Nintendo unveils LTD/franchise figures
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source: http://www.n-sider.com/newsview.php?type=day&date=2005-12-16
5:37 am - Matt Behrens | Link to Individual Story
Nintendo of America this morning released launch-to-date sales figures
for its current platforms, as well as sales figures for its major
franchises.
In platforms, the Nintendo DS is making an impressive showing with 2.37
million units sold in the US out of 8.83 million worldwide. Software
sales for the platform have reached 5.16 million US, 23.8 million
worldwide; showing a discrepancy in software/hardware ratios with the
US at 2.17:1 vs. the rest of the world at 2.6:1 - the latter figure
probably buoyed by Japan's excellent selection of Nintendo DS software
that is just not yet found stateside.
Nintendo GameCube continues to sell, hitting 10 million units in the US
and 19.31 million worldwide. GameCube software sales have reached 79.49
million in the US and 169.51 million worldwide.
All versions of the Game Boy Advance have sold 29.8 million units
stateside and 70.04 million units worldwide. Software sales in the US,
interestingly, sells at nearly half the software/hardware ratio as
Nintendo GameCube software, reaching 128.34 million. Worldwide, the
Game Boy Advance software number is 296.12 million.
Those who got a chance to listen to Nintendo's E3 2005 preshow
conference remember Reginald Fils-Aime talking about the 2 billion
software units Nintendo had sold worldwide. To date, Nintendo has sold
360 million units of software in the US, and 2.09 billion worldwide.
Definitely nothing to sneeze at.
Finally, on an interesting note, Nintendo also revealed the performance
of their top five franchises in terms of software sold. Mario topped
the list at 184 million units, followed closely by Pokémon with 143
million units. Zelda, Donkey Kong, and Metroid completed the list with
47, 44, and 11 million units each, respectively.