Nintendo hasn't just been sitting prettily on its laurels these past twelve months. Nope, the Kyoto firm has kept itself occupied by generating giant wads of filthy lucre, in readiness for when it takes over the world with Satoru Iwata as our new supreme overlord, and Shiggy his ruthless, iron-fisted deputy. Or something.The company has released details of its full year results for the period ended March 31st, 2008, and guess what? Nintendo is rich. Profits shot up by 47.7 percent, while sales rose by 73 percent (to ¥1.67 trillion, or $16.1bn).
Not only that, but the Wii sold 18.61 million consoles in the last fiscal year, bringing it to a lifetime total of 24.45 million units (and, as we're now in late-April, we can safely presume that that figure has passed the landmark total of 25 million). On the software front, the console now has 26 million-sellers (up from five last year), 1.8m Japanese consumers risked their hamstrings by picking up Wii Fit, and Brawl sold 4.85 million units in the U.S. and Japan (and might even sell a few more when it launches in Europe this June).
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4-24-2008 @ 7:26PM
Sonic_13 said...
Pretty incredible that in just a year and half, Wii has already surpassed GameCube's lifetime woldwide sales total of 21.74 million
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4-24-2008 @ 8:28PM
nintendo1889 said...
Holy crap and a half! Here's a little message for the people who think the wii is "upopular" (New York Times, I'm glaring at you) and think the PS3 is better. The wii is reigning supreme. Period.
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4-24-2008 @ 8:34PM
TheWarlock said...
Haha, with all this publicity on the wii I'm sure Scrooge HAD to have had one. Mario Kart Wii had a very successful launch and sold 300,000 copies on the launch day in Japan alone. Mind-shatteringly impressive? Indeed.
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4-24-2008 @ 8:49PM
Just_a_guy said...
what's the PS2 up to now?
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4-25-2008 @ 12:30AM
nintendo1889 said...
I think that PS2 is well over 100 million, but that's in an eight-year span. If the wii keeps this pace it, it could catch up in a few years.
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4-25-2008 @ 7:37AM
qwho said...
Every time you post scrooge mcduck, it gets me excited... I want a DuckTails wii game. Stop toying with my emotions engadget!
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