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With its poor performance in previous generations of consoles, not much was expected of Nintendo's Wii. But when it launched in November 2006, just days after the PlayStation 3, the Wii took the world by storm. Partly due to its innovative motion-sensitive controller and its simple design, and partly due to its $250 price tag, the Wii has so far been the runaway winner in the next-gen console wars. In its first month, NPD said, the Wii sold 476,100 units. In the following two months, it sold 604,200 and then 435,500 units.