Fact: Your Wii came from China

Posted Jan 2, 2007 at 1:09PM by Karl B. Listed in: Wii Tags: China, Japan
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If you were asked where your Wii originated from, chances are you'd say Japan. In actuality, it's almost a certainty that it came from China instead. See, almost everything's being made in China these days. Even Wii consoles that are for the Japanese market are imported by Nintendo from China. Weird, and we don't exactly get how they do it, but it's the truth.

The Wii means business, and just like the DS, it's breaking records all over the place. Due to Wii imports coming in from China, toy imports across six regional prefectures jumped to ¥ 25.3 billion (US$ 213 million) in November, a record high for any single month on record. Want more impressive numbers? The Wii alone accounts for more than 40% of all toy imports from China to Japan.

The significance of the Wii's numbers have even led an Osaka Customs guy to tell Japan's Yomiuri Shinbun that "No other video game console has had such a big effect on imports." Hey, with these kinds of figures maybe 2007 will really turn out to be the year of Nintendo.

Via Joystiq

 
 
 

Comments

by - 2007-01-02 15:48:51
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dam....i wish i had that wii poster
by Vickz88 - 2007-01-02 16:08:11
Not impressed

I kinda knew, EVERYTHING comes from China lol
by - 2007-01-02 17:43:41
yeh

china manufactures almost everything these days because labour costs are so low. its a given
by - 2007-01-02 18:54:37
stay word

my mom said I was manufactured in China while she was on a business trip.
by - 2007-01-02 20:53:13
PS3 too.

On top of the PS3 box, it says everything was made in China.
by - 2007-01-02 21:18:25
wow

hahahahaha xD
by - 2007-01-03 01:04:13
Congratulations.

This was reported everywhere else (and even in an official Nintendo press release) like sometime in 2005.
by - 2007-01-03 05:14:32
why wouldn't it?

well daah... if you thought something else you must be stupid
by - 2007-01-03 05:35:14
china

every thing made in china now and days Most of all american thing that were made by american change to china it really sad though we are losing are job from other country.

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