According to BBC News, Nintendo stocks have achieved a sharp rise in price following the company's strong showing at this year's Electronic Entertainment Expo.
Nintendo share prices rose 6.2% to 19,710 yen (approximately 178 US dollars) and had gone as high as 19,890 yen, the highest recorded price on Nintendo stocks since April of 2002. Analysts claim the market reaction is the effect of positive responses from Nintendo's E3 presentation and an anticipated Wii release date before the 2006 holiday shopping season.
Positive public response was not relegated to E3 and the stock market, however. Google Zeitgeist, which tracks query statistics on the popular Internet search engine, has reported that Wii, Nintendo's next-generation console, is one of the top five fastest-gaining Google queries for the second week in a row, with PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 nowhere to be seen on the list. Wii ranked fourth for the week ending May 1 and fifth for the current week's ranking.
The Wiire will bring you more news on public reaction to Wii as it is made available.
Source: BBC News, Google
