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Nintendo leading software sales, beats Microsoft
Author: Joe MartinPublished: 31st October 2007
Nintendo is currently leading software sales according to the latest figures.
According to iSuppli, an analyst group which checks software sales, there are some semi-interesting new figures out. iSuppli (via Gamasutra) has now added up all the software sales revenue figures for this quarter.
Nintendo is the clear winner according to iSuppli. It beat out the nearest competitor by about $200 million, bagging a cool $1.2 billion in revenue. Sony apparently fell into second place, with Microsoft trailing in third place, oddly.
iSuppli speculated on the reason behind Sony's inability to seize first place, attributing it to drooping PlayStation 2 game sales and a lack of handheld platforms. Microsoft has been noted for a high software-attach rate, but is still struggling to make an impact in some markets, such as Japan.
Nintendo meanwhile received praises for its diversity and success in both casual and hardcore markets across home and handheld platforms. Lets face it - the Wii and DS are practically printing money at the moment thanks to fantastic games like The Legend of Zelda: The Phantom Hourglass.
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Everyone that is buying a wii is a retard. PS3 R00000lZorS!!! Xbox 360 is ok I suppose, but the PS3 IS teH bA\/\//\/\3!
Metroid Prime 3 is good, Twilight Princess is good, Super Paper Mario is good. Super Mario Galaxy looks shaweeeet! But other than that, yea, I do see your point. The DS is still selling like hotcakes though.
This years BAFTA's disagree with you. It may be the first time a console-bundled game has won such a majority of awards. Also, while most of the heavy titles are still ports from other consoles (Resident Evil 4, Zelda: Twilight Princess, Prince of Persia: Rival Swords, etc.), the changes in gameplay are enough to give the game a fresh feel.
As far as handhelds not being that strong of an influence, Mr. Iwata and his numerous awards and successes would like a word with you.
*tap tap* Excuse me sir? Miss Aran and here armcannon would like a word with you.
joking aside, the Wii does have a relatively small amount of traditionally interesting games, untill i picked up metroid last week, i hadnt touched my wii for a month or so. Metroid is totally ace though, and once i get through that ill probably pick up super paper mario, or perhaps GH3
the sweet stuff for every nintendo console is always the first/second party software, and nintendo has some ace stuff comming up
Handhelds are far more accessible to a younger market due to pricing and personal disposable wealth of their families (i.e. LOADS of pocket money and birthday monies).
They entertain on journies and their famillies will probably feel better about glibly buying a game that is slightly cheaper than current Next-gen titles, other factors that may help are the fact it comes in a small pack and doesn`t involve sitting infront of the tele. Who knows?
It still puts the handheld market in a strong position globally.
Only in UK, Gamecube didn't die/fade out so much in USA and Japan, I really wish I lived in USA becuase I've recently started picking up American Gamecube games and they are still sold regularly over there in the likes of toysrus, walmart etc!
Woah! You couldn't be more wrong. It's the main source of software sales for Nintendo
Nintendo DS games that have sold one million copies or more.
DS is unstoppable, console and software sales alike!
Wii has sold around 6.5 million software titles. Xbox 360 has sold over 20 million, I don't know about PS3 but it only has 2 games selling over a million. I don't think I need to say what they are.
Source: Wiki
Also there are good games on Wii just not that many yet (Same with PS3)
These include:
Resident evil 4
Zelda Twilight princess
Metroid prime 3
super mario strikers
super paper mario
Wario ware smooth moves (bit short though)
And out this month is: resident evil umbrella chronicles, super mario galaxy, mario and sonic at the olympics (hopefully will be good)
Plenty of good Virtual console games too and gamecube backwards compatibility :)
I'll admit Wii games quality don't come close to the xbox 360s though
Even going as far back as the gray brick that is the original Game Boy, I wouldn't go so far as to make that claim about aggregate hand-held Nintendo console sales.