Wii-Haw! Nintendo Tops Monthly Console Sales Again
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The Nintendo Wii video game console continued its remarkable performance in April, with U.S. sales that far outpaced its next-gen rivals, Microsoft&#39;s Xbox 360 and Sony&#39;s PlayStation 3. According to figures compiled by NPD Group, the Wii sold 360,000 units in April compared to 174,000 Xbox 360s and just 82,000 PlayStation 3s.
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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 Co. Ltd.'s (7974.OS) Wii  was the best-selling video game console in the United States in  January, and the Japanese company also boasted four of the top  10 games, data released on Wednesday showed.
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Nintendo said Wednesday that it expects to sell as many as 35 million Wii consoles in the US alone by 2012, which would place it close to the record 38.2 million PlayStation 2 consoles already sold in the market.
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U.S. sales of video game hardware  and software were $1.18 billion, with Nintendo Co Ltd's   Wii console keeping a slim edge over rivals amid  ongoing supply constraints.
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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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Wii outsold rival PlayStation 3 by more than double in the United States in November as the freshly launched video game consoles vied with Xbox 360 for devotees, figures showed.
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Japanese firm Nintendo sees profits jump thanks to strong sales of its Wii games console and DS handheld.
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Shares in Nintendo Co Ltd  briefly jumped more than 5 percent on Friday after robust holiday sales of Wii and DS game machines helped more than double its quarterly operating profit and prompted it to raise its outlook above market expectations.
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Nintendo&#39;s runaway surprise hit, the Wii gaming console, continued its strong performance last month, particularly in the Far East. According to Reuters, research by the marketing firm Enterbrain showed that the Wii outsold the high-end Sony PlayStation 3 by a ratio of more than six to one. In the four weeks ending June 24, Nintendo sold more than 270,000 Wiis, compared to Sony&#39;s sales of just over 41,000 units. Microsoft&#39;s Xbox 360 was a distant third, with just under 18,000 units sold.
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U.S. sales of video game hardware  and software were $1.18 billion in January, down 6 percent from  a year earlier, with Nintendo Co Ltd's (7974.OS) Wii console  once again outselling its rivals.
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Nintendo's Wii console continues to be the surprise success in the next-generation console race, outselling the Sony PlayStation 3 by a two-to-one margin in Japan during the month of January.
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By Troy Wolverton, San Jose Mercury News, Calif.  Dec. 9--November was a good month for Nintendo -- and for the video game industry as a whole.
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Video game retailer posts strong results leading into holiday quarter.
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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 Co. Ltd.  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. , as the two consoles debuted mid-month, research group NPD said on Friday.
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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.