17 WPS (that's Wiis Per Second) sold at Amazon
Category: Wii, Posted: 12/29/2007 at 01:43PM CST by Eddie Inzauto, Senior Editor
We all know that the Nintendo Wii was a hot gift item this holiday season, but exactly how intense was the demand? If online retailer Amazon.com is any indicator, the desire for the Wii reached an absolutely ludicrous level.
While the console was available, Amazon reports that it sold about 17 Wiis per second, or about 1500 in the time it will take you to finish reading this article. Among the website's other top sellers were the latest Harry Potter and Pirates of the Caribbean DVDs, Garmin GPS systems, and Apple Macbooks. On December 10th, overall sales peaked, reaching as much as 62.5 items per second.
It's times like this that I wish I could go travel back in time and purchase a large chunk of Amazon stock.
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Amazon, pfft, internet retailers are jokes, no one wants to buy from there...
That was me 6 years ago, and boy am i gla di have changed. Whats that, irs 20 dollars less then at the store? K, im in.
How'd the Wii software do?
ima guess it was probably half, i bet alot of peple are after it for wii sports, and the sales were prolly mario and such.
Pfah.
A few minor marketing routine adjustments, and they could eke another 10-15 WPS out of that.
Doesn't anyone optimize anymore?