Wii, DS could regain lead in Japan in Q4
November 21, 2009 by Mike · Leave a Comment
Nintendo's holiday performance rests on Mario and Zelda.
Despite the Wii and DS’s hefty overall lead in the system wars, this week’s Japanese hardware charts show that the PlayStation 3 and PSP has taken a chunk out of Nintendo’s advantage. According to Kotaku, PSP sales have shot to the top spot, leaving the DSi and Wii in third and fourth place, respectively. The PS3, on the other hand, “declined” to number two.
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Wii, DSi total U.K. sales revealed
August 15, 2009 by Mike · Leave a Comment
The Wii dominates U.K. console sales
You’ve seen how the Wii was rampaging in Japan last week—today, we check out how the Wii and DSi are doing in the U.K. Here’s a hint: Nintendo dominates either way. According to GamesIndustry.biz, the Nintendo Wii has currently outsold all other consoles in Britain by “some” margin.
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How not to make a DS guitar game ad
August 2, 2009 by Mike · Leave a Comment
Music games have recently been ruling the charts, thanks to Guitar Hero and Rock Band. But have you heard about the DS game that didn’t make it through approval? Mega64 shows us the rejected advertisement after the jump.
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Nintendo again leads Japan console wars
Again, the DSi leads the handheld race.
Japanese hardware sales may always have the same winner in this console generation (i.e. Nintendo), but the Kyoto-based company’s means for reaching the top varies from time to time. This week, Nintendo again leads the console wars because of two games: Tomodachi Collection for the DS and Wii Sports Resort for—you guessed it—the Wii.
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Nintendo DSi back on top in Japan
June 27, 2009 by Mike · Leave a Comment
Nintendo's DSi is still #1 in Japan. Yawn.
The world is back to normal, at least in Nintendo’s eyes. Kotaku revealed that after a few weeks of declining sales, the Japanese console hardware market has finally gotten out of a funk. You know what that means: Nintendo is still on top, and its products are selling like crazy. Of course, this rise is pretty minor compared to typical year-end numbers, but up is up and you can’t argue with that.
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Nintendo sells over 1M DS units in the U.S. for April
May 16, 2009 by Mike · 2 Comments
The magic DS number: 1.04 million.
More money-printing news for Nintendo. Last April, the House That Mario Built sold over a million units of the Nintendo DS in the U.S. That means the DS sold almost 35,000 units per day. According to the NPD Group (via Nintendo Everything), Nintendo sold over 827,000 Nintendo DSi systems and an additional 215,000 Nintendo DS Lite handhelds.
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Nintendo DSi is back on top in Japan
March 28, 2009 by Mike · Leave a Comment
The DSi also prints money.
Remember the weird fluke that happened earlier this month? See, the PlayStation 3 outsold all other game consoles/handhelds in Japan. It outsold the Nintendo DSi, DS Lite, PSP, and PS2 because of the PS3’s Yakuza 3. Well, this week, everything is back to normal. The DSi is back on top.
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Nintendo ships 100M DS handhelds
March 14, 2009 by Mike · Leave a Comment
The Nintendo DS is on track to be the bestselling handheld in history.
Of all the news that Nintendo is dominating the games industry, this latest one may just be the biggest to date. GameSpot reported that sometime last week, the 100 millionth DS handheld was shipped to retailers. The news may not specifically state that the DS handheld has sold its 100 millionth unit, but given how the new DSi is faring, it’s all just a matter of time.
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Check out the new Nintendo DSi preview
March 6, 2009 by Mike · Leave a Comment
The new DSi features are awesome. Are you tempted yet?
The Nintendo DSi is coming to North America next month. If you’re still undecided, then perhaps MCV’s latest preview of the handheld would help you choose. Would it be the DSi, your DS phat, or DS Lite? It’s a fair question, and I hope we help you in answering it today.
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Wii, DS are UK’s most-searched products online
December 21, 2008 by Mike · Leave a Comment
Is it Wii Remote or Wiimote?
Hitwise told MCV that the Nintendo Wii and DS Lite are the UK’s most-searched products online in November. Funnily enough, the October leader that these two products overtook is also by Nintendo—it’s Wii Fit, that exercise game that’s still selling like crazy even after months of release.
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