Nintendo Wii sold 753,000 Units in February

The Nintendo Wii even sold more units in February in the United States than the month before. With 753,000 units Nintendo sold over 70,000 more Wii consoles in February compared to January. The Wii system sales were up about 74% over February 2008.

Overall the video game market rose 10% in February, which is pretty amazing considering the state of the economy.
The Nintendo Wii lifetime U.S. sales is now close to 19 million consoles.
The Wii is in solid supply since early February and Amazon has not run out of Wii consoles since. Amazon also dropped the purchase limit per household.

Sales numbers are according to NPD via Reuters.

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