It Prints Money

According to VG Chartz, it has taken Nintendo less than three years to sell their 50 millionth DS handheld. While the redesigned PSP Slim has boosted sales significantly in Japan, Sony sure has an awful lot of catching up to do, with the PSP still yet to crack the 25 million mark.

via Engadget

Don’t you just wish you bought Nintendo shares last year? Hell, an investment just three months ago would’ve netted you a tidy sum. Wii Sports and Wii Fit might be darlings of the press, but something tells me there’s much bigger things in store for the Wii that we’ve yet to catch a glimpse of - and continued exponential growth resulting from their announcements.

via Shamoozal via The Back Buffer via Gaming Today

Fueled by rabid adoption of the Wii and DS, Nintendo has become Japan’s fifth largest company. Its market value is now 8.76 trillion yen ($72.7 billion), surpassing both NTT and Honda to take the number five spot.

via Reuters

We’re all aware that Nintendo prints money. Not content with that fact alone being fresh in gamers minds, Nintendo have released another ten carefully selected tidbits in a recent press release.

* Through the first half of 2007, the total Wii hardware sell-through in the United States and Canada combined is more than 2.3 million units (2.1 million United States, 222,000 Canada).

* For the first half of 2007, Nintendo represents nearly 70 percent of the industry growth in the United States and Canada combined.

* In June alone, Wii was once again the top-selling home console with nearly 435,000 units sold in the United States and Canada combined (381,800 United States, 53,000 Canada).

* In June alone, Nintendo DS was the top-selling video game system overall with nearly 608,000 units sold in the United States and Canada combined (562,000 United States, 46,000 Canada).

* Nintendo remained the top video game publisher in the United States and Canada in June, as well as the top publisher for all of 2007.

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