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Nintendo Wii Leads Gaming Strength U.S. News & World Report - Washington,DC,USA Nintendo sold nearly 10.2 million Wii game consoles in the US last year, and nearly 10 million more Nintendo DS handhelds. That means Wii sales accounted ... See all stories on this topic

Microsoft: $504 Million For Third-Party Publishers In December Gamasutra - San Francisco,CA,USA The company boasts that it's generated more life-to-date software sales at retail for third-party publishers than PlayStation 3 and Wii combined. ... See all stories on this topic

Getting schooled on Wii Glens Falls Post-Star - Glens Falls,NY,USA A Wii system is currently being used for fitness activities in elementary school programs in Schuylerville and Indian Lake, and the Waterford-Halfmoon ... See all stories on this topic

Plug & Play WiiZii Brings Hard Drive to Wii Minus Solder Gizmodo - USA In fact, I daresay that with a large enough drive, you could load far more content than is actually worth playing on the Wii. [Maxconsole] See all stories on this topic

Nintendo Wii and DS set new Sales Records in 2008 I4U - USA You guys made the Wii the biggest thing since sliced bread. Before 2008, no video game console had ever been purchased by 10 million Americans in a single ... See all stories on this topic

Latest video games promote exercise, healthy eating USA Today - USA Included with the disc is the Wii Balance Board, which resembles a white bathroom scale that measures your weight and senses your movement when you stand on ... See all stories on this topic

Technology Briefing Seattle Post Intelligencer - USA Nintendo's Wii, though, once again dominated both of its competitors. It was the second month in a row that sales of PS3 had dropped. ... See all stories on this topic

Nintendo Wii, DS sell more than 5 million units and lead game sales MarketWatch - USA By Dan Gallagher, MarketWatch SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Despite the slumping national economy, sales of video games still managed to beat Wall Street's ... See all stories on this topic

Wii Play is 2008's Best Selling Game of the Year 1UP.com - New York,NY,USA Both lists are dominated by Nintendo titles, topped by Wii Play, and contain just one PlayStation 3 game and one DS game. We've said it before, ... See all stories on this topic

Wii userbase in Europe exceeds 14 million Neoseeker - USA Following another successful holiday season, Europe's Wii userbase sits comfortably at 14.2 million units. A total of 8.3 million Wii consoles were sold in ... See all stories on this topic