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DS Launch Mania Hits JP
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AndriaSang
Member
Damn... I went to the wrong place.
DCharlie
And even i am moderately surprised
"Hey, AsoBitCity is still open? I thought someone (DCharlie?) said they were closing down?"
The large store in Aki did close - it's now a Don Quixote.
Asobit then split into 7 (?) seperate smaller shops around Akihabara
So , not what it used to be , but still alive.
The large store in Aki did close - it's now a Don Quixote.
Asobit then split into 7 (?) seperate smaller shops around Akihabara
So , not what it used to be , but still alive.
TheGreenGiant
Banned
I'm guessing that's the stuff they show on tv (man recording video on the corner).
Stellar launch. I can't wait to read the sales numbers - not surprising they're out in droves to buy the games They have like MORE games worth buying at launch.A) How hard is it to press the DS game cards? I wonder why Nintendo staggered their US lauch schedule they way they did. Either they need to get a bigger factory or a bigger Translation team
B) How big is the NIntendo Translation Team?
Consumer: "OH!!! Many people standing in line to buy something!!! Being a typical Japanese consumer, I must stand in line too!"
Consumer: "What is this I will be buying shortly?"
Consumer 2: "It is new portable game system!"
Consumer: "Oh, exciting!!!"
(10 minutes pass)
Clerk: "Here is new game system! Enjoy!"
Consumer: "Wow! So PSP has two screens instead of one! Oh, surprise!!!"
Clerk: "Yes, we have many, many in stock, buy for your friends!"
Consumer: "OH NO! This is not PSP, this is Nintendoods! A TRICK MOST INSIDIOUS"
Clerk: "OH TEH NOES"
Rest of line: "We're leaving"
Clerk: (Commits suicide with a shattered Dragon Quest VIII DVD)
TheGreenGiant
Banned
Sho Nuff said:
Consumer: "OH!!! Many people standing in line to buy something!!! Being a typical Japanese consumer, I must stand in line too!"
Consumer: "What is this I will be buying shortly?"
Consumer 2: "It is new portable game system!"
Consumer: "Oh, exciting!!!"
(10 minutes pass)
Clerk: "Here is new game system! Enjoy!"
Consumer: "Wow! So PSP has two screens instead of one! Oh, surprise!!!"
Clerk: "Yes, we have many, many in stock, buy for your friends!"
Consumer: "OH NO! This is not PSP, this is Nintendoods! A TRICK MOST INSIDIOUS"
Clerk: "OH TEH NOES"
Rest of line: "We're leaving"
Clerk: (Commits suicide with a shattered Dragon Quest VIII DVD)
your attempt at dramedy = c-
as if they will shatter their DQVIII DVD
F
Folder
Unconfirmed Member
*makes no comment*lockii said:
*orders hat*
krypt0nian
Banned
JPN wake from sleep mode?
Anyone?
Anyone?
Duckhuntdog
Member
Man, we need Blinx in those pics STAT!!
Though I doubt it bombed, you can't really get an accurate representation from pictures like these as to whether it did or not. Just about ANY launch is going to produce lines of people on launch day. Its an event. This is the reaction it produces. It, in no way, indicates the long-term success of a system.
gamergirly
Member
http://ds.ign.com/articles/570/570376p1.html
Nintendo Ships 500,000 To Japan
Company comments on initial sales as IGN Japanese correspondent learns that there is Tokyo outside of Shibuya.
December 02, 2004 - Nintendo has released solid shipment numbers for the first day of Nintendo DS sales in Japan, and the numbers seem to paint a solid early start for the system. According to the company, retailers took stock of 500,000 NDS systems on day one. This shipment number is 200,000 higher than the shipments Nintendo had originally planned.
Actual sales numbers for the system will have to wait until a later report. We saw no shortage of systems at retail and were able to walk into a retailer in the middle of the day and purchase a system and games without fuss. Many retailers had the system on display in special sales kiosks outside stores, giving the system good visibility.
There was apparently a bit more buzz from the first day of NDS sales than our original story may have suggested. Crowds exceeding 100 did indeed form at the main retail locations in the Shinjuku and Ikebukuro areas for retail giants Yodobashi Camera and Bic Camera. Unfortunately, Shibuya (our place of choice for all launch coverage) didn't draw too much fanfare, leaving us with a lonely first chat session (being in Shibuya did get us onto Famitsu.com, though, which is real cool).
Nintendo recently revealed that, due to strong retailer demand, it has upped its worldwide NDS forecast from 4,000,000 units to 5,000,000 units shipped by the end of March, 2005. In Japan alone, Nintendo expects to have 1,000,000 systems in retailer hands by the end of the year, despite retailers having apparently asked the company for more than 2,000,000 units.
Nintendo Ships 500,000 To Japan
Company comments on initial sales as IGN Japanese correspondent learns that there is Tokyo outside of Shibuya.
December 02, 2004 - Nintendo has released solid shipment numbers for the first day of Nintendo DS sales in Japan, and the numbers seem to paint a solid early start for the system. According to the company, retailers took stock of 500,000 NDS systems on day one. This shipment number is 200,000 higher than the shipments Nintendo had originally planned.
Actual sales numbers for the system will have to wait until a later report. We saw no shortage of systems at retail and were able to walk into a retailer in the middle of the day and purchase a system and games without fuss. Many retailers had the system on display in special sales kiosks outside stores, giving the system good visibility.
There was apparently a bit more buzz from the first day of NDS sales than our original story may have suggested. Crowds exceeding 100 did indeed form at the main retail locations in the Shinjuku and Ikebukuro areas for retail giants Yodobashi Camera and Bic Camera. Unfortunately, Shibuya (our place of choice for all launch coverage) didn't draw too much fanfare, leaving us with a lonely first chat session (being in Shibuya did get us onto Famitsu.com, though, which is real cool).
Nintendo recently revealed that, due to strong retailer demand, it has upped its worldwide NDS forecast from 4,000,000 units to 5,000,000 units shipped by the end of March, 2005. In Japan alone, Nintendo expects to have 1,000,000 systems in retailer hands by the end of the year, despite retailers having apparently asked the company for more than 2,000,000 units.
AndriaSang
Member
IGN DSOWNED!
Smiles and Cries
Member
ah fooled me IGN