Yeah that oldschool nintendo sold nothing. A 22 million world wide disaster with gamecube 2 would have been the final console for them. Same with DS. If they didnt differentiate they might have lost to PSP.
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NPD December 2012 Sales Results [Up2: Xbox 360, All Nintendo Hardware, NSMB Wii U]
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KillerTravis
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Wii U is bc, I would highly prefer a selection of gamecube titles.
Then supply or something will probably be blamed. Tbh the 360 selling like hotcakes has a lot to do with the price, ps720 wont have that advantage.
Wii did under 2 mill this year in US, down from 4.5m mill last year.
Given Wii is sinking (sunk?) in Japan, US more or less contributes to 50% of Wii sales. (ties in with them likely to ship around 4mill this year)
Meaning ... Wii would be lucky to ship 2 mill next year WW.
The thing is gonna be discontinued early 2014, would bet money on it.
Given Wii is sinking (sunk?) in Japan, US more or less contributes to 50% of Wii sales. (ties in with them likely to ship around 4mill this year)
Meaning ... Wii would be lucky to ship 2 mill next year WW.
The thing is gonna be discontinued early 2014, would bet money on it.
Handhelds aren't referred to as consoles.
Thunder Monkey
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I don't know that will help at all.
He oversaw some of their largest losses of marketshare. And I'm not sure I want to see what Yamauchi's answer to Nintendo profitability is. "Only ten games a year."
Exactly. No games of value and hardware not exciting enough for most people.
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Seeing as Nintendo seem to not announce things until they are 6 months or less away we can assume they have very little as far as major system sellers coming down the pipe. Either first or third party.Seems like you've outdone yourselves Nintendo! Your tactic of claiming to be about the core gamer and then having almost no third party games in the coming 6 months confused me at first, but I see your plan.
Yeah it'd be a disaster if he came back
He'd probably just fortify the Japanese market even more and we'd get nothing.Didn't Nintendo, though, overall have a fine holiday, aside from this Wii U?
I want to see what nintendo does in the coming months with the Wii U, though. Future prospects don't look hot right now. They got the 3DS covered in gold for 2013, so I think they should (and probably are) relay focus onto the Wii U.
I want to see what nintendo does in the coming months with the Wii U, though. Future prospects don't look hot right now. They got the 3DS covered in gold for 2013, so I think they should (and probably are) relay focus onto the Wii U.
If it is like the 360, every single one they can build won't be very many.
SolarPowered
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It was cheap and had better games than the Xbox(like three times the amount) so I guess it worked out for me.
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Baconsammy
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I can name 5-7 N64 titles!
Colonel Mustard
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I want to see an end to world hunger. Or, I can pile shit in one bucket and put wishes in the other and see which one fills up faster.
Awful WiiU numbers. Needs marketing and software. Jesus christ...
Good 3DS numbers at least!
tinfoilhatman
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Crazy........people are still buying Wii?!?!?!?!?!?
and why doesn't Sony supply #'s?
dumb
and why doesn't Sony supply #'s?
dumb
You forget that Guitar Hero became big around 2006 as well.
Plus the 360 and PS3 are not going anywhere. People will still be buying them in droves.
it's not, microsoft is just ignoring the handheld market entirely (they specified consoles rather than systems) so they can have impressive-sounding PR.
Exterminieren
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I expected a much bigger drop. Fairly pitiful holiday lineup bolstered by continued Mario sales.
UberTag
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This will be an issue for the PS4.
Microsoft has plans in place to ensure that the entry-level cost for an Xbox upgrade won't be daunting for credit card-loving, payment plan happy, COD-addicted America.
Cheapest Xbox-successor SKU will be as cheap or cheaper than the cheapest WiiU SKU was when next December rolls around. (Provided you sign up for a 2-year XBL payment plan.)
Arkam
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That is an OK number. Its selling not too far off from the Wii... which did very well incase you never knew. NeoGaf is just a bunch of haters right now that are still butt-hurt that Nintendo didnt give them the hardware beast they wanted. I swear world is a bunch of cynical armchair quarterbacks these days.
timetokill
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Notice that Just Dance 4 is the #2 selling title? It sold the most on Wii, by far.
You would also be surprised to see the Netflix usage numbers on it.
AndrewDean84xX
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I'm sure December was very, very, very profitable for Nintendo.
