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[Hollywood]

http://ign64.ign.com/articles/084/084134p1.html

Question: Nintendo people always say that they do not care about what other companies do. Between the N64 and the GC, you only had four years. Does this mean that you already consider the PlayStation 2 a threat to your business?

Miyamoto: Well, I don't feel the slightest threat from the PlayStation 2, and very frankly speaking, I am not too concerned about the existence of the PS2 at all, because we have created the Gamecube hardware and will create the software that will become the requisite for everyone even though they already have the PS2. That is why I'm not too concerned about the PlayStation 2. The reason for the big announcement yesterday is because when we finished designing the N64, we already understood that we still needed to do something more, to make a new machine in the future. Now we have that new machine and we now realize that the functions of the Gamecube are too good to not show people, and that is the reason that we made the announcement.


http://ds.ign.com/articles/572/572189p1.html

Speaking on Sony's first entry into the handheld market, Iwata said:

"I believe that the PSP is built on the belief that the old formula for success is still viable, although we do not think so.

He also added:

"Although we have no intention of fighting over the market share with Sony, we will make our utmost efforts to help people understand that our approach is right."

 

[GaimeGuy]

Nintendo is the only company to provide quotes like this.


Where's that quote from that MS representative about the Xbox aiming to sell 100 million units?



These old quotes threads seem to show up once a month or so...

 

[Amir0x]

I wonder what kind of crow Miyamoto had to eat for that first statement.

 

[cvxfreak]

Nintendo needs to sell 30 Million GameCube systems in the next four months to meet Iwata's target from a few years back.

 

[GaimeGuy]

Nintendo needs to sell 30 Million GameCube systems in the next four months to meet Iwata's target from a few years back.

I don't think they'll make it.

 

[Doogdogg]

Nintendo needs to give away 30 Million GameCube systems in the next four months to meet Iwata's target from a few years back.

I Agree!

 

[Hollywood]

Um ... how many is 30 million?

 

[Grubdog]

Nintendo needs to sell 30 Million GameCube systems in the next four months to meet Iwata's target from a few years back.

Shouldn't be a problem, RE4 should easily move that many GC's off the shelf.

 

[lexi]

Shouldn't be a problem, RE4 should easily move that many GC's off the shelf.

 

[The Abominable Snowman]

Nintendo's some cocky sumbitches

 

[FortNinety]

My fave Nintendo quote still has to be...

"Video games don't affect kids. If Pac-Man affected us as kids we'd all be walking around in dark rooms eating magic pills while listening to repetitive electronic music." -Karen Price, Nintendo Representative

 

[PizzaFarmer]

Where's that quote from that MS representative about the Xbox aiming to sell 100 million units?

Are you talking about the J Allard video interview where he jokingly answered a projected sales question with "100 million would be nice" while laughing?

Or are you talking about the MCV article with the following quote they interpreted as a promise of 100 million console sales?

"The first three million sales are easy. It's the next 100 million that are tough"

 

[shpankey]

one of the things that i have always really disliked about nintendo is how they are so senile, stubborn and bull headed about anything. they lack the ability it seems to quickly adapt and adjust. instead relegating themselves to brainwashing their faithfull that the old ways are the right ways (ie: carts instead of cd's, no online etc). granted, i realize the industry is very fluid, but c'mon already.

 

[Donkeypuncher]

I've always liked the Iwata quote about the GCN selling 50 million units worldwide by March 2005. I believe he said it in June of 2002, well after the PS2 was dominating and the Xbox (yet even more competition) had proven it would not flop, not to mention the N64 sold about 35 million.

Awesome insight Iwata!

 

[Morbo]

Um ... how many is 30 million?

Um ... how many times must I read this question before I understand it?

 

[Donkeypuncher]

It's more like 33 million.

 

[Lord Error]

"I believe that the PSP is built on the belief that the old formula for success is still viable, although we do not think so.

So he doesn't believe that a GBA type of handheld (an old formula, and one that PSP follows and expands upon) is still viable. I think sales of his own GBA:SP speak otherwise.

 

[Broshnat]

Why does everyone have it in for Nintendo?

The simple fact is that they don't really NEED to compete with the Playstation. They're making shitloads from software and handhelds while still producing some great games on home consoles. The GC will pass 20 million with ease, which is hardly a huge success, but not a massive failure either. I would like to see their next console performing much better but I don't see the necessity to.

Their games still sell 4-5 million worldwide. they make enormous profits every year and I love playing all their latest releases so what is everyone's problem? It was inevitable they would lose their stronghold on the market eventually (back in the days of the NES / GB they had 95% of the market or something- that kind of domination wasn't going to last forever). Nintendo is still probably the biggest softare publisher in the world and despite what people say their franchises still do 2 million in the states (Zelda, Mario, Smash Bros, Mario Kart), and they haven't stopped yet- they'll probably hit 3 million before they are through (guaranteed for Smash Bros).

Why people think Nintendo is in trouble is beyond me. It's only the huge surge recently in popularity and sales of games like Need For Speed, GTA, EA games in general in the states that has made everyone else seem like they are struggling.


If you compare 8 years ago to today, the PS2 is way down on PS in Japan as is the GC vs N64 (a general slump in the market seems to be to blame), Europe has grown even more as a Playstation market, and companies like EA, Activision and Take 2 have grown massively in the USA. Madden used to sell 1m in the US on PS, but now sells 3m on PS2. The biggest PS games in America were:

Gran Turismo 3.2m
GT2 3.2m
Crash 3 3.1m

Compare to PS2:

GTA:VC 6.3m
GTA3 5.6m
GTA:SA 5m+ easily
GT3 4.5m
Madden 2004 3.4m
Madden 2003 3.1m

The US Playstation market has seen a huge growth in recent years. Looking at Nintendo:

N64:

Mario 64 6m
Goldeneye 5m
Mario Kart 64 4.7m
Zelda: OOT 3.6m
Pokemon Stadium 2.9m
Donkey Kong 64 2.8m
Smash Bros 2.5m
DKR 2.5m
Starfox 64 2.5m

GC (end of year, still big sales left...)

Smash Bros Melee 2.7m
Mario Sunshine 2.3m
Mario KartD 2.0m
Zelda: WW 1.8m
Luigi's Mansion 1.6m

By the time they are finished, we could have reached:

Smash Bros Melee 4m
Mario KartD 3.5m
Mario Sunshine 3m
New Zelda 2.8m
Zelda: WW 2.6m
Luigi's Mansion 2.2m

So we're not HUGELY down on N64 numbers for the big franchises, it's just that EA and GTA are really kicking ass at the moment.

If anything, someone should be criticising SONY's first party software sales, which are pitiful on PS2 compared to PS....

 

[GaimeGuy]

Why does everyone have it in for Nintendo?

Because that 's what we do here at Sales Age!

 

[djtiesto]

My fave Nintendo quote still has to be...

"Video games don't affect kids. If Pac-Man affected us as kids we'd all be walking around in dark rooms eating magic pills while listening to repetitive electronic music." -Karen Price, Nintendo Representative

This actually wasn't a quote from Nintendo, it was a comedian who said this... Marcus Brigstroke I think his name is...

It's still a good quote though