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Your baby for a PS3? Sure!

0 comments | Thursday, December 7, 2006

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Dave Ryan, a radio host over at the KDWB station, promised to give a Playstation 3 to the whoever leaves their baby at the station for one whole day. Results? People calling and offering their babies like mad!

Well, OK, maybe not like mad, but at least 20 parents were willing to exchange their baby for a PS3, and one woman was ready to even leave the baby for several days.

What worries me, if these people are ready to leave their child in exchange for a PS3, what would they do for a Wii? "Yeah, just wrap it up. And the baby? What baby? Oh, that baby. Well, you can just keep it if you like!"

It's not Dave's first stunt of the sort. A couple of days ago, he dared listeners to do something crazy to win a PS3. The winner? Tattooed the sign PS3 on his leg - upside down.

You can find the video lips here and here, while the audio clip is here.

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1,000,000 Wiis sold in the first two weeks

0 comments | Saturday, December 2, 2006

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According to this source , a million units of Nintendo's Wii console were sold in the first two weeks on the market, however, a number of 1,100,000 is already circulating as the latest number

Wii's 80.000-units-sold-per-day rate of success is not showing signs of waning. It's not a matter of whether it's a success or not anymore, but whether it will turn into a global phenomenon. In USA alone, over 600,000 units were sold, according to USA today. In Japan, 400,000 units were shipped, and, guess what? They're already sold out.

On a side note, if you really have to know exactly how many units of Xbox, PS3, and Nintendo were sold so far, check out this site. You can even pick your favorite and cheer for it.


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Nintendo sells 600.000 Wiis; invokes even more bad jokes

0 comments | Wednesday, November 29, 2006

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In the battle between Xbox and PS3, Nintendo's Wii seems to be winning. 600.000 of them have been sold in 8 days, and the buzz around the console seems to be huge. And to think that some thought that 'Wii' was a dumb name

First 8 days of sales in the USA = 600.000 sold. Those are the number Nintendo guys are currently looking at, and I can imagine them sipping martinis with little umbrellas. That's over 80.000 per day, folks.

Sure, maybe the PS3 would also sell that many - IF they were actually able to make them. However, the brass at Sony can only ponder what may have been as they watch people spend their money happily on the competitor's product.

And, the more videos I see of it in action, the more fun it seems.

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