Post by: Game_Freak on February 07, 2003, 12:48:04 AM
For the month of January,
PS2: 22,060 (Total 707,891)
Xbox: 12,206 (Total 226,412)
Gamecube: 1,569 (Total 58,916)
I cant believe what is happening to people in this country, everyone who i talk to about consoles has only heard of xbox. WTF, microsoft are &*)*$(& brainwashers! When the console with the best games is the worst selling major console in Australian gaming history, you know something is wrong with this sh!tbox country. If only Nintendo Australia put a GOOD ad on tv every once in a while, if i was a marketing guy for Nintendo Australia, things would be VERY different! Why is this madness happening, MAKE IT STOP! *breaks down in tears*
Post by: mrcivic on February 07, 2003, 01:57:04 AM
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Originally posted by: Game_Freak
I cant believe what is happening to people in this country, everyone who i talk to about consoles has only heard of xbox. WTF, microsoft are &*)*$(& brainwashers! .......
MS has nothing to do with GameCube's failing here. MS has marketed and advertised the xbox properly, and once the Massive Entertainment Pack hit the shops, it started to fly off the shelves.
It's NOAus who's not doing enough to promote the GameCube.
When was the last time you saw a GCN ad on TV or store catalogues? How many months has the SFA demo disc been in the kiosk? How often is their site updated?
Post by: Hybrid Hunter on February 07, 2003, 03:38:10 AM
And a hell load of advertising.
Post by: Termin8Anakin on February 07, 2003, 04:15:41 AM
As long as my fave games come out here, I'm happy. It would take an absolute miracle for Gamecube to sell properly here, and I've given up on that. As long as worldwide sales are good, Nintendo of Australia will think of it as a job well done. If that provides them a mask to hide their shame for the lack of what they've done in Australia, then so be it. Notice how Gamecube sales are the only things they haven't made press releases about? There you go.
I'm counting on them, though, to make a BIG impression when F-Zero, Zelda and Metroid come out.
And when the next Nintendo console comes out.
You know something? I thought that the teaser campaign for Red Dragon was for Resident Evil (remake).
"To understand the origins of evil, you must go back to the beginning." After so many games, it does sound like their advertising for RE, but I was a bit disappointed when it turned out to be for RD. I didn't notice that the goat-like tattoo was on the back of some guy. I thought it was a new zombie. How fanboy am I? And there was no other writing on it. None. No logos, no credits or anything. Only a release date, which was a few days off from the real RE release.
Post by: Uncle Rich AiAi on February 08, 2003, 12:45:39 AM
i just wonder if nintendo of australia have a low budget, thus the reason for lack of ads and/or nintendo of japan don't give a damn to help
Post by: Kai on February 08, 2003, 06:17:37 AM
In fact, we haven't gotten quite a few games.
Post by: Mike C on February 08, 2003, 02:47:19 PM
PS2 - 140,000
XBX - 25,000
GCN - 5,000
Cube is dying down under because the distributors barely advertise at all. GBA sells strong yet Cube doesn't...
Post by: Infernal Monkey on February 08, 2003, 04:19:15 PM
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Originally posted by: AiAi
i just wonder if nintendo of australia have a low budget, thus the reason for lack of ads and/or nintendo of japan don't give a damn to help
Yes, I do believe Nintendo Australia have a low budget, but I refuse to believe it's so low that they can't even show a single advert on TV. Face it, they've taken our money and run. They don't give a crap about their loyal fans, soon enough developers will notice the lack of sales here and stop local releases (LucasArts did it with Pod Racer on Dreamcast due to it's low fanbase here, hell, even Sega themselves didn't release Sonic Shuffle)
I just pray the Freeloader makes it this time around...
Post by: Mario on May 07, 2003, 02:16:22 AM
Australia.
Number one selling Gamecube Game DIDNT Make the Top 10.
Metroid Prime GCN
Units Sold This Week 711
Units Sold Total 7,717
Compare those numbers to this.....
