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Why console sales numbers matter
The blokes at GamePro interviewed the NPD Groups’ David Riley to see why all those console sales numbers that get bandied about on Digg.com and other knee-jerk reaction sites really are important (hint: it’s not because without them, NPD wouldn’t get free press every month — strange, I know!). A sample: Given prior generation sales data, what predictions can be made about c...
Wii Internet system update — who cares?
It could have just been my Wii, through chance or some weird defect that barred it from receiving the full firmware update from last week, but tonight as I prepared for bed in my Nintendo fanman Mother Brain boss chamber bedroom the ol’ blue light flickered to life once again. That’s three times in the past week and a half, for those of you still up and keeping score. Anyway, after I f...
Wii sales will overtake Xbox 360 in September
Worldwide sales numbers are in and it’s clear that Wii will overtake Xbox 360 next month. The overall sales are obviously boosted by Japan, who have bought nearly 8 times as many Wii systems as Xbox 360. Is Wii going to be the PS2 of this generation?
Nintendo’s holiday season (and future) just got brighter
Here’s a wild question: What if Grand Theft Auto IV never came out? Don’t get me wrong, it will. But I think it’s a fair question given that Take Two/Rockstar are having, shall we say, issues, and as of last night the publisher’s financial future was grim. Manhunt 2, as we all know, if shelved indefinitely (2008 release tentative) due to its AO rating. An expose in Wired ma...
GameDaily’s Top Ten Games for the Rest of 2007
GameDaily posted their list of the Top 10 Best Games for the Rest of 2007. Nintendo will see 60% of these games on Wii and DS. Could it be a more exciting time to own a Nintendo system? Here’s a run-down of the Top Ten.
Wii outselling “next gen” consoles combined
Just a quick update to today’s earlier post on the NPD numbers…If you do the math, the Wii is outselling the PS3 and the Xbo 360, combined. Software sales had a similar Nintendo taste about them, with 360 sales taking the bottom half: Pokémon Diamond topped the software chart with 331,000 units sold followed by Wii title Mario Party 8 (314,000), Spider-Man 3 for PS2 (249,000) and PokÃ...
Nintend-owned: Wii to outsell PS3 4:1 in May
There’s owning the competition, and then there’s owning the competition. And then there’s whatever the heck Nintendo is doing right now. Therefore, the competition — such as it is at the moment — has officially been Nintend-owned in May.
Nintendo buys Japan
Ok, so that headline is a tad misleading. I’ll come out and say that right away. But you have to forgive me for the slight deception, because Nintendo is selling more than 100,000 DS units per week and the Wii is now the prime minister. Ok, it’s not, but wouldn’t that be just the cutest little thing ever? On a more serious and sane note, the Wii did sell 69,748 units, bringing th...
Bleszinski’s bro: Oh noes! No more hardcore!
I spent a few minutes today trying to figure out what Tyler Bleszinski was trying to say in his guest column for Newsweek. Something about the Wii’s success killing hardcore gaming. Even now, I’m not so sure I know what the heck I just read. Hardcore gamers are led Zeppelin? The rest of us are the Bee Gee’s? First, it was that he was disgusted that grandmas were buying Wii games ...
Nintendo’s Wi-Fi at 5 million users — let’s keep it in perspective
My my my. What do we make of today’s online news? Seems Nintendo’s completely free Wi-Fi connection service reached 5 million users. To me, this represents the abysmal failure of the Friend Code system. Yes, class, that was sarcasm. But only a *little* sarcasm, not my usual levels by any means. I’m certainly not going to say these numbers mean Nintendo has a wild success on its h...
Wii outsells the mighty PS2 for the same period
To steal a term coined by Kotaku, I put together the above charticle juxtaposing the first six month console sales of Wii, 360, PS3, PS2, Xbox, and GameCube. First, the Wii has sold better than the mighty PS2 after the first six months. Amazingly, both the PS3 and 360 sold worse than the GameCube for the same period (!). Cumulative first six month totals in units sold are as follows:
10 things to do on Wii while you wait for games
I just got done with Godfather Blackhand Edition, played enough Tiger Woods, and I’m done with Super Paper Mario too. My Wii has finally hit a resting spot, at least for me anyways. However, while at GamePro last week, I heard some awesome things about Super Mario Strikers. The fellers there said they’ve been playing a preview copy for hours, in full-out screams and yells it’s so...