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Nintendo Responsible For 60 Percent Of Industry Growth In 2007

You've seen the numbers. So what is Nintendo's take? In addition to gloating over the fact of having reached first and second place in the overall hardware sales charts, Nintendo revealed that they accounted for 60 percent of industry growth in 2007. That's pretty remarkable with two other major players on the market. But not so surprising either when you just take a look at DS sales. More fun facts after the jump.

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ItsDubC5941d ago

No surprise really. The Wii caught everyone off guard, and both the DS console and its games continue to sell well consistently.

Syko5941d ago

The problem is the Wii caught the developers off guard also. Which led to a lot of crap games. Which lead to the gems on the Wii getting buried in the mess. Such a shame too because when you play a game like Zelda:TP or Mario Galaxy you see how sweet the Wiimote/Nunchuk setup can be.

Oh well, It is really no surprise that the Wii is hot. It is part of Pop-Culture at this point. Plus Nintendo makes a profit on their Hardware...Where as MS and Sony use the sell and pray method.

ItsDubC5941d ago

Ya unfortunately there is STILL a lot of crap in development for the Wii because I think a lot of devs still see the Wii as an opportunity to make that quick buck. Some other news story said that over 60 Wii titles will be coming out in the 1st half of 2008 and I struggle to come up w/ 20 Wii titles at the moment that I suspect to be worth buying, which leaves 40 or so titles that may or may not be crap.

Granted, 20 good games in half a year for a console is excellent, so that's plenty to keep me busy. Since Nintendo has really eased up on its quality control after seeing how well the PS1 and PS2 did w/ similar quality control (or lack thereof) standards, I think the Wii's software library is destined to have a lot of subpar titles for every great title it has. The PS1 and PS2 were successful w/ that kind of ratio.

PS360WII5941d ago

Big numbers by Nintendo and congrats to that ^^

On a side note it does seem that for the months of the holiday season Wii never sold more than 1.8 million so it really does seem that the shortage is the real deal and they were not holding stock back for Christmas. Rumor ended.

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6 Fun Games Where You Actually Play As The Bad Guy

While the mainstream media always sees things turning in favor of the hero, here are 6 games that own being a bad guy.

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Profchaos4h ago

Pretty much all of these games listed are based around a morality system you don't have to be bad and you don't have to be good.

It seems to have left out some real amazing games like red dead redemption 1/2,ass effect and true crime la/ny

Tacoboto3h ago

Armored Core VI?

Ok, I'm really missing something here. Just beat chapter 3 earlier this evening, unlocked A-rank Arena fights. I'm not seeing or sensing any branching paths or morality system and I've done every side mission and arena fight available to me up to that fight.

Is something big coming soon to branch the story?

banger883h ago

No mention of Grand Theft Auto? Saints Row (original trilogy), Manhunt? Also The Suffering (depending on the ending you get).

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Infinite Space: The Story Of A Forgotten Space Opera And Sega's Negligence

Space opera fans deserve a chance to experience the vastness of Infinite Space, and Sega needs to make up for its mistake.

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ZeekQuattro12h ago

I still go back to Infinite Space from time to time. Probably the most underrated game I ever played.

CDbiggen8h ago

Felt like I was the only person who bought and played this lol

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Pac-Pix - A Fantastic Forgotten Spinoff

Pac-Pix launched in 2005 as a Nintendo DS exclusive, and deserves to make a comeback on modern touchscreen devices.

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