Compared to 325,000 sold in Europe and 1.7 Million world wide, the Aussie figures pale.  But lets talk percentages for the moment; the Wii accounted for around 43% of video game hardware sold last week.  Along with the DS handheld unit this gives Nintendo over two thirds of the market.

Rose Lappin, Director of Sales and Marketing Nintendo Australia seems pleased; “The launch of Wii has been a fantastic success for us.  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.”

Globally Nintendo are expecting to deliver 4 million Wii into households before the end of the calendar year.{moscomment}