News Tagged: Sales

Monday 11th May, 2009 - 17:15 BST

News: There's a DS Sold For Every One in Five People in Japan

There's a DS Sold For Every One in Five People in Japan

Lifetime sales data by region revealed

Nintendo's sales statistics this gen have been impressive across the board (except for Wii Music, which the company admits underwhelmed at retail), but this one is a doozy.The company has released lifetime sales data for the mighty DS, covering all three iterations, and market penetration in the US and Europe hovers just below the 10% mark. In Japan, the DS..

10 comments | In DS, Nintendo, Sales.

Saturday 18th April, 2009 - 18:48 BST

News: Nintendo comments on GTA: Chinatown Wars sales

Nintendo comments on GTA: Chinatown Wars sales

Despite the somewhat lackluster first month sales of Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars, Take-Two is going to continue supporting Nintendo's handheld.

It seems as though almost everybody is disappointed with the first month sales of Take-Two's Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars. We reported earlier this week that the game managed to shift a tame 88,000 units in the month of March, significantly lower..

19 comments | In Nintendo, DS, Take-Two, Sales.

Thursday 9th April, 2009 - 20:30 BST

News: DSi Has a Strong Opening Weekend

DSi Has a Strong Opening Weekend

Just how many units did the DSi move its opening weekend?

It was announced earlier today by Nintendo's President and CEO Satoru Iwata and Senior Managing Director Shigeru Miyamoto , the DSi had a successful opening weekend overseas and moved over 600,000 units between North America and Europe combined. 300,000 units per territory is a pretty impressive number, especially for only two days of..

27 comments | In DS, DSi, Wii, Sales, Miyamoto, Iwata.

Saturday 21st March, 2009 - 01:42 GMT

News: Nintendo Lets You Know Who Is The Daddy

Nintendo Lets You Know Who Is The Daddy

Wii and DS sales continue to dominate in February. Yes, they still print money!

This past February, Nintendo sure felt the love by the consumers. Selling over seven hundred fifty thousand Wiis, a seventy-four percent increase over the Wii’s 2008 February. The DS reached slightly above five hundred eighty handhelds.Following the ambiguous duo is the Xbox 360 with almost four hundred thousand..

5 comments | In Wii, DS, Sales.