The State of the Games Industry in Numbers

[wraggster]

Gamasutra has up a pair of articles discussing the numbers from this round of the console wars. One focuses on the current frontrunner, Nintendo. Their numerical superiority is highlighted by the number of million selling titles they currently have on tap. Both the DS and Wii are carrying multiple-million sellers, with the current tally for (recently released) Diamond/Pearl sitting at 12,170,000. Meanwhile, in a lengthy article, the site fully explores the impact of console sales in numerous markets and venues, with comparisons between all three consoles (and a focus on Nintendo's sales).
"PlayStation 2 titles make up the bulk of software sales in the U.S. and Europe again in 2007, as they have in previous years. The Wii's 2007 numbers equal the GameCube's in 2006, but its software growth isn't yet matching its hardware's. Microsoft's Xbox 360 has benefited largely from the Xbox's demise and the PlayStation 2 sales' slow decline. Even with the PlayStation 3 hardware's current state in Europe, its software sales in Europe are relatively low."

http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl.../11/03/1516210

[sukhi-2006]

The sales of wii are quite amazing which nintendo needed and finally got there i think the main reason of wii selling really well has to be features of the gameplay which the games interact like a real thing the sales of the games are mainly the Nintendo games only this is because Nintendo are finest of any developer in the world and ds games are selling really well already the new zelda game on ds is no.1 in few countries that is really amazing how company like Nintendo providing quality games.