Nintendo Wii more popular than TV

It seems that TV shows in Japan need to up their game, as news has come out that the Japanese are swapping their TV remotes in favor of the Nintendo Wii game controller. We all how popular the Wii was, but none of us could ever imagine that it could manage to steal audiences from television.

A recent report for the times believes that it is the Wii games console that has caused a rapid decline in both ratings and viewing figures. A top executive from Fuji TV, Japan’s largest network has expressed his concerns that families are drifting away from their normal TV habits.

It now seems that TV exec will have to think of new strategies, as they are used to competing with other television programs and not games consoles.

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