Nintendo Wii launch breaks UK record
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Demand and supply levels still not matched Nintendo has sold more than 105,000 Wiis in the UK since the games console went on sale over here first thing last Friday morning. According to the videogames pioneer, punters took possession of 50,000 Wiis during the first 12 hours it was available.â¦
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Nintendo says it has sold more than 600,000 of its new Wii game consoles, since its launch eight days ago in North America.
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Nintendo Co Ltd's Wii outsold Sony Corp's PlayStation 3 by more than 3-to-1 in Japan in December, a game magazine publisher said, regaining its position as the top-selling video game console.
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Another video game system arrived to long lines at stores, but more customers went home satisfied Sunday clutching a new Nintendo Wii.  The $250 Wii joins more expensive competitors, the Sony PlayStation 3 ($500-$600), which quickly sold out when launched Friday, and the year-old Microsoft Xbox 360 ($300-$400), in a battle of the next generation game systems.
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The launch of Nintendo's Wii gaming console is getting closer as IBM delivers the first batch of processors.
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The latest iteration of the hit video game franchise has broken single-day entertainment product revenue records.
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Nintendo&#39;s Wii is still holding the top spot in its home country, but Sony&#39;s PlayStation 3 is gaining ground on the low-cost console. According to Japanese game magazine publisher Enterbrain, Nintendo sold 245,653 Wii consoles during the four weeks ending August 26. Sony sold 81,541 units of the PS3 during that same period.
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Mario Kart en-route too Make a note in your diary and start limbering up, because Nintendo has finally revealed that both the Wii Fit and Mario Kart video games will hit the UK in April.â¦
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Sunday's launch of the Nintendo Wii went off smoothly. Long lines again greeted consumers eager to get their hands on the venerable game players new system, however much broader availability ensured most didn't go away empty handed.
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Queen Elizabeth II is reportedly enamored with Nintendo's Wii.
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Nintendo has said it would launch its next-generation Wii game machine in Europe on December 8, six days after its release in Japan where it will cost slightly less.
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New games and consoles helped drive US video game sales to a record last year, figures show.
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Nintendo Wii sales worldwide have surpassed lifetime Microsoft Xbox 360 sales in less than a year.
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Nintendo's new handheld console, the DS, will launch in Europe on 11 March, priced Â£99.
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Nintendo Co. Ltd.  sold  600,000 units of its new Wii video game console in the first  eight days after its release in the Americas, as the company  vies with rivals Sony Corp.  and Microsoft Corp.   for gamers' hearts and wallets.
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Revolutionary? Review It's midnight and all over the country videogames fans are freezing their butts off while they wait in line to get their mitts on Nintendo's newest - or maybe not, if they haven't pre-ordered. Yes, the Wii goes on sale today, though Reg Hardware has been lucky enough to have enjoyed the company of Zelda and co. in its warm, dry office for a few days now. And boy have we worked up a sweat...â¦
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Demand - supply = profit lost The global Christmas Wii shortage may have saved individual gamers a few quid, but one analyst thinks itâs cost Nintendo up to $1.3bn (Â£637m/â¬888m).â¦