Details from the latest NIntendo annual report have come in, and it gives some interesting figures that really put things in perspective:
– Over the past 30 years, Nintendo has sold 653 million units of hardware.
– 268 million consoles, 385 million handhelds
– 2.195 billion units of software sold on home consoles
– 1.907 billion units of software for handhelds
– Software numbers include download software and bundled software
To put things in perspective: That works out to nearly 60,000 units of hardware sold every day on average, and nearly 375,000 units of software sold per day on average. The average software tie ratio? 6 games per unit of hardware.
That’s a lot of merchandise. Wowza.
People continue to ask Bethesda about potential support for Wii U, but the answer doesn’t change. It’s the same as it always has been: the console just isn’t in the publisher’s plans.
Once again, Bethesda’s current slate – The Elder Scrolls Online, Wolfenstein: The New Order, and The Evil Within aren’t coming to Wii U.
Bethesda VP of PR and marketing Pete Hines explained to Joystiq that the lack of support is “largely a hardware thing.” As far as whether the company will bring titles to Wii U in the future, Hines said: “I can’t say for sure, in our near-term focus it’s not on our radar.”
“None of the game’s we’ve announced are being developed for the Wii U, so it’s guaranteed that none of those games are coming to Wii U. Will any future ones come out? I can’t say for sure, in our near-term focus it’s not on our radar.”
“It’s largely a hardware thing. (Bethesda’s mantra is to) make the games that we want to make, on whatever platforms will support them as developed.”
Hines added that “it remains to be seen what the future holds.”
Senran Kagura Burst has been confirmed for North America, XSEED has confirmed. The game will be released this all as an eShop-only title.
XSEED writes in today’s announcement that Burst will retain its Japanese voiceovers, supplemented with English subtitles.
You can find the official announcement below. A few English screenshots can be found above.
During a recent Nintendo Direct, it was announced that Bravely Default would be hitting Europe later this year. North America, on the other hand, would be forced to wait until next year for the game’s arrival.
However, a recent document from Nintendo suggested that Bravely Default had been delayed in Europe. An official release schedule mentioned that the RPG would be out in 2014 – just like North America.
But wait! Now the official Bravely Default Twitter account has stepped in and said that it’s still coming to Europe before the year ends:
The release of the edition in Europe is 2013. RT @tkr1102: BDFF?EU??????????????????????????????????????
— ??????????? (@BDFF_OFFICIAL) August 6, 2013
Who should we believe?!
NetherRealm Studios creative director Ed Boon has once again taken to Twitter and posted a clue for the next, unannounced character DLC for Injustice: Gods Among Us.
Here’s the latest:
INJUSTICE DLC character #6 clue: Olivia Newton John
— Ed Boon (@noobde) August 6, 2013
Boon confirmed yesterday that an announcement regarding the new DLC will be made sometime this week.
