By loss, do they mean Nintendo made a negative profit or didn't make as much money as last year/half? I wish I remembered more of my economics class.
Negative profits. If they just made less profits, it'd read more like "profits of X, down Y% YoY" or some such.
Ah, thanks. I sometimes am confused with all this financial stuff so I wanted to make sure what the news meant.
Anyway, Siliconera has a table of the top 20 selling games of US and Europe between January and September of 2011.
http://www.siliconera.com/2011/10/29/a-breakdown-of-the-u-s-and-europes-best-selling-games-this-yearU.S. Chart
Rank Title System Publisher
01. Just Dance 2 Wii Ubisoft
02. Pokémon White DS Nintendo
03. Gears of War 3 360 Microsoft
04. Pokémon Black DS Nintendo
05. Call of Duty: Black Ops 360 Activision Blizzard
06. Zumba Fitness: Join the Party Wii Majesco
07. Madden NFL 12 360 Electronic Arts
08. Call of Duty: Black Ops PS3 Activision Blizzard
09. Madden NFL 12 PS3 Electronic Arts
10. New Super Mario Bros. DS Nintendo
11. Michael Jackson: The Experience Wii Ubisoft
12. NBA 2K11 360 2K Sports
13. L.A. Noire 360 Rockstar
14. Dance Central 360 MTV Games
15. Mortal Komba PS3 Warner Bros.
16. Mortal Kombat 360 Warner Bros.
17. Homefront 360 THQ
18. Kinect Sports 360 Microsoft
19. NCAA Football 12 360 Electronic Arts
20. New Super Mario Bros. Wii Wii Nintendo
Europe Chart (U.K, Germany, France, Spain, Italy, the Netherlands, Belgium, Ireland, Portugal, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Austria and Switzerland)
Rank Title System Publisher
01. FIFA 12 PS3 Electronic Arts
02. Wii Sports Resort Wii Nintendo
03. Pokémon White DS Nintendo
04. Pokémon Black DS Nintendo
05. Zumba Fitness Wii 505 Games
06. Wii Party Wii Nintendo
07. Just Dance 2 Wii Ubisoft
08. FIFA 12 360 Electronic Arts
09. Call of Duty: Black Ops PS3 Activision Blizzard
10. Wii Fit Plus Wii Nintendo
11. Mario Kart Wii Wii Nintendo
12. L.A. Noire PS3 Rockstar
13. FIFA 11 PS3 Electronic Arts
14. Gears of War 3 360 Microsoft
15. Gran Turismo 5 PS3 Sony
16. LittleBigPlanet 2 PS3 Sony
17. Killzone 3 PS3 Sony
18. New Super Mario Bros. Wii Wii Nintendo
19. L.A. Noire 360 Rockstar
20. New Super Mario Bros. DS Nintendo