Nintendo ships 150 million current-gen gaming systems, sells 147 Million

Theo Valich — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 11:09:57 +0000

This week will be remembered in the halls of Nintendo HQ in Kyoto, Japan. The company received all the parts necessary for building the 50th million Wii console, as AMD proudly mentioned in their press release, and shipped 100th million Nintendo DS. When we take into account that DS sold 99.51 million units, while 47.72 million purchased a Wii console, and it is clear that the month of March will mark sale of Nintendo DS #100.000.000, while Wii #50.000.000 will have to wait until April or May.

It would be really cool if the company would put special markings on these gaming systems, and sell them to the unexpected owner, making up for another PR stunt. But given the Nintendo way, we doubt this will happen. Sony and Microsoft were more likely candidates for such a promotion. This achievement puts Nintendo firmly on #1 spot as, followed by Sony with its 45.86 million PSP and 20.88 million PS3 units. Even if we count all the PS2 consoles sold from the introduction of Microsoft Xbox 360 onwards (first next-gen console to launch), Sony cannot over take Nintendo – since 2005, Sony sold 30.2 million PS2 consoles.

Nintendo consoles are the kings of the digital entertainment hill...

Table for current-gen hardware sales is as follows:
1)    Nintendo – 147.23M
2)    Sony – 66.74M
3)    Microsoft – 29.01M

This is a majestic feat, Nintendo owns 60.5% of overall current-gen gaming systems, Sony holds a 27.4% share, while Microsoft sells only the home version, and takes in 12.1% of the overall market.

If Sony didn’t mess up with the dual-Cell design and had Nvidia on the side from day one, if Microsoft held to x86 console architecture of the first Xbox, kept binary compatibility and didn’t rip its own customers by overall savings that resulted in Red Rings of Death, if this, if that… and if only Nintendo didn’t made such fantastic “essence of gaming” products, this table would look different.

But for this generation, Nintendo is the King. And that fake Wired interview has a glimpse of truth – Nintendo certainly chew Microsoft to an “also-ran” category. What a twist of fate.

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How to name a SVGA projector today? It’s a Wii projector!

Theo Valich — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 13:00:38 +0000

Going through dozens of e-mails can only lead to depression… or revelation. I’ve encountered a press release stating that BenQ is releasing two short throw DLP projectors: MP512ST and MP522ST.
The former is targeting gaming market with quotes such as “ideal for playing the Wii”, while the latter should excel in business and education. Or so the press release goes. The fact of the matter is that MP512ST is geared towards the Wii because it sports a resolution of 800×600 pixels (SVGA), and if it stayed there, we would be happy. But the release continued quoting that an 800×600 projector is ideal for “PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, movies and more”.
Anybody who ever played a PS3/X360 games on 800×600 projectors knows that he is going to get blurry images and down sampled resolution. Other than that, rest of specifications is solid: 2200 ANSI lumens, 2500:1 contrast ratio, HDMI and two 5W speakers. The lamp eats up 185W and will last for roughly half a year (3000-4000 hours). All of this is enclosed in a snow white case. It should look good with the Xbox 360, fairly good with the white Wii and not so good with the PS3.

Wii Projector otherwise carries a dull name of MP512ST ;-)

What makes this projector interesting is the fact that it is capable of projecting a 140cm (55″) image at only one meter (100cm, 40 inches) distance from the screen. This is really an impressive feat. Price in UK is set at 430 squids ($740) and will be available at the end of October.

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Nintendo ships 150 million current-gen gaming systems, sells 147 Million

How to name a SVGA projector today? It’s a Wii projector!