Wii helps Nintendo treble profits
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The success of the Wii helps Nintendo to treble its half-yearly operating profits to 188.78bn yen.
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SEATTLE - In a slight crouch, Reggie Fils-Aime snapped off a left jab followed by a right hook. Demonstrating how the hand controls of Nintendo&#39;s hot-selling Wii video game console work in a boxing game, Fils-Aime, executive vice president of sales and marketing, let out a laugh. He could well afford it. For now, Fils-Aime has put real-life business rivals at Microsoft and Sony at the receiving end of a pummeling.
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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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Japanese firm Nintendo sees profits jump thanks to strong sales of its Wii games console and DS handheld.
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Japan's Nintendo Co. on Tuesday raised   its 2006/07 net profit forecast by 20.5 percent, beating market   expectations, thanks to strong sales of its DS hand-held video   game player and a weaker-than-expected yen.
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Nintendo Corp.'s Wii game console is a breakout hit in large part because users control the play by waving around a motion-sensing wireless controller.
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SAN JOSE, Calif. _ Hoping to pack enough video-game thrills at a bargain price to attract a broad audience, Nintendo revealed launch details Thursday for its Wii video game console, saying it will start selling in the United States Nov. 19 for $250.
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Nintendo Co. said Thursday profits more than doubled in the six months ending Sept. 30 on the success of its hit Wii and Nintendo DS game consoles. The company also raised its full year profit forecast.
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Nintendo has said that it had sold more than 600,000 new Wii video game consoles in just eight days in North America in a boost to its efforts to wrest back market dominance from industry leader Sony.
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U.S. sales of video game hardware  and software were $1.18 billion, with Nintendo Co Ltd's  (7974.OS) Wii console keeping a slim edge over rivals amid  ongoing supply constraints.
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Nintendo reports booming profits as sales soar of the Wii and DS games machines.
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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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The Wii continued to lead video game console sales in December, but the Xbox 360 wasn't far behind. Also, the PS3 showed significant improvement.
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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.
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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 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.