Top 10 ALL SYSTEMS
This WEEK - Sold To Date
Pokemon Sapphire 2,814 - 21,319
Pokemon Ruby 2,500 - 22,338
Splinter Cell PS2 1,702 - 9,496
GTA: VC PS2 1,642 - 104,360
GTA 3 Ptm PS2 1,477 - 3,663
The Getaway PS2 1,426 - 39,442
V8 Supercars XB 1,277 - 8,061
The Sims PS2 1,222 - 13,328
Golden Sun 2 888 - 7,796
Harry Potter PS2 741 - 33,007
Halo - ? - 100,000
Super Smash Bros: Melee - ? - 24,492
Mario Sunshine - ? - 18,286
Splintercell XB - ? - 29,289
PlayStation 2 Console 4,730 - 617,689
Xbox Console 2,572 - 124,480
Game Boy Advance SP Cobalt 1,407 - 9,530
Game Boy Advance SP Platinum 1,386 - 12,604
Pokemon Mini Console - Wooper Blue 568
Game Boy Advance Platinum 387 - 28,727
Game Boy Advance Glacier 383 - 93,349
Pokemon Mini Console - Chik Green 334
Game Boy Advance Jet 324 - 29,601
Game Boy Advance Indigo 301 - 72,607
GameCube Jet Console 279 -27,624
GameCube Indigo Console 119 - 27,648
GameCube Metroid Prime Pack 77
GameCube Indigo Sunshine Pack 11 - 3,109
Xbox - Massive Entertainment Pack 52 - 81,903
Xbox - High Octane Pack 14 - 11,644
Xbox - Halo Combat Pack 8 - 16,042
PlayStation 2 + V8 Supercars 5 - 15,708
PlayStation 2 + Final Fantasy X 3 - 12,305
PlayStation 2 + Entertainment Pck 3 - 3
GameCube Jet Sunshine Pack 2 - 2,271
Market Share:
PS2 60%
Xbox 34%
GameCube 6%
Post by: Atma on May 07, 2003, 02:28:54 AM
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Originally posted by: Mike C
For those that are interested here are New Zealands aprrox sales to date since launch:
PS2 - 140,000
XBX - 25,000
GCN - 5,000
Cube is dying down under because the distributors barely advertise at all. GBA sells strong yet Cube doesn't...
I agree with that, you see advertising for PS2, X-Box and GBA almost everywhere, but almost nothing anywhere for GC.
imo advertising is what's killing the GC in Aus, aswell as delayed releases (eg. PSO, and even once it finally did get released, it had no online support from Game Nation, and no Modem or Broad Band adaptors were available to play online with), which from what I can gather is due to the fact that it has to be translated into 5 different languages before it's released (for english region releases, perhaps they should release it english only? like England/New Zealand/Australia). Really, unless NoAus is going to advertise, the cube is going to fail here.
Post by: Termin8Anakin on May 07, 2003, 04:22:44 AM
Geez, I didn't know Metroid Prime had such 'low' sales in total.
And f**k, look at the GCN console sales. Man. *slouches shoulers, looks down, tears drop onto keyboard, computer sizzles, PC shuts dow...*
Post by: oohhboy on May 07, 2003, 05:07:15 AM
Post by: PIAC on May 07, 2003, 10:02:36 AM
Post by: maniacmike on May 07, 2003, 02:32:52 PM
btw : i thought the metroid prime campaign was a breath of fresh air, seeing a nintendo ad on tv was bloody fantastic.
Post by: iamtheearth on May 07, 2003, 03:39:40 PM
Either that or they have got a totally mismanaged business plan, and are under the thumb from their Japanese parent to just sit low and not no anything that might jeopardise their already dicy position in the Australian market.
Damn, its news lie this that really inspires me to try and break into the Nintendo Australias corporate structure, get the top job ad really shake that $h1t up! (May not be correct corporate lingo)
The Earth
Post by: Hostile Creation on May 07, 2003, 04:48:16 PM
Post by: Wrx_Boi on May 07, 2003, 09:21:11 PM
But really not even 500 gamecube sales in 1 week that is sham. shame on you NOA. Shame on you
Post by: Grey Ninja on May 07, 2003, 10:08:06 PM
No doubt I just made a few Aussie enemies, but I think that people should be a little more brainy than to not buy a console with tried and true games, simply because there are no advertisements. This is the cyber age. There's no excuse for not knowing about this stuff.
