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Wii, DS Dominate February Hardware Sales

Posted by Zonk on from the nintendo-built-this-city-on-mario-and-link dept.

Gamasutra has the NPD numbers for last month, which shows a continuation of Nintendo's sales dominance. Overall the new consoles have again meant that industry sales were up, some 28% over last year's same-month figures. Hardware sales were up some 98%, with much of that performance attributable to the DS and Wii. Here's the breakdown: "Turning to hardware, the DS headed overall hardware sell-through with an impressive 485,000 units, followed by Nintendo's Wii, which sold 335,000 units despite continued issues with shortages. The Xbox 360 sold through a reasonable, if not spectacular 228,000 copies, and the PlayStation 3 slumped to a disappointing 127,000 units, despite no apparent shortages. Elsewhere, the PlayStation 2 moved a still impressive 295,000 at its relatively cheap current price, and the PlayStation Portable sold 176,000, markedly behind the DS. Finally, the various varieties of the Game Boy Advance sold a not unreasonable 136,000 units."

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  1. That was a heroic effort by voice_of_all_reason · · Score: 5, Funny

    PlayStation 3 slumped to a disappointing 127,000 units
    the various varieties of the Game Boy Advance sold a not unreasonable 136,000 units.

     I've not seen such bravery.

  2. Re:here to stay by Rude+Turnip · · Score: 5, Funny

    I can already envision Mario banging his shoe on the podium at the next E3.

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    Bill Clinton: Pimp we can believe in. - The Shirt!!!
  3. Re:not completely surprised ... by drinkypoo · · Score: 4, Funny

    Every time I take my Wii to a friend's house, not only do they love it, but their (female!) spouse love it! It goes beyond that too. Often times, the parents will join in, and they love it too!

    Yeah, I have that experience too. One note: make sure to draw the blinds before whipping out your Wii, or you may get busted for indecent exposure. Especially if you're sharing it with an entire family.

    --
    "You're right," Fisheye says. "I should have set it on 'whip' or 'chop.'"
  4. Re:Nintendo must be kicking themselves by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    The control is a bit awkward and worst of all the 99 lives trick at world 3-1 can not be done (yeah I know how to do it, I do it every time I play SMB in the NES).

    You don't know how to do it very well then. It works - I've done it.

    I figured they'd have fixed the Minus World in the SMB download. Even *that* is still there. I couldn't do that myself, but I got a friend of mine to come over and he was there in five minutes.

    Sorry that you suck.