April 2013 NPD – Software and more

• Software sales down 27% to $267.8 million
• Hardware sales down 42 percent to $109.5 million
• Industry was down a total of 25% to $495.2 million.

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Older Pokemon games still selling

This is interesting but really not so surprising when one thinks about how big of a franchise Pokemon has developed into.  Looking at Diamond and Pearl selling 20,000 units in a year may not seem so impressive but factor in the … Read More

Splinter Cell Blacklist Wii U preorders go live.

Video game retailers Gamestop and Amazon have begun listing Splinter Cell Blacklist preorders for the Wii U as well as the Xbox, PS3 and PC.  The product description highlights the various “enhanced gameplay options” that are available on the Wii U, … Read More

March 2013 NPD – software and more

•  year-on-year down 10 percent to $992.5 million 
• hardware sales down 32 percent to $221.6 million
• Total software sales for the industry up 2 percent to $602.4 million

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February NPD sales numbers – Wii U has 40% increase

• Wii U saw a 40% gain from January. About 80,000 units.
• The game industry on a whole saw a 25% drop in sales.
• Software sales dropped 27 percent to $369.9 million

• Hardware plummeted 36 … Read More

North America – Fire Emblem: Awakening breaks franchise record, best first-month for a Fire Emblem title

Building off its 92 Metacritic score, Fire Emblem Awakening for Nintendo 3DS had the best first month sales in franchise history, selling more than 180,000 units (more than 117,000 at retail + more than 63,000 digital units). By comparison, the … Read More

NPD – Top 10 software for Jan. 2013

• Industry sales climbed nine percent to $834.7 million
• Hardware sales increased 4 percent to $205 million
• Software sales were weak at almost $393 million
• Accessories were up 30 percent to $256.6 million
• The Wii U sales are … Read More

Nintendo consoles/portables – total worldwide sales

These number are as of 9/30/12

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U.S. – YTD, LTD console sales

YTD DS – 648,641 360 – 1,720,000 PS3 – 1,379,200 Wii – 812,800 3DS – 1,051,741 Vita – 638,400

LTD DS – 51,786,649 360 – 34,384,373 PS3 – 21,357,121 Wii – 39,497,294 3DS – 5,137,741 Vita – 638,400

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Nintendo Q1 fiscal results – $220 million net loss

$220 million net loss

- “As of July 25, 2012, [Nintendo is] no longer selling Nintendo 3DS hardware below manufacturing costs.”Life time sales

–Nintendo DS:  152.05 million units of hardware, 908.79 mm pieces of software.

–Nintendo Wii:    96.56 million … Read More

In first week Pokemon Black/White 2 sales over 1.5 million in two days

Pokemon Black/White 2 sold an astonishing 1,618,621 in the first two days of release. This makes it the 3rd best-selling Pokemon on the DS platform. Black/White 2 is also the first million seller for Nintendo this year.

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Top Ten Highest-Grossing Games of All Time

10: Modern Warfare: $700 million 9: The Sims: $740 million 8: Modern Warfare 2: $780 million 7: Gran Turismo 3: $850 million 7: Grand Theft Auto 3: $850 million 6: Super Mario Bros. $1.2 billion 5: Wii Play: $1.3 billion … Read More

May 2012 NPD – software totals

- total industry sales $516.5 million (Down 28%) – hardware  $138.9 million (Down 39%) – software $255.4 million (Down 32%) – Total software including PC $335.2 million (down 16 percent) – Nintendo 3DS: 113.5K (+17%)

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Japanese Sales: Week 21, 2012 (May 21 – May 27)

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01./00. [PS3] Dragon’s Dogma (Capcom) – 302,040 / NEW 02./00. [3DS] Mario Tennis Open (Nintendo) – 101,645 / NEW 03./00. [PSP] Uta no * Prince-Sama: Debut (Ah! My Prince’s Song: Debut) (Broccoli) – 61,376 / NEW 04./00. [360] Dragon’s Dogma (Capcom) – 29,024 … Read More

Worldwide shipments of Nintendo franchises

Super Mario Bros. (NES) – 40.240.000 Super Mario Bros. 2 (NES) – 7.460.000 / 2.650.000 (Japan) Super Mario Bros. 3 (NES) – 17.280.000 Super Mario Land (Game Boy) – 18.140.000 Super Mario World (Super NES) – 20.610.000 Super Mario Land … Read More

April 2012 NPD numbers: Kid Icarus does well, Spirit Camera not so much

Kid Icarus: Uprising

- another 83,000 units sold for Kid ICU’s – biggest-selling handheld game of April. – sold more than Vita hardware sold for the month

Spirit Camera

- less than 6,500 units

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Nintendo FY11/12 – smaller-than-expected losses

This morning Mr. Iwata did the one job that I am sure all CEO’s of major companies hate. Standing in front of your investors and talking money. The good news, Nintendo did better then most predicted. You can check out all types … Read More

Super Mario Galaxy Becomes 9th Wii game to sell more than 5 million

Another month, another milestone for Mario: Super Mario Galaxy became the ninth Wii game to sell more than 5 million units in the United States, according to the NPD Group, which tracks video game sales in the United States. The … Read More