The Wii is a home video game console
released by Nintendo. As a seventh-generation
console, the Wii primarily competes with Microsoft's
Xbox 360 and Sony's PlayStation 3. Nintendo states
that its console targets a broader demographic than
that of the two others. As of June 2011, the Wii
leads the generation over the PlayStation 3 and Xbox
360 in worldwide sales, and in December 2009 broke
the record for best-selling console in a single
month in the United States.
A distinguishing feature of the console is its wireless controller, the Wii Remote, which can be used as a handheld pointing device and detects movement in three dimensions. Another distinctive feature of the console is WiiConnect24, which enables it to receive messages and updates over the Internet while in standby mode.
