 On September 23 , 2009 , Nintendo announced its first price reductions for the console . Nintendo sold more than three million Wii consoles in the U.S. in December 2009 ( setting a regional record for the month and ending nine months of declining sales ) , due to the price cut and software releases such as New Super Mario Bros. Wii . On January 31 , 2010 the Wii became the best @-@ selling home video @-@ game console produced by Nintendo , with sales of over 67 million units ( surpassing those of the original Nintendo Entertainment System ) . Nintendo reported that on Black Friday 2011 over 500 @,@ 000 Wii consoles were sold , making it the most successful Black Friday in company history . 
