Sales of Nintendo’s Wii game console hit 372,000 units over its first two days on the market, according to figures from Enterbrain.Enterbrain publishes local gaming magazine Famitsu, and its figures are generally regarded in the gaming industry as reliable. Nintendo Wii The Wii went on sale on Saturday and quickly sold out. That means, if Enterbrain’s figures are correct, Nintendo had managed to distribute a little fewer than the 400,000 consoles it had estimated would be available for the launch.The top-selling software title was Wii Sports, which sold 176,880 units, according to Enterbrain. Just behind it was First Wii with sales of 171,888 units. The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess ranked third with sales of 145,068 units. The sales are well above those of the PlayStation 3 on its launch weekend, although that isn’t an indication of the relative popularity. Both consoles sold out, and PlayStation 3 sales were lower, at around 88,400, because of tighter supply from Sony Computer Entertainment. Wii Remote Stocks of the Wii have been replenished at some stores but have quickly sold out. On Tuesday afternoon, a line grew outside an electronics retailer in central Tokyo as staff sold Wii consoles straight from packing boxes to customers. The entire consignment was quickly snapped up by consumers and the “sold out” signs went back up. The Wii goes on sale in Australia on Thursday and across Europe on Friday.-Martyn Williams, IDG News Service (Tokyo Bureau)Related Links: Nintendo to Ship 400K Wii Consoles for Japan Launch 88K Sony PlayStation 3 Consoles Sold in Japan Experts: Nintendo Could Beat Sony in Console War Nintendo to Offer 62 Wii Games by Year End Sony PlayStation 3, Nintendo Wii Prices Drop OnlineCheck out our CIO News Alerts and Tech Informer pages for more updated news coverage. Related content feature 13 essential skills for accelerating digital transformation IT leaders too often find themselves behind on business-critical transformation efforts due to gaps in the technical, leadership, and business skills necessary to execute and drive change. By Stephanie Overby Jun 05, 2023 12 mins Digital Transformation IT Skills tip 3 things CIOs must do now to accurately hit net-zero targets More than a third of the world’s largest companies are making their net-zero targets public, yet nearly all will fail to hit them if they don’t double the pace of emissions reduction by 2030. This puts leading executives, CIOs in particul By Diana Bersohn and Mauricio Bermudez-Neubauer Jun 05, 2023 5 mins CIO Accenture Emerging Technology case study Merck Life Sciences banks on RPA to streamline regulatory compliance Automated bots assisted in compliance, thereby enabling the company to increase revenue and save precious human hours, freeing up staff for higher-level tasks. By Yashvendra Singh Jun 05, 2023 5 mins Digital Transformation Robotic Process Automation feature Expedia poised to take flight with generative AI CTO Rathi Murthy sees the online travel service’s vast troves of data and AI expertise fueling a two-pronged transformation strategy aimed at growing the company by bringing more of the travel industry online. By Paula Rooney Jun 02, 2023 7 mins Travel and Hospitality Industry Digital Transformation Artificial Intelligence Podcasts Videos Resources Events SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER From our editors straight to your inbox Get started by entering your email address below. Please enter a valid email address Subscribe