Wii Turns Two

Wii

Two years ago today, Nintendo released the Wii onto Australian shelves, but I'm not sure if they could have predicted the phenomenon it has been both here and worldwide. More than 750,000 consoles have been sold in the region, and nearly 35 million internationally.

The success of casual titles like Wii Fit and Mario Kart has proven alluring to Nintendo - so alluring that they have been widely criticised for abandoning the core gamer. Still, credit must be given for cracking into a market that has been mostly untouched by consoles for years, and is now hot property across the gaming industry.

Read Nick's blog for further thoughts on the system this year.

Reader Comments:

Posted by moodycj 07/12/2008 9:56pm

Hey when did Marvin get the sig?

Posted by nshady 07/12/2008 10:36pm

When I changed it to Marvin.

Posted by Ant292 07/12/2008 10:41pm

That's two years too old for my liking.

Posted by thug 08/12/2008 10:00am

2 year olds birthday.........time for some fairy Bread......

Posted by RJG 08/12/2008 4:23pm

FAIRY PRINCESS PARTY AT THE OLD FOLKS HOME!

Posted by admeister 08/12/2008 5:58pm

When I changed it to Marvin.

It had to be done. Congrats to Nintendo for producing such a successful console. Hardcore gamers may ignore it a fair bit of the time, but it's still quite an accomplishment.