Thanks to extremely strong Nintendo DS sales and the successful launch of Wii, Nintendo's consolidated net sales were up 72.8 percent over the same nine-month period last year, and operating income was up 102.5 percent.
Nintendo also announced:
The company held firm to its previous forecast for consolidated worldwide shipments of 6 million Wii hardware systems by the end of the fiscal year. Nintendo manufactured 4 million Wii systems by the end of 2006 and during that time sold and delivered 3.19 million to its distributors and retail customers around the world.
In addition to this news, the financial report shows that Nintendo has sold:
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Approximately 1.5 million Virtual Console games have been downloaded and sold to customers worldwide (as of 1/24/07)
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Originally posted by: Smash_BrotherQuote
Approximately 1.5 million Virtual Console games have been downloaded and sold to customers worldwide (as of 1/24/07)
That's great news. Maybe some of the sluggard 3rd parties will get their sh*t together and add their games now...
QuoteMust be an error. It says "Nintendo has sold.. software units" so that's not even counting third party sales. They don't even have that many games out! I'd say it's 7.5 million..
Originally posted by: vudu
Is my math off or does the Wii currently have almost a 5.5:1 software to system tie-in ratio? (17.5 / 3.19 = 5.49)
That's insane.