Nintendo keeps spawning good numbers, this time in Europe
And so Nintendo goes off to conquer the world. After the news that they hit it big in North America, and after the consumer-friendly price drops in Australia, they have now released the news that they have also struck gold in Europe. Well if selling a total of 10 million DS units since its May 2005 release and 3.19 million Wiis delivered and sold ain’t golden, then we don’t know what is.
But seriously, there’s no denying the fact that Nintendo’s platforms are definitely proving to be worthy competition for the other “more serious” next-gen consoles. Adding to their accomplishments is the fact that half of the European DS owners also have Nintendogs (that would be five million people training virtual dogs). Brain Age, on the other hand, has so far sold two million copies just six months since its release.
As for the Wii, they said in their current fiscal report that:
- During the first nine months of the current fiscal year, consolidated worldwide shipments of 19 software titles for Nintendo platforms reached or surpassed 1 million units. These include three Wii titles, 13 Nintendo DS titles and three Game Boy Advance titles.
- Nearly 1.4 million Wii hardware systems have connected to the Internet worldwide (as of 1/24/07)
- Approximately 1.5 million Virtual Console games have been downloaded and sold to customers worldwide (as of 1/24/07)
- More than 3.5 million unique users have enjoyed game play on Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection for Nintendo DS, with far more than 100 million connections (as of 1/24/07)
Yep, good figures indeed. Anyhow, for more good news from Nintendo, check out their Q1 2007 lineup for the DS over at Full Article.
Just click “Full Article” to see which DS titles you can pick up this quarter.
And so Nintendo goes off to conquer the world. After the news that they hit it big in North America, and after the consumer-friendly price drops in Australia, they have now released the news that they have also struck gold in Europe. Well if selling a total of 10 million DS units since its May 2005 release and 3.19 million Wiis delivered and sold ain’t golden, then we don’t know what is.
But seriously, there’s no denying the fact that Nintendo’s platforms are definitely proving to be worthy competition for the other “more serious” next-gen consoles. Adding to their accomplishments is the fact that half of the European DS owners also have Nintendogs (that would be five million people training virtual dogs). Brain Age, on the other hand, has so far sold two million copies just six months since its release.
As for the Wii, they said in their current fiscal report that:
- During the first nine months of the current fiscal year, consolidated worldwide shipments of 19 software titles for Nintendo platforms reached or surpassed 1 million units. These include three Wii titles, 13 Nintendo DS titles and three Game Boy Advance titles.
- Nearly 1.4 million Wii hardware systems have connected to the Internet worldwide (as of 1/24/07)
- Approximately 1.5 million Virtual Console games have been downloaded and sold to customers worldwide (as of 1/24/07)
- More than 3.5 million unique users have enjoyed game play on Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection for Nintendo DS, with far more than 100 million connections (as of 1/24/07)
Yep, good figures indeed. Anyhow, to cap this good news from Nintendo, here’s their Q1 2007 lineup for the DS:
January
- Hotel Dusk: Room 215
- Arthur & the Invisibles
- Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney Justice for All
- Fossil League DTC
February
- Diddy Kong Racing DS
- Lunar Knights
- F24 Stealth Fighter
- Disney’s Kim Possible: Global Gemini
- Meteos: Disney Magic
- Winning Eleven Pro Evolution Soccer 2007
- Izuna: Legend of the Unemployed Ninja
March
- Wario: Master of Disguise
- Custom Robo Arena
- Disney’s Herbie: Rescue Rally
- Disney’s Meet the Robinsons
- Spectrobes
- Steel Horizon
- Cake Mania
- Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords
- TMNT (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
Via Playfuls