DeaconKnowledge
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Christopher said:
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FitzOfRage
Member
soundwave05 said:
You know I've seen people mention the strap as potentially slowing production, but I don't think that's really possible. Honestly, I don't think they would have even acknowledged the issue if they really thought it would affect production (or waited until much later to say anything) .
When they announced the recall, they said that consoles would still be coming with the old straps for a while. They weren't even holding up systems waiting for the new ones, they just put a process in place for people to receive new straps if they ended up with an old one, and also cared enough to contact Nintendo about it (which is probably a pretty small number of people).
I know the Wii takes a lot of flack for being low tech, but I just can't imagine everything else is so simple to produce that they were baffled as to how to smoothly switch from a .6 millimeter cord to a 1 millimeter cord.
DeaconKnowledge
Member
Wait a minute: what's this then?
http://ameblo.jp/sinobi/entry-10023187316.html
Hardware
NDS ~300k (large shipment last week)
Wii ~150k (still shortage)
PS3 ~60k (supply > demand)
Software
NDS
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Brain Training 2 ~100k
General Knowledge Training ~100k (LTD > 1m)
Dragon Quest Monster Joker ~300k (LTD ~900k)
Kirby, Love and Berry DS (LTD ~800k)
Pokemon (LTD > 4.5m)
NSMB (LTD > 4m next week)
Jump Ultimate Stars (LTD > 600k, higher than last game)
Mario Kart DS (LTD ~1.9m)
English Training (LTD ~1.6m)
Wii
-------------------------------
Wii Sports ~150k (LTD ~700k)
Wii Play ~120k (LTD ~600k)
Wario (LTD ~250k)
Pokemon (LTD ~150k)
Dragon Ball Z Sparking Neo ~40k
PS3
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RR7, Gundam (LTD ~100k)
http://ameblo.jp/sinobi/entry-10023187316.html
Hardware
NDS ~300k (large shipment last week)
Wii ~150k (still shortage)
PS3 ~60k (supply > demand)
Software
NDS
------------------------------
Brain Training 2 ~100k
General Knowledge Training ~100k (LTD > 1m)
Dragon Quest Monster Joker ~300k (LTD ~900k)
Kirby, Love and Berry DS (LTD ~800k)
Pokemon (LTD > 4.5m)
NSMB (LTD > 4m next week)
Jump Ultimate Stars (LTD > 600k, higher than last game)
Mario Kart DS (LTD ~1.9m)
English Training (LTD ~1.6m)
Wii
-------------------------------
Wii Sports ~150k (LTD ~700k)
Wii Play ~120k (LTD ~600k)
Wario (LTD ~250k)
Pokemon (LTD ~150k)
Dragon Ball Z Sparking Neo ~40k
PS3
--------------------------------
RR7, Gundam (LTD ~100k)
DeaconKnowledge said:
Why is it that Wii is THIS popular, and sells out so damn quickly at this point, yet word of mouth has barely even tied its laces? Yet PS3 is sitting on shelves and barely selling? It's have more appeal once its price goes down and games come out, but then again, once Wii word of mouth gets around, and the games come out, then PS3 can settle down to be the next PSP.
This is scary. Unless I force myself to be myopic and conventional, I cannot see how anyone could think Wii will not dominate this upcoming generation.
DeaconKnowledge
Member
DeaconKnowledge said:
Looks like i'm right so far.
DeaconKnowledge
Member
elostyle said:
Nuh-uh..people are only buying it because they have nothing else to buy.
enishi said:
Wii Sports and Wii Play should each cross a million within the next month or so. That's amazing. And it's also really good to see Wii's third party games not doing horribly bad. DBZ: BT2 sold nearly half the amount that PS3's biggest sellers have sold, not to mention it's basically a port and has last generation assets. I can't wait to see what games like DQSwords pull in.
Also, speaking about million-sellers, Kirby: Squeak Squad, Love and Berry DS Collection, and Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker all should reach that mark fairly soon. Amazing.
soundwave05
Member
elostyle said:
In regards to the Wii, it probably would be better for 3rd parties to wait. Even Zelda is struggling having to deal with limited Wii stock and everyone buying Wii Sports + Wii Play (w/second controller).
Now as far as Feb/March/April/May/June 2007 ... yes, some third parties may be kicking themselves for not having any Wii content or not enough by then.
This will be the last week I show the third set of numbers on this graph. Suffice it to say, the DS is way ahead of the PSP and way ahead of last year.
For a monthly take on the handheld numbers ...
Console numbers. The 360 has been remarkably steady the last few weeks. If ~15K became the new norm, how crazy would that be? :lol
For a monthly take on the handheld numbers ...
Console numbers. The 360 has been remarkably steady the last few weeks. If ~15K became the new norm, how crazy would that be? :lol
Pureauthor
Member
Man the Wii sales are erratic.
elostyle said:
Don't have a Wii yet but I played some of its games...
Trauma Center, if you liked the DS version
Rayman, for the multiplayer with buddies
Super Monkey Ball, just for single player. Some multiplayer games were great, most were miss IMO.
Elebits, though I haven't played it, seems awesome from the video review IGN did a couple weeks ago.
