Nintendo: Wii, DS Sales Hit Slump In Japan
Posted by x3sphere at July 30, 2008, 10:30 am
Nintendo today released its financial data and sales figures for the first quarter of fiscal 2009. In short, the company sold a record-shattering number of Wii and DS hardware units, while pushing software like no tomorrow. Overall, though, sales in Japan took a considerable dive compared to other developed countries.
One has to wonder: has Nintendo reached a saturation point? Have a look at the numbers, complete with comparisons to the previous year, after the jump.
Nintendo DS – Hardware
Japan
April – June 2007: 2,080,000
April – June 2008: 580,000North America
April – June 2007: 2,390,000
April – June 2008: 2,710,000
OtherApril – June 2007: 2,500,000
April – June 2007: 3,650,000Nintendo DS – Software
Japan
April – June 2007: 9,790,000
April – June 2008: 4,930,000North America
April – June 2007: 11,290,000
April – June 2008: 14,330,000Other
April – June 2007: 13,180,000
April – June 2008: 17,330,000Wii – Hardware
Japan
April – June 2007: 950,000
April – June 2008: 530,000North America
April – June 2007: 1,440,000
April – June 2008: 2,500,000Other
April – June 2007: 1,040,000
April – June 2008: 2,150,000Wii – Software
Japan
April – June 2007: 2,780,000
April – June 2008: 3,900,000North America
April – June 2007: 8,700,000
April – June 2008: 19,340,000Other
April – June 2007: 4,500,000
April – June 2008: 17,160,000
Read more: June NPD: Wii And DS Lead, MGS4 Fuels PS3 Hardware Sales, July NPD: Nintendo Leads Once Again, PS3 Sales Normalize, June NPD: Yearly Sales Decline By 31 Percent, Economy Likely To Blame, May NPD: Nintendo Leads Hardware Sales, PS3 Edges Past 360, April NPD: DSi Fuels North American Hardware Sales
kool, but i don't think people don't really care about this kind of information, the Nintendo company probably does but the consumers don't consumers are looking for the new hottest thing.