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Wii pours gold into Nintendo's coffers

Boppity bob
By INQUIRER staff
Wed Jul 25 2007, 13:09
CONSOLE FIRM Nintendo saw its net profits soar by four times in its financial first quarter and said it expects its whole year profit to be 40 per cent over its previous estimate.

The firm turned in net profit of $669 million, on the back of sales that have doubled.

The firm's DS game machine is also doing pretty well.

The Wii is the ace in the console joker pack, particularly so as Sony isn't doing brilliantly with its Playstation III and Microsoft has headaches over hardware problems with its Xbox 360.

According to reports, the Wii outstripped Praystation sales last month by four to one in America. µ

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