Expect to see earth-shattering, record-breaking Wii sales figures for November. In a recent interview with Reuters, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata revealed that over 800,000 units of Wii hardware were shifted during this year’s Thanksgiving holiday week.

When the economy is strong, people tend to buy three things from the top of their wish list. But when things are bad, people often buy only the first thing on their list. Fortunately for us a lot of shoppers put our products at the top of their list.

That’s more than the double the 350,000 units it pushed last year during the same time period. Clearly, the troubled economy isn’t placing a damper on Wii sales. Iwata also said DS sales were up 20 percent.

INTERVIEW-Nintendo President says sales of Wii, DS strong [Reuters]

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