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According to Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime, speaking to Bloomberg, who believes that the already stellar sales will be helped even further by key software launches in the region, such as Wii Fit and Super Smash Bros Brawl.

The Wii has so far sold about 8 million systems in the USA, with the Xbox 360 topping 9 million presently.

The Wii became the world’s best-selling present generation system in late 2007, with over 20 millions sales worldwide, the Xbox 360 stands on 18 million, followed by the PS3 with 10 million.

The USA is still regarded as the world’s most important games market, although Europe has emerged as a strong region for all three systems, too.

In the past couple of days the company’s share price on the Tokyo Stock Exchange has risen from a low point at the beginning of February at around JPY 47,000 (USD 438.6 / EUR 295.7) to JPY 54,100 (USD 504.9 / EUR 340.4) at close today - a jump of around 15 per cent.