With the festive season now behind us, many wonder which of the seventh-generation video game consoles came out on top for 2007. The Big Three 0 the Nintendo Wii, the Microsoft Xbox360 and the Sony Playstation 3 0 have all partaken in fierce competition, each with its own unique selling point and games.
The short answer is that, for now, the winner is the Nintendo Wii. Taking the console market by storm since its launch in November 2006, it has seen an unprecedented popularity amongst what is known as 0casual gamers0 0 those who do not wish to invest time and emotion on what they perceive as overtly complex games. Using inexpensive controllers, known as WiiMotes, that capture the motion of their user0s hands, Wiis were scarce as demand for the console surged 0 making it to the top spot of the Telegraph0s 0Hardest to find Christmas gifts0 list and becoming the most searched for term on eBay. This could have been a conscious effort by Nintendo to avoid saturating the market, but the company denies this, instead citing inefficiencies with the supply of third-party components.
It0s not all plain sailing for the Japanese console giant though. […]

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