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reuters.com - 11/30/2008

Black Friday Web sales jump | Technology | Internet

— reuters.com — CHICAGO (Reuters) - Online sales jumped on Black Friday as consumers searched for electronics such as the Wii video game console and Apple's iPhone and iPod touch, according to eBay Inc and Amazon.com Inc. Amazon.com and eBay had both forecast a ... (more) Black Friday Web sales jump | Technology | Internet

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hezhao.net - 12/3/2008

Project | Wii Drum High

— hezhao.net — With Nintendo Wii remote , Nunchuk and Wii Balance Board , it is easy to produce drum kit sounds from programming of their acceleration, joystick and weight data. These data can be transmitted from Wii controllers via Bluetooth to PC or Mac without ... (more) Project | Wii Drum High

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gigaom.com - 12/1/2008

Why the Wii Could Win the World (but Probably Won’t) [GigaOM]

— gigaom.com — Last month I had the chance to chat with a top U.S. Nintendo exec and suggest how, with a few savvy improvements to the Wii system, the company could turn it into the living room Net appliance of choice. But despite the opportunity Nintendo ... (more) Why the Wii Could Win the World (but Probably Won’t) ...

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Nintendo making six bucks on every Wii sold
Joystiq [Nintendo] — Filed under: NewsMacquarie Securities analyst David Gibson has used Science to calculate that Nintendo makes $6 from every Wii console snapped up by the public. It's long been known that Nintendo profits from its hardware, though how much has never been revealed. If Gibson's sums are accurate, that means Nintendo made almost $4.2 million of profit from North American Wii hardware during October alone. Six dollars, for the record, is what we almost earn in a whole day of blogging. That kind of money will get you one-fifth of this amazing ...

Forbes: Nintendo making $6 profit on every Wii sold
Joystiq — ... While Sony and Microsoft dream of turning a profit on their consoles, Nintendo is doing just that. According to a new article from Forbes, the Big N makes $6 in operating profit from every Wii unit sold. Nearly 19 million units have been sold worldwide so ...

Nintendo earns $6 profit per Wii sold
Obsessable News Feed — ... A new article from Fortune magazine reports that according to David Gibson, an analyst at Macquarie Securities, Nintendo makes $6 per each ...

Nintendo makes an adorable profit per Wii sold
DVICE Atom Feed — Everything about the Nintendo Wii is just so goshdarn cute. Even it's profit! From an article in Forbes: Unlike its competitors, Nintendo has figured out how to make money from its console sales. Sony loses money on each Playstation sold. Microsoft might just break even. But every Wii brings in $6 of operating profit for Nintendo, says David Gibson, an analyst at Macquarie Securities. Six dollars is really cute. I would be hard pressed to think of a profit cuter than six dollars. Maybe seventeen cents. ...

What a Wiik: Nintendo claims 800k consoles sold Thanksgiving week
Joystiq — ... Nintendo boss Satoru Iwata is rolling in six-dollar bills right about now. (Okay, since they don't exist, a bunch of fives and ones.) Speaking to Reuters, Iwata revealed that 800,000 Wiis were sold in the US during the week of November 24-30. That's up ...