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Wii steals the Christmas show

by rawmeatcowboy
24 December 2006
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A portion of a Sunday Times article…

The No3 player in the games world has beaten its rivals with its must-have console, says Paul Durman

THE Nintendo Wii is this year’s must-have games console, and should delight the lucky few who receive one tomorrow morning. But the huge public acclaim for the Wii and its unusual motion-sensing remote control has already ruined Sir Howard Stringer’s Christmas.

Stringer, the Cardiff-born chairman and chief executive of Sony Corporation, is relying on PlayStation 3 to help revive the misfiring Japanese electronics giant that he has run for the past 18 months. This Christmas, however, the Wii is estimated to be outselling the PS3 by more than two to one.

Read the full article here (thanks Bollweevil)