December NPD: Nintendo ends 2009 on a high note

I really hate Nintendo. So long as hardware makers don't follow suit the next generation and come out with some gimmickey kid focused piece of crap we'll be ok.

people are interpreting the sales figures wrong. people buy for the holidays. if you put november and december together, the 360 clearly outsold the ps3 over the holidays. and the wii put the smackdown on everyone.

So when is Nintendo's mind control devices going public?

Damn it.

lol, seems like kids still make up most of the wii demographic. the wii does have much more kid-friendly games than 360/ps3.

Shit, who am I kidding? Compared to the competition? Their games suck even without competition.

I believe they call it the....Wii? Was that it? Can't think straight......mind foggy.....must go buy Wii Sports Resort again.

Man, add in the top 20 and you get an even better look at how well Nintendo titles are selling on both the Wii and DS, as well as a couple 3rd party titles on Nintendo systems -- Mario & Sonic by Sega, Just Dance by UbiSoft, and Scribblenauts by Warner.

1. New Super Mario Bros. Wii - Wii - Nintendo - 2.82M
2. Wii Fit Plus - Wii - Nintendo - 2.41M
3. Wii Sports Resort - Wii - Nintendo - 1.79M
4. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 - Xbox 360 - Activision - 1.63M
5. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 - PS3 - Activision - 1.12M
6. Wii Play w/remote - Wii - Nintendo - 1.01M
7. Mario Kart w/ Wheel - Wii - Nintendo - 936.1K
8. Assassin's Creed II - Xbox 360 - Ubisoft - 783.1K
9. Left 4 Dead 2 - Xbox 360 - Valve - 728.5K
10. Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story - DS - Nintendo -656.7K

11. The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks (DS)
12. New Super Mario Bros. DS
13. Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games DS
14. Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games Wii
15. Madden NFL 10 (360)
16. Scribblenauts (DS)
17. Mario Kart DS
18. Assassin's Creed II (PS3)
19. Madden NFL 10 (PS3)
20. Just Dance (Wii)

As for third parties abandoning the Wii, yes we have seen some comments come from UBisoft, Capcom, and Sega lately, yet UbiSoft is making a surprise killing with Just Dance and actually marketing it, and just announced Prince of Persia and Raving Rabbids 4 on top of upcoming Red Steel 2 - and perhaps they'll end up publishing No More Heroes 2 in some regions -- and you've got SEGA working on more sports titles, All Stars Racing, and maybe even Project Needlemeouse or Madworld 2 for the Wii, and Capcom gearing up for it's biggest Wii Releases yet, with Monster Hunter 3 and Tatsunoko vs. Capcom, as well as Ace Attorney and Mega Man 10 on WiiWare.

On top of these third parties offering cont'd support of the Wii despite trepidations, we've seen steady support, especially from Eastern 3rd parties that have been staunch supporters of the Wii such as Bandai Namco, who have Tales of the World, more Naruto gaemes, and just launched Sky Crawlers: Innocent Aces.

And good ol' Hudson Soft, who are delivering us perhaps there best year yet with the Bonk: Age of Extinction, Military Madness Nectaris, a second Bomeberman Blast all making appearances on Wii Ware, as well as J-horror title Calling and Ico-esque Tower of Shadow being Wii retail/disc game exclusives, as well as more accessible titles like a sequel to Hard Working People, Rooms the Game, and rumors of them finally returning for Mario Party 10.

There are plenty of other smaller studios and once-giant Japanese firms still working on the Wii, but you get the point.

I totally concede that the Wii s lacking in Western RPG, action and FPS titles, but 'd say that especially if you're into more old skool and Eastern style games, the Wii is still getting enough third party support.

CHEA! PS3 beat out the 360. :D good s***. Good s***.

As for the Wii. LOL.. look at all the poor Ba*****s buying that system.