Japanese sales figures have confirmed that the Nintendo Wii has sold 5 million units in the land of the rising sun. This is the fastest console to ever reach that pinnacle since the Super Nintendo. Below is some food for thought:

In fact, in the same time period (60 weeks) the Nintendo Wii has outsold the Super Nintendo by over a million. In its first 60 weeks, the SNES sold an estimated 3.59 million units. This was actually the highpoint for Nintendo in Japan until the Wii, as both the Nintendo 64 and Nintendo GameCube saw significant drop-offs from the generation before.

The Nintendo 64, even with a strong launch title and the release of the first of two Legend of Zelda titles for the console, only managed to sell 2.31 million units, while the GameCube, which even Nintendo of America’s President Reggie Fils-Aime considers to be a lackluster effort, sold 1.68 million units in 60 weeks. That averages out to 28,000 consoles sold per week, which means that the Nintendo GameCube was a bigger success than either the Xbox or Xbox 360.

Source: Gamer.Blorge