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Nintendo's Sale Dominance Gets Noticed

Posted by Zonk on from the that's-why-they-call-it-the-big-n dept.

Via Kotaku, a Wall Street Journal report on Nintendo's continued dominance of the game charts. The piece rehashes the February NPD numbers and discusses the role the Wii and DS have had in revitalizing a company the WSJ refers to as an 'also-ran'. "To take better advantage of the Wii's growth, EA moved quickly to ramp up game production for the system, acquiring Headgate Studios, a developer in Utah focused entirely on making titles for Nintendo hardware, and shifting resources in other EA development groups to Nintendo projects. The company released four titles for the Wii in March, including a version of its Tiger Woods golf game in which players swing the Wii controller like a club. EA is also working on a line of consumer guides for the Nintendo DS that will be aimed at older players in Japan."

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  1. Final Fantasy XIII May Be Coming to the Wii by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    In fact, Nintendo is doing so well, that Square-Enix has suggested that Final Fantasy XIII may in fact be heading to the Wii. (Probably as a port.) In any case, they have 100% confirmed that it will no longer be a PS3 exclusive.

    1. Re:Final Fantasy XIII May Be Coming to the Wii by CaptCommy · · Score: 3, Informative

      Yes they have. http://www.ps3center.net/story-394.html

    2. Re:Final Fantasy XIII May Be Coming to the Wii by CaptCommy · · Score: 3, Informative

      You kinda fail at google. http://www.gamespot.com/news/6167864.html?sid=6167 864&action=convert Its all over the web if you look for it.

    3. Re:Final Fantasy XIII May Be Coming to the Wii by Gunslinger47 · · Score: 3, Informative

      There's no confirmation from other sources, but we know this much:

      Sony: FFXIII PS3 exclusivity under discussion

    4. Re:Final Fantasy XIII May Be Coming to the Wii by Chainsaw+Karate · · Score: 3, Informative

      NO, Square-Enix have never suggested that Final Fantasy XIII will be multiplatform. AFAIK that rumor came from a mistranslation of this article http://www.gamefront.de/ that has been going around some message boards. They HAVE confirmed that the FF XIII series will be multiplatform, and have hinted that there will be more than the three we know about, but they've never stated that FF XIII itself will be multiplatform. Also see this interview with Hiromichi Tanaka http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid= 24297 where he says

      "Up to PlayStation 2, all consoles had roughly the same concept of how to enjoy the gaming experience. With next-gen, each has different features and is targeted at a different audience.

      So, we have to make different titles for different platforms, depending on what sort of game we want to make and what the users will be expecting; we can choose which platform we want to go for. This is completely different from the old games industry."

      Also, the idea of porting a graphically demanding game like FF XIII to the Wii is total fucking nonsense.

  2. Re:but the PS2 outsold the new consoles by SydShamino · · Score: 5, Informative

    ?? Not sure where you got your numbers. They don't match anything in this story or the last one.

    February:
    Nintendo DS: 485,000
    Nintendo Wii: 335,000
    Sony PlayStation 2: 295,000
    Microsoft Xbox 360: 228,000
    Sony PlayStation Portable: 176,000
    Nintendo Game Boy Advance: 136,000
    Sony PlayStation 3: 127,000

    The Wii is beating the PS2. It's not dominating it, no, but it's selling 40k more a month.

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