Post by: Rob91883 on November 04, 2003, 03:52:10 AM
GAMECUBE NEWS
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/sarcasm
Right...enough of that.
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Post by: Mario on November 04, 2003, 01:56:14 PM
Ok, so Nintendo said that sales quadrupled since the price cut. The price cut started the last week of September, so before the pricecut, sales were 100,000, in August. If they really have quadrupled in October, and the GameCube has 37% marketshare then sales should look like:
August:
GCN 100,000 (19%)
PS2 291,000 (54%)
XBX 146,000 (27%)
September:
GCN 165,000 (24%)
PS2 334,000 (50%)
XBX 172,000 (26%)
October: (estimates)
GCN 400,000 (37%)
PS2 432,432 (40%)
XBX 248,648 (23%)
Wow, so GameCube is outselling Xbox finally. I bet that more GameCubes will be sold in Novemeber and December than Xbox's, and i'll go out on a limb and say even more than PS2. GC is doing much better than i expected, and Mario Kart isnt even out yet! Watch sales go BOOM when Mario Kart is released, i predict over 2 million GameCubes will be sold during November and December. Well done Nintendo.
*GBA doesnt factor in the marketshare
Post by: FFantasyFX on November 04, 2003, 02:48:50 PM
I seem to be having flashbacks to 2002. XBox, using the strength of its two free games campaign, absolutely whipped the Gamecube during the Christmas period. This time around, it looks like Nintendo is going to smash Microsoft by lowering the price point to $99. It's too bad that Metal Gear and Final Fantasy got delayed, or else Nintendo would have really had a strong holiday season.
Post by: Mario on November 04, 2003, 03:18:15 PM
Nintendo said they sold 4 times the number of GameCube straight after the pricecut. Soooo
September sales by week:
Week 1 = 17,500
Week 2 = 17,500
Week 3 = 17,500
Week 4 = 43,750 (17,500/2 + 70,000/2) (price cut halfway through week + other factors)
Week 5 = 70,000
Adds up to 166,250 (TRST number = 165,000, close enough). Nintendo said October sustained these numbers, so that would mean in October (October is a four week NPD TRST month) would look something like this:
Week 1 = 70,000
Week 2 = 70,000
Week 3 = 70,000
Week 4 = 70,000
Total 280,000. Sounds a bit more reasonable doesnt it? But, the increase has been by at least four times the amount, so that probably means more GCs were sold than that, but there is no factual evidence i can manipulate into that, so 4 times will have to do. Now, assuming 280,000 Nintendo GameCubes were sold in October, and Nintendo GameCube had a 37% marketshare that month:
PS2 334,000
GCN 280,000
XBX 172,000
Another thing, im not taking into account the increases/decreases over the year, just from the past month(s).
Post by: Masterchief on November 04, 2003, 03:52:58 PM
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Originally posted by: Rob91883
According to Gamespot, Nintendo has a 37% market share from 19%. Those price cuts, plus MK DD will make this holiday season very interesting.
GAMECUBE NEWS
Don't forget how far it fell though....
Post by: mjbd on November 04, 2003, 04:08:07 PM
Post by: Mario on November 04, 2003, 04:30:15 PM
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Don't forget how far it fell though....
What?
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Post by: Koopa Troopa on November 17, 2003, 04:34:23 PM
Sony doesn't need to drop its price, and not even Microsoft can afford another ~45% loss on each XBox (well, they could technically afford it, but it would do more bad than good).
