There has been no shortage ofnewsabout Nintendo’s domination of the gaming market in the past year or so. The world seems to have taken a real liking the Nintendo Wii and DS, and it looks like there is no end in sight. Of course, Nintendo is pleased as punch, and they’d love to brag to the world about how well they’re doing, but lately they don’t even have to lift a finger. Everyone else has that taken care of these days, taking the latest NPD data and running with it.
Nintendo posted a net income of $667 million dollars for the April through June period, and they’ve brought up their quarterly profit to five times previous numbers. The data says that 9.27 million Wii consoles have made their way into living rooms across the globe. They’ve even upped previous predictions, stating that they will sell 16.5 million Wii consoles by March 2008. If you thought those numbers were great, check out the ones for Nintendo’s DS: since its 2004 launch, 47.27 million DS portable game systems have been sold.
June’s data shows a similar trend, as Nintendo’s systems come out on top by a long shot. Last month Nintendo moved 381,300 Wii, which totals more units than the Xbox 360 and PS3 combined for that month. The DS did even better, with 561,900 sold in June, well over Sony’s 290,100 for the PSP.
On top of all of that, Nintendo held six of the top 10 titles. First-party titles likeMario Party 9, Wii Play, Pokemon Diamond and Pearl, andPokemon Battlehave dominated sales charts.
With this, Nintendo has entered the list of the top ten of Japan’s most valuable companies.
