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“Wii, Nintendo DS Lite and Nintendo DSi combined to sell more than 7 million units in the month of December alone,” said Cammie Dunaway, Nintendo of America's executive vice president of Sales & Marketing. “Clearly there is overwhelming consumer demand for fun games, motion controls and value. This remarkable hardware sales surge presents a tremendous software opportunity for Nintendo and its third-party Designers Replica Cartier Ladies W62017V3 watches partners as we head into 2010.” And Nintendo isn't the only company excited about 2010, Wedbush Securities analyst Michael Pachter writes in his monthly report on the video game industry that it is a “relief to finally put 2009 behind us” adding that 2010 is going to be a big year.
This year starts out with a bang, rolling out an unprecedented number of big titles. Many of these possible blockbusters were initially set to hit stores last holiday, but were pushed back into early this year, creating the potential for a second big run of game purchases.Among the standouts are Dark Void, Bayonetta, Mass Effect 2, Darksiders, Designers Replica Cartier Ladies WE5002X2 watches MAG and Army of Two. February and March also have a share of big games hitting, leading many to speculate that 2010 could show not just a rebound of the game industry, but a surge in sales.Pachter calls the release schedule for the first half of this year “one of the strongest in history”.
