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Nintendo has responded to another month of massive sales for its Wii and Nintendo DS platforms – 803,210 units for Wii and 491,176 units for Nintendo DS during October in the US. According to Nintendo, these sales bring lifetime US sales for Wii to more than 13.35 million and Nintendo DS to more than 23.02 million.
Nintendo’s total hardware unit sales represent a 25.7 per cent increase over October 2007 and account for 59.3 per cent of the industry’s total.
“Nintendo provides consumers with the best value not only among video games, but also among most entertainment options,” said Cammie Dunaway, Nintendo of America’s executive vice president of Sales & Marketing. “Nintendo also provides an incomparable range of experiences that everyone can enjoy, whether you’ve been playing for years or are just getting into video games.”
Three games made for Nintendo systems placed in the top five best-selling games of the month, including Wii Fit at No.2 with 487,234 copies sold, Mario Kart Wii at No.4 with 289,869 copies sold and Wii Play at No.5 with 281,844 copies sold. The lifetime US sales of Wii Fit now total more than 2.83 million.
