Nintendo Talks April NPDs
Posted by Chris on Saturday, May 17th, 2008 at 4:57 pm under Game Companies, Game Consoles, Game Platforms, Games, Nintendo, Nintendo, Nintendo, Portable
With a month like Nintendo had in April, there’s really no need to provide any sort of spin whatsoever. Just look at the numbers: dominating performances by both of their systems, six of the ten best selling games were on Nintendo platforms, five of which were published by Nintendo. All they really need to do is regurgitate what the NPD released and bam — point made.
“Wii sales were buoyed in part by the strong launch of Mario Kart Wii, which sold more than 1.1 million units,” said Nintendo VP Cammie Dunaway. “Our belief in appealing to a broad, diverse audience of players continues to resonate with consumers, and we look forward to continuing our outreach to an expanded audience with the launch of Wii Fit next week.”
They even provided a handy bullet point list to describe how they beat down Sony and Microsoft:
- Mario Kart Wii finished as the No. 2 game of the month.
- Six of the top 10 games of the month are for Nintendo systems: Mario Kart Wii (No. 2), Wii Play (No. 4), Super Smash Bros. Brawl (No. 5), Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Darkness (No. 7), Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time (No. 8 ) and Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (No. 9).
- Super Smash Bros. Brawl crossed the 3 million sales mark in the United States.
- Wii and Nintendo DS again finished as the two top-selling hardware systems.
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May 17th, 2008 at 7:01 pm
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May 17th, 2008 at 8:41 pm
Nintendo is kicking ass all over the world!
May 18th, 2008 at 1:26 am
No doubt after Wii's were pre ordered and were sold all over the world
that they would fight their way to the top after selling games like
super smash bros and Mario kart.
May 19th, 2008 at 3:21 am
If I was Nintendo, I would send a memo to Sony and Microsoft that simply said "HAHA"
May 19th, 2008 at 3:33 am
Counting Wii Play as a game is kind of a joke. I only got it because it came with the controller. Aside from that, Nintendo is still reigning supreme in the console war.
May 19th, 2008 at 7:50 am
Nintendo FTW!!!
Go Marlins!!!!