澳大利亚
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/business/story/0,28124,24941062-36418,00.html
http://kotaku.com/5135904/which- ... stralia-during-2008
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,24939268-2862,00.html

加拿大
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/01/16/video-games.html

FAMILY-friendly titles helped fuel a record $2 billion video game sales bonanza last year.

The economic slowdown has done nothing to dent Australians' passion for games.

Sales surged to $1.96 million in 2008 - a 47 per cent increase on the previous year.

Official sales statistics compiled by market research company GfK reveal non-violent family games were the key to the sales boost.

The family category grew by a whopping 137 per cent, making it the No 1 genre, ahead of action games.

CEO of the Interactive Entertainment Association of Australia, Ron Curry, said games industry sales had grown by 112 per cent since 2006, proving video games are now very much part of Australian families' home-entertainment experience.

"The industry has really witnessed phenomenal growth, which has largely been driven by people playing games together," Mr Curry said.

The number of G-classified games released last year grew by 58 per cent.

The success of the innovative Nintendo Wii console, which boasts wireless controllers and has a heavy emphasis on socially inclusive games, has struck a particular chord with consumers.

Wii sales topped 680,000 in 2008, putting it ahead of Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Sony's next-generation PS3 machines.

More than 1 million Wii consoles have now been sold in Australia, compared with about 500,000 Xbox 360s and about 400,000 PS3s.

Consumers also snapped up more than 800,000 of Nintendo's pint-sized DS hand-helds last year, making it the biggest-selling games console for the third year in a row.

Sales of games software in general grew by 57 per cent last year, and 43 per cent more consoles went out the door.

The biggest percentage jump of all was recorded by gaming hardware accessories such as driving wheels, which leaped 68 per cent.

Xbox 360 sales topped 200,000 in 2008, a 48 per cent increase on the previous year.

Nintendo of Australia press release - Nintendo DS Claims Title of Best Selling Console 2008 and Wii Sells One Million

Nintendo announces that Nintendo DS® is the best selling console of 2008, making it the third consecutive year that Nintendo DS has achieved this status, whilst Wii™ has sold through one million* units in Australia.

Independent market research company GfK Retail and Technology Australia confirms that Nintendo DS continues to break records as it comes through for the third year in a row 2006, 2007, 2008 - as best selling console, no easy feat considering the original Nintendo DS launched in 2005. Each year, sales of Nintendo DS continue to increase, and In 2008 Nintendo DS sold through more than 800,000 units, more than 212,000 of these were sold in December 2008 alone. Nintendo DS currently has an install base of more than 1.7 million units in Australia.

Also in news from Nintendo, 111 weeks since launch, Wii has reached the milestone of one million units, making it the fastest selling console to reach this milestone. Previously, the console that held this record was Nintendo DS, which sold through one million units in 152 weeks. In 2008, Wii sold through more than 685,000 units, with more than 191,000 sold in December 2008 alone.

From the list of the top 10 console games for 2008, eight out of the 10 are titles played on Wii or Nintendo DS Wii Fit™ (1), Wii Play™ (2), Mario Kart™ Wii (3), Mario & Sonic At The Olympics Wii (4) Brain Training™ (7), Mario & Sonic At The Olympics Nintendo DS (8), Super Smash Bros.™ Brawl (9), and Big Beach Sports Wii (10).

澳大利亚360的历年销量
2006: 165K
2007: 135K
2008: 200K

截止到08年11月

Canada LTD:
Wii: 1.346.000
360: 1.065.000
PS3: 637.000


USA LTD:
Wii: 15.391.000
360: 12.449.000
PS3: 6.062.000


North America LTD:
Wii: 16.737.000
360: 13.514.000
PS3: 6.699.000

传言：马里奥 &索尼克 at 冬奥会 公布在即

Rumor: Mario & Sonic at the Winter Olympics to be revealed soon

Spanish Nintendo magazine “Nintendo Acción” (Nintendo Action) has said they will reveal a new game in the next issue. The picture that was given as the hint is the one above. They say, in the scan, that the game will be two great figures coming together once more.

The obvious? Sonic and Mario. So we solved the mystery, do we get prize bubbles now?

Rough translation: “Who are these two and why do they come to see each other? Find out all the details on the mystery game in the next magazine. But before that, here are some clues: Games, Olympics, Cold, Its winter…”

Rumor: Mario & Sonic at the Winter Olympics to be revealed soon

IGN Confirms it:

http://wii.ign.com/articles/947/947571p1.html

"IGN's done a little digging, though, and has independently confirmed that the game is in development and set to be announced in the next month"