Nintendo details Wii console's Japan debut
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European, US dates coming later today Nintendo will wheel out its Wii games console on Japan on 2 December, the videogames pioneer has confirmed. Japanese buyers should expect to pay around Â¥25,000 ($213/Â£113/â¬168) for the product, Nintendo added. It is expected to announce the US and European release dates and pricing later today.â¦
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NEW YORK -- Nintendo's quirky game console, the Wii, will go on sale in the U.S. on Nov. 19 for $250, much less than Sony's PlayStation 3, which launches just two days earlier with $500 and $600 models.
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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.
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Nintendo Co. Ltd. (7974.OS) sold  476,000 units of its new Wii video game console in the United  States in November, more than twice the number of PlayStation  3s sold by rival Sony Corp. (6758.T), as the two consoles  debuted mid-month, research group NPD said on Friday.
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Nintendo releases its Wii games console in the US, hoping to fight back against Sony and Microsoft.
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Its low price and innovative controller could push Nintendo&#8217;s Wii console to the top spot in Japan&#8217;s multi-billion dollar video gaming market, two industry watchers said Thursday.
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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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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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Console sells out in Japan Nintendo's Wii console may already be en route to some European pre-order customers ahead of this coming Friday's launch day, even as - surprise, surprise - the new games machine sold out in Japan following its launch there this weekend.â¦
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Nintendo Co. said consumers in the Americas snapped up more than 600,000 of its Wii video game systems in eight days, totaling about $190 million in sales, as it competes with Sony Corp.'s new PlayStation 3.
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Site dedicated to Nintendo's new console is reportedly the first in a series of brand-oriented moves for the web giant. In Monkey Bites.
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Nintendo Co. Ltd.'s Wii game console outsold Sony Corp.'s PlayStation 3 by a ratio of over 6 to 1 in June in Japan, a game magazine publisher said, solidifying Nintendo's leading position.
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Fresh off bumper earnings, Nintendo Co. ruled out a price cut for its smash-hit Wii video game console Friday and announced the company will being selling the Wii in China next year
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Nintendo Co. Ltd. (7974.OS) on  Thursday said it plans to begin selling its new video game  console Wii in the U.S. on November 19 as it girds for a  three-way showdown this holiday shopping season against  Microsoft and Sony.
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NEW YORK/CHIBA, Japan  - Nintendo Co. Ltd.   7974.OS said on Thursday it will start selling its new video   game console, the Wii, in the United States on November 19 for   about $250, as it girds for a three-way holiday showdown with   Microsoft and Sony.
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Nintendo plans to release its new Wii video game console in North America and South America in November.
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Nintendo's Wii console is outselling Sony's PlayStation 3 in Japan by six to one, says research.