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skywalker2007 said:
This console is going to hurt Nintendo more than Xbox 360 and PS3. It is called Vii. Manufactured by Chinese company. It works like wii and cost less.

Nintendo better do something.

http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/13/vii-meet-wii-the-wannabe-gets-caught-in-the-wild/

 Nintendo actually does crack down on pirates, actually.

But this is the best thing of about the Wii: the fact that the system is already sold for a profit makes this possible. Even if 90 percent of all Wiis sold are  pirated Viis, and even if 95 percent of all software sold is pirated -- for now, of course, as the Chinese government does appear to be slowly moving forward on enforcing copyrights -- this still represents a profit. 

For example, let's say they sell 2 million Wiis in China over the next five years. I think that's a conservative estimate. What happens? They make money, and that's 2 million more Wiis.