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NPD: Nintendo Drives '08 Industry Sales Past $21 Billion
gamedaily.com - 1/16/2009
NPD: Nintendo Drives '08 Industry Sales Past $21 Billion
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As people flocked to stores buying Wiis, they also bought Wii Play, which became the best selling title in '08. Five of the top 10 games for the year were from Nintendo.
Nintendo Developing A Direction Sensing DS Card? (Update)
siliconera.com - 1/14/2009
Nintendo Developing A Direction Sensing DS Card? (Update)
— siliconera.com — . January 13, 2009 . 10:57pm dssense A curious trademark popped up in Japan’s trademark database one registered by Nintendo for a “DS Houi Sensor Card”. Houi is Japanese for direction so the trademark is related to a DS card that can detect direction ... (more) Nintendo Developing A Direction Sensing DS Card? (Update)

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Nintendo Wii - Plug & Play WiiZii mod brings external HDD support to Wii and super fast ISO loading!!!
maxconsole.net - 1/16/2009
Nintendo Wii - Plug & Play WiiZii mod brings external HDD support to Wii and super fast ISO ...
— maxconsole.net — Plug & Play WiiZii mod brings external HDD support to Wii and super fast ISO loading!!! The incredibly savvy Matrix team has exclusively lifted the lid on their upcoming product - the WiiZii! The Matrix WiiZii is a completely solderless plug and ... (more) Nintendo Wii - Plug & Play WiiZii mod brings external ...

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Will Nintendo shoot down Duck Hunt for the iPhone?
venturebeat.com - 1/17/2009
Will Nintendo shoot down Duck Hunt for the iPhone?
— venturebeat.com — I vividly remember my first video game system, the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES), and the games that came with it: Super Mario Brother and Duck Hunt. Now I can recapture my youth on my iPhone because some developers have made a port of Duck ... (more) Will Nintendo shoot down Duck Hunt for the iPhone?

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Joystiq [Xbox]:  Dec NPD: Xbox 360 outsells PS3 by 2:1

Joystiq:  December NPD: DS sells over 3 million, '08 sales reach $21.33 billion

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Dec NPD: Xbox 360 outsells PS3 by 2:1
Joystiq [Xbox] — ... You can let go of all that anxiety you've been experiencing while waiting for December's NPD sales figures to be released, because we have 'em and are nice enough to share. For December, the NPD group is reporting that the Xbox 360 performed as ...

December NPD: DS sells over 3 million, '08 sales reach $21.33 billion
Joystiq — ... That's right, we just used "billion" and "million" in a headline. Clearly, we're writing about the game industry's North American performance during the month marked by Christmas trees, torn wrapping paper and men wearing fake beards. According to the latest ...

December NPD: Slowdown
Joystiq [Nintendo] — ... It's not surprising to see that hardware sales rose significantly in December, but what is surprising is the comparatively small progress made by the Wii -- only a 5% increase from November, compared to some big gains for the competition. People who are paid a lot more than us predicted the Wii would smash the ...

Nintendo Dominates ‘08 in Sales Figure Shocker
Technologizer — Super Mario I can be sarcastic in a headline, right? No matter, retail research firm NPD released last year’s video game sales data today, revealing–of course–that Nintendo’s Wii console and DS handheld were the big winners. Perhaps there’s some surprise in knowing the DS was the most popular last-minute holiday item, selling 3.04 million units to the Wii’s 2.15 million units in December. Microsoft’s Xbox 360 came in second place, selling 1.44 million consoles last month. Sony’s PSP handheld sold 1.02 million units in December, besting the Playstation 3’s 726,000 units. ...

December NPD: More like DSember
Joystiq [Nintendo] — ... Michael Pachter predicted "around 3 million" Wii consoles sold in the US in December. Right company, right ridiculously high number -- wrong console. According to the NPD, the DS Lite sold a record-breaking 3.04 million units in December, the most any ...

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Nintendo sold 1.7 million Wiis last week?
engadget.com 12/24/2008 — According to some not-quite-official but probably-relatively-accurate numbers from VG Chartz, Nintendo moved 1.7 million Wii units last week. That's a staggering number in its own right, and compared to the now-cheaper Xbox 360 (535,806) and the "hey ...
Video game announces record revenue — SFGate: Technology 1/15/2009
Powered by chart-topping sales of the Nintendo Wii and the DS, the U.S. video game industry pulled in a record $21.3 billion in revenue last year, defying the overall drag of the economy. The annual numbers from the NPD Group paint a picture of a ...
Video game announces record revenue — SFGate: Technology 1/16/2009
Powered by chart-topping sales of the Nintendo Wii and the DS, the U.S. video game industry pulled in a record $21.3 billion in revenue last year, defying the overall drag of the economy. The annual numbers from the NPD Group paint a picture of a ...
Nintendo Wii and DS set new Sales Records in 2008 — I4U News 1/16/2009
You guys made the Wii the biggest thing since sliced bread. Before 2008, no video game console had ever been purchased by 10 million Americans in a single year. The NPD Group says that Nintendo sold overall 10.17 million Wii consoles in 2008 in the ...
Youtube now on Sony PS3 and Nintendo Wii — I4U News 1/16/2009
Youtube launched a optimized web interface to watch Youtube videos in full-screen mode on the Sony PS3 and the Nintendo Wii. Why the Xbox 360 is not supported is a bit strange. I do not think there is a technical reason. The Youtube TV service is ...
Nintendo crushes it in 2008 console sales — CNET News.com 1/16/2009
Although it still lags Sony in lifetime sales, Nintendo's Wii and DS sold like hotcakes during the year, NPD reports, leaving PlayStation sales in the dust.