When I picked up the Wii on launch day, the clerk commented to me that "The Wii boxes are such a relief -- much lighter than the PS3s we've been hauling over the counter the last couple of days." She made the comment, and I mentally made the note to find out just how much the PS3 weighed, but then I got the Wii home, unpacked Zelda, and have been a Hyrulian adventurer for the last two weeks. I had the Wii inside the shopping bag, but it still felt like a brick -- however, the console itself is fairly light weighing in at 3.78 pounds -- the PS3 is nearly 3 times as heavy, weighing in at 11 lbs for the weight of just the console. The Wii is nicely portable -- I shoved it into a large Ziploc bag, and carried it in my backpack on the flight to my parents' place over Thanksgiving.
Demand for the Sony PS3 seems to have fallen off, while demand for the Nintendo Wii continues to surge -- this past Sunday, a third round of shipments made their way onto the retail floors of Target and Circuit City, selling out in minutes.
If you see a Nintendo Wii this holiday season, (non-bundled, of course), you should make every effort to purchase it -- it's definitely this season's hottest holiday item. Sales figures indicate over 600,000 Wiis sold in North America thus far, and another 400,000 in Japan following their launch on Saturday. Over 1 million units sold in a little under 3 weeks. Zelda: Twilight Princess has sold 454,000 copies in North America, putting it into the hands of just about 75% of Wii owners.
VH1 says that the Nintendo Wii is having it's best week ever:
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