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Media Create Sales: 21 -27 August CONFIRMED NUMBERS!

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BorkBork

The Legend of BorkBork: BorkBorkity Borking
Burnst said:
If every weeks shipment sells out in like one hour and masses line up for just a new color, what's their motive for not producing more at this point?
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Maybe they physically can't. :lol
 
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cvxfreak

Member
Yamauchi said:
Probably has something to do with Nintendo's obsession with profit margins. Also, any word on how FF3 is selling?
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Still topping Amazon's charts. It fell to #2 when the black DS Lite became available.
 
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Burnst

Member
BorkBork said:
Maybe they physically can't. :lol
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With their bank account, they can do everything.. I mean: NINTENDO CAN DO EERYTHING!!

Yamauchi said:
Probably has something to do with Nintendo's obsession with profit margins.
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Sure, but demand doesn't seem a little higher, but way higher and more consoles sold only means better for them (sells games etc.).

Maybe they're just hyping things with a little shortage every week, so it looks like there's never enough. People want what they can't have.

Ach, I think they're just waiting for it to die down and scared to put money in new production and die with millions of DS lites left in the warehouses..
 
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chadums90

Member
Burnst - It is probably because they'd have to build another plant. It'd probably take sales like this for years longer to justify that sort of investment.
 
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Burnst

Member
chadums90 said:
Burnst - It is probably because they'd have to build another plant. It'd probably take sales like this for years longer to justify that sort of investment.
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That's what my last point is about. I don't think they have to build a whole new plant though, but it would cost them, sure. Maybe they're not ready, since they just upped production this summer. I guess we'll never know.. There are many possible reasons, but with Japan doing 200.000 a week, Europe 140.000 and Amerika (dunno) little under 100,000, they sure as hell can't save enough for this holiday season if things don't calm down.
 
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GaimeGuy

Volunteer Deputy Campaign Director, Obama for America '16
I bet Nintendo has been stockpiling, say, 100k DSLs per week since June for the holiday rush. If not June, then July or August
 
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mj1108

Member
GaimeGuy said:
I bet Nintendo has been stockpiling, say, 100k DSLs per week since June for the holiday rush. If not June, then July or August
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They have the Pokemon rush to contend with first.
 
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Burnst

Member
GaimeGuy said:
I bet Nintendo has been stockpiling, say, 100k DSLs per week since June for the holiday rush. If not June, then July or August
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I don't know, but lets say they will be able to stock 100k a week for half a year. 26 weeks = 2.6m DS lites, which really isn't enough for a WW holiday season. They might need 2 times as much this year..
 
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jarrod

Banned
Most of the DS components are bought from other manufacturers iirc (NEC, Sharp, etc)... it might be a signle component (like the screens for example) that're limiting supply?
 
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Shiggy

Member
jarrod said:
Most of the DS components are bought from other manufacturers iirc (NEC, Sharp, etc)... it might be a signle component (like the screens for example) that're limiting supply?
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Yeah, Nintendo said that they can't really push the 2.2 million production numbers as there would be supply issues.
 
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Deku

Banned
I belive the DS lite manufacturing process is part of the issue, because the casing has a clear plastic layer and the base color. If it was just a single piece, they could probably make more, but the design is what makes it so cool.
 
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BorkBork

The Legend of BorkBork: BorkBorkity Borking
Guess we won't see any 600K weeks this year, just 150-200k every week until the end of time.
 
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Burnst

Member
BorkBork said:
Guess we won't see any 600K weeks this year, just 150-200k every week until the end of time.
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Yeah, too bad. So simple math gives us:

21.43m until the end of july WW (from Square2005's thread, seems about right)
5 x 2.2m per month = 11m
total: 32.43m (sold won't be much less, maybe 2m max.)

after about 2 years (less in Europe, more in USA and Japan)
 
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Frankfurter

Member
Burnst said:
Yeah, too bad. So simple math gives us:

21.43m until july WW (from Square2005's thread, seems about right)
6 x 2.2m per month = 13.2
total: 34.63m (sold won't be much less, maybe 2m max.)

after about 2 years (less in Europe, more in USA and Japan)
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Nintendo shipped 21.27m worldwide till the end of June :)
 
neo2046

neo2046

Member
unconfirmed numbers from Kuma at 2ch this week are very confused
it will be better to wait the official numbers tomorrow
 
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Raw64life

Member
Post them anyway. I need my fix. Just put a warning that they aren't the usual numbers and aren't reliable as your usual unconfirmed numbers.
 
neo2046

neo2046

Member
version 1
PS2 PSU - 120k
NDS FF3 - 40k
NDS Tingle - 40k
PSP Valhalla Knight - 20k
PS2 Eve new Generation - 20k
NDS Super Control Mega MG - 10k


version 2
PS2 PSU - 120,000
NDS FF3 - 45,000
NDS Tingle - 45,000
PSP Valhalla Knight - 22,000
PS2 Eve new Generation 20,000
NDS Super Control Mega MG - 13,000


that's all and no hardware numbers
 
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Meier

Member
Yowza at FF3 if true. I saw the sign indicating it was sold out in another thread, but you'd think they could get some more stock out there sooner than that.
 
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Mr. Pointy

Member
Hahaha oh wow. Square better start getting those FF3 carts out next week. Tingle sold well, I doubt it'll crack 200k though; a pity.
 
