{"id":4653,"date":"2008-07-22T15:18:52","date_gmt":"2008-07-22T22:18:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dfcint.com\/dossier\/?post_type=news&#038;p=4653"},"modified":"2014-10-28T16:46:58","modified_gmt":"2014-10-28T23:46:58","slug":"wii-fastest-to-500k-in-australia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dfcint.com\/dossier\/wii-fastest-to-500k-in-australia\/","title":{"rendered":"Wii Fastest to 500K in Australia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-12444\" alt=\"mario doll-L\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dfcint.com\/dossier\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/mario-doll-L.jpg\" width=\"290\" height=\"278\" \/>JULY 22, 2008 \u2022 The Nintendo Wii took 84 weeks to reach sales of one-half million in Australia, according to GfK Australia. That performance makes the Wii the platform swiftest to reach that mark. The previous record holder was the PlayStation 2, which reached 500,000 units sold in 107 weeks. In related news, Nintendo reported on July 30 that its net income for the first fiscal quarter ending June 30 rose to \u00a5107.3 billion ($99 million) from \u00a580.3 billion a year earlier.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><i>Impact: No big surprises here.\u00a0Australia&#8217;s taste in games closely parallels that of the U.S. and U.K.\u00a0 However, prices for game systems and software are very high.\u00a0 For example, the popular Xbox 360 and PS3 title Grand Theft Auto IV retailed for $120 in Australia.\u00a0The fact that the Wii has the most buzz and is the most affordable option makes it a clear choice.\u00a0The PS2 has sold about 2.3 million units in Australia and we expect the Wii to pass that mark, but probably not by much.\u00a0 On a worldwide basis, it will be hard for the Wii to break the installed base figures set by the PS2.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>JULY 22, 2008 \u2022 The Nintendo Wii took 84 weeks to reach sales of one-half million in Australia, according to GfK Australia. That performance makes the Wii the platform swiftest to reach that mark. The previous record holder was the PlayStation 2, which reached 500,000 units sold in 107 weeks. In related news, Nintendo reported [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dfcint.com\/dossier\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4653"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dfcint.com\/dossier\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dfcint.com\/dossier\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dfcint.com\/dossier\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dfcint.com\/dossier\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4653"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.dfcint.com\/dossier\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4653\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12447,"href":"https:\/\/www.dfcint.com\/dossier\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4653\/revisions\/12447"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dfcint.com\/dossier\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4653"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dfcint.com\/dossier\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4653"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dfcint.com\/dossier\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4653"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}