[Hawkeye_a]

Latest Nintendo Sales Figures:

United States
DS Hardware: 1.89 million units
DS Software: 3.38 million units

GCN Hardware: 9.7 million units
GCN Software: 74.6 million units

GBA/GBA SP Hardware: 29 million units
GBA Software: 122 million units

Worldwide
DS Hardware: 6.65 million units
DS Software: 15.82 million units

GCN Hardware: 18.76 million units
GCN Software: 160.60 million units

GBA/GBA SP Hardware: 67.77 million units
GBA Software: 280.03 million units

Total Worldwide
Total Hardware: more than 354 million units
Total Software: more than 2 billion units

Franchise Sales Figures (as of May 2005)
Total Mario series: more than 182 million units sold worldwide
Total Zelda series: more than 43 million units worldwide
Total Metroid series: more than 10 million units worldwide
Total Pokémon series: more than 140 million units worldwide
Total Donkey Kong series: more than 43 million units worldwide

(Source: http://www.nintelligent.net/news2914.php)

Pretty interesting stats imo. Total Software = 2 billion units ? does thatmean only Nintendo games ?

Your average DS owner own 2-3 games.
Your average GBA owner has 4-5 games.
And your average GCN owner has a whopping 7-8 games !!!

I'll admit im a nintendo fan, but the GCN hardware sales have been less than stella. (i blame marketing). But wow...7-8 games per console sold. (i have 8). pretty darn good for a 'platform' imo. Obviously what Nintendo needs to do is broaden it's appeal n the home console market.

Cheers

[goMac]

Don't tell SWG that Nintendo seems to be more profitable than Sony's games unit...

[Hawkeye_a]

hehehe. ok. i wont .

What i find astonishing....Sony at E305 announced 2 billion games sold for it's Playstation, which is a impressive number. i guess that means total unit sales of software for PS1, PS2 and PSP.

But if Nintendo meant 2 billion units of games it developed itself. WOW. Can you imagine what the total unit software sales for Nintendo must be at for all it's consoles put together ?!?!

[angelmb]

Cool, had an iChat with Super Mario and he is happy.

[air]

mr. tucker says 'HA HA'

nintendo is goin DOWN!

[Hawkeye_a]

Nice to see video games finally appealing to non-nerds/geeks. Lots and lots of potential for growth in those markets imo, not to mention totally different gameplay ideas and genres.

Oh...and pretty good for a 'kiddie puppy simulator' eh ? well im sure the hardcore gamers would have liked it if it had more of the same ...... grit, girls and guns.

Big Kudos to Nintendo. Taking on a challenge to appeal to non gamer demographics (unlike their competition), and succeeding with flying colors.

Cheers

[Scandalous Ion Cannon]

Originally Posted by goMac

Don't tell SWG that Nintendo seems to be more profitable than Sony's games unit...

For the 10 billionth time. I don't care who makes money, I only want lots of good games.

[ort888]

Now that Advance Wars Dual Strike is out, the DS is the best system ever.

[lavar78]

I just bought my mom Nintendogs. I have to say it rocks. I'm thoroughly impressed.

[JoshuaZ]

Hmm... I'll have to check out the cool new things being shown at the Tokyo Game show in a week.

They've been advertising the Gamboy Micro. A very small version of the Gameboy Advanced. Its way too small for my big hands, but would be great for kids.

[screamingFit]

As my PSP gathers inches and inches of dust my DS has been getting some serious use. I even bought my friend one along with Nintendogs for her early birthday present. So now, we're doing game sharing with a bunch of my games and it has been great fun.

[starman]

I bought my kids Nintendogs only because they needed something new.

Lasted about 15 minutes. They went back to coloring.

Oh, and my daughter still prefers WoW.

Mike

[strictlyplaid]

Originally Posted by screamingFit

As my PSP gathers inches and inches of dust my DS has been getting some serious use.

Me too. But it looks like the PSP is doing well in the UK: http://hardware.slashdot.org/hardwar...184&tid=10

[Eug Wanker]

What are the comparative Microsoft and Sony numbers?

[angelmb]

Originally Posted by JoshuaZ

Hmm... I'll have to check out the cool new things being shown at the Tokyo Game show in a week.

They've been advertising the Gamboy Micro. A very small version of the Gameboy Advanced. Its way too small for my big hands, but would be great for kids.

I hope you can find one like this, so cool

[residentEvil]

that is cool. specially if it plays all the original marios on a built in memory chip. i'd play that for hours.

[starman]

How is that cool? It's small. TOO small. Even the GBA screen could be bigger.

[olePigeon]

The only reason I bought a GameBoy Color was for Super Mario Bros., Tetris, Joust, and Defender.

[Scifience]

I think that Nintendo has some very unique game ideas.

However, I find the PSP to be a much better system than the DS. GameCube vs. PS2 was a tie for me. The DS is too big to really be a "portable" system...I just don't like the design. While the touchscreen is interesting, it is akward to use when on the go.

I find myself using the PSP for movies (not UMDs, but ones I encoded and put onto a 2GB MS myself) more than games. Though having Tales of Eternia in my pocket is pretty nice.

[Hawkeye_a]

[Hawkeye_a]

hehehehe

[Scandalous Ion Cannon]

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