Post by: PIAC on May 07, 2003, 10:21:33 PM
if you dont have whats 'cool' your an outcast here bigtime :\ its horrible.. and hence i was a 'loser' in school, despite the fact i had a ton of friends all of varying degrees of popularity.. ohwell :\
Post by: cml on May 07, 2003, 11:03:37 PM
I know probably 15* people who own GameCubes, and I would say all bar 2 of them would easily rank GameCube as their favourite of the current consoles. Almost everyone who buys one is more than happy with it.
Through a variety of ways, Nintendo Australia have just killed GameCube. I don't think there is ANY chance they can hope to catch XBox. GameCube is currently selling for AU$149 (~US$85) including a free game (SFA, SSB, ED or Courtside). There is also a boatload of pretty good software that can be found for $AU20 or $30 (Aggressive Inline, Turok Evolution, Rogue Leader, Harry Potter, Vexx). Now this is an absolute bargin in anyones language, but the unit is still not selling.
Worse than creating no image for the GameCube, Nintendo Australia have created an absolutly terrible image that is offputting to the average gamer. There is just no way that the average Joe walking into EB to buy a console will even be thinking about GameCube as a contender. They are thinking 'PS2 or XBox'. Or 'GTA or Halo'. Nintendo Australia have NEVER understood the meaning of advertising, and I don't know when they ever will. If they couldn't learn after the spanking Sony gave them last time, what will it take.
Their release schedule is an absolute disgrace. Metroid was released a full 6 months after the US release. There has yet to be a GameCube first party title release in the same month in Australia and the US. Europe is in the same boat as Australia, which makes it even worse.
I have lost all faith in Nintendo Australia.
Chris.
* The reason that number is so high is because I work in a company with about 100 people who, for the most part, are all gamers. Try finding 15 members of the general public who own GameCubes.
Post by: Nintendo on May 07, 2003, 11:04:48 PM
Oh and these salenumbers are too sad for words, but hey if people don't want to play good games, that's their own call. Meanwhile, I get my cheap PAL Cube games from Australia, saves me about US$15 at least
Post by: Unicron on May 07, 2003, 11:06:15 PM
Also, I would like to say that it is not 'aussie' pop culture that is to blame, more of the fact that the cube came out so much later than the other systems. I own a PS2 and a cube, I bought the ps2 because it is back compatable with all the great games such as the ff series (6-9) and that they released ffX.
Dont bash the other systems, dont bash the companies, realise that for nintendo to get back into the race (in the future) they must release their console when their competitors are, or else face the same problems.
Post by: Ocarina Blue on May 07, 2003, 11:44:31 PM
Post by: Wesisapie on May 08, 2003, 01:37:12 AM
PS. Sorry, "g a y" was a banned word, for some strange reason. i was just quoting anyways. looks to me like someone is awfully defensive of g a y s.
Post by: KDR_11k on May 08, 2003, 02:54:13 AM
About half of my friends think SSBM is crap (most of all the CS-nut), the other half aslmost begs "bring the cube!", most of which had an N64.
Post by: Nephilim on May 08, 2003, 03:12:41 AM
but its the right decison
Nintendo proberly paid 100,000 dollars for the Metroid Prime ads
and look its sold 7k in 2months
Iv seen no Zelda ad's and its released tommorow here
No point advertising something that isnt gonna sell, no matter how good the game is
Most people I went to school with were more interested in car games and shoot em up's
and u can see thats the average like by those sales
Nintendo AUS have done nothing wrong!
thu I wish they would sell AC here, or atleast just sell it thu there warehouse, like the SP headphones and GC cords
Post by: Termin8Anakin on May 08, 2003, 03:30:28 AM
I've got Zelda now (hahahaha - got it this afternoon!), so I'm gonna shut myself from civilization for the next couple of weeks.
But I think there's gonna be heaps of Zelda adverts during the kids shows like Cheez TV and stuff. I'll have a look when I watch Pokemon tomorrow morning.
Post by: oohhboy on May 08, 2003, 03:36:01 AM
Post by: Hybrid Hunter on May 08, 2003, 05:21:33 AM
Can't wait to see Zelda numbers, gonna get it this weekend!
Haven't seen commercials for Zelda yet however..which is dissapointing considering MP ads.
