This month’s Wii and DS report
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Submitted by Gaming Briefs and Nostalgia Bits
Nintendo reports strong sales for both of these consoles:
TOKYO (AP) - Nintendo Co.’s net profit surged 47.7 percent to a record high, powered by strong sales of software and accessories for its popular Wii video game console and brisk sales of its DS handheld devices.
The Kyoto-based company reported a group net profit of 257.34 billion yen ($2.5 billion) for the March-April period compared with 174.29 billion yen a year earlier. Sales shot up 73 percent to 1.672 trillion yen ($16.2 billion).
