Nintendo released their First Quarter earnings report for the Fiscal Year 2010 today, and despite titles like Super Mario Galaxy 2, Pokémon HeartGold/SoulSilver, Wii Sports, Wii Sports Resort, Wii Fit Plus and New Super Mario Bros. Wii all selling over a million copies worldwide, the company’s net sales are down from the same period last fiscal year.

Hardware sales are a mixed bag. The DS family saw a harsh drop in sales as it went from 5.97 million units sold last year to 3.15 million; a drop of nearly 50%!

As for the Wii, hardware sales actually went up from Q1 2009. This time last year, the Wii sold 2.23 million units, but this quarter, sales jumped up 36% to 3.04 million units.

The total software sales for both the Wii and DS were both down in this quarter. DS software sales dropped 23% from 29.09 million units to 22.42 million units. Wii software saw a 9% drop from 31.07 million units to 29.17 million units.

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