Nintendo announced that more than 1 million copies of Pokemon for DS have been sold in the US in less than a week.
May 1, 2007 (Press Release) --
With operating profits of more than 226 billion yen and 150% increase in profits compared to the same period last year Nintendo is now enjoying the new status of David.
With a market capitalization of more than $42.74 billion, Nintendo is not very far from its home ground rival Sony, which is estimated at $53.55 billion, but has business in a lot more domains.
So the fact that Nintendo reports a new success with its Pokemon franchise doesn’t surprise anyone. It’s quite a usual thing lately for the Kyoto-based giant to produce revolutionary products (e.g. Nintendo Wii’s code-name was Revolution) that immediately attract customers of all ages.
Pokemon is no exception. In the US, more than 1 million copies of Pokémon Diamond and Pokémon Pearl for the Nintendo DS were sold in less than 5 days of availability. Consumers rushed to snap-up their own copy of the game at an amazing rate (almost 200,000 copies per day!), setting a record for any Pokemon game sold until now in North America.
The recent success boosts Pokemon’s worldwide popularity to outstanding levels, more than 155 million copies having been sold to date.
But that doesn’t stop here: Pokémon Diamond and Pokémon Pearl are also on track of becoming US’ top selling games in 2007 (and we’re only in April…). More than one half million people pre-ordered the games before launch. Additionally, thousands of people attended the kickoff launch event in New York, and demand for the games continues to be off the charts.
The million in the US is a completion of the more than 5 million Pokemon games already sold in Japan since September 28, 2006.
Nintendo brought a new face to the Pokemon characters, specially adapted for the DS’ unique features: a 3D look of all the heroes, worldwide wireless battling and trading using Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection and more than 100 new Pokemon.
However, the joy needs more exploitation: Nintendo announced that the Pokemons will also invade the Wii this summer. The new title will launch on June 25 and will be called Pokémon Battle Revolution. Diamond and Pearl owners will be able to use their DS hardware units as controllers for Pokémon Battle Revolution and also will be able to export characters to the Wii game.
Author: Dan Nicolae Alexa
Source: http://www.playfuls.com/
With a market capitalization of more than $42.74 billion, Nintendo is not very far from its home ground rival Sony, which is estimated at $53.55 billion, but has business in a lot more domains.
So the fact that Nintendo reports a new success with its Pokemon franchise doesn’t surprise anyone. It’s quite a usual thing lately for the Kyoto-based giant to produce revolutionary products (e.g. Nintendo Wii’s code-name was Revolution) that immediately attract customers of all ages.
Pokemon is no exception. In the US, more than 1 million copies of Pokémon Diamond and Pokémon Pearl for the Nintendo DS were sold in less than 5 days of availability. Consumers rushed to snap-up their own copy of the game at an amazing rate (almost 200,000 copies per day!), setting a record for any Pokemon game sold until now in North America.
The recent success boosts Pokemon’s worldwide popularity to outstanding levels, more than 155 million copies having been sold to date.
But that doesn’t stop here: Pokémon Diamond and Pokémon Pearl are also on track of becoming US’ top selling games in 2007 (and we’re only in April…). More than one half million people pre-ordered the games before launch. Additionally, thousands of people attended the kickoff launch event in New York, and demand for the games continues to be off the charts.
The million in the US is a completion of the more than 5 million Pokemon games already sold in Japan since September 28, 2006.
Nintendo brought a new face to the Pokemon characters, specially adapted for the DS’ unique features: a 3D look of all the heroes, worldwide wireless battling and trading using Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection and more than 100 new Pokemon.
However, the joy needs more exploitation: Nintendo announced that the Pokemons will also invade the Wii this summer. The new title will launch on June 25 and will be called Pokémon Battle Revolution. Diamond and Pearl owners will be able to use their DS hardware units as controllers for Pokémon Battle Revolution and also will be able to export characters to the Wii game.
Author: Dan Nicolae Alexa
Source: http://www.playfuls.com/
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