Nintendo is winning the war for the best video game company and video game systems. Before you start arguing with me, lets take a look at the sales statistics shall we?
Wii Sales Statistics
Japan: 4.94 Million | America: 8.71 Million | Others: 6.38 Million | 20.03 Million
DS Sales Statistics
Japan: 21.76 Million | America: 20.85 Million | Others: 23.58 Million | 66.2 Million
XBOX 360 Sales Statistics
Japan: .56 Million | America: 10.52 Million | Others: 5.43 Million | 16.51 Million
PS3 Sales Statistics
Japan: 1.79 Million | America: 3.59 Million | Others: 3.9 Million | 9.29 Million
PSP
Japan: 8.02 Million | America: 11.38 Million | Others: 11.03 Million | 30.43 Million
Thanks to VG Charts for the stats. Now those are some pretty impressive numbers. First lets talk about the portable market.
Portable Gaming: Right now, there are really only 2 contenders for the portable gaming market, the PSP and Nintendo DS. For the sake of this discussion, I will not be including Gameboy Advanced. By looking at the numbers above you will notice that the Nintendo DS has TWICE the number of systems sold versus the PSP. That pretty much shows how Nintendo dominates in the portable market.
Home Gaming: This battle is a little closer, but not by much. As you can see from the stats above, the Wii comes in first with 20.03 million units sold, the XBOX 360 comes in second with 16.51 million units sold, and the PS3 trails way behind with 9.29 million units sold. The Wii dominates both systems in sales. Plus, the Wii was released one year LATER then the XBOX 360.
So, now we may ask ourselves, why is Nintendo Winning? There could be many reasons for this.
1. Price: Nintendo systems are affordable. The Wii and DS are about half the price of its competitors. This allows a wider variety of people to purchase their hardware.
2. Target Market: This is probably the biggest factor in Nintendo’s comeback. Not only are they targeting the hardcore gamer, but they are targeting women, baby boomers, senior citizens, and the overweight. This has never been done before in gaming, and so far is paying off. With best selling games like Wii Sports, Brain Age, and Wii Fit.
3. Control Scheme: It is revoultionary. You can swing a back, cock a gun, throw a football, and race all with one little masterpiece called the Wii Remote. Its applications are endless, and when everyone sees the control scheme, they immediatly want to play it.
Whatever it is, people are swarming onto the Nintendo bandwagon. It is one of the biggest comebacks in gaming history. They have risen to and above their former glory. One thing is for sure, I don’t see them backing down anytime in the near future.
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