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Articles about interlink: December 5, 2008

Wii sold out in Europe within a week.

by XXCJCM on Dec 15, 2006 at 06:42 PM

Nintendo WiiWhile Nintendo lawyers are busy preparing to defend a lawsuit over a patent infringement allegation by Interlink, Nintendo’s cash registers in Europe have not stopped ringing. Nintendo’s CEO Satoru Iwata must be laughing all the way to the bank.

Who cares about who owns the design patent on the Wiimote? The Europeans certainly didn’t give a damn. Nintendo’s Wii sold out in Europe in less than a week, making it the fastest-selling home console ever. In fact, 325,000 units were sold in the first two days after the machines went on sale in the region on Dec 8. And Nintendo seems to be working around the clock to ensure steady supply across Europe, whose residents are in the shopping mood with Christmas just around the corner.

Thanks to the free publicity generated by Interlink’s lawsuit,  Nintendo can now look forward to repeat success in more countries after similar success in the USA and Japan recently. Did I just hear another cash register ringing?

Read [Bloomberg] via [Techjunkeez]

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