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High Scores And Egos: There's Always A Bigger Doodle Nintendo also announced its software sales data in its Q1 FY3/09 statement. In Q1, Nintendo DS software sales were 36.59 million, up 2.33 million units from Q1 last year. Standout titles for the DS include the international release of Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Darkness/Explorers of Time. Wii software sales reached 40.41 million units, a 24.42 million increase from Q1 last year. Titles like Mario Kart Wii, Wii Fit, Wii Play and Wii Sports in Japan led the charge.
Nintendo just released their financial results for Q1 2009, and as part of that have revealed not only how much hardware they’ve shifted between April and June 2008, but how much they’ve managed to shift over each of their console’s lifespans. And it’s interesting reading, because while the Wii continues to go from strength to strength, the DS is showing a sales downturn (albeit a minor one). Could we finally be seeing the handheld’s high-water mark?
Nintendo Co., Ltd. has just released its financial statement for Q1 FY3/09. And yes, Nintendo still prints money. Oh yes. Lots. In fact, both sales and profits are up from last year’s numbers Nintendo states. Net sales were ¥423,380,000,000 (US$US 3.9 billion) for the quarter with a net income of ¥107,000,000,000 ($US 992 million). Compare to last year’s Q1 figures: ¥340,439,000,000 ($US 3.2 billion) in net sales and ¥80,251,000,000 ($US 744 million) in net income. Looking towards the future, Nintendo expects a 7.6 percent increase in net sales and a 26.3 percent jump in net income by March 2009.
EA’s Command & Conquer-based squad shooter, Tiberium, was looking alright when first unveiled earlier in the year. And yet, it wasn’t at E3. Why? Probably because there was nothing to show, with EA quietly announcing during their earnings conference call today that the game’s not due until the 2010 financial year. Which is anywhere from April 2009 to March 2010. Technically this is a “delay”, since the game was originally slated to appear later this year, but, yeah. It was never really going to make it in 2008.
Dragon Quest is popular stuff! Take the DS Dragon Quest V remake , which went on sale July 17th in Japan. Square Enix announced that the game has shipped over a million copies in Japan. It’s interesting to note that Dragon Quest IV also moved a million copies (rather quickly, apparently!) when it went on sale last November. So pencil in all future DQ remakes at a million copies shipped, then!
「ドラゴンクエストV 天空の花嫁」国内出荷本数100万本突破 [IT Media]
It was mentioned only briefly during EA’s conference call today, but it was enough to get us interested. While speaking of some more pie-in-the-sky plans EA have for the future of their sports brand, label boss Peter Moore said they were looking at instituting “subscription programs” for their titles, in order to “take advantage” of customer loyalty. Granted, that could be anything, but when you consider Moore also said that future PC titles would “take advantage of online connectivity in a bigger and more meaningful way”, a few possibilities spring to mind. Year-round roster updates, perhaps? Or maybe PC/console cross-platform play? Let your imaginations run free.
There’s no word yet on Fallout 3 and its future in Australia, so if you’ve decided to place your order for the Collector’s Edition in a country that doesn’t have draconian classification laws, I can’t blame you.
Importing concerns aside, it’s somewhat crucial the product in question can leave its country of origin. Unfortunately for reader Con, his order for the game was cancelled by GAME in the UK. Here’s the reason why:
Sadly we will not ship this item over seas due to the weight of the item. If any orders exceed the 1kg weight limit, we will not dispatch this item and will cancel the order.
The email goes on to say that this proviso is mentioned in the terms and conditions on GAME UK’s website. What isn’t mentioned, however, is the weight of the Collector’s Edition, though looking at the tin box and bobblehead alone, I’m not surprised it’s over a kilo.
Looks like you lucked out with GAME UK Con. Can anyone recommend a substitute?
This December, Medicom Toys is releasing a 12″ Chun-Li in Japan as part of the Real Action Heroes line. Priced at $US 180, the figure is fully articulated, making high-kick poses (pictured) possible. It comes with a stand for pulling off Spinning Bird Kicks. Oh yes.
That, after the jump.
Aside from some stragglers picking up a PS2 for the first time, the console transition period is most definitely over. What was “next gen” a year or two ago is now “current gen”. Which means it’s time to appreciate what we’ve got, right? NO. No, it means it’s time to start looking again towards the future. Forbes writer Chris Morris has polled a number of games executives on what they think the next generation will hold, and while their responses are vague, they’re no less entertaining because of it.
Take Sony’s Jack Tretton, for example, who uses the question to take a swipe at the both the 360′s and Wii’s software catalogue:
