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Nintendo Explains Its Success with the Wii and DS

When we're talking gaming systems, everything comes down to the library of titles

By Filip Truta, Games Editor

25th of August 2007, 12:42 GMT

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While Microsoft and Sony are struggling to reach that magical mass-market price point (which they say it's $200 - not gonna happen very soon), Nintendo's two popular consoles, the Wii and DS are kicking ass harder than ever. A report coming straight from the company behind the two shows, without a doubt, that they're moving towards winning this console wars faster and faster by the passing of each day. Care to know what Nintendo's claims for its two systems?

According to recent NPD reports,
Nintendo's Wii is currently the month's best-selling video game system of any type in the United States, achieving its highest weekly sales rates since December, despite pricing shifts in the industry (referring to Sony's PS3 and Microsoft's Xbox 360 of course).Comparing NPD Group and internal Nintendo figures, it was shown that the Wii and DS remained the two best-selling video game systems in the United States, with Nintendo hardware outselling all other systems - combined.

Why? How does Nintendo do it? Easy - games. Truckloads of them and especially for the DS. No wonder Sony's PSP (no matter how fancy, sexy and multi-functional it is) can't stand taller than Nintendo's dual-screened handheld. Here's what Nintendo claims:

- Nintendo remained the top U.S. game publisher for the sixth consecutive month.

- So far this year, Nintendo titles claim six of the industry's top 10 best sellers, including the top three: Pokemon Diamond (overall No. 1) and Pokemon Pearl (No. 3) for Nintendo DS, and Wii Play (No. 2) for Wii.

- Nintendo DS, with more than 300 titles available, has the largest game library for any current generation system.

- Wii has added new titles (averaging nine per month since launch) at a faster rate than any other new home system.

- Including an ever-increasing library of classic titles available for download on the Wii Shop Channel, American owners of Nintendo DS and Wii will have a combined selection of nearly 800 games to choose from by year end.

- Nintendo expects momentum for both systems to continue, given the Aug. 20 launch of Brain Age 2: More Training in Minutes a Day for Nintendo DS and the upcoming Aug. 27 launch of the hugely anticipated Metroid Prime 3: Corruption for Wii.


It's no secret that the PS3 is by far the fastest-processing and most complex media center of the lot, but without a good library of games it's doomed to remain on the third place until someone else comes up with a new system. So, still hoping for the PS3 to get the pole position in this generation of hardware? There's a comments column below. Why don't you fill up a few lines with your thoughts on this.

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