Nintendo Wii: Korean Wii Sales Off To A Slow Start

The Wii has shifted a meagre 35,000 - 40,000 units during its first month on sale in Korea.
This decidedly poor reception for such a well received console worldwide is supposedly down to Nintendo’s ultra-strict regional coding, which of course locks games down to their specific territory.
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Nintendo Wii: Wii Outsells All Other Systems Combined

Obliterating its so-called ‘competition’, the Nintendo Wii outsold all of its rivals consoles combined during the generally barren month of April.
Holding no prisoners the innovative console successfully shifted 714,000 units last month, in turn destroying the hardware sales amounted for other consoles.
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Nintendo Wii: Mario Kart Wii Outselling Grand Theft Auto IV

Mario Kart Wii is currently sitting pretty in the video gaming sales charts, as interest in the latest instalment in the excellent Grand theft Auto franchise begins to wane.
Whilst Grand Theft Auto is breaking all kinds of incredible records, Mario Kart steadily climbs to the pole position of Amazons best selling video games chart, closely [...]

Nintendo Wii: Amazon Wii Fit US Pre-orders Shifting 2.5 Units Every Minute

Wii Fit has undoubtedly been a phenomenal success for Nintendo in Europe, now the infatuation looks set to extend to the United States.
Amazon.com is reporting that pre-orders for the title, due for release May 19th, are continuing to defying expectations with 2.5 copies of the game being reserved every single minute.
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Nintendo Wii: Wii Will Outsell Both Xbox 360 And PlayStation 3 In 2008

 
Nintendo is expected to dominate 2008 by outselling the Xbox 360 and PS3 combined.
This intrepid claim stemmed from Daniel Ernst of Hudson Square Research who is adament that the impressive sales seen throughout 2007 will lead the Wii to outsell its more powerful bemoaning rivals.
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Nintendo Wii: Sony PSP Outsells Nintendo Wii

 
In a dramatic turn of events Sony’s PSP has outsold Nintendo’s infallible Wii console.
Could this move be attributed to a lack of readily available Wii hardware units in Japan, or could this mark a complete reversal of  fortunes for the hand-held system in its native homeland?
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Nintendo: Analysts Concerned That Wii And Ds Sales Are Slowing Down

 
Fear that demand for the Wii and Ds is gradually slowing has lead to a 30 per cent drop from pricing estimates.
KBC Securities Japan lowered the stock rating from ‘buy’ to ‘hold’ primarily because it believed interest in Nintendo was waning due to a ‘tougher trading environment’.
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Nintendo Wii: Wii Still Hitting Top Spot

The Wii continues on its path of destruction, annihilating all competitors.
January’s NPD sales figures have filtered through showing Nintendo standing triumphant at the top spot shifting 274,000 Wii consoles last month.
Lagging behind the enigmatic trail blazer are the Sony PlayStation 3 and Microsoft’s Xbox 360, shifting a respectable 269,000 units and 230,000 units respectively.
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Nintendo Wii: Super Smash Brothers Flying Off Japanese Store Shelves

 
Sales figures for the monumental Super Smash Brothers Brawl have exceeded the 1 million mark.
Official sales figures have filtered through courtesy of Enterbrain, who’ve announced that the eagerly anticipated title sold 1.08 million copies in Japan on its first 11 days of sales. It’s almost certainly a dead cert that a similar sales feat will [...]

Nintendo Ds: Japanese Nintendo Ds Hardware Sales Fall

 
Japanese hardware sales figures show a dramatic decline in Nintendo Ds console sales.
During the generally barren month of January sales of the Nintendo Ds plummeted, raising speculation that the Japanese’s obsession with the hand-held could be dwindling.
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