SAN FRANCISCO - DECEMBER 15: A customer at a Best Buy store walks by a display for the new Nintendo Wii December 15, 2006 in San Francsico. Nintendo says it will replace 3.2 million straps for the new Wii computer game controllers after report of conrollers slipping out of players hands. Getty Images logo Getty Images 36 months ago

SAN FRANCISCO - DECEMBER 15: A customer at a Best Buy store walks by a display for the new Nintendo Wii December 15, 2006 in San Francsico. Nintendo says it will replace 3.2 million straps for the new Wii computer game controllers after report of conrollers slipping out of players hands.

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  1. In this photo made Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2009, Nintendo Wii and Playstation 3 consoles are seen on display at Costco in Mountain View, Calif.
  2. In this video game image released by Nintendo, a scene is shown from "The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks."
  3. In this video game image released by Nintendo, a scene is shown from "The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks."
  4. Kara L., 27, and boyfriend Sean G., 34, of Los Angeles, encourage Sean's mom Carole G., 65, of Austin, as she breaks a sweat with the Obstacle Course game on Wii Fit Plus during a Black Friday shopping excursion at Westfield Culver City in Culver City, Calif. on Nov. 27, 2009. Nintendo is traveling to more than 35 malls across the country to show off the latest video games for Wii, Nintendo DS and Nintendo DSi, with titles for all generations.
  5. Ashton Faller, 5, lower left, rough houses with his brother Andrew Faller, 15, upper left, and sister Nicole Faller, 7, right, after Ashton won a round of Nintendo Wii fencing in Everett, Wash., Sunday, Nov. 29, 2009. Faller had early treatment for autism starting at age 2 and now has improved social skills.
  6. Ashton Faller, 5, left, plays with his brother Andrew Faller, 15, right, after Ashton won a round of Nintendo Wii basketball in Everett, Wash., Sunday, Nov. 29, 2009. Ashton, who had specialized treatment for autism starting age 2, now he has improved social skills.
  7. Ashton Faller, 5, left, cheers after winning a round of Nintendo Wii ping pong against his brother Andrew Faller, 15, right, in Everett, Wash., Sunday Nov. 29, 2009. Ashton got specialized treatment, starting at age 2 and his social skills have improved.
  8. In this photo released by Nintendo, Esmeralda Garcia, 11, of Maywood, Calif., tries out Style Savvy, a new fashion-focused video game for the Nintendo DS and Nintendo DSi systems, with the help of Nintendo representative Parthana Gupta at the Westfield Culver City in Culver City, Calif., on Nov. 27, 2009. Nintendo is traveling to more than 35 malls across the country to let consumers try the latest Wii, Nintendo DS and Nintendo DSi video games before deciding what to buy.
  9. In this photo taken Friday, Dec. 11, 2009, holiday shopper Larry Senalik loads a flat panel television he bought as a Christmas gift into his van outside Best Buy in Springfield, Ill.
  10. In this Dec.9, 2009 photo, Electronic Arts' Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2010 video game for Playstation 2 is seen on display at Best Buy in Mountain View, Calif. Rampant allegations of marital infidelity are turning Woods into more laughingstock than role model, and he must find a way to wrest his sinking reputation from the muck of tabloid headlines if he hopes to salvage his business empire and protect the corporate partners who invested in him.
  11. Store credit cards from Best Buy, Macy's and Sears are shown in this photo of Dec. 2, 2009 in New York.
  12. Store credit cards from Best Buy, Macy's and Sears are shown in this photo of Dec. 2, 2009 in New York.
  13. Shoppers purchase electronic items during Black Friday sales at a Best Buy store in Glendale, California November 27, 2009. Americans headed to department stores in droves in the dead of night on Friday to kick off the holiday shopping season, though many said they had pared back how much they would spend on family members and on themselves. Black Friday, the day after U.S. Thanksgiving, is often the single busiest shopping day of the crucial holiday season, which accounts for nearly one-fifth of the retail industry's annual sales.
  14. Shoppers purchase electronic items during Black Friday sales at a Best Buy store in Glendale, California November 27, 2009. Americans headed to department stores in droves in the dead of night on Friday to kick off the holiday shopping season, though many said they had pared back how much they would spend on family members and on themselves. Black Friday, the day after U.S. Thanksgiving, is often the single busiest shopping day of the crucial holiday season, which accounts for nearly one-fifth of the retail industry's annual sales.
  15. Shoppers purchase electronic items during Black Friday sales at a Best Buy store in Glendale, California November 27, 2009. Americans headed to department stores in droves in the dead of night on Friday to kick off the holiday shopping season, though many said they had pared back how much they would spend on family members and on themselves. Black Friday, the day after U.S. Thanksgiving, is often the single busiest shopping day of the crucial holiday season, which accounts for nearly one-fifth of the retail industry's annual sales.
  16. Shoppers purchase electronic items during Black Friday sales at a Best Buy store in Glendale, California November 27, 2009. Americans headed to department stores in droves in the dead of night on Friday to kick off the holiday shopping season, though many said they had pared back how much they would spend on family members and on themselves. Black Friday, the day after U.S. Thanksgiving, is often the single busiest shopping day of the crucial holiday season, which accounts for nearly one-fifth of the retail industry's annual sales.

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