Post by: joshnickerson on February 20, 2004, 11:55:22 AM
We recently ran out of stock on Gamecubes at the Wal-Mart I worked at, and when we scanned in the UPC code to order more, we found out it had been deleted from the warehouse. Well, today we found out the reason why. Nintendo has simply run out of Gamecubes! So, it's gonna be at least a month before we get more in.
So it's basically good news that Nintendo has sold so many cubes, but bad news if people who haven't gotten one that want one can't get one.
Post by: WuTangTurtle on February 20, 2004, 12:31:47 PM
Post by: Avinash_Tyagi on February 21, 2004, 11:18:32 AM
Post by: KDR_11k on February 21, 2004, 07:41:08 PM
Post by: BlkPaladin on February 21, 2004, 08:57:37 PM
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Kind of makes me wonder what the going price on ebay is. (Though I wouldn't do it.)
Post by: Matrix on February 22, 2004, 08:07:37 AM
The bad news is that they're sales are going to drop really low until the GC supply is renewed. If you check this monthes sales chart, I bet big N has dropped to third again.
Sort of a double-edged sword. It turns out halting GC production was a bad idea.
Post by: mouse_clicker on February 22, 2004, 08:42:52 AM
Post by: Matrix on February 22, 2004, 08:55:41 AM
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Only in retrospect- at the time it was the only thing Nintendo could have done.
Aye. I don't think anyone was expecting this much demand for the GC.
Post by: KDR_11k on February 22, 2004, 09:03:49 PM
Post by: ruby_onix on February 22, 2004, 11:17:02 PM
Nintendo supposedly sold a cool million units in December (the entire amount that the XBox was leading by in North America). But they sold out halfway through the month. Then the XBox coasted along with two prime weeks of no competition (from the other "PS2 alternative"), and sold another million hardware units of their own in December.
I saw some January hardware numbers in another forum. So I have no way of knowing if they're real, but...
PS2: 338,000
GBA: 299,000
Xbox: 192,000
GCN: 131,000
Back down to last place in America, again. Because they're still sold out. Now that's just sad. Nintendo is going to completely kill off their "momentum" by the time they get their butts back in gear.
Sure, we can say that Nintendo had "no choice" but to cut their production because their warehouses were full, but Iwata himself has said that they made a mistake, in that the drop to $99 was a clear part of their plans even earlier, but after the lackluster price cuts of E3 they decided to "play it safe" and grab for some extra profit by just including the GBP with the GameCube instead of a price drop.
Nintendo has needed to "get serious" with the GameCube since day 1. They should've played hardball. Your competitors are showing a weakness? Maybe they're holding something back? So what? Use overkill. You've got a reputation to rebuild, and you need to impress people.
Also, if Nintendo knew they had a "plan A" (price cut) to fall back on, since "plan B" (the GBP instead of a game) wasn't working, why didn't they have a little more faith in themselves? Rent some more warehouse space. They should've known that there was a possible sales surge coming (although I suppose the GameCube up until now hasn't really inspired a lot of confidence).
Sure, it seems impressive to think that their warehouses were completely "full", and now they're completely "empty", but when it comes right down to it, their plan for this winter was only to "do as well as the XBox".
Edit: The MagixBox also has the same numbers I mentioned. They also have the total North American sales.
PS2 - 22,596,000
GBA - 20,248,000
XBox - 7,983,000
GCN - 6,996,000
Post by: Actraiser on February 23, 2004, 01:58:42 AM
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The walmarts near me still have some, so does the best buy.
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Kind of makes me wonder what the going price on ebay is. (Though I wouldn't do it.)
same as they always have, surprisingly. i guess because there isnt a xmas coming up, no one is really scrambling
Post by: Ymeegod on February 23, 2004, 03:45:51 AM
Hmm. If I recall correctly nintendo's plants can easily produce 1/2 million units per month and even higher.
Post by: Cap on February 23, 2004, 04:38:24 AM
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Post by: KDR_11k on February 23, 2004, 07:50:35 PM
Post by: jasonditz on February 26, 2004, 08:51:27 AM
Post by: DrZoidberg on February 27, 2004, 05:51:16 AM
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lets just face it. the nintendo of today must be some sort of retarded offspring of Atari and Sega that is set on killing itself with addons, peripherals, gimicks, and now hardware supply problems. Lets not even get into thier image as kiddy rehash.
why arn't they saying they are better than jesus then? oh wate. melodrama ++
Post by: Pinnacle on February 27, 2004, 10:41:35 AM
Post by: thecubedcanuck on February 27, 2004, 11:23:53 AM
Oh wait, wrong forum.
Post by: NinGurl69 *huggles on February 27, 2004, 11:59:43 AM
Post by: mouse_clicker on February 27, 2004, 12:01:35 PM
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EB and Gamestop even have alot of dreamcasts left.
My EB doesn't even carry Dreamcast stuff anymore.
Post by: Joey on February 27, 2004, 08:04:43 PM
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What is this... "bo-log-na" you speak of...?
sorry for going ot but it is a type of meat. The word actually sounds more like bal-oh-nee.
Post by: Avinash_Tyagi on February 28, 2004, 06:56:27 AM
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My local game stores (and retailers like Target and Walmart) have stacks of all three systems. EB and Gamestop even have alot of dreamcasts left.
Its the opposite in my area, the sotres haven't had GC's on the shelves since december.
Post by: ThePerm on February 28, 2004, 08:04:12 AM
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