A Wii bit more successful

On its first day of launch Nintendo's Wii console has sold out. Amazing. Not only because the console has one of the worst names in the history of videogaming, but also because Nintendo provided far more Wiis than PS3s at launch date (some are speculating almost three times as many!).

It's early days yet, and the hype surrounding the thing was bound to ensure a sellout on the first day. And, this is North America we're talking about, the place is like a second home to Nintendo. The big question for me will be if the Wii can finally end what seems like decades worth of Sony domination down-under.

There is of course one surefire way for Nintendo to steal SONY's marketshare in NZ (and maybe even Australia and the UK too). Create a Rugby simulator. After all, there is nothing NZers like more than prancing around the living room doing fake rugby passes.