Nintendo's Wii game console debuts in Japan
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Thousands of video-game fans waited all night for the Japanese debut of Nintendo's next-generation Wii, brightening the company's hopes of wresting market share from troubled Sony's PlayStation.
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Nintendo's Wii video game system hit Japanese stores Saturday with long lineups and shortages, following its sellout U.S. launch last month.
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Nintendo has said it will launch its next-generation Wii game machine in December at about 200 dollars apiece, undercutting the price of Sony's beleaguered PlayStation 3.
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Nintendo Co. Ltd. 7974.OS said on   Thursday it will launch its new game console, the Wii, on   December 2 in Japan for 25,000 yen ($212), making it the third   and last major game maker to bring a next-generation console to   market.
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TechWeb - If Nintendo succeeds, then it would be the first time that the Wii has taken the lead among new-generation home video game consoles.
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Nintendo's Wii console is outselling Sony's PlayStation 3 in Japan by six to one, says research.
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Nintendo's quirky game console, the Wii, will go on sale in the U.S. on Nov. 19 for $249.99, a price far lower than competing consoles from Sony and Microsoft Corp., the company said Thursday.
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A low price and an innovative controller could push Nintendo's Wii to the top spot in Japan.
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Nintendo Co. Ltd. 7974.OS said on   Thursday there will be 16 software titles available when it   launches its new game console, the Wii, on December 2 in Japan.
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Raises forecast The phenomenal success of Nintendo's Wii games console has helped the Japanese manufacturer to double its profits during the six months to the end of September. Nintendo said on Thursday that net profit reached 132.42bn yen ($1.2bn) for the first half of its latest fiscal year, up from 54.4bn yen for the same time last year. Group sales more than doubled to 694.8bn yen ($6.1bn) from 298.82bn yen last time around.â¦
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By Kyodo News International, Tokyo  Sep. 9--NEW YORK -- International Business Machines Corp. said Friday it  has started shipping its microprocessors for Japanese game machine  manufacturer Nintendo Co.'s next-generation video game console Wii.
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An initial 200,000 of the consoles went on sale in Tokyo on Sunday as thousands of shoppers lined up overnight to buy the first devices.
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The new PlayStation Portable (PSP) portable game console reportedly sold out at Tokyo electronic retailers within hours of its debut on Sunday.
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Nintendo Co. Ltd.'s  game  console, the Wii, went on sale in Japan on Saturday, greeted by  thousands of shivering but exhilarated game enthusiasts who had  lined up through a wintry night to bring home the latest  machine.
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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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You say you want a Revolution... Nintendo's Wii - aka 'Revolution' - goes on sale in the UK at midnight tonight. Check back later for Reg Hardware's full review of the new games console, but in the meantime here are the key stories behind the Wii's global debut.â¦
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Nintendo Co. Ltd.'s (7974.OS) game  console, the Wii, went on sale in Japan on Saturday, greeted by  thousands of shivering but exhilarated game enthusiasts who had  lined up through a wintry night to bring home the latest  machine.