Mario All Grown Up?

Reggie Fils-Aime, frequent spokesperson for Nintendo, has a piece extolling the way in which Nintendo will disrupt the videogaming market with the release of the Revolution. His editorial uses the movie industry as a comparison, and likens the systems of Sony and Microsoft to 'flops'. From the article: "Nintendo's counterpunch is disruption. We've determined that the videogame market is ripe for revival--and we're looking to make it happen by reaching out to the millions of players still on the sidelines, including those over the age of 35. Early moves have been promising. Nintendogs, a game that allows people to train virtual puppies, has doubled the typical percentage of female purchasers, selling 1.5 million copies in about four months. Not bad, given that Nintendo DS hardware is in 4 million hands." Yeah, it's just more advertising claptrap, but the levels of hyperbole they're reaching is sort of breathtaking to behold.

Wrong numbers for DS sales

[dstone]

The article says "Not bad, given that Nintendo DS hardware is in 4 million hands."

Maybe they're talking about just one market (seems unusual though, considering the DS and its games are regionless), but many I've sources [msn.com] claim a DS sales figure of at least 13 million units. Which means it's in around 26 million hands.

Mario is still a youngin'

[Anonymous Coward]

Just listen [ebaumsworld.com] to the way he talks and is very obvious that he has not grown up.

He may look like an adult, but he is still a teenager at heart.

Re:The market is alive and well

[ral8158]

Would like to point out that there are FAR more than 13 final fantasy games.
Sure, 1-12, and X2.
Then Tactics.
Then Tactics Advance.
Then all the weird chocobo adventure/Gameboy titles that really sucked.
All the re-releases, like Final Fantasy Origins and Dawn of Souls and such...
Don't forget about the tons of new FF7 stuff coming out. (Dirge of Cerebus, Advent Children, w/e else)
And last and least, Final Fantasy Pong. What? Hasn't come out yet? Well, it will.

Re:Four generations?

[xtieburn]

While I am a blatent Dreamcast fanboy I dont think anyone can dispute that the Dreamcast wupped the crap out of the Playstation and the N64. It took the PS2 two years of its life span to start making games that looked better (and in my most assuredly fanboy opinion never made games as fun.) You dont have to believe my hearsay though just look at its specs. Its easily twice as powerful as the PS probably nearing twice that of the N64.

Itd should probably be
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Gen 4: Playstation / N64
Gen 4.5: Dreamcast / (possibly PS2)
Gen 5: Xbox / Gamecube / (possibly PS2)
Gen 6: Xbox 360 (its out now... aint it?)

Probably need a Gen 4.75 for the PS2 or some such. (The N64 technically wupped the PS however Nintendo dropped the ball by keeping cartridges both the Playstation and the Dreamcast utilised textures to impressive effect. The N64 didnt have the room and nearly any head way it gained in power was utilised in making its limited textures not look crappy. The real kick to the nuts being that if Nintendo had stuck with the CD drive they would probably be in Sony's dominant position today, seeing as the playstation was more or less a result of working with Nintendo to get them the CD drive in the first place.)

Getting back to the topic I believe hes probably talking about the NES, SNES, N64 and Gamecube as the four generations.

Re:Four generations?

[KeeperS]

Keep in mind that the article was written by the Executing VP of Sales and Marketing for Nintendo of America. He's talking about his company, which has had four generations of home consoles:

Nintendo
Super Nintendo
N64
Gamecube