Nintendo dominates hardware sales Down Under in 2009

Interesting that the Wii has install base of more than x360 + PS3 combined. It really does make the Wii game sales for good 3rd party titles look even more dismal. It would be really interesting to find out how the "Petz", "Imagine", and "Wii Party" games are doing. Over time they could be outselling MadWorld / BoomBlox / Okami / NoMoreHeroes and that's a most worrying possibility. @ Nintendo_Man - I don't get it. What 3 platforms over 2.5m? PS2 has been around for 9.5 years and with attrition could be well below 1m active so I count 1 current console at 2.5m and the pc.

now maybe we will stop gettin rip off in the prices of the games they sell us! It also shows how much loyalty sony has here, sales between the xbox and ps3 are quite close, especially considering the price difference! Now if only sony would start looking after their loyal customers rather Than fighting in North America and Japan!

Quite large figures of consoles shipped when you compare it to the population figure of 22 million. Seems a third of all homes have a Wii, Ps3 or 360 and most people especially kids have a DS. What I want to know is, why Nintendo is bringing out yet another version of the DS. I have the DS Lite, which came after the first DS. They're soon to release the DSi XL.. more letters and a bigger screen is about the only improvement over the DSi. I wonder if it will take off and what pricepoint it will sit in the market.

I don't have a problem with the Wii selling so much and all, but I guess what does make me and other gamers mad from time to time is knowing that the people who are playing the Wii and Wii play are people who bought it b/c they saw it at a friends house, they play it for a little, and never touch it again. I know I can't speak for the whole world but I can at least speak to every last person I know here in Atlanta, and quite a few people in California and New York and the story is always the same. Went to a friends house, saw the Wii, next day bought one for themselves (which is possible due to the low price tag and it comes with a game) played it, got tired of it, went out, bought wii play, end of story. Why else is it the same 3-4 games Nintendo is selling so well but nothing else? It's always Zelda, Wii play, and Mario-so-and-so. It's just crazy b/c every time I go to somebody's house theirs a Wii that never gets played. What a strange system......

Only reason for this is because Nintendo is "safe". As in safe for your kids. The Wii and DS are the only consoles to be publicly endorsed by Michael Atkinson. (well, he did say that he bought a Mario game for his kids)

Considering any game that is has even a remote amount of violence in it is banned in Australia, this isn't surprising. What other options do the gamers down there have?

Is anyone surprised? These figures are echoed in almost every other region as well, no reason why they wouldn't be the same in Australia

Inb4nintenorant Anyways, this is good news for the gaming industry

What did you expect when anything that has a drop of blood and/or violent acts is banned from the country instantly. >_>

Well thats pretty unsurprising

well it goes to show that Nintendo have always been on top

"NINTENDO SELLS" Really? i had no idea

that's a pretty good install base considering the country's overall population is some 22 million

The DS is now the highest selling video game platform in Australian history, though the Wii is tracking much higher than the DS after 3 years. But having 3 platforms selling over 2.5m each is a great sign of how well the industry is doing here.