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Wii on track to beat PS2, PS3 selling like GameCube
nintendowiifanboy.com - 1/26/2009
Wii on track to beat PS2, PS3 selling like GameCube
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The fine folks at Venture Beat have been pouring over NPD data and have discovered one universal truth: Nintendo has sold a lot of video game consoles. Crazy, huh? We thought the same thing. A closer dissection of the numbers shows the Wii is on pace to topple the PS2, as the Wii has outsold ...
business.timesonline.co.uk - 1/29/2009
Nintendo cuts profit forecast by 33 per cent
— business.timesonline.co.uk — Nintendo, the maker of the Wii games console and the favourite safe-haven share on the Tokyo stock... exchange, has stunned the market with a 33 per cent cut to its full-year profit forecasts. Analysts described Nintendo s guidance as a baffling and ... (more) Nintendo cuts profit forecast by 33 per cent

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Portable Wii mod renders this Wii portable, modded
engadget.com - 1/26/2009
Portable Wii mod renders this Wii portable, modded
— engadget.com — Better keep an eye out, Mr. Heckendorn -- we know that the modding community is pretty cut... throat -- just like the Ice Pirates in that movie, uh, Ice Pirates -- and now it looks like there's another young hotshot on the scene. Fifteen year old ... (more) Portable Wii mod renders this Wii portable, modded

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Joystiq [Nintendo]:  Nintendo games account for almost half of 2008 software sales

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Nintendo games account for almost half of 2008 software sales
Joystiq [Nintendo] — Filed under: NewsIn case you needed it confirmed yet again: Nintendo totally wins at selling stuff. Gamasutra went through the NPD statistics for 2008 software sales with a fine tooth-comb, and discovered that Wii and DS titles formed almost half of all games sold during 2008. Of the 268 million games sold in the U.S. last year, 132 million (49%) were for Nintendo platforms, compared to 86 million (32%) for Sony consoles, and 50 million (19%) for Microsoft. Furthermore, the Wii software tie-in ratio isn't looking too ...

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