"With the Wii consistently selling out and the DS flying off shelves, Nintendo certainly dominated in '07. The company is aiming to hold its momentum in '08. New first-half release schedule inside."
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"Speaking in an especially hardware-focused conference call with investors following its record Q1 results, GameStop execs said that GTA IV did double hardware sales week to week, and said Wii Fit would be "the most significant addition that will drive hardware sales" of the Wii."
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KBC Securities Japan recently downgraded Nintendo's stock from a "buy" to a "hold" recommendation because of worries that Wii and DS sales will slow after "explosive growth" in the last year. The KBC report also includes a 30 percent cut in its 12-month price estimate for Nintendo stock and is based on worries that the company will see its revenues continue to suffer as a result of the weakening American dollar. KBC's outlook stands in stark contrast to Nintendo's own bullish profit estimates.
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* Nintendo sold more than 1 million hardware units combined, accounting for nearly half (47.6 percent) of all hardware sold. * Nintendo DS games topped all software sales, with more than 3.6 million units sold. Consumers purchased nearly 2.9 million software units for Wii. Four of every 10 games sold were for Nintendo systems. * Three games in the top five sellers for February play on Nintendo systems, including two from third-party publishers.
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A quick glance at the top 20 most downloaded Virtual Console titles for North America (12th March to 19th March) shows that Wii gamers just can’t seem to get enough of Nintendo titles. In the entire top 20, 17 titles are Nintendo-based games, 2 are Sega Genesis games and 1 is a Turbografx-16 release.
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The biggest gainer was the country's new No. 1, the retired and now largely low-profile Nintendo chairman, Hiroshi Yamauchi, whose net worth soared $3 billion in the past year and has tripled since 2006, thanks mostly to booming sales of the Wii gaming device. Close behind him is last year's richest member on the list, property developer Akira Mori, who gained $2.2 billion but not enough to stay on top.... Kagemasa Kozuki, whose Konami gaming company makes videogames
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It's called gravity. Everything that goes up must come down. And finally that ol' sales gravity seems to have caught up with the DS. But it's not Pocket Gamer's prognosticators who are making it up. No, this revelation comes direct from Nintendo's own beancounters. Hacking through the pages of Nintendo's financial report for its FY07-08 (April 1st 2007 – March 31st 2008), the situation is clear...
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We've been annoyed with the Wii's lack of downloadable Virtual Console demos for quite a while now, so we probably shouldn't be too surprised that Nintendo has declared games in their upcoming Wii Ware service will not be required to have downloadable demos. Surprised isn't really the world ... slightly miffed is more like it.
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Following Monster Hunter, the next series to make the big platform switch for the new generation is Tecmo's spooky Fatal Frame series. Tecmo held a press conference in Tokyo today to announce its upcoming lineup, and the biggest news was first details on the Wii version of Fatal Frame.
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A look from the mainstream media at the growing third-party support for the Wii, citing lower development costs and the growing customer base. Article is also clear to point out that developers are not reducing interest in XBox 360 or PS3 games, simply elevating their attention to the Wii.
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