Nintendo Profits Down, Wii Console Sales Lower

Courtesy NPR Programs: Morning Edition  Thu, 07/30/2009 - 6:01am

Nintendo's Wii had been on winning streak. The video game was so popular, Nintendo watched its profits triple over the last three years.

But in Tokyo Thursday, the company announced its quarterly profits fell 61 percent, and sales of Wii consoles fell for the first time since the product came out in 2006.

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