“According to a recent survey by Zurich Insurance, the average person will carry £851 worth of hand held gadgets with them every day, for Londoners, this rises to £1034.”

“According to recent findings by the BBC, muggings rose by almost 40% in some parts of the country last year which police have blamed on the sharp rise in popularity of such handheld, portable gadgets.”

This means insuring your console is a good idea as you don’t know whats round the corner.  I have looked into how to go with and I would suggest Gadget Cover. They currently have an offer where you can get upto 2 months free cover and are UK based and have over 13 years expetise which I find comforting compared to some of these pop up internet sites.  They also do discounts for insuring more than one item.  They are not restricted to consoles either.  You can insure most of your electronic goods from this company.

For more info visit Gadget Cover

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Wii Systems have sold 25.95million units in the last year which brings total Wii sales to a massive 50.39 million units. Nintendo say its the “fastest home video game hardware in history” to cross that number.

The Handheld DS has sold 31.18 million units which increase total units sold to 101.78 million. Nintendo say that this handheld has sold 100 million units faster than any other handheld console in history.

The majority of Nintendo sales happen on their home turf, Japan. This is followed by the USA, then Europe and then other regions.

Sony is position 126 in the Forbes list, Google is 23rd, Microsoft 30th, and Apple 52nd

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