forbes.com - 12/2/2008
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Hardcore gamers may still scoff at Nintendo 's Wii for catering to casual gamers. But hidden behind its Clark Kent facade are some impressive financial muscles. Nintendo rocked the gaming world when it brought out the Wii gaming console three years ago by turning an entirely new demographic of ...
reuters.com - 12/7/2008
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reuters.com —
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Nintendo Co Ltd's Wii
has emerged as one of the few hot products
this holiday season, and Wal-Mart Stores Inc will offer "tens of thousands" of the hard-to-get video game consoles on its website starting on Monday. Walmart.com ...
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Walmart.com offers thousands of Wiis from Monday
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How Nintendo came to rule the console world
Fudzilla —
... thing in-house, but rather buying cheaper components, allowing it to sell at $260. It s a well known fact that Sony basically loses money with each PS3 console whereas Xbox 360 is close to even. Analysts claim that Nintendo makes about $6 per Wii console. Of course, that might not be much, but do some number crunching of your own and multiply the number of sold consoles and you ll get the idea. If you re interested in a more detailed analysis, you can check out Forbes s article here
Nintendo earns $6 per Wii
DV Hardware —
... David Gibson, an analyst at Macquarie Securities, estimates every Wii console brings in $6 of operating profit for Nintendo. This makes Nintendo unique, as Sony is losing money on its PS3 sales and Microsoft might just break even: ...
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