It seems like that now, but things in this industry are unpredictable as hell.Parl said:
If everything stays as it is for the upcoming months, the Wii could be hitting just downright scary milestones very early in its lifespan.
I just got done reading an article about European demand bieng higher after the new year for the Wii, then before it.
Thats insane.
I really wonder what the industry landscape is going to look like in 6months. Is it going to be the way the DS was? When everyone was just amazed, week in, and week out, and then just accept it?
Or will the industry shift yet again, turing everything upside down?
JoshuaJSlone
Member
I was going to come in and comment that it reminds me of the original DS launch, so it's probably just a commonality in the way launch supplies were handled. Actually making the line graph, though... that's truer than I imagined. Wii's first 5 weeks are like DS's first 5 weeks, minus 100K each week. Of course, for that to hold up much longer, people will have to start returning dozens of thousands of Wiis each week.Pureauthor said:
PantherLotus
Professional Schmuck
JoshuaJSlone said:
I just noticed the same thing. Two huge spikes in the first 5 weeks. The troubling issue with the DS was that it was behind the PSP after that until June of the same year (Brain Training). The question now is whether the Wii will follow the same model and lie dormant for nearly 6 months before it's big guns come out. At this moment, I'm thinking it looks likely.
Another interesting thing is the effect of Brain Training on the DS and what that might mean for the Wii. Is there a "Brain Training" for the Wii? Will Wii Sports cut it for that momentum-building effect that BT did for the DS? Once it launched on the DS, the sales never looked back at the PSP except for one or two shipping issues the following January.
As always, it comes down to games. You think the Wii can put out enough in its first year to follow the same model?
PantherLotus
Professional Schmuck
donny: Yeah I just noticed that. I was looking at the wrong part of your chart. Needless to say, Nintendogs was mega-huge, and Brain Training was huge as well. Animal Crossing heading into the holiday didn't hurt either.
DQS could be big, if the story is good and the experience is different while remaining faithful to the series. The official site has me convinced that it's going to be HUGE, though. I'm ****ing excited.
I also think Health Pack could be the BT for the Wii, capitalizing on what Wii Sports has already started. People are going to throw out Metroid and SSBM as big ones, but while I agree that they will probably hit a million, I'm not convinced that is exactly what Nintendo needs to make a DS-style success. It's all about the easy to pick-up games for this market. The heavy hitters like Metroid and Mario will always sell, but it's those little shitters nobody expected that pick up steam and are defining the generation.
q*bert said:
DQS could be big, if the story is good and the experience is different while remaining faithful to the series. The official site has me convinced that it's going to be HUGE, though. I'm ****ing excited.
I also think Health Pack could be the BT for the Wii, capitalizing on what Wii Sports has already started. People are going to throw out Metroid and SSBM as big ones, but while I agree that they will probably hit a million, I'm not convinced that is exactly what Nintendo needs to make a DS-style success. It's all about the easy to pick-up games for this market. The heavy hitters like Metroid and Mario will always sell, but it's those little shitters nobody expected that pick up steam and are defining the generation.
Newzboyz99
Losers! My wife has me on lock!
http://www.gwn.com/news/story.php/id/10963/title/Wii_Outsells_PlayStation_3_in_Japan.html
Wii sells 1.2 million so far in Japan; PS3 534,000 units in Japan. MS at 311,000 units.
Wii sells 1.2 million so far in Japan; PS3 534,000 units in Japan. MS at 311,000 units.
Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
Newzboyz99 said:
NO WAY!!!!!!?!?!?
JoshuaJSlone
Member
First, that's the same Famitsu data from this thread.Newzboyz99 said:
Second, 1.14 doesn't round to 1.2.
Earthstrike
Member
So are there another set of numbers tonight?
Grampa Simpson
Banned
Not yet, but if they do arrive tonight, they will be here:Earthstrike said:
http://eg.nttpub.co.jp/ranking.html
Keep hitting F5.
PantherLotus
Professional Schmuck
bmf said:
Do the hardware numbers come from another source before MC posts them?
PantherLotus
Professional Schmuck
Rlan said:
This is a better way of saying what jimbo was trying to say earlier, and I actually agree. How long can this 18k-per-week thing last, though?
soundwave05
Member
moku said:
It is pretty strange how Europe has quietly gone Nintendo crazy. It's been kinda under the radar with the success in Japan, but thats a market that seems ripe for Nintendo to make serious inroads in also.
Sing Star and party games in general tend to really fly in Europe. Nintend should look into making Wii Soccer (as a standalone game) ... something that has real teams and a 4-player (or even 8 player mode), but is easy enough to play for anyone.
Wyndstryker
Member
Right now, the way things are, the market is being rattled in ways we've never seen before. This generation will spill the blood of many fanboys.
PantherLotus
Professional Schmuck
Wyndstryker said:
Every generation does.
PantherLotus said:
It won't. It will be lucky to stay over 10k as right now BD won't be enough. It will need something else soon along with BD to keep things going.
I am awfully curious to see how GOW will perform though. Can it outsell Japanese Halo? GOW might bring on some of those western world Japanese citizens that bought all those Halo copies :lol