Nintendo Gears Up For Huge Wii Push

Nintendo plan to launch their new game console Wii in North America with over three times the inventory that Sony will use to launch the PlayStation3, reports MacKenzie Financial:

The Wii is not as powerful as the Sony and Microsoft machines but offers a new controller system that allows the gamer to control what happens on screen by moving the controller. So in a baseball game, the player can wield the controller like a bat. And in a shooter, the gamer can use it to point at a target. The Wii will also allow users to surf the Internet.

“We’re looking at a million (units) for North America at launch,” said [Ron Bertram, Nintendo of Canada's vice-president and general manager]. “When Sony came out (with their PS3 announcement), they said 300,000.”

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