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Wii Has the Best Month in Video Game History, Nintendo DS Has the Best Calendar Year of All Time

A holiday shopping frenzy helped both of Nintendo’s video game systems make history: Nintendo’s Wii™ home system sold more than 3.8 million units in December, a new all-time single-month U.S. sales record. The Nintendo DS™ Lite and Nintendo DSi™ hand-held systems combined to sell more than 3.3 million, the second biggest month in U.S. history.

Those strong December numbers helped propel the Nintendo DS franchise to more than 11.2 million sold in 2009, a new U.S. calendar-year sales record for any video game system – ever. The Wii console finished 2009 with 9.6 million sold. Of all the Wii consoles ever sold in the United States since its November 2006 launch, nearly one-fifth (18.7 percent) were sold during November and December 2009.

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PSP – 145,682
Wii – 76,772
PS3 – 61,591
DSi – 50,178
DSi LL – 45,221
DS Lite – 10,067
Xbox 360 – 5,461
PS2 – 3,092
PSP go – 2,841

For comparison’s sake, here are the numbers from December 28, 2009 (last week).

Wii – 163,855
PSP – 132,911
PS3 – 114,368
DSi – 92,461
DSi LL – 70,643
DS Lite – 17,388
Xbox 360 – 6,878
PS2 – 4,023
PSP go – 3,903

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Hardware

PlayStation 2 333.2K
PlayStation 3 1.36M
PSP 654.7K
Xbox 360 1.31M
Wii 3.81M
Nintendo DS 3.31M

Software

NEW SUPER MARIO BROS. WII WII NINTENDO OF AMERICA Nov-09 2.82M
WII FIT PLUS* WII NINTENDO OF AMERICA Oct-09 2.41M
WII SPORTS RESORT W/ WII MOTION PLUS* WII NINTENDO OF AMERICA Jul-09 1.79M
CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE 2* 360 ACTIVISION BLIZZARD Nov-09 1.63M
CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE 2* PS3 ACTIVISION BLIZZARD Nov-09 1.12M
WII PLAY W/ REMOTE WII NINTENDO OF AMERICA Feb-07 1.01M
MARIO KART W/ WHEEL WII NINTENDO OF AMERICA Apr-08 936.1K
ASSASSIN’S CREED II 360 UBISOFT Nov-09 783.1K
LEFT 4 DEAD 2 360 ELECTRONIC ARTS Nov-09 728.5K
MARIO & LUIGI: BOWSER’S INSIDE STORY NDS NINTENDO OF AMERICA Sep-09 656.7K

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01. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
02. FIFA 10
03. Wii Sports Resort
04. Wii Fit
05. Wii Fit Plus
06. Assassin’s Creed II
07. Mario Kart Wii
08. Mario & Sonic At The Olympic Winter Games
09. Call Of Duty: World At War
10. FIFA 09
11. New Super Mario Bros. Wii
12. Wii Play
13. Professor Layton And The Curious Village
14. Forza Motorsport 3
15. Lego Batman: The Videogame
16. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
17. Need For Speed: Shift
18. Resident Evil 5
19. Dr Kawashima’s Brain Training
20. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games

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Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Ultimate All-Stars (Wii) – 9.0
Glory of Heracles (DS) – 7.0
Pinball Hall of Fame: The Gottlieb Collection (Wii) – 6.5
Bejeweled Twist (DS) – 8.5

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“Our current plans are to continue manufacturing Nintendo DS Lite globally. The DS Lite has been a highly popular handheld console and has brought fun to an expanded audience of gamers – male and female; young and old – and sales remain strong. That said, it is true that our key focus in the UK for 2010 will be the Nintendo DSi and DSi XL.” – Nintendo statement

If I had to choose between purchasing a DSi or DS Lite, I’d go with the DSi (or XL). However, I can understand consumers who would rather purchase the Lite if they aren’t really interested in DSiWare or some of the other features available on the DSi.

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Guildford, UK – 14th January 2010 – Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS) today announced that it is developing a new title, Percy Jackson, for its FLIPS interactive book series created exclusively for the Nintendo DS™. FLIPS provides kids with a new fun way to read and interact with Rick Riordian’s incredibly popular mythological book series.

FLIPS Percy Jackson will include all five books from the fantasy series, Percy Jackson and the Olympians, along with two bonus titles, offering fans a new perspective on the action-packed tales of the modern teenage Demigod, whose mother is a mortal and whose father is the Greek God Poseidon. Titles include:

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14 January 2010 – The fun of handheld gaming can now be shared with friends and family as the Nintendo DSi XL, which has the largest total screen size of any handheld console on the market and a wider viewing angle, launches across Europe on 5 March 2010.

The new handheld console sports two 4.2 inch screens – 93% bigger than the screen on the Nintendo DS Lite. In addition, the new screens have a much wider viewing angle, making it easy for people to watch and share the fun. Whether it’s encouraging family or friends to beat your score on A Little Bit of… Dr Kawashima’s Brain Training, solving the mysteries of Professor Layton together or simply offering ‘helpful’ backseat advice during a frantic race in Mario Kart, the Nintendo DSi XL opens up a new world of shared handheld gaming whilst breathing new life into your favourite Nintendo DS games as you experience them on the big screen.

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