Wii is the fifth video game console produced by Nintendo, developed in collaboration with IBM and ATI . The Wii is the successor to the Nintendo GameCube . competes with the Playstation 3 Sony of and Xbox 360 of Microsoft as part of the seventh generation consoles of . [3]
The most distinctive feature of the console is its wireless controller, the Wii Remote, which can be used as a handheld device with the aim, besides being able to detect the acceleration of the movements in three dimensions. Another of its peculiarities is what has been called WiiConnect24, which enables you to receive messages and updates over the Internet in standby mode. [4] Finally, the Wii can synchronize with the Nintendo DS portable console , which allows the Wii take advantage of the touchscreen of the Nintendo DS.
Nintendo first spoke of the console in the press conference of E3 of 2004, but not until E3 2005 when displayed to the public. Satoru Iwata revealed a prototype of the controller at the September Tokyo Game Show of 2005 . In the E3 2006 is the console of the most outstanding award winning show. The 8 December 2006 of , Wii launch was finished in four key markets. A few months later, Financial Times reports that since September 12 of 2007 , Wii is the sales leader of his generation, based on sales figures Enterbrain, NPD Group and GfK . [5]
Since its launch, the console has received awards for innovation of his command and the popularity it has generated quickly. He has also received awards for the large number of sales you've had. On the other hand, some developers to note the success of the Wii world, have apologized to the company Nintendo for launching low-quality games and have not been optimistic about the system. However, some developers and analysts have opined that the success of the Wii will be short-lived and outweighed by the PlayStation 3.
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