Successful North American launch for Wii

• Wednesday November 22, 2006 in: Video Game Consoles Tag(s):

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  The Nintendo's newest video game console, the Wii, has finally reached North America. And its launch last Sunday was generally peaceful, unlike the chaos that marred the launch of the Sony PlayStation 3 last Friday.

  The Wii, as predicted by many, sold like the proverbial hotcakes.

  Despite being available in larger quantities in North America this weekend than its launch rival Sony PlayStation 3, one report indicates that eager consumers quickly snapped up all available Nintendo Wii game consoles.

  Ahead of Friday's launch, Sony had said it was going to make 400,000 PlayStations available in North American stores. Nintendo had said it would have "five to ten" times as many Wiis available.

  "Our research indicates that sell-outs for both the PS3 and Wii were apparently unanimous," said Paul-Jon McNealy, analyst at American Techno Research. "While the PS3 sell-outs were expected given the limited quantities, the Wii sell-outs were likely but less certain in our opinion."[International Business Times]

  Of course, it's far too early to tell who's winning this video game console war. After all, the launch is just the opening salvo. But as far as sales are concerned, this opening round belongs to the much cheaper Wii.

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