Nintendo Formats Strongest for Activision

Activision Blizzard has updated the world with its latest financial breakdown, showing how Wii and DS games are its strongest performers. 42% of the company's recent profits came from the console gaming side, whilst 12% was from handheld platforms. As for the breakdown of individual systems, below is how the 42% and 12% figures are split:

Home Consoles
1.) Wii - 13%
2.) Xbox 360 - 11%
3.) PlayStation 2 - 9%
4.) PlayStation 3 - 9%

Handhelds
1.) Nintendo DS - 10%
2.) PlayStation Portable - 2%

Can Nintendo's formats maintain this dominance, or will the 360 and PS3 claw back more sales over the next year? With Activision's new stance of only working on games with potential for sequels, cynics out there might see Wii maintaining its lead purely because it has proven to be an easy money-making machine, with certain developer churning out sub-par efforts on a regular basis...