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Nintendo DS tops in August

Saturday, September 12th, 2009

The sales of video game for the month of August this year was down from the previous year. But not for all. The 3 sales were considerably up from the month prior. It sold roughly the twice amount. Let give a thank note to the mid-month price drop.

The data of reveals that Sony sold 210,000 3s in the last month. There was a $100 drop that took an effect at some of the retailers as early as August 18th. It likely translated to a price conscious boost in sales.

Oh yes, the sales also experienced a late August drop. It got a minor boost.

sold over half a million units in the month of August. It was a and combined.

Below is the details:

o - 552,900
o - 277,400
o - 215,400
o 3 - 210,000
o - 140,300
o 2 - 105,900

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DS sold more than other Nintendo products

Tuesday, August 11th, 2009

is the buzz. It is selling more than the , more than the , and also more than the .

The third iteration of the has sold 6.86 million units globally. The more remarkable story is that the speed at which consumers have snapped the device up.

Denise Kaigler, Vice president of corporate affairs of of , said that the has sold more units in the first 3 months in the than the original could manage. It was 1.7 million and the original was 1.38 million. It was even more than the (1.07 million) could manage. Not only this, it is also more than the (1.52 million) could manage.

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Nintendo sales chart takes a southward slope by 40%

Thursday, July 30th, 2009

The previous quarter of financial statements was released by recently and it revealed that the demand for the and platforms may be slowing down henceforth in the face of the current recession. The net sale of have fallen by 40 percent if we compare it to the sales in the same period last year.

According to data the drop in net sales of has created a 66 percent fall in quarterly operating profit. To this report says that it is mostly due to slowing demand for the and also due to the strengthening position of the .

It is not surprising at all that both the and also the have been selling like the hottest of hotcakes for sometime and now it may finally be reaching a saturation point. Also do not forget to take the economic situation into account.

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Healthy sales of Nintendo DS portable console

Friday, July 17th, 2009

of ’s representatives have recently released an official response to the sales data of for June 2009. The data has focused on healthy sales the portable console and also of its new Motion Plus accessory for the .

In the month of June the sale was 766,000 units. To this figure the company had said that it is more than all other consoles combined. said that out of this sale figure, 424,000 units were of the new and 342,000 units are of the original .

It has been also reported by that it has sold a total of 374,000 units of its new accessory for the . In this sale about 169,000 units were sold in a standalone package and 205,000 units were packaged with EA’s Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10.

Vice president of sales and marketing of of Ameriaca said, “More consumers continued to gravitate toward products that offer quality experiences and great value for the whole family.”

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Nintendo DS leads the industry while other suffers

Sunday, June 14th, 2009

has led the video game system sales of in the month of May. It has sold 633,500 units. This is in fact a hike of 40% compared to the same month in 2008. The sales were split 369,000 and 244,000 of and respectively.

The sales of console of were down by 57% over May 2008 to 289,500 units. But, the sales of course pushed the console past the 20 million mark in the after only 31 months on the market.

On the other hand the suffered the least of the home consoles. It had only a 6% drop in sales over last year. It is a fact that this console is suffering and it shows just how much the video game industry is suffering.

The total industry sales has dropped below $1 billion for the first time since August 2007.

The ’s analyst says, “The video games industry continues to struggle with difficult comparisons to last year, and this is the first month that industry sales have dipped below $1 billion since August 2007. May is typically one of the lowest revenue-generating months in any given year for the industry in general.”

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Nintendo rules three spots this month

Monday, May 25th, 2009

A more one month rolls by with good news for . It tops the console sales charts again this time. It is not a surprising fact. But yes, this month rules three spots instead of the usual two.
Apart from and , which has taken the spots first and second on the list, the (recently launched) makes it the trifecta on the sales chart.

This marks the 1st month in short memory that the was not a number one, as the outsold all with a staggering 827,000 units. It outpaced the at 340,000 and the at 215,000.
It also means that the platform sold over a million units for the month. It made up 31% of all hardware sales in April. It is not at all hard to believe when the sold 435,000 in the first week.

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Nintendo sales up

Friday, May 22nd, 2009

In the selling record was not so good for because the 3 solidly outsold the and also the Portable overtook the . But yes, the current situation for the has been reversed. The and is now becoming the best selling products in their categories.

The has been sold about 55,000 units in from 27 April to 10 May and it was even the best selling videogame console.

There the Portable was the 2nd with a sale unit of more than 43,000 units moved to gamers in the same period. The lead of is even bigger because the has also moved some 7,821 units in the same period.

Sad story for the and the 3. They are no longer head to head. The home console is up 24,397 units and the 3 is only at 18,483. has suffered the shame.

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Nintendo systems accounted for 58.4%

Friday, April 17th, 2009

The home console of and also the portable video game system comfortably led the U.S. sales last month. Giving a closer look to the data received from the independent Pokémon Platinum Version for has been the No. 2 video game in March. Nearly 805,000 units of this game has been sold. tracks video game sales in the .

The tallied sales of about 601,000 last month where as sold over half a million, even in advance of the April 5 launch of the new system. Both the game extended their lead as the best-selling video game systems of the present generation.

Cammie Dunaway, vice president (Sales & Marketing) of of said, “ systems accounted for 58.4% of the video game hardware sold in March, more than all other systems combined.” He also added that consumers continue to be attracted to the great value of systems.

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DS platform again tops Japanese sales

Saturday, February 7th, 2009

It is again good news for . ’s once again tops the hardware sales of . This is revealed from the data provided by Media Create. The data is for the week ended February 1.

The latest iteration on the touch screen handheld shifted more than 55 thousand units. It was 55,613 units. When it was combined with the sales of 15,147 then the total rose to 70,760 units.

The unique Portable of Sony was only 44,135 units sold. The took the lead in home console market. It sold 23,278 units.

did a balancing act. It maintained a lead over the of Microsoft in the region. It’s sales was 17,405. Its rival was at 8107.

2 sold 5334 units.

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