Nintendo Reveals Lifelong Hardware Sales

<p>Nintendo revealed their latest lifelong hardware sales figures today for its consoles to investors&comma; announcing in the process that it made a profit of 7&period;09 billion yen&comma; roughly translating to &dollar;71&period;3m&sol;£46&period;7m profit for the financial year&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The big N revealed that the Nintendo Wii U has sold 3&period;45 million units worldwide as of the 31st March 2013 although the original Wii console outsold it by shipping 3&period;98 million units although do keep in mind that the Wii U was released towards the end of 2012&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Other hardware figures show that the Nintendo 3DS has shifted 31&period;09 million units alongside 95&period;03 million copies of titles&comma; with Super Mario 3D Land being the most popular contributing 8&period;29 million to the total&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The company also revealed that they are predicting to sell 9 million Wii U consoles &lpar;6&period;55 million more units&rpar; and 18 million units within the next financial year&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lbrack;Source&colon; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;nintendo&period;co&period;jp&sol;ir&sol;en&sol;">Nintendo<&sol;a> via <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;uk&period;gamespot&period;com&sol;news&sol;nintendo-turns-a-profit-but-misses-sales-forecast-by-half-6407454">Gamespot<&sol;a>&rsqb;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"zemanta-pixie" style&equals;"margin-top&colon; 10px&semi; height&colon; 15px&semi;"><img class&equals;"zemanta-pixie-img" style&equals;"border&colon; none&semi; float&colon; right&semi;" alt&equals;"" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;img&period;zemanta&period;com&sol;pixy&period;gif&quest;x-id&equals;3566afed-c7d5-4502-ae7e-c76627ed5ee6" &sol;><&sol;div>&NewLine;