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Forums - Nintendo - My respect for Nintendo as a publisher, and why I believe that Sony & Microsoft wish they were a little more like them.

BuckStud on 24 February 2013

While gamers love to wage war against each other as to who has the better system, the companies that make these systems have a different war to fight. While companies try to provide a product or service that their user base wants, in the end, it all comes down to being profitable. Of the big three video game system manufactures left, one has shown time and time again that they have what it takes to remain the king of video games. While Sony & Microsoft have their hands in a little bit of everything, Nintendo has stayed very focused on what they know and love. I think that the chart below of the top 50 selling video games of all time tells a lot about which company is truly committed to video games.

I've owed pretty much every system ever released in the USA and many that weren't. All of the systems have had great games and all have had their share of losers. As a publisher though, no one can compare to Nintendo. Their hit to miss ratio is simply in a league of it's own. If you don't like Nintendo for whatever reason, that's your prerogative, but you have to respect the fact that they have kept our favorite hobby mainstream. "Hardcore" players simply are not enough to sustain the industry on their own.

Keep playing your favorite games on your favorite systems, but respect the fact that other may like different games or different systems. While I do have systems that I may like more than others as they appeal to me more, I don't hate any one system or ny one company.

This chart speaks for itself.

PosGamePlatformYearGenrePublisherNorth AmericaEuropeJapanRest of WorldGlobal
1 Wii Sports Wii 2006 Sports Nintendo 40.36 28.37 3.77 8.53 81.03
2 Super Mario Bros. NES 1985 Platform Nintendo 29.08 3.58 6.81 0.77 40.24
3 Mario Kart Wii Wii 2008 Racing Nintendo 14.41 12.20 3.62 3.21 33.44
4 Wii Sports Resort Wii 2009 Sports Nintendo 14.76 10.50 3.17 3.01 31.43
5 Pokémon Red / Green / Blue Version GB 1996 Role-Playing Nintendo 11.27 8.89 10.22 1.00 31.37
6 Tetris GB 1989 Puzzle Nintendo 23.20 2.26 4.22 0.58 30.26
7 New Super Mario Bros. DS 2006 Platform Nintendo 10.82 8.86 6.48 2.88 29.03
8 Wii Play Wii 2006 Misc Nintendo 13.83 9.11 2.93 2.84 28.70
9 Duck Hunt NES 1984 Shooter Nintendo 26.93 0.63 0.28 0.47 28.31
10 New Super Mario Bros. Wii Wii 2009 Platform Nintendo 13.29 6.46 4.65 2.25 26.65
11 Nintendogs DS 2005 Simulation Nintendo 9.02 10.81 1.93 2.73 24.49
12 Pokémon Gold / Silver Version GB 1999 Role-Playing Nintendo 9.00 6.18 7.20 0.71 23.10
13 Wii Fit Wii 2007 Sports Nintendo 8.91 8.15 3.60 2.08 22.73
14 Mario Kart DS DS 2005 Racing Nintendo 9.31 7.11 4.11 1.90 22.44
15 Wii Fit Plus Wii 2009 Sports Nintendo 8.78 7.92 2.53 1.85 21.09
16 Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas PS2 2004 Action Take-Two Interactive 9.43 8.48 0.41 2.49 20.81
17 Super Mario World SNES 1990 Platform Nintendo 12.78 3.75 3.54 0.55 20.61
18 Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day DS 2005 Misc Nintendo 4.71 9.10 4.16 2.04 20.01
19 Kinect Adventures! X360 2010 Misc Microsoft Game Studios 13.44 4.32 0.23 1.81 19.81
20 Super Mario Land GB 1989 Platform Nintendo 10.83 2.71 4.18 0.42 18.14
21 Pokémon Diamond / Pearl Version DS 2006 Role-Playing Nintendo 6.32 4.33 6.04 1.35 18.04
22 Super Mario Bros. 3 NES 1988 Platform Nintendo 9.54 3.44 3.84 0.46 17.28
23 Grand Theft Auto: Vice City PS2 2002 Action Take-Two Interactive 8.41 5.49 0.47 1.78 16.15
24 Pokémon Ruby / Sapphire Version GBA 2002 Role-Playing Nintendo 6.06 3.90 5.38 0.50 15.85
25 Brain Age 2: More Training in Minutes a Day DS 2005 Misc Nintendo 3.41 5.32 5.32 1.18 15.24
26 Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec PS2 2001 Racing Sony Computer Entertainment 6.85 4.99 1.87 1.16 14.88
27 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 X360 2011 Shooter Activision 9.21 4.08 0.12 1.42 14.83
28 Pokémon Yellow: Special Pikachu Edition GB 1998 Role-Playing Nintendo 5.89 5.04 3.12 0.59 14.64
29 Pokémon Black / White Version DS 2010 Role-Playing Nintendo 5.28 2.80 5.63 0.89 14.60
30 Call of Duty: Black Ops X360 2010 Shooter Activision 9.05 3.41 0.10 1.30 13.86
31 Grand Theft Auto III PS2 2001 Action Take-Two Interactive 6.99 4.51 0.30 1.30 13.10
32 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 X360 2009 Shooter Activision 8.26 3.38 0.08 1.26 12.98
33 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 PS3 2011 Shooter Activision 5.45 4.68 0.47 2.01 12.60
34 Super Mario 64 N64 1996 Platform Nintendo 6.91 2.85 1.91 0.23 11.89
35 Call of Duty: Black Ops PS3 2010 Shooter Activision 5.66 3.94 0.47 1.78 11.84
36 Animal Crossing: Wild World DS 2005 Simulation Nintendo 2.43 3.24 5.33 0.83 11.83
37 Halo 3 X360 2007 Shooter Microsoft Game Studios 7.71 2.71 0.13 1.18 11.73
38 Super Smash Bros. Brawl Wii 2008 Fighting Nintendo 5.87 2.27 2.47 0.93 11.54
39 Call of Duty: Black Ops II X360 2012 Shooter Activision 7.02 3.33 0.03 1.12 11.50
40 Pokémon Heart Gold / Soul Silver Version DS 2009 Role-Playing Nintendo 4.19 2.58 3.96 0.76 11.49
41 Gran Turismo 4 PS2 2004 Racing Sony Computer Entertainment 3.01 5.63 1.10 1.62 11.36
42 The Sims PC 2000 Simulation Electronic Arts 11.22 0.01 0.00 0.00 11.23
43 Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins GB 1992 Platform Nintendo 6.16 2.04 2.69 0.29 11.18
44 Gran Turismo PS 1997 Racing Sony Computer Entertainment 4.22 3.87 2.54 0.52 11.15
45 Super Mario Galaxy Wii 2007 Platform Nintendo 5.66 3.13 1.20 0.71 10.71
46 Super Mario All-Stars SNES 1993 Platform Nintendo 5.99 2.15 2.12 0.29 10.55
47 Pokémon FireRed / LeafGreen Version GBA 2004 Role-Playing Nintendo 4.34 2.65 3.15 0.35 10.49
48 Grand Theft Auto IV X360 2008 Action Take-Two Interactive 6.19 2.83 0.13 0.99 10.15
49 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 PS3 2009 Shooter Activision 4.85 3.35 0.38 1.53 10.11
50 Super Mario 64 DS DS 2004 Platform Nintendo 4.79 2.92 1.25 0.95 9.92


