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Wii sales hold steady at Japan retail
by Marcus Lai

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Sales for Nintendo Co.'s Wii held steady in the latest Japan retail tally.

Media Create Co. on Fri. reported that the Wii sold 41,024 units between July 21 and July 27, a slight increase from 40,803 units the week prior.

Wii ranked four titles in the top 10 software sales for the week, including Wii Fit t No. 7, Wario Land: Shake It! at No. 8, Mario Kart Wii at No. 9, and Power Pro Baseball 15 at No. 10.

Nintendo this week recorded a Q1 profit of 107.27 billion yen ($996 million) on strong sales for the Wii home video game console.

Total Wii sales have reached 29.6 million, ahead of Sony Corp.'s Playstation 3 at 14.4 million and Microsoft Corp.'s Xbox 360 at more than 19 million.

Nintendo in July showcased new titles for Wii, including Wii Music and Wii Sports Resorts, which will utilize the new Wii MotionPlus peripheral for more advanced motion gameplay.

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