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joystiq.com - 10/2/2009
PS3 outsells Wii in Japan for September; thanks Slim!
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What do we know about Japan? Even after those weird commercials , the PlayStation 3 has managed to outsell the Wii in Japan following the (what you might call) successful launch of the newly "encheapened" PS3 Slim . Japanese market research firm Enterbrain estimates that from August 31 ...
techforums.nintendo.com - 10/1/2009
Wii System Menu 4.2 – reporting problems - Wii Technical Questions - Nintendo's Tech Support ...
— techforums.nintendo.com — Hello, Some of you have reported problems with your Wii console after updating to the Wii System... Menu 4.2. The symptoms most people are describing usually occur when the Wii has been modified. However, some of you also mention your system has never ... (more) Wii System Menu 4.2 – reporting problems - Wii Technical ...

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The Divnich Debrief: 37% of Wii Games Not Reviewed
industrygamers.com - 10/6/2009
The Divnich Debrief: 37% of Wii Games Not Reviewed
— industrygamers.com — EEDAR analyst Jesse Divnich's latest IndustryGamers column indicates that there's been a big rise in the percent... of unreviewed Wii games, especially compared to other consoles. This has helped the average Wii game review score. (more) The Divnich Debrief: 37% of Wii Games Not Reviewed

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One ‘Heck’ of a PS3 Slim Laptop
playstationlifestyle.net - 10/2/2009
One ‘Heck’ of a PS3 Slim Laptop
— playstationlifestyle.net — Ben Heck , the hardware modifying extraordinaire, originally conceived the one-and-only ‘ PS3 Laptop ‘ back in... 2008. However, since then, the original PlayStation 3 slimmed its size and as such the PS3 Laptop needed one “Heck” of a redesign to keep up with the ... (more) One ‘Heck’ of a PS3 Slim Laptop

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PS3 outsells Wii in Japan for first time
GoNintendo — ... first time on a monthly basis in Japan in September, after a price cut, according to market researcher Enterbrain Inc. From Aug. 31 to Sept. 27, 309,939 PS3s were sold, a monthly record for the console in Japan since it became available in November 2006, the Tokyo-based research firm said in a faxed statement today. Nintendo’s DS Lite and DSi handheld players sold a combined 297,060 units. - Bloomberg Check out the full report here Link

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