Nintendo Sells Over 24M Wii, 70M Nintendo DS Units; FY2008 Sales Exceed $16B, Profits Over $2.4B

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  They can't keep up on the hardware with the wii but software 360 sales >>>>>> wii. : notext
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    Attach rate yes, total software sales no. Nice spin though. : FushigiDenki
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      Since you're obviously an expert on these numbers, what percent of those software sales were published by... : theflux
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        I would say a large percentage, but when talking about profits that is even better than it being a large ... : Evil Benius
        • So that means its sold over 3 times as many as the 360 there? Haha! : theflux
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        Does it matter? If the Wii has more software sales than the 360, then the Wii has more software sales th... : SlingBlaze
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          Actually it does, unless Wii owners are happy with only Nintendo games and shovelware minigames from thir... : theflux
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            but i gotta go with once again, how does that matter? to me the developer doesn't matter...look at audio... : SlingBlaze
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              The third party publishers who can't compete care. They sell a lot more software on the 360 and PS3, hen... : theflux
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                but if a third party company actually released a good game on the wii i bet alot of people would buy it..... : SlingBlaze
                • Why would they, when all previous games they thought were "good" sold at the same rate as crappy games? ... : theflux
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      Remove WiiSports and WiiPlay and let's talk. : jake
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        Wii Sports I assume doesn't count that would be dumb being as since they make no "profit" on it, they pro... : SlingBlaze
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          because its a $10 game that comes with a controller. If Halo 3 sold for $50 and came with a 360 controlle... : derelict515
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            Hey since we're at it, lets not count Mario Kart either. Or Wii Fit. Hell, Wii games are cheaper too, tha... : K1Bond007
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              no... if you're going to buy another Wii controller (which you obviously must because singleplayer games ... : derelict515
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                I only have 1 controller. I think it's dumb argument. Sorry. I mean I get your point, but it doesn't ... : K1Bond007
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                  Everyone I know, including myself, has bought Wii Play only because it came with the extra controller. ... : synapse19
                  • No, I don't. : K1Bond007
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          The financial statement also says the Wii has 26 million-sellers. Take away those 2 and the Wii still has... : AlvinKlein
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            I'm abit confused even though I think your trying to defend me haha, are you saying they have 26 games t... : SlingBlaze
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              Yes, 26 games that sold at least a million copies. Many of those are 3rd party games too. It disproves th... : AlvinKlein
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                disproving it would be using a number like attach rate, not a random sampling of shit games that sold (wo... : derelict515
                • Personally I think both systems have their flaws.... In theory the more people the own a console the m... : SlingBlaze
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                  The moving goalpost... now the software has to pass a certain standard? Who gets to set these standards. ... : AlvinKlein
                  • haha true that : SlingBlaze
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                    the point is selling a million copies of 26 games doesn't prove anything because its all relative to the ... : derelict515
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                      What about the publisher, the peole who will determine which console to develop for. See, in your exampl... : AlvinKlein
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                        See the realistic numbers below listed below. : synapse19
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                          Sorry, Vgchartz is not a reliable source. See the lowdown on Vgchartz here: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/... : AlvinKlein
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                            The linked attach rates do nothing to disprove the point that when taking out things like Wii Sports and ... : synapse19
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                              Not a good example, but I didn't make it, merely pointing out an obvious issue. So lets compare apple... : AlvinKlein
                              • because you're using just an arbitrary number (million sellers) to rate success. you could just go and co... : synapse19
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                      Your point is retarded because the optimal answer would be to sell 1 console to a guy who will buy 50 gam... : walker270
                      • i agree here completely...attach rate means really nothing to me...the more consoles you sell the actual ... : SlingBlaze
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                      didnt recent figures reveal on average the wii has an attachment rate of 3.7 and the 360 & ps3 are arroun... : disembodied potato
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                        it is when you remove distorting games like wii play and wii sports then extrapolate those numbers over t... : synapse19
                        • So what is a successful attach rate? 5.0? 4.9? 8.5? What? It all arbitrary. And stop using Wiisports as a... : AlvinKlein
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            the 360 actually has 37, with 5 others just under the 1m mark that may have actually already hit it if... : synapse19
            • remember, that is only the top 25. if you go by top 40 you end up with an even bigger difference, but i t... : synapse19
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    Well.. if what that NY Times guy said, then yes.. But I don't think he's including Japan sales... And... : davidc02
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      From a business perspective sure they deserve credit. However, other than a few gems (Metroid Prime 3)... : Toth21
      • From a gaming industry perspective they deserve endless credit for pulling in a previously disinterested : yAak
      • The controls alone deserve alot of credit. Some people like to get involved when playing games with frie... : Pneum0
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  Does it matter? Nintendo isn't competing according to them, they went out and got a different market. ... : Murdoc.
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    I know they aren't competing.. but they are competing... :) : davidc02
    • Not really. It doesn't seem Microsoft or Sony is suffering much on the software front because of the suc... : cetra00