The Nintendo DS is Ubisofts biggest seller

Nintendos premier handheld sold more games for Ubisoft last year than any other console. Games for the handheld made up 29% of games sold worldwide by Ubisoft in 2008. The French company’s success on the handheld was bolstered by sales of the ca...

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Nintendos premier handheld sold more games for Ubisoft last year than any other console.

Games for the handheld made up 29% of games sold worldwide by Ubisoft in 2008. The French company’s success on the handheld was bolstered by sales of the casual-centric ‘Pets’ and ‘Imagine’ line of games for younger gamers. In the last quarter of 2008, more games were sold for the Wii at 29%, assumedly in the lead-up to Christmas. 2008 was a good year for Ubisoft, which earnt a 14% sales boost over the previous financial year, making a whopping $1.47 billion (Americaland dollars).

Complete 2008 sales:

DS – 29% of sales
PS3 – 20% of sales
360 – 19% of sales
Wii – 18% of sales
PC – 9% of sales
PSP – 3% of sales

Fourth quarter 2008 sales:

Wii – 29%
DS – 23%
X360 – 15%
PS3 – 15%
PC – 13%
PSP – 4%
PS2 – 2%

Source: GamesIndustry.biz

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