More sales data and this time for North America courtesy of NPD. The Nintendo DS leads the pack and broke its own record for monthly sales with a total of over 613,000. The previous best month the handheld had was back in February 2009 with 597,000 units.
Apparant shortages in the US of the Wii meant that the Xbox 360 took second place for the month and the Playstation family took up the last positions.
Nintendo DS 613.2K
Xbox 360 422.0K
Wii 397.9K
PlayStation 3 360.1K
PSP 133.4K
PlayStation 2 101.9K
Head inside for Nintendo’s press release regarding the months NPD figures.
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Last weeks Media Create hardware sales are in for Japan and read very similar to the week before with the exception of the PSP which had a nice 28k increase. This has enabled it to keep at the top of the charst even if you combine all three DS interations.
PSP – 64,808
Wii – 33,880
PS3 – 28,824
DSi LL – 23,611
DSi – 15,017
DS Lite – 4,316
Xbox 360 – 2,764
PS2 – 1,839
PSP go – 1,275
Hit the link for last weeks sales for comparison.
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You know, literally as soon as a console is released, rumours start circulating about price cuts for various reasons. This usually continues throughout the whole lifetime of the console and this generation is no different.
Cammie Dunaway has quashed more rumours that the company are preparing to lower the price of the Wii and even though they could do quite comfortably and still make a decent profit per console sold, there really is no need when you consider how well the Wii is still selling.
Also there are other options other than price cuts to boost sales such as introducing new colours and game bundles which we reckon Nintendo will do before they lower the price. If we had to guess we would say one of these options would happen in the next 12 months but you never know! Over to Cammie…
“Certainly on the Wii, we are now in the fifth year. We have had extraordinary success. The PS2 went on to sell more than 50 million. So that means there is plenty of opportunity to sell more Wiis. That being said, going into the fifth year, you usually don’t anticipate selling more than you did in the previous year…”
More after the break.
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PS3 saw a boost in sales in Japan last week and skipped into the Wii’s second place spot from the week before. Apart from that there is not much to report as the hardware sales stay pretty stagnant for another week.
PSP – 32,796
PS3 – 32,130
Wii – 31,652
DSi LL – 24,388
DSi – 15,380
DS Lite – 5,053
Xbox 360 – 2,453
PS2 – 1,883
PSP go – 1,371
Last weeks Media Create sales are after the jump if you want to compare…
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It’s hardly surprising that Nintendo have quashed rumours of new hardware coming from them anytime soon. In fact Sony and Microsoft are happily echoing the same statements. With such large investment in this generation from developers and the platform holders, not to mention the continued sales success of Wii and DS, it seems there is less of a rush to get new hardware out within the next year or two just to keep in line with past trends.
The jump in technology and visuals is not so big and the need for an ‘upgrade’ is not as great as it has been in the past.
Nintendo was quite right five years ago saying that we have reached a level where simply improving graphics is not the key to growth in the industry. The Wii and DS have proven this with with motion and touch screen controls and it seems Sony and Microsoft now agree and are proving it with Natal and the Sony Wand.
Head inside to see what Cammie Dunaway had to say on the subject.
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Today Nintendo are outlining their major releases across the world for the rest of this year and to go with these announcements comes one of the longest press releases of all time… ever!
Head inside and have a read!
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There was nothing exciting happening with the Media Create console hardware sales in Japan last week. Literally all consoles sold a very close total to the week before with PSP still at the top and bottom, Wii in second place and DS in the middle.
PSP – 39,293
Wii – 37,501
DSi LL – 27,586
PS3 – 24,811
DSi – 18,082
DS Lite – 5,659
Xbox 360 – 3,428
PS2 – 1,869
PSP go – 1,394
Last weeks sales totals are after the break.
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According to CVG, The Pokemon Company could already be tinkering away with development for the DS’s successor and were supposedly the first third party to be offered the kits. However if you are holding out hope that this is the rumoured news that Nintendo will be revealing at their press conferences next week then you mght be disappointed. The source speaking with CVG said “Any kind of March announcement wouldn’t fit with the timeline I understand the second DS to be on,”, he of course is speaking of GDC in March so if it is unlikely to be revealed at that event, next week is most likely out too.
Also the DS is still selling like hot cakes around the world and while that remains true, Nintendo won’t rush to market with any new hardware.
Head inside to read what CVG have to say about DS2.
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Nintendo ruled the roost again in the US in January, outselling all competition once again. Who said the Wii was dying? In total 465,000 Wii consoles were sold for the month and 422,000 DS systems during the period.
Head inside to hear Nintendo boasting once again!
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The latest Media Create hardware sales figures are in for the first week of February in Japan. Every console other than the PS2 had a drop in sales from the week prior but Wii and DS still dominated (if you include all DS types) in the land of the rising sun.
Here are last weeks figures. Head inside to see the week before for comparison.
PSP – 43,163
Wii – 36,149
DSi LL – 28,080
PS3 – 25,450
DSi – 19,116
DS Lite – 5,410
Xbox 360 – 3,651
PS2 – 2,047
PSP go – 1,738
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Japanese hardware sales time again! The week of January 24th - 31st saw the PSP retain the top spot, though combined sales of all DS models were higher. The Wii is stll holding off the PS3 in the home console fight and the poor Xbox 360 and PSP Go make up the numbers at the bottom.
PSP 47,875
Wii 42,309
DSi LL 34,863
PS3 34,431
DSi 24,783
DS Lite 6,811
Xbox 360 4,089
PS2 2,182
PSP go 1,645
Last weeks figures are after the break if you want to compare!
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What I love about the games industry in general is the amount of guessing and rumours that fly around. Of course some are more credible than others and some are just plain stupid. We’re not sure where this rumour lies but it is just that - a rumour!
A ‘major international publisher’ reportedly told videogamer.com that we can expect a new Nintendo platform at this years GDC.
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