Author Topic: Nintendo Sales Figures for October (Read 5547 times)

Bloodworth · « **on:** November 18, 2003, 03:30:05 PM »

Nintendo's numbers continue to rise, and they've issued a release looking at the phenomenon from nearly every angle.

DID YOU KNOW?

Nintendo GameCube Sales Update

The official numbers are in, and they confirm that Nintendo GameCube™ is upending the console video game market. The Sept. 25 price drop of Nintendo GameCube to an MSRP of $99.99 continues to have a massive ripple effect throughout the video game industry, according to October's Toy Retail Sales Tracking Service (TRSTS):

* The final October hardware market share among consoles was 35 percent for Nintendo GameCube. It grabbed 10 market share points in October, including nine from PlayStation 2 and one from Xbox.

* Nintendo sold more than a quarter of a million Nintendo GameCube systems in October, 50 percent higher than any other month in 2003, including September. This one-month number also is considerably more than any month of Microsoft Xbox sales so far this year.

* The projected units sold for October are 300,000 for PlayStation 2, 254,000 for Nintendo GameCube and 176,000 for Microsoft Xbox. And momentum is growing: Reports from Nintendo's largest retail clients show that unit sales are actually up so far in November.

* When coupled with sales of the Game Boy® Advance line, Nintendo was responsible for more than half of all hardware system sales (51 percent) in the month of October.

* Nintendo GameCube software sales are also soaring – games sold were up 62 percent in October from the previous month…and so far in 2003, are exactly double what they were at the same point in 2002.

Nothing compares with the Game Boy Advance.

* In October, Nintendo sold more than 400,000 Game Boy Advance systems – more than 100,000 more units than any of the consoles. Nintendo GameCube and Game Boy Advance are the only two systems to show unit sales growth so far in 2003.

jasonditz · « **Reply #1 on:** November 18, 2003, 06:04:41 PM »

Surprised this didn't move the stock much. Seems like extremely positive news all around.

nolimit19 · « **Reply #2 on:** November 19, 2003, 02:06:14 AM »

im assuming these are U.S. numbers...sounds like a good ole' fashion ass kicking by nintendo.

BlkPaladin · « **Reply #3 on:** November 19, 2003, 05:20:20 AM »

Yes this is the US figures, since this is the NPD numbers. And it did move stock they are making the Gamecube again for retailers so it took a big bite out of their overstock.

vudu · « **Reply #4 on:** November 19, 2003, 07:58:10 AM »

i was thinking jasonditz was referring to the price of nintendo's stock, not the overstock of gamecubes.

Fish · « **Reply #5 on:** November 19, 2003, 08:16:20 AM »

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And momentum is growing: Reports from Nintendo's largest retail clients show that unit sales are actually up so far in November.

If this would be any other month, I would take that as an excellent news, but taking this is November, naturally sales are rising thanks to christmas. Good news anyway!

jasonditz · « **Reply #6 on:** November 19, 2003, 08:48:39 AM »

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i was thinking jasonditz was referring to the price of nintendo's stock, not the overstock of gamecubes.

Indeed I was.

C'mon, I can't be the only guy that's holding Nintendo shares here.

thecubedcanuck · « **Reply #7 on:** November 20, 2003, 01:43:00 AM »

" Surprised this didn't move the stock much. Seems like extremely positive news all around. "

The second quarter loss is the reason the stock price staying put. When you look at Nintendo from an investor perspective, you have to realize that the company has done a lot of things that make investors worry, the beating at thier own game to the hands of Sony is a perfect example. It will take a lot more than a few months of good game cube sales to get investors back into the one. I dont see a real rise in Nintendo stock in the forseeable future.

jasonditz · « **Reply #8 on:** November 20, 2003, 07:47:37 AM »

The loss was only because of currency charges. They're still profitable WRT continuing operations.

To me, the only negative news of late was that Mario 128 might not get launched this generation.

vudu · « **Reply #9 on:** November 20, 2003, 08:40:44 AM »

how about 4-5 major publishers dropping support for the cube? or the anouncement of the psp?

mouse_clicker · « **Reply #10 on:** November 20, 2003, 10:27:04 AM »

4 or 5? I seem to remember it being two.

Also, Nintendo attributed their loss to poor Gamecube sales, which the price drop (very) quickly rectified.

jasonditz · « **Reply #11 on:** November 20, 2003, 10:53:50 AM »

So we don't get any more PS2 ports from the essentially bankrupt Eidos. We don't get the one game a year Interplay has been delivering.

Oh, and Acclaim dropped support, but for some reason we're still going to be plagued with another Legends of Wrestling title and some kind of ghetto soccer game anyhow.

The only decent games I really miss are the Sega Sports titles.

The funny thing is, they all dropped support back when the Cube was running third, now its making the Xbox look like yesterday's news.

mouse_clicker · « **Reply #12 on:** November 20, 2003, 11:10:22 AM »

Eidos and Acclaim are probably kicking themselves now, with this very news about Gamecube sales going through the roof coming out right after they decided to drop support for the Gamecube. I hope they squirm in the knowledge that they're idiots.

The biggest non-Japanese 3rd party I think, now (besides EA) is Ubisoft, and they've been giving the Gamecube stellar support, which is very nice.

vudu · « **Reply #13 on:** November 20, 2003, 11:34:04 AM »

i didn't say i missed any of the games that weren't coming to the cube. most of those publishers sucked and i don't play any sports games. however, i was trying to look at things from an investor's point of view, and it's just another strike against nintendo when any developer stops making games for gamecube.

jasonditz · « **Reply #14 on:** November 20, 2003, 02:05:06 PM »

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Eidos and Acclaim are probably kicking themselves now, with this very news about Gamecube sales going through the roof coming out right after they decided to drop support for the Gamecube. I hope they squirm in the knowledge that they're idiots. The biggest non-Japanese 3rd party I think, now (besides EA) is Ubisoft, and they've been giving the Gamecube stellar support, which is very nice.

Activision is bigger, but they too have been pretty good about cube support.