Nintendo Number One

For the first time in years, Nintendo displaced Sony as the leader in video game consoles


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For the first time in years, Nintendo displaced Sony as the leader in video game sales. This quarter, said a new market report on Tuesday, Nintendo's sales of Wii and DS was up 31 percent from the second quarter of this year. That's more than double the amount than the sales in the year prior. This news marks the first time Nintendo has accomplished this feat since first being displaced by Sony with the release of the new Playstation 1, compared to Nintendo 64.

The combined sales of Wii and DS, according to iSupply, totaled US$1.2 billion during the third quarter of 2007. Sony's PSP, PS2, and PS3 combined sales was $1.0 billion on the same period. Microsoft, however, reached $318 million for the combined sales of the original Xbox and the new Xbox 360.

Because of the slow move of Sony to reduce the prices of its products and produce compelling games, third-party game publishers are moving towards a different platform. If this continues, developers may feel that working with Nintendo outweighs the benefits of working with Sony.