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