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Over 34 Million Wii Consoles Sold In The U.S.
Nintendo is pulling in some solid sales numbers. On top of recently announcing the sales of 47 million DS devices, the company has also announced 34 million Wii sales. Of the 34 million, 21 million were sold in the last 3 years. In November, Nintendo sold 2.7 million Wii and DS systems. [VGChartz]
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Australian Boy Uses Nintendo DS To Rescue Mom
This past Sunday around 10PM, a family in Victoria, Australia were driving but ended up getting in a car crash in order to avoid hitting a kangaroo. There was 5 people in the car: three children, their mother, and her partner. The mother was stranded in the wreck until her 7 year old son calmly used his Nintendo DS as a light to find his mother’s mobile phone to call emergency services.
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Thanksgiving Console Rush: Nintendo Sells 500K Wiis, 1 Million DS/DSIs; Sony Sells 440K PS3s
Sony and Nintendo have both released the numbers of their console sales over the Thanksgiving weekend and they are big! The Sony PlayStation 3 sold 440,000 units in the U.S. for the week ending November 29th. Nintendo announced that they sold over 1 million DS and DSi handheld console units. And the Nintendo Wii sold over 500,000 units for the week ending November 28th. Microsoft’s statement was that they sold twice as many 360 consoles during Thanksgiving week compared to the week before.
Nintendo Reports 8.5% Gain In Annual Profit
Nintendo has posted some interesting results to their bottom line. Their annual profit has risen 8.5% which and they have their Wii and DS consoles to thank. However the company is forecasting a sales slowdown due to a weak economy. They are doing fairly well compared to other Japanese companies such as Toyota and Hitachi, who have been reporting record losses.
Nintendo has collected 279.09 billion yen ($2.8 billion) in net profit for the year ending March 31. This is up from 257.34 billion the year before. The video game industry as a whole has been fairly strong compared to other industries impacted by the economy.
The Nintendo Wii hit 50 million unit sales faster than any other video game console. So far about 50.39 million Wii units have been sold. The Nintendo DS has sold about 101.78 million. Last month, the Nintendo DSi was introduced in the U.S.
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The Health Control Game Timer Stops You From Playing The DS For Too Long
Many of us keep our eyes very close to the small LCD screens on the Nintendo DS. This can be very straining on the eyes so this is where the Health Control Game Timer comes in. The Health Control Game Timer can be used to automatically shutdown the console after a designated amount of time. The time can be set to 30, 60, 90, or 120 minutes. The HCGT can also control volume of the device.
There is also a camera that tells you whether your face is too close to the console or not. The device costs 3,990 yen ($40). The device currently works for the Nintendo DS, no word on whether it will work for the DSi.
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Over 100 Million Nintendo DS Units Sold
Although Sony recently sold 50 million Sony PSPs, Nintendo is flaunting a few big numbers of their own. Nintendo has sold 100 million DS handheld units that launched in 2004. The 100 millionth unit sold on March 6. The new version of the DS, called the DSi is launching in the U.S. on April 5.
The DS has two LCD screens inside, the bottom screen being touch. It has a microphone built in and has wireless support. The wireless support allows players to interact with each other within 10-30 meters. The Sony PSP was outselling the DS initially, but then Nintendo unleashed a game called Nintendogs. The game was put together by Shigeru Miyamoto and quickly took off.
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