Why do Nintendo sell more games than all manufacturers combined?

[Andrespetmonkey]

happydolphin said: Jay520 said: But Nintendo has been games since 1983. Or course, they're going to have an advantage. If Sony started making games in 1983, I'm sure the margin of difference would be much closer. To make this fair, you should only include Nintendo games from 1995 or later. +   Andrespetmonkey said: That's a pretty pathetic list imo (game-wise). A pre-wii list would be amazing. Do it. =   You're absolutely right... so I'll do it, I'll remove all the shitty games (game-wise). I made a list ensuring a great distance between one entry and another in a series (SMB -> NSMB, Pokémon R/G/B -> Diamond Pearl), and no more than 2 entries in a series. I also removed Wii Sports because it's pathetic. Pos Game Platform Year Genre Publisher North America Europe Japan Rest of World Global 2 Super Mario Bros. NES 1985 Platform Nintendo 29.08 3.58 6.81 0.77 40.24 4 Pokémon Red / Green / Blue Version GB 1996 Role-Playing Nintendo 11.27 8.89 10.22 1 31.37 5 Tetris GB 1989 Puzzle Nintendo 23.2 2.26 4.22 0.58 30.26 6 Wii Sports Resort Wii 2009 Sports Nintendo 13.6 10.38 3.05 2.89 29.92 8 New Super Mario Bros. DS 2006 Platform Nintendo 10.49 8.71 6.46 2.83 28.49 9 Duck Hunt NES 1984 Shooter Nintendo 26.93 0.63 0.28 0.47 28.31 11 Nintendogs DS 2005 Simulation Nintendo 9.02 10.75 1.93 2.72 24.42 20 Pokémon Diamond / Pearl Version DS 2006 Role-Playing Nintendo 6.32 4.31 6.04 1.34 18.01 35 Animal Crossing: Wild World DS 2005 Simulation Nintendo 2.43 3.21 5.33 0.83 11.79 42 Super Smash Bros. Brawl Wii 2008 Fighting Nintendo 5.61 2.24 2.4 0.9 11.16                   Total: 253.97

I've played Wii Sports Resort... I'll allow it.

Beautiful.

Fun fact: Nobody I know has ever beaten my mums high score in Tetris.