Wii close to 45 million units worldwide...96 million DS....Nintendo owns!

Right now, somewhere in Kyoto, Japan, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata is smiling. Four years after skeptics questioned the Wii's viability, the console is soaring above even the wildest expectations.

This morning, the company that spent the last hardware generation bringing up the rear with the GameCube reported that its current console had sold 44.96 million units worldwide as of December 31--a 10 million unit increase from just two months prior. Of those 10 million, more than 4 million were sold in the US, with the NPD Group reporting 2.04 million in November and 2.15 million in December.

The Wii's older but smaller sibling is also faring well. The DS--itself the subject of widespread derision when it went on sale in November 2004--sold 96.22 million units as of the end of last year, pulling further ahead of its predecessor, the Game Boy Advance. The monumental figure comprises all models of the handheld, including 1.66 million units of the DSi, the camera-enabled third hardware revision currently available in Japan.

Though Nintendo makes a profit on hardware, its first-party publishing operation is also reaping riches from software sales. During the last nine months of 2008, Mario Kart Wii and Wii Fit both sold more than 10 million units worldwide, with 9.4 million copies of Wii Play also passing over store counters. The platform's software total now stands at 312 million as of December 31.

However, the Wii's huge software tally was still behind that of the DS. Boosted by the popularity of Kirby Super Star Ultra and the Japan-only release of Pokemon Platinum, some 163.78 million DS games were sold last year, pushing its software sales to the 533 million-unit mark as the New Year's Eve champagne corks popped.

Naturally, record sales mean record profits for Nintendo. In the nine months preceding December 31, the company racked up net sales of ¥1.536 trillion ($17.12 billion), a 17 percent year-on-year increase. Operating profits for the period were ¥501 billion ($5.58 billion)--a 27 percent increase--with net profits of ¥212.5 billion ($2.36 billion).

Unfortunately, the rising strength of the yen means that Nintendo's success abroad doesn't translate as well at home. As a result, Nintendo is revising its annual earnings estimates down 9 percent to a still-record ¥1.82 trillion ($20.2 billion). Forecasts for operating profit were cut 36 percent to 530 billion ($5.90 billion), with net profit trimmed back 33 percent to 230 billion ($2.56 billion).

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I'll be sincere though. I'm surprised and proud of Nintendo:|

I still don't think Wii will out-sell PS2. The game's just aren't there for the real audience who plays games, regardless of the casual crap, you need both in my opinion to own completely, PS2 had both.angry_fork

Sadly there aren't too many games that are worth playing on those 45 million._Pinbot_

that is pure opinion ;)

I still don't think Wii will out-sell PS2. The game's just aren't there for the real audience who plays games, regardless of the casual crap, you need both in my opinion to own completely, PS2 had both.angry_fork

Well when you aim for an untaped market what do you expect to happen.finalfantasy94

[QUOTE="angry_fork"]I still don't think Wii will out-sell PS2. The game's just aren't there for the real audience who plays games, regardless of the casual crap, you need both in my opinion to own completely, PS2 had both.Grinning_Demon

[QUOTE="Grinning_Demon"][QUOTE="angry_fork"]I still don't think Wii will out-sell PS2. The game's just aren't there for the real audience who plays games, regardless of the casual crap, you need both in my opinion to own completely, PS2 had both.angry_fork

[QUOTE="Grinning_Demon"][QUOTE="angry_fork"]I still don't think Wii will out-sell PS2. The game's just aren't there for the real audience who plays games, regardless of the casual crap, you need both in my opinion to own completely, PS2 had both.angry_fork

lol It wont, im shure it wont.

The sequel to Wii Sports is coming, motion plus is coming, traditional suport is better then 2008 already. Nintendo has yet to announce their line-up They still have the price cut and colour Wiis cards to raise demand, major Japan support to back them up.

Yeah Nintendo has nothing to worry about.

Oh and E3 may not be their traditional event anymore. Its the October conference

[QUOTE="Grinning_Demon"][QUOTE="angry_fork"]I still don't think Wii will out-sell PS2. The game's just aren't there for the real audience who plays games, regardless of the casual crap, you need both in my opinion to own completely, PS2 had both.angry_fork

Also Wiisports 2 is the best system seller this year.

