Nintendo Says It's Responsible For 99% Of Game Industry Growth In '08

***wraggster*** · January 17th, 2009, 11:56

As has already been established, Nintendo is doing well for itself, shattering sales records in the United States with the Wii and Nintendo DS. And, according to Nintendo, it's 99% responsible for the industry's growth.

Nintendo highlighted that fact in its response to NPD sales data released yesterday, showing that Nintendo hardware sold more than 20 million units in the U.S. last year, with 132 million software units sold on the company's platforms. That's a considerable increase from the nearly 15 million consoles and portables it sold in 2007.

http://kotaku.com/5133243/nintendo-s...lous-pie-chart

**carlitx** · January 17th, 2009, 18:16

Wow, Nintendo sure are full of themselves. But with those numbers, who wouldn't :P

**crookedmouth** · January 17th, 2009, 19:24

Well if big N says so it must be true!

**Jeric** · January 17th, 2009, 22:00

Considering what happened to them in the last generation (only surviving due to handheld sails) you'd think they'd learn that their audience can and are fickle bastards.

**ICE** · January 17th, 2009, 22:11

Originally Posted by Jeric

Considering what happened to them in the last generation (only surviving due to handheld sails) you'd think they'd learn that their audience can and are fickle bastards.

Are you seriously comparing the 12 or 13 people out there that played gamecube with the people who play Wii? Not to let the cat out of the bag or anything but its a different audience. Thats sorta the point. Also the grammar in that last sentence might and is not good.

<- that means im being sarcastic and you shouldnt get angry.