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Hardware Sales

1. Nintendo DS [DS, DS Lite, DSi, DSi XL] – 1,390,176 / 30,550,765
2. PlayStation Portable [PSP, PSP Go] – 1,243,802 / 14,630,257
3. Nintendo Wii – 934,010 / 10,436,009
4. PlayStation 3 – 827,906 / 5,219,313
5. Xbox 360 – 103,481 / 1,301,354
6. PlayStation 2 – 53,216 / 21,856,978

Platform Breakdowns:

1. Nintendo DS – 35
2. PlayStation 3 – 24
3. PlayStation Portable – 23
4. Nintendo Wii – 16
5. PlayStation 2 – 1
6. Xbox 360 – 1

Company Breakdowns:

By Total Sales

1. Nintendo – 5,490,000
2. Square Enix – 4,060,000
3. Konami – 2,280,000
4. Bandai Namco – 1,790,000
5. Capcom – 1,190,000

By Number of Titles

1. Konami – 19
2. Nintendo – 15
3. Bandai Namco – 14
4. Square Enix – 11
5. Capcom – 8

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A portion of a Google translated Spiegel Online interview with Miyamoto…

SPIEGEL ONLINE: Analysts indicate that sells the Wii console is not quite as well, also because it does not produce HD images. Until now, motion control, their main distinguishing feature over the grafikmächtigeren consoles from Sony and Microsoft now have both competitors and motion control systems in the program. Is it not time to reflect on a Wii successor?

Miyamoto: Many people still have fun with the Wii, there are still many good games out for it. But we think ever since the launch of the console for about a successor. We monitor the market closely. When the time comes, we will announce a successor. But that will not be very soon.

SPIEGEL ONLINE: Will be a 3-D Wii?

Miyamoto: I do not think the next step will be ours. Wii is indeed one reason so successful, because many people do not have HDTV equipment and to appreciate what the Wii offers. The Nintendo 3DS is possible because it is a portable console and 3D glasses to work without it. For the living room would need a 3-D TV and it will take some time before enough households have 3-D TVs that the theme for the Gaming significant falls.

SPIEGEL ONLINE: Mario appears now for 30 years to play in, Link, Zelda “is already quite old and many other games they E3 in Los Angeles have presented the case based on the old characters. Is not it time for some new ones?

Miyamoto: We’re always thinking about new characters to and we have also developed many. Pikmin, for example, or the Miis on the Wii. They are indeed the players, designed by avatars, but they are clearly recognizable as Nintendo characters and we use it in titles like “Wii Party”. As for Mario: He is so great because he is like a blank canvas. Some people compare him with Mickey Mouse, but that does not fit. Micky is a fully defined character is not, Mario. We do not know what he likes to eat, what is his favorite color. For games which is great because he can just do everything. Space suit flying through the universe without, any sport any exercise. We will keep him too, because you can make new games with it very easily.

Robert Troughton, co-founder of UK developer Pitbull Syndicate, has opened a new studio in Newcastle and already secured a development project. Pitbull Studio opens a year after Midway liquidated the Pitbull Syndicate team, which were renamed Midway Newcastle after an acquisition in 2007 for more than £3 million.

A portion of a Nintendo Life review…

While on occasion it suffers from a lack of character development and overall depth, this is one twist of fate that you should be more than happy to experience.