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30 million Nintendo Wii sold in US so far
Wednesday, August 11th, 2010
The fastest selling games console in the history of US is Nintendo’s Wii. Since its launch the company has sold more than 30 million units of the Wii and that too in just 45 months.
In a recent statement, the Nintendo said that the Wii offers motion gaming and it has surpassed the 30 million units marks in the United States. The company further said that the Wii had sold faster than PS2 of Sony.
According to analysts, the Wii is going to become the most popular games console in the world.
Nintendo claims that as of June 2010 the company has sold 74 million of Wii units globally.
Currently the PS2 of Sony is the most sold games console of the world. In last 10 years Sony has sold 145 million units of PlayStation2.
Nintendo of America’s executive vice president of sales and marketing Cammie Dunaway said, “More than any other video game system in history, Wii has expanded the world of video games to new audiences. This milestone is another reminder that people want fun games they can play with others — all at a value-minded price.”
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DS on the way of becoming best seller of all time
Friday, May 14th, 2010
This time Nintendo is expecting a dent in profits and this is for the first time if we count the last six years of this gaming giant. The sales Wii maker and also of Nintendo DS took a plunge and it has been dropped by 23 percent.
Nearly ten percent the profits fell of the company but it seems to them that the worst will soon be faded out. based in Kyoto, Japan.
Based in Kyoto, Japan, the Nintendo DS was running very closely second behind the PlayStation 2. Nintendo is expected to become the top in sales by this year end.
NPD Group’s Anita Frazier said, “The NDS is approaching the PS2 as the best-selling hardware system of all time”.
On the other hand the competitor Microsoft reported in the begining of this year of reaching the sales figure of more than 40 million Xbox 360s. According to the current figures, the PlayStation 3 of Sony has sold 33.5 million units. More than 71 million is the sales figure of Wii and the Nintendo DS are has sold so far about 129.
Nintendo is also planning of launching a 3DS version by this year end and this will be offering 3D technology, sans 3D glasses.
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