Neat, I didn't know Japanese still counted years based on when the current emperor ascended to the throne. I have no idea what the specifics of the report are but I sure saw a lot of up triangles littered throughout it.
A couple of things that do stand out to me, if Nintendo's expectations are correct then this time next year the Wii will be surpassing the GameCubes total install base after less than 18 months on the market. If I'm not mistaken the list is Japan at top, NA below, and others below that, based on that why is the software attach rate so low in Japan? I always thought they were game freaks who did nothing but buy 100 games for every system they own (and that's just counting Final Fantasy games). Yet the Wii attach rates are roughly (JP/NA/Others) 3/6/6, GC- 7/11/9, DS- 4/5/4, GBA- 4/5/4.
Anyways, great times for the Big N, go team, ra ra ra, and all that.
