The sales figures for the Japanese video game market in the first half of 2009 hold few immediate surprises, being completely dominated by Nintendo and Sony, with strong sales from portable systems, but closer inspection reveals a potential disaster in the making for Nintendo…
The ranking:
| 1. Mario & Luigi RPG3!!! | DS | 631,165 |
| 2. Monster Hunter Portable | PSP | 556,650 |
| 3. Ryu ga Gotoku 3 | PS3 | 485,630 |
| 4. Biohazard 5 | PS3 | 467,819 |
| 5. Wii Fit | Wii | 432,191 |
| 6. Kingdom Hearts 358/2Days | DS | 385,799 |
| 7. Rhythm Tengoku Gold | DS | 384,191 |
| 8. Shin Sangoku Musou Multi Raid | PSP | 382,191 |
| 9. Pokémon Fushigi no Dungeon | DS | 338,568 |
| 10. Tales of the World 2 | PSP | 316,797 |
| 11. Taiko no Tatsujin Wii | Wii | 313,668 |
| 12. Wagamama Fashion Girls Mode | DS | 285,944 |
| 13. Machi-e Youkoso Doubutsu no Mori | Wii | 256,057 |
| 14. Mario Kart Wii | Wii | 254,631 |
| 15. Hoshi no Kirby | DS | 250,437 |
Certainly a superficially strong performance from Nintendo, but some cannot help but notice that most of the releases come from 2008, with Wii Fit actually a 2007 release, which does not inspire much confidence in Nintendo’s 2009 prospects; how long can they go on selling 2008’s lineup?
Even Nintendo admits there is a severe problem here…
Via Hachimaki.
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Well it is a fact that the Wii has the lowest games to console attachment rate. This chart is just another piece of evidence to support such.
That's nice, but irrelevant to Nintendo as a whole. Their handhelds have been their flagships for over a decade and that won't stop. The Gamecube and Wii are just playing around as far as their bottom line and development goes.
Every other console also loses money, as much as several hundred dollars. Wii + 5 games is still more profit than another console + 10. The market favors Nintendo, and the people playing the games favor Nintendo. Every other attempt at measuring brands is irrelevant.
Sony is going to be the final winner anyway. All hail PS3!
Another misleading article on the videogames industry. There is nothing wrong with "evergreen" games tat continue to sell months after release, heck in the UK Brain Training lasted a few years on the chart and Wii Fit and Mario Kart Wii are still selling.
Around here a title has to involve hitting things, making levels go up, or shooting at things to be considered a "game." Hardly anything on the Wii fits the bill.
Ha ha ha!
Troll.
Eroge is failing since the time when the ban was implemented :3 I bet they will bring their fans back by the means of putting slight ero elements. DS and Wii sure will benefit these :3
The fact that 2008 releases from Nintendo are outselling 2009 releases of other brands is a problem for OTHER BRANDS, not Nintendo.
Your brain is not just something to keep your neck occupied.
Oh yea, not to mention that Nintendo turns a profit on their hardware. Every other company needs massive software sales just to break even. Nintendo still trumps. They make more profit just selling games than all of Sony does.
I like games from all sources, so I'm no fanboy, but Nintendo makes great stuff. They also happen to be an incredibly tightly run company. Every attempt so far at the prediction of their downfall has been hilarious, and this one is a stretch even by those standards.
Who said anything about their downfall. They just have a weak lineup.
You could just as easily say that about everyone else, right? Which means it's not about Nintendo, but gaming at large. Making it about Nintendo is either a lapse in judgment or an attempt to disparage Nintendo.
Dynasty Whorier ruuuuulllzz!!!
Hmm, but I'm getting tired of the same hack n slash gameplay. I feel sorry for those PSP players, their 'X' button will fall off after only 3 hours of playing. Just like my PS3 when playing Dynasty Warriors 6.
Artefact, check out the game lineup for next year. Nintendo's still going strong.
Next year. What about this year?
hurrah for monster hunter kirin cosplay!
What a terrible list.
Dammit. Nintendo is making everyone think that wagging a plastic dick(Wii controller,DS stylus for the little ones) is gaming. It's stupid how slaughtering a whole army(Dynasty Warriors) or giant beasts (Monster Hunter) fall in the same category as jumping around (Wii Fit). What is the true meaning of "gaming"?
Heyy don't insult monster hunter like that..YOu do know that it came from the psp , don't you?
There is no secret, special, true meaning of gaming. If you play a game, you are gaming. It doesn't matter the type of game, the brand on the console, the age of the game, or what the controller looks like. A game is a game is a game.
PC - lolwut? good luck playing mgs4 on pc fgt, not to mention all other exclusives on ps2,360,psp,ds etc.
ps3 - mgs4... that's it
360 - FREE GAMES OMFG WIN!!! console is shit tho
wii - graphics suck, free games as well
wii overall if you like shit graphics. 360 if you can take the shitty console and exchanging/buying a new one every year
Mario Luigi RPG 3 rocks
even though i dindt played it all yet
any one here watch E3 (eletronic entertainment expo)
Nintend has a awosme line of games comeing up such as
super mario galxy 2
new super mario brothers 2
no more heroes 2
metroid : the other M
and alot of others that i cant remember
link to list: http://e3.nintendo.com/
Monster hunter,I love that game but get bored rather quickly,I've been playing Phantasy star portable for 3 months non stop.
wow out selling Monster Hunter O_O
Nice article image. Has nothing to do with anything. Real professional for a "news" site.
You goddamn worthless noob. It's Monster Hunter. It's Capcom's number 1 selling game in Japan.
It's from Monster Hunter, the second best selling game of 2009 in Japan, you worthless "troll".
ya ha! suck on that... sorry, i just hate trolls...
that is female kirin armor in monster hunter games that ranked top2 in that list
Monster Hunter FTW
Hmm, it'll be interesting to see how this plays out.
It's true Nintendo and Sony are both strong but you can skyrocket a single platforms sales on ONE strong game.... (Take Halo for example)
you will see the project diva in that list very soon
I really haven't been playing Nintendo games this year at all. I think Nintendo needs to take a good hard look at my little sister for an example: she likes to play her DS in my bed in the evenings, usually just wearing one of my T-shirts. She says "Oh, it's hot in here" a lot while she plays Animal Crossing.
Anyway, I'm hoping New SMB Wii is good.
is your sister hot? may i have her?
NintendoWorshipper = NintendoFan
His trolling this time is a lot more subtle though. Nice going with the "my little sister" bit. Well played good sir.
Pix plz
sis con... :)
Blazblue ftw.
Shows Nintendo has a strong base.
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