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Mon 04 Apr 2007Nintendo aims to double global sales of Wii consoleNintendo is set to boost production of its Wii console in a bid to redress an "abnormal" global inventory shortage that has hit the world's best-selling next-generation console.The console has been selling twice as fast as Sony's PS3 in Japan. In the US market, Wii's market share among next-generation consoles was 40 per cent at the end of February, compared with 33 per cent for Microsoft's Xbox360 and 18 per cent for the PS3, according to Credit Suisse.