Wouldn't say they had a good holiday. Wii down massively, DS down and the second year 3DS also down.
KillerTravis
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He is not even dead lol.
my only prediction was that the wii u would sell more in december than it did in november. even though it was down week over week, i at least can fall back on that.
boy, everything sure is on a slide though. 3ds needs a price drop in hardware and software, and some pokemon too. the us in general is looking like it's overdue for next gen. microsoft would have done well to have something out this year, but they could have afforded the wait the most. 360 might do another million+ next christmas anyway, at a reduced price.
boy, everything sure is on a slide though. 3ds needs a price drop in hardware and software, and some pokemon too. the us in general is looking like it's overdue for next gen. microsoft would have done well to have something out this year, but they could have afforded the wait the most. 360 might do another million+ next christmas anyway, at a reduced price.
LightOfTruth
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Wow at the 360 number. Why does it do so well? What is the thing priced at (I have no idea what it is these days)?
If the PS3 is actually 700k, then I think it may be time for a price cut soon. Or something.
The WiiU number just seems bad. I dont even know what to say. I hope Nintendo really brings it this year in terms of games. The WiiU is a system I want to actually like.
If the PS3 is actually 700k, then I think it may be time for a price cut soon. Or something.
The WiiU number just seems bad. I dont even know what to say. I hope Nintendo really brings it this year in terms of games. The WiiU is a system I want to actually like.
RamzaIsCool
The Amiga Brotherhood
What did the 3DS do last year?
ItWasMeantToBe19
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NSMBU and Nintendo Land not pushing consoles is really bad for Nintendo. Not sure WiiFit U is different enough to do it either. They seem to have lost touch with the casual market other than with Animal Crossing on 3DS.
Everyone keeps focusing on sales numbers.
If Nintendo posts a profit this fiscal year (which I'm confident they will), Iwata is as safe as the Seahawks winning on Sunday (We all know it's going to happen
)michaelius
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Completly diffrent demographic - people buying consoles now for <200$ wouldn't be buying $400+ consoles.
Snowden's Secret
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If it's less than $300 and/or Microsoft spends $500,000,000 advertising it.
One of those things will be true, the other one unlikely.
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Kaz just started less than a year ago.
All Japanese products. I wonder what would happen in the case of an American-centric company like Microsoft who has managed to propel themselves to No.1 in the US marketplace.
Note: Not saying that Japan is crap or anything, but they might not be in sync with what the USA market wants. Sony will probably fare better so long as they don't go 599 US DOLLARS on us again.
Well, consider the following situation.
Your kid is 7 years old and has asked for a game console for Christmas.
The Wii is $100 and has tons of cheap games, and is known as kid friendly.
Why not pick one up?
This seems like a reasonable assessment. After all, who really expected it to outsell the Wii or the DS last month?
...ah man, I can't keep a straight face.
Who is Nintendo Jesus?
uh?! What it has to do to be bad? 300K in december?
Found it myself
Wii Dec 2006 - 604,200
PS3 Dec 2006 - 490,700
Wii U Dec 2012 - 460,000
360 Dec 2005 - 281,441
And here are PS2's numbers
PS2 October 2000 (Launch) - 391 245
PS2 November 2000 (second month) - 187 554
PS2 December 2000 (first December) -522 239
I think 3ds getting back on track is the most important thing for nintendo. Wiiu is just its launch. The launch might have been bad but its not like they will dreamcast it. Or so i hope?
05,06,07,08,09,10,11,12
That's 8 years of holiday sales, and Microsoft is still killing it.
Nintendo off to a terrible start with the Wii U but 3DS sales are finally(!) catching stride.
Sony, nowhere to be found currently.
What's happening with Wii U will certainly put quite some pressure on Iwata, but I don't think he risks not being the President of Nintendo in the next future. Not at all. But yeah, pressure indeed.
test_account
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Amazing Xbox 360 numbers, especially concider the age of the system. Great 3DS numbers too, concidering the rough start. Pity about the WiiU, i hope for Nintendo's sake that it finds success overall at least.
Everyone keeps focusing on sales numbers.
If Nintendo posts a profit this fiscal year (which I'm confident they will), Iwata is as safe as the Seahawks winning on Sunday (We all know it's going to happen
Didn't Nintendo warn that a yearly profit was unlikely?