Spanish sales: Half of current gen consoles are Wiis
Today, Nintendo Ibérica (Spain and Portugal) showed Gfk Spanish figures for the first time in three years. Nintendomination is now big in here:
LTD:
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Install base: 2 million Wii in Spain, 1,253,000 PS3 and 675,000 Xbox360
- Nintendo has 61,3 % of current gen market (Wii + Nintendo DS)
- Console market share: Wii - 50.9%, PS3 - 31,9% and Xbox 360 - 17,2%
- Handheld market share: Nintendo DS – 67,7% and PSP – 32,4%
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Spanish hardware market has grown 458% over the last 5 years, (6th biggest in the World)
- Games for Nintendo platforms account for 52,5% of software market share
- Best sellers of the decade (2000-2009): Wii Play, Dr. Kawashima’s Brain Training, Mario Kart Wii, Wii Fit, More Brain Training and New Super Mario Bros.
* Games per system. Attach rate:
- Wii: 5.7 games/console
- Xbox 360: 6.3 games/console
- PS3: 8 games/console
[Important: piracy rate in Spain is the biggest between industrialised countries. Nintendo DS, PSP and Wii are the most shocked systems]
2009:
- Console market share remained almost as global figures.
- Nintendo DS had 72,8% market share against PSP 27,2%
- Best sellers (console): Wii Play, Wii Sports Resort, Mario Kart and Wii Fit
- Best sellers (handheld): Professor Layton and Pandora’s Box, Pokémon Platinum, Professor Layton and the Curious Village and New Super Mario Bros.
- New Super Mario Bros. Wii was the best selling game in December, Wii Fit Plus came at # 2 and Wii Sports Resort at # 3.