The GBA And GameCube...Still...Function!

The Game Boy Advance and GameCube. Relics of Nintendo's early 21st century efforts. Purple, plastic-looking consoles that, for all their strengths, were the company's flagship devices during the "dark days". With the Wii and DS on the scene nowadays, and printing all kinds of cash money, they're dead machines, yes?… » 7/30/08 6:30am 7/30/08 6:30am

DS, Wii Totally Cooling Off In Japan

In 2006, the DS ruled Japan. (Heck, in 2007, too.) The hardware was hard to come by, and things got so back in 2006 that American DSes were re-imported into Japan to satisfy the demand. Things have tailed off considerably. According to Nintendo's Q1 FY3/09 statement, DS hardware sales dwindled, moving 580,000 units in… » 7/30/08 6:00am 7/30/08 6:00am

Forget Wii Fit, It's Mario Kart That's Buttering Nintendo's Bread

As part of their freshly-dropped quarterly financials, Nintendo have decided to lavish special attention upon two of its titles. While neglecting to provide us with individual sales data for all » 7/30/08 5:30am 7/30/08 5:30am their first-party games, which they've sometimes done in the past, they like us to know how many copies of Wii Fit and…

Nintendo DS Software Sales Up, Nintendo Wii Software Sales Up (Up, Up,…

Nintendo also announced its software sales data in its Q1 FY3/09 statement. In Q1, Nintendo DS software sales were 36.59 million, up 2.33 million units from Q1 last year. Standout titles for the DS include the international release of Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Darkness/Explorers of Time » 7/30/08 5:00am 7/30/08 5:00am. Wii software sales…

Nintendo Hardware Sales: DS Sales Down, Wii Sales Up (With Bonus…

Nintendo just released their financial results for Q1 2009, and as part of that have revealed not only how much hardware they've shifted between April and June 2008, but how much they've managed to shift over each of their console's lifespans » 7/30/08 4:30am 7/30/08 4:30am. And it's interesting reading, because while the Wii continues to go from…

Nintendo's Sales And Profits Are Up, Yo

Nintendo Co., Ltd. has just released its financial statement for Q1 FY3/09. And yes, Nintendo still prints money. Oh yes. Lots. In fact, both sales and profits are up from last year's numbers Nintendo states. Net sales were ¥423,380,000,000 (US$3.9 billion) for the quarter with a net income of ¥107,000,000,000 ($992… » 7/30/08 4:00am 7/30/08 4:00am

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