Nintendo Wii Sales Hit 50 Million

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Wed, 03/25/2009 - 10:57am

Nintendo Wii sales hit 50 million

Sales of Nintendo's Wii console have passed 50 million, the company's boss Satoru Iwata tells a conference.

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