Nintendo News: Third Party Games Are Doing Just Fine
Nintendo is undergoing it's Media Summit right now, and good ole Reggie is doing what he does best: saying great and nearly grandiose statements about Nintendo in a friendly yet cocky manner. In other words, bringing home the publicity. The main theme so far? Nintendo is welcoming change.
Consumer magazine Wired, which has been covering the event, reported Fils-Amie as saying that the US was undergoing "a significant market change" due to female purchasing of hardware up 42 percent and people over 30 buying the DS up 127 percent and 35+ers up a whopping 212 percent. Unsurprisingly, recent numbers have confirmed that overall holiday sales for the DS went up from a predicted 35 to 49%, and "that's with the DS being essentially out of stock in January."
On the Wii tip, Reggie also stated that third-party developers "are moving enthusiastically towards the Wii" with third party developers selling more games than even Nintendo, "contrary to popular belief." 3.3 million Virtual Console titles have been reportedly downloaded, with 40 percent of Wii owners connecting to the internet. That's all?
In the most surprising news, Wired confirmed today that over half of Nintendo's sales and marketing team, along with VP George Harrison (no, not the Beatles zombie) will be moving their offices from Redmond, WA to San Francisco, CA. Harrison reportedly said because it is the "center for innovation for marketing and technology." He forgot to mention it's where I, the Pirate Prince lives, which I'm sure had a huuuuge part in their decision as well.
[via Gamasutra]
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Posted to Video Games on 22 May 2007
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Please open an SF Nintendo World, please open an SF Nintendo World, please open an SF Nintendo World.
Also, I'm pleasantly surprised that 3rd party titles are selling well. This was a huge weakness of the GameCube that eventually helped doom it.
I'm not surprised by the fact that only 40 percent of Wii owners connect to the net. If the console is truly reaching its target demographic of everyone, that's including a lot of people who just don't think of 'consoles' and 'the internet' going hand-in-hand.