[QUOTE="angry_fork"][QUOTE="Grinning_Demon"] the Wii is 2 years old. TWO yearsDeadMan1290

[QUOTE="angry_fork"][QUOTE="Grinning_Demon"] the Wii is 2 years old. TWO yearsGrinning_Demon

[QUOTE="Grinning_Demon"][QUOTE="angry_fork"]I still don't think Wii will out-sell PS2. The game's just aren't there for the real audience who plays games, regardless of the casual crap, you need both in my opinion to own completely, PS2 had both.angry_fork

You give casual gamers too much credit.The mere fact that the Wii exists will mean still-phenomanal sales this year.

[QUOTE="angry_fork"][QUOTE="Grinning_Demon"] the Wii is 2 years old. TWO yearsHarlockJC

Also Wiisports 2 is the best system seller this year.

[QUOTE="HarlockJC"]

[QUOTE="angry_fork"] I think Wii is going to slow down dramatically next year, unless they announce some good stuff at E3. We'll see what happens.angry_fork

Also Wiisports 2 is the best system seller this year.

I'm not that big on Nintendo. *insert generic my Wii has been dusty on the shelf for years comment* but i've been saying for the longest time that they're gonna do something epic with all that money and Wii 2 doing 8th gen. A Nintendo fanboy's dream will come true next-gen. I hopeNocturnalNoctis

seriously... thats my hope as well

lol there's not even 45 million good games available, it has like what 10 AAA's, not even 1 AAA per person, so why is it selling so much?death919

The number one movie in America is Mall Cop. /threadZoso-8

whatever people say about the Wii being 'casual' or stuff is just stupid. i mean, to get that BIG of a sales number means that Nintendo knows how to handle business. i give them props for forever keeping the video game industry going. from the Super Mario Bros. to the Gameboy which revolutionized handheld gaming to the Mario 64 to the innovative Wii controller, props to them. no other gaming company can pull off all the things that they have done for the past 2-3 decades. i salute you, nintendo! aw!roddollente

I havent touched my Wii since March when Brawl came out

Played it for a week, god sick of it and sold it. My Wii has been in a shoe box ever since then

While I think the Wii suck

The DS is indeed worth my money due to the slick amount of RPG's they have and I love my JPRG

[QUOTE="Zoso-8"]The number one movie in America is Mall Cop. /threadogvampire

Mall Cop is the number one movie in the world!!!! :o

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[QUOTE="Zoso-8"]The number one movie in America is Mall Cop. /threadZhengi

Mall Cop is the number one movie in the world!!!! :o

You can keep your sales for yourself while we'll keep our good games for ourselves. Everybody wins =D, you don't, obviously. hellraiser_07

[QUOTE="hellraiser_07"]You can keep your sales for yourself while we'll keep our good games for ourselves. Everybody wins =D, you don't, obviously. Tylendal

[QUOTE="hellraiser_07"]You can keep your sales for yourself while we'll keep our good games for ourselves. Everybody wins =D, you don't, obviously. Tylendal

The funny thing about this post, is that most of those games arn't even fun escially wario ware

now if only they could supply those 45 million wii's with some decent games everyone would be happy!my_name_is_ron

[QUOTE="Tylendal"][QUOTE="hellraiser_07"]You can keep your sales for yourself while we'll keep our good games for ourselves. Everybody wins =D, you don't, obviously. All_that_is_Man

The funny thing about this post, is that most of those games arn't even fun escially wario ware

[QUOTE="Tylendal"][QUOTE="hellraiser_07"]You can keep your sales for yourself while we'll keep our good games for ourselves. Everybody wins =D, you don't, obviously. All_that_is_Man

The funny thing about this post, is that most of those games arn't even fun escially wario ware

When will the unwashed masses realise that the wii is a peice of crap that sold out its potential for a quick buck!

I havent touched my Wii since March when Brawl came out

Played it for a week, god sick of it and sold it. My Wii has been in a shoe box ever since then

BetaRay

[QUOTE="hellraiser_07"]You can keep your sales for yourself while we'll keep our good games for ourselves. Everybody wins =D, you don't, obviously. Tylendal

Generic shooters are better than unique mini games =l they are actually games, without the mini =l