29th April 2003, 2:13 PM
(This post was last modified: 29th April 2003, 2:23 PM by Great Rumbler.)
And now for some positive Nintendo news!!
N-Philes
Quote:Sales of videogames were up 8% in March over February sales, but without Nintendo's top three games analysts say sales would have been down about 8%. According to NPD numbers the Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker sold 826,352 copies during March Nintendo's Pokemon games took the #2 and #3 spots. However, besides Nintendo the industry didn't do so well during March. "We view the March industry software data as disappointing, noting that, excluding the strong software sell-through by Nintendo, industry software sales would have been down 8.3 percent," said J.P. Morgan analyst Dean Gianoukos.
Nintendo's sales during March were estimated to be $105.5 million which is up 168% from last year. $41 million of those sales came solely from the Wind Waker. This was also well ahead of the second most profitable company, Electronic Arts, who earned an estimated $62.3 million.
Console sales in general were up 36% over February, and Game Boy Advance sales were up 32%. Overall, Playstation 2 held a 37.8% market share after March, Xbox was second with 14.7%, and GameCube just behind with 10.7%.
N-Philes
Sometimes you get the scorpion.