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submitted by Mitchell on 09.14.2006 in Life/Weird/Funny News

As Nintendo officially revealed details about the Wii’s Japanese launch in Tokyo, a New York Times report answered the questions on millions of US gamers’ minds: When will the Wii go on sale here? What will it cost? How many games will it have at launch?

As it turns out, the console will arrive on Sunday, November 19, in North America and South America, according to the Times. That puts the console’s launch just two days after that of its archrival, the PlayStation 3, which has recently seen its own debut scaled down.

But while only 400,000 PS3s will be available at launch, the Times claims that the Wii will be “far more available in stores this holiday season” than its competitor due to its cheaper and simpler form factor. The company now plans to ship 4 million Wiis worldwide by the end of 2006, nearly double the 2 million to 2.3 million shipped PS3s Sony is now forecasting.

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