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_crazy_man_ on 24 February 2013

Dem software numbers! 

But it's kinda expected that a company that primarily makes video games does it better than a company where video gaming is just a side industry. ;p



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Otakumegane on 24 February 2013

No one can defeat Nintendo in the software department.



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Talal on 24 February 2013

People buy Nintendo products almost solely for their games, that's not the case for Sony and Microsoft. So yeah Nintendo does make amazing games.



IsawYoshi on 24 February 2013

People buy the systems for those games, so what can you expect. That list really are amazing :O



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NintendoPie on 24 February 2013

I'm not surprised by the list. As you said, it speaks for itself.



o_O.Q on 24 February 2013

since tetris has more sales than the vast majority of games on that list does that mean that tetris is better than games such as super smash bros brawl, super mario 64, halo 3 etc?

edit: actually tetris has more sales than brawl AND super mario 64 combined 



S.Peelman on 24 February 2013
o_O.Q said:
since tetris has more sales than the vast majority of games on that list does that mean that tetris is better than games such as super smash bros brawl, super mario 64, halo 3 etc?

No, and that wasn't the point, it means it was an utter genious idea.



Scoobes on 24 February 2013

If we're talking about games entering the mainstream then surely we should also be looking beyond the consoles to tablets and mobiles? Don't the Angry Birds games for instance have over 1 billion downloads?




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Scoobes on 24 February 2013
RolStoppable said:
Scoobes said:
If we're talking about games entering the mainstream then surely we should also be looking beyond the consoles to tablets and mobiles? Don't the Angry Birds games for instance have over 1 billion downloads?

Wow. What a hater.

Hates great. Leads to the dark side.




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