Ninetendo gives Sony a run for its money !

Ninetendo says 600,000 units of its new Wii video game console were sold in the eight days after its release in the Americas. Wii-related merchandise, including accessories and games, has garnered 190 million U.S. dollars since the Nov. 19 launch.

The Wii machine costs 250 dollars, about half the price of Sony's PlayStation 3's least expensive version. PS3 went on sale in the United States two days before Ninetendo offered Wii.

Many fans of both systems congregated at retailers hours up to five days in advance of the launches to guarantee they were among the first to claim ownership of the highly anticipated machines.

"We've shipped retailers several times the amount of hardware the other company was able to deliver for its launch around the same time -- and we still sold out," Nintendo of America President Reggie Fils-Aime said in a statement.

The consoles are also being offered on Internet auction sites such as eBay for several times their retail price tag.

Sony has not revealed how many PlayStation 3 consoles it has sold in North America so far, but has said it aims to ship one million units by the end of the year.

Microsoft has shipped more than six million of its Xbox 360s since launching it in November 2005.

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