Follow GadgetBlips on TwitterWii console sales break US record in 2008 (AFP)
Published 1/16/2009 at Yahoo! News: Personal Technology
AFP - Nintendo sold 10.17 million Wii consoles in the United States in 2008, setting a new video game record despite dismal economic conditions gripping the country, according to NPD Group statistics.
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