Games We Love but Wish We Could Love Playing
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CVG has come up with a little article on Nintendo's profits and how it's doing with sales. Turns out they're making more money than Mario games. First, Nintendo's first-quarter results of 2007 show a 416% rise in profits. Second, the Wii has reached 9.27 million sales worldwide with the DS raking in a whopping 47.27 million sales. Nintendo has also increased their shipment for the Wii from 14 million to 16.5 million and the DS from 22 million to 26 million because of high demand.
Nintendo's first-quarter financial results for 2007 are out and they reveal an astonishing 416 percent rise in net profits for the Japanese giant when compared to the same period last year. In even simpler terms, Nintendo is raking it in.
Worldwide sales of Wii hardware reached 9.27 million units at the end of June 2007, while the DS clocked up a stonking 47.27 million unit sales. We need to sit down...
Nintendo has also increased its shipment forecasts for Wii from 14 million to 16.5 million for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2008, and DS from 22 million to 26 million as the overwhelming demand for hardware continues.
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I had no idea that they were doing that well and they show no signs of stopping.
And yes Storm, if you're after one, i'd try as soon as possible as I can't see them being in stock again until after January.
Incredible is the only word that can describe Nintendo's success
right now. (mindblowing works too
And I think now that the Wii maybe at 10 mil before the end of the summer.
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