Engadget and Joystiq blogging from E3. --Wii Zapper, Smash Bros. Brawl, Mario Kart Wii with steering wheel, Super Mario Galaxy, Wii Fit, and more!
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NDS 423k, Wii 338k, PSP 221k, PS2 188k, X360 155k, GBA 81k, PS3 81k, GCN 11k (NDS,GBA,GCN numbers are from GameDaily article)
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NDP Console and Games figures for March
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Nintendo Expecting Billions More Than Projected
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The retail game business as a whole saw $863.3 million in sales during the month, as it continues to be challenged by last Spring's blockbuster launches of Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Grand Theft Auto IV and Wii Fit, which launched in March, April and May 2008, respectively.
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Company sources have told The Times that operations across the group are braced for a series of “sacred cow-slaying” measures that they believe will abolish or fundamentally alter many of Sony's long-established business practices.
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"When Boom Blox didn't explode at retail during its first month on the market — selling some 60,000 copies in the United States in May — it was written off by some as a "dud." Since launch, Boom Blox has sold over 450,000 copies, meeting EA's expectations, according to CFO Eric Brown. EA execs didn't specify whether those figures were worldwide or not, but we'll assume they are for now."
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Top management priority is “to restore profitability in our television and game businesses.'' Stringer made the comment at Sony's annual shareholder meeting in Tokyo yesterday. Last month, Sony predicted its games division is set to its first annual profit in three years after reducing the cost of manufacturing PlayStation 3s. According to Bloomberg, the PlayStation division lost $3.4 billion in the past two years under Stringer.
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"Word on the street is that key members of Team Ninja -- as many as three dozen or more -- are headed out the door as well, but that's not all. It seems that each one of the soon to be ex-ninjas will be serving Tecmo with a class-action lawsuit in regards to unpaid bonuses for completed games."
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If you're a third party making a game for Wii, you better have a solid plan of attack. Even Boom Blox from EA and Steven Spielberg, which got very positive reviews (8.6 on GameRankings), was nowhere to be seen in the top 20 and only number nine in the Wii's top 10 chart. The NPD Group has just told us that Boom Blox sold a paltry 60K units and was ranked #25 for the month of May. We are more than surprised by this lackluster performance.
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