Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 30th Oct 2009 17:04 UTC
Thanks to the massive success of the Wii and DS game consoles, Nintendo was able to turn the tide and once again become the number one game company in the world. As with any honeymoon, however, it must come to an end at some point. Nintendo reported its financial results for the first half of 2009 yesterday, and it didn't look good.
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RE[2]: Nintendo and Gamers
by Almafeta on Tue 3rd Nov 2009 06:12
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Note that the Franchise games... Mario Galaxy, Zelda, Metroid Prime, Pokemon... nowhere to be found on the list and THAT is why Wii is burning out quickly.
I just excluded them because they were lower than the best-selling games of the other consoles (Mario Galaxy was only 8.02 million sales, f'rex). The full list (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_Wii_video_games) has all of the franchises you mentioned (as well as others, like Animal Crossing) above the million sales mark.
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Wii Play: 22 million sales.
Wii Fit: 21 million sales.
Mario Kart Wii: 17 million sales.
Smash Brothers Brawl: 8.4 million sales.
Best-selling 360 game: Halo 3, 8.1 million sales.
Best-selling PS3 game: MGS4, 4.5 million sales.
(Citation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_video_games)
That's exactly the self-naval-gazing that's killing Nintendo NOW. Wii Sports is the pack-in game they "make" you buy. As were Wii Play and Wii Fit both packed with hardware. Now we're down to Mario Kart and Smash Brothers as the true winners, much closer to reality of the install base verses the other systems. Note that the Franchise games... Mario Galaxy, Zelda, Metroid Prime, Pokemon... nowhere to be found on the list and THAT is why Wii is burning out quickly. The "standard" Nintendo franchises are poorly represented in sales, and frankly the hard-core fans of these franchises hated the GC AND Wii installments of the games. Game MAKING is fundamental and Nintendo has spent their whole load on games custom made for Wii and not GOOD NORMAL games the fans loved.