I’m only talking about the US in terms of marketshare.
I’m only talking about market share at any given point… not total games sold since each company formed.
Nintendo games do sell a lot, but when you think about how many games Nintendo actually releases a year, you’ll see why.
(and I’m not entirely sure those sales numbers are accurate, either… they sound a bit high, but who knows?)
[quote=“Abadd”]1) I’m only talking about the US in terms of marketshare.
Nintendo games do sell a lot, but when you think about how many games Nintendo actually releases a year, you’ll see why.
(and I’m not entirely sure those sales numbers are accurate, either… they sound a bit high, but who knows?)[/quote]
Well as far as major franchise numbers goes:
Super Mario Bros NES 40.24
Super Mario World SNES 20.61
Super Mario Land GB 18.14
Super Mario Bros 3 NES 17.28
Super Mario 64 N64 11.91
Super Mario Land 2 GB 11.18
Super Mario Allstars SNES 10.55
Super Mario Bros 2 NES 7.46
Super Mario Land 3: Wario Land GB 5.19
Super Mario Bros DX GB 5.07
Super Mario Advance GBA 4.41
Super Mario Advance 2 GBA 4.36
Super Mario Sunshine GC 4.19
Super Mario Bros 2 JP NES 2.65
Super Mario Advance 4 GBA 2.59
Super Mario Advance 3 GBA 2.15
Mario Party N64 2.70
Mario Party 2 N64 2.48
Mario Party 4 GC 2.29
Mario Party 3 N64 1.91
Mario Party 5 GC 1.64
Mario Kart 64 N64 9.87
Super Mario Kart SNES 8.76
Mario Kart: Super Circuit GBA 4.46
Mario Kart: Double Dash GC 3.58
Yoshi’s Island SNES 4.12
Yoshi GB 3.12
Yoshi’s Story N64 2.85
Yoshi NES 1.75
Yoshi’s Cookie GB 1.53
Yoshi’s Cookie NES 1.12
Super Mario Land 3: Wario Land GB 5.19
Super Mario RPG SNES 2.14
Paper Mario N64 1.37
Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga GBA 1.10
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina Of Time N64 7.60
The Legend of Zelda NES 6.51
The Legend of Zelda: Link To The Past SNES 4.61
The Legend of Zelda: Adventure Of Link NES 4.38
The Legend of Zelda: Oracle Of Ages / Seasons GB 3.98
The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening GB 3.83
The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask N64 3.36
The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker GC 3.33
The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening DX GB 2.22
The Legend of Zelda: Link To The Past GBA 2.07
Super Smash Bros N64 5.55
Smash Bros Melee GC 4.44
Metroid NES 2.73
Metroid Prime GC 1.87
Metroid 2: Return Of Samus GB 1.72
Super Metroid SNES 1.42
Metroid Fusion GBA 1.39
Starfox 64 N64 4.00
Starfox SNES 2.99
Starfox Adventures GC 1.60
Pokemon Red/Blue/Green GB 29.0
Pokemon Gold/Silver GBC 23.0
Pokemon Yellow GB 15.0
Pokemon Ruby / Sapphire GBA 12.78
Pokemon Crystal GBC 9.0
Pokemon Stadium N64 5.46
Pokemon Pinball GB 5.31
Pokemon Trading Card GB 3.70
Pokemon Snap N64 3.63
Pokemon Stadium 2 N64 2.54
Pokemon Stadium JP N64 1.37
Pokemon Pinball: Ruby Sapphire GBA 1.09
Considering that Nintendo operates on two platforms right now, instead of 3 (or 4 if you include PC) the way EA does, they have been rather close to them. Nintendo is the third largest publisher, in terms of software sales, worldwide. First is EA, and slightly behind them is Activision. Nintendo is a bit further behind Activision.
Are you sure Activision is in second? I could have sworn it was Nintendo… but, it’s been a while since I’ve seen official numbers, so I could very well be wrong.
To be honest, I’m not 100% certain, but I’m pretty sure. You could always check on old GameSpot news articles to find quarterly and yearly results that the companies send out.
In terms of pure profit, Nintendo is easily the most profitable - they were expecting to make about 740 million dollars in profits this year a few months ago. That might not pan out, though, because the dollar has weakened recently…
For Nintendo, though, I’m sure the Yen profit is more important, since I’m sure they’re not traded on the US stock exchange, anyway.
But yeah… they have a lot of money. I mean, heck… they own the Seattle Mariners, fer cryin’ out loud 
[quote=“Abadd”]For Nintendo, though, I’m sure the Yen profit is more important, since I’m sure they’re not traded on the US stock exchange, anyway.
But yeah… they have a lot of money. I mean, heck… they own the Seattle Mariners, fer cryin’ out loud :D[/quote]
Nintendo has 12 billion dollars in the bank (Microsoft has about 64 billion).
Nintendo works in the dollar, unlike most Japanese companies, so their profits go down when the yen is strong against the dollar. That is why they only made a little over $200 million in profit last year…