Wii production in full flow

Within a Briefing.com report, financial firm UBS was quoted as stating that Wii production will exceed the predicted quota of six million units by year end.

UBS says two million Wii consoles were produced in Q3 2006 and in addition "at least seven million and potentially as high as nine million more units are in the build plan for 4Q06."

Nintendo could be looking at a build of up to 11 million consoles before the end of the calendar year - an amazing figure compared to struggling Sony, which announced the availability of only 500,000 PS3s on launch.

Sony said it plans to ship 2.4 million units before year end, down from the previously-forecasted four million. But considering its continuing struggles this seems more and more unlikely.

At least this hack's Wii pre-order is likely to be filled. µ

See also
Retailers expect PS3 to get the Wii kicked out of it
Wii pre-orders are go
Wii splashes out at ¥25,000
First Wii CPus shipped