Nintendo passes 20 million Wii mark
Nintendo released their 9 month FY 2008 report today and lo and behold, they have broken the 20 million mark on Wiis!
In other Nintendo financial news...
Their hardware sales are up 103.8%.
Their software sales are up 57.7%.
Total electronic entertainment sales are up 84.9%.
Can you believe they still sell playing cards? That business is up 29.3%.
Other Highlights
During the nine-month period ended December 31, 2007 the nintendo DS enjoyed robust sales, selling a total of 24.5 million units (64.79 million lifetime sales). DS software was led by titles such as The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass, Mario Party DS, Pokemon diamond and Pearl, Brain Age 2: More Training in Minutes a Day as well as long time favorite Nintendodogs.
In the console department the Wii reached total sales of 14.29 million units worldwide for the first three quarters of the year and exceeded 20 million in life to date sales, which is slightly over one year. Wii software titles such as Wii Fit, Super Mario Galaxy and Mario Party 8 enjoyed robust sales.
As a result, net sales were up 1,316.4 billion yen (up 84.7% 7/7), operating income was 394 billion yen (up 135.1% y/y), income before taxes and extraordinary items was 430.8 billion yen (up 95.2% y/y), and net income was 258.9 billion yen (up 96.3% y/y) respectively.
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