GDC 2009: Nintendo confirms Wii has shipped over 50 million
Nintendo President Satoru Iwata today confirmed during his keynote at the GDC that the Wii has shipped over 50 million units worldwide.
Nikkei had reported the news earlier today but now the happy publisher has added its stamp of approval to the news. Nintendo also announced that the Nintendo DS has shipped over 100 million units worldwide.
Nintendo believe that videogame developers have expanded opportunities given the worldwide shipments for both the Wii and the DS.
Iwata said It is in the power of game developers to invent things that gamers have never seen or even imagined before.
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