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Square2005

Banned
neo2046 said:
version 1
PS2 PSU - 120k
NDS FF3 - 40k
NDS Tingle - 40k
PSP Valhalla Knight - 20k
PS2 Eve new Generation - 20k
NDS Super Control Mega MG - 10k


version 2
PS2 PSU - 120,000
NDS FF3 - 45,000
NDS Tingle - 45,000
PSP Valhalla Knight - 22,000
PS2 Eve new Generation 20,000
NDS Super Control Mega MG - 13,000


that's all and no hardware numbers
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Compare that with my early estimates from Sunday:

1. Phantasy Star Universe 137,000
2. New Super Mario Bros. 56,000
3. GuitarFreaks & DrumMania 25,000
4. Brain Training 2 24,000
5. Animal Forest 23,000
6. Tamagotchi 2 21,000
7. Final Fantasy III 20,000
8. Rune Factory 18,000
9. God Industry ?? 17,000
10. EVE New Generation 15,000
 
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LOCK

Member
Yeah its probably sold out, I just can't see it selling that bad with the Black DSL coming out and all.
 
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ethelred

Member
LOCK said:
Yeah its probably sold out, I just can't see it selling that bad with the Black DSL coming out and all.
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Or maybe, contra GAF's predictions, it's following the sales pattern of traditional FF games rather than the random DS game model.
 
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Rock_Man

Member
neo2046 said:
version 1
PS2 PSU - 120k
NDS FF3 - 40k
NDS Tingle - 40k
PSP Valhalla Knight - 20k
PS2 Eve new Generation - 20k
NDS Super Control Mega MG - 10k


version 2
PS2 PSU - 120,000
NDS FF3 - 45,000
NDS Tingle - 45,000
PSP Valhalla Knight - 22,000
PS2 Eve new Generation 20,000
NDS Super Control Mega MG - 13,000


that's all and no hardware numbers
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Looks like the first one is rounded to the nearest 10k.
 
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starship

psycho_snake's and The Black Brad Pitt's B*TCH
neo2046 said:
version 1
PS2 PSU - 120k
NDS FF3 - 40k
NDS Tingle - 40k
PSP Valhalla Knight - 20k
PS2 Eve new Generation - 20k
NDS Super Control Mega MG - 10k


version 2
PS2 PSU - 120,000
NDS FF3 - 45,000
NDS Tingle - 45,000
PSP Valhalla Knight - 22,000
PS2 Eve new Generation 20,000
NDS Super Control Mega MG - 13,000


that's all and no hardware numbers
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There is not much of a difference, seems first one is rounded.
Edit: Rock-Man beaten me.
 
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Roders5

Iwata een bom zal droppen
So if FF3 is sold out what did people buy with their 150K black DS Lites? Big jump for mario?
 
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jett

D-Member
AW SNAP, I'll wait to until next week to proclaim myself to be vindicated total, this could be just shipping issues.
 
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Burnst

Member
If FF3 is sold out, they probably didn't ship anything last week. It had a sell-through of 91% right? The other 9% would be a little under 50k, which was sold last week.

Seems like a bad production move by SE..
 
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Meier

Member
jett said:
AW SNAP, I'll wait to until next week to proclaim myself to be vindicated total, this could be just shipping issues.
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Well, I know I saw some pic here on GAF with a giant "SOLD OUT" slapped on an FF3 ad outside a game store, although who knows if that's telling of much of Japan or just that particular store. I suppose we'll find out next week, but they better get more units out quick or the Pokemon juggernaut will crush them.
 
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ziran

Member
Famitsu/Enterbrain Aug 28 - Sept 3rd 06 Top 10 from www.gamefront.de

1 (-) Phantasy Star Universe (PS2, Sega)
2 (2) New Super Mario Bros. (NDS, Nintendo)
3 (1) Final Fantasy III (NDS, Square Enix)
4 (3) Kahashima Ryuuta Kyouju Kanshuu: Motto Nou o Kitaeru Otona DS Training (NDS, Nintendo)
5 (-) Mogitate Tincle no Bara Iro Ruppii Land (NDS, Nintendo)
6 (5) Shaberu! DS Oryouri Navi (NDS, Nintendo)
7 (7) Mario Basket 3 on 3 (NDS, Nintendo)
8 (6) Tamagotchi no Puchi Puchi Omisecchi Gohi-Kini (NDS, Bandai Namco)
9 (18) Rhythm Tengoku (GBA, Nintendo)
10 (8) Animal Forest Wild World (NDS, Nintendo)

Nice to see Rhythm Tengoku back.
 
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Frankfurter

Member
Square2005 said:
Compare that with my early estimates from Sunday:

1. Phantasy Star Universe 137,000
2. New Super Mario Bros. 56,000
3. GuitarFreaks & DrumMania 25,000
4. Brain Training 2 24,000
5. Animal Forest 23,000
6. Tamagotchi 2 21,000
7. Final Fantasy III 20,000
8. Rune Factory 18,000
9. God Industry ?? 17,000
10. EVE New Generation 15,000
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The actual number (if it's correct) is 100% higher...
 
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Meier

Member
ziran said:
Famitsu/Enterbrain Aug 28 - Sept 3rd 06 Top 10 from www.gamefront.de

1 (-) Phantasy Star Universe (PS2, Sega)
2 (2) New Super Mario Bros. (NDS, Nintendo)
3 (1) Final Fantasy III (NDS, Square Enix)
4 (3) Kahashima Ryuuta Kyouju Kanshuu: Motto Nou o Kitaeru Otona DS Training (NDS, Nintendo)
5 (-) Mogitate Tincle no Bara Iro Ruppii Land (NDS, Nintendo)
6 (5) Shaberu! DS Oryouri Navi (NDS, Nintendo)
7 (7) Mario Basket 3 on 3 (NDS, Nintendo)
8 (6) Tamagotchi no Puchi Puchi Omisecchi Gohi-Kini (NDS, Bandai Namco)
9 (18) Rhythm Tengoku (GBA, Nintendo)
10 (8) Animal Forest Wild World (NDS, Nintendo)

Nice to see Rhythm Tengoku back.
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Crazy stuff. It's impressive every week, to be honest.
 
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