Nintendo Wii Launch helps Increase Sales by 72.8%

Nintendo Co., Ltd. today announced that strong sales of Nintendo DS hardware and software and the successful launch of Wii have led to record consolidated sales and operational profit for the nine-month period ending Dec. 31, 2006. Recurring and net profits also set record highs. Nintendo maintains projections for record financial results through its fiscal year, which ends March 31, 2007.

Thanks to extremely strong Nintendo DS sales and the successful launch of Wii, Nintendo’s consolidated net sales were up 72.8 percent over the same nine-month period last year, and operating income was up 102.5 percen

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This isn’t really a surprise… Both the DS and the Wii have been hits.

woot!!!!!!