Japan’s Wii love affair re-ignited.
The new Red Wii bundle has had the desired effect for Nintendo in Japan, with sales of the console rocketing by nearly 300 per cent in its first week on sale.
Andriasang reports that Nintendo’s hardware topped Japan’s weekly Media Create home console charts, moving 39,308. That’s up from 11,521 last week. PlayStation 3 came in second with 21,114 units sold.
PSP was the best selling handheld, notching up 43,055 sales, with the DS trailing at 34,457.