Nintendo Wii continues brisk sales and new titles noted

Chris · 03-17-2007, 01:18 PM

http://videogames.yahoo.com/ongoingf...=509116&page=0

Along with a note that they plan on basically continually stepping up VC releases.. now they are saying Duck Hunt and other games by the summer.

I've got to say, if the can make Duck Hunt work with a Wiimote, which seems like a nobrainer, then that will kick so much ass.

Tim Johnson · 03-19-2007, 01:11 AM

Yup, I stood in line this morning to get a Wii. Toys R Us had 33 and about 50 people showed up. Luckily I was #15 in line.

Bring on Duck Hunt, that was one of my favorite games for the NES.

JohnS · 03-20-2007, 09:30 AM

Quote:

I've got to say, if the can make Duck Hunt work with a Wiimote, which seems like a nobrainer, then that will kick so much ass.

actually they are making a gun attachment. The Wii remote slides into a gun shaped shell. I'm all for it too. Bring on Duck Hunt!

Chris · 04-03-2007, 11:53 PM

Sweet on the gun attachment.

To go along with the thread, Nintendo is now 2:1 with Sony, and outpacing every other console in sales. This has resulted in a TON of new games being announced and ports being made available for the Wii.

http://wii.ign.com/articles/777/777967p1.html

Todd H · 04-04-2007, 08:04 AM

At this rate, it may just be this console generation's biggest seller. Impressive job Nintendo.

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Chris Farmer · 04-04-2007, 10:57 AM

I think Todd that at this point the Wii has to be the odds-on favorite to be the top selling system worldwide this generation. It's crushing the competition in Japan and doing very well in Europe and North America. I'm not sure it can surpass the 360's early lead in the US, so the 360 may well end up the top seller over here when all's said and done, but worldwide I think the Wii will almost certainly be the sales leader.

Chris · 04-21-2007, 08:35 AM

With Q1 closed, the Wii dominated the competition way more then anyone expected.

http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=39083

In the US in March:

Wii: 259,000 units
XBOX 360: 190,000 units
PS3: 130,000 Units

The Wii's nearly 2:1 advantage over PS3 is beginning to become incredibly meaningful. The Wii has now shipped and sold through more then a million units, dwarfing Sony and at current rate making a good run at XBOX. What does that really mean? It means more game developers start to pay attention to Wii. Developers aren't stupid, they develop titles that will SELL first, and if you have a larger audience, then you get more potential customers.

Nintendo is also expecting a few big announcements on the Virtual Console side this month. (Sega Saturn & NeoGeo Titles, both of which are expected to go for around 1000 points, about $10)

Chris · 04-26-2007, 09:41 PM

Nintendo breaks records in profits.

http://wii.ign.com/articles/783/783712p1.html

Interesting. (Note: Sony & MS are still losing money on every console they sell)

Christ Reynolds · 04-27-2007, 08:47 PM

I expected PS3 to kick everyones ass in the console wars as well. Its library is lacking, I have no games for my PS3, it sits on the shelf, unused. When GTAIV, RE5, and GT5 come out, this will change right away. My Wii gets plenty of use, and I haven't even bought Paper Mario yet, which I hear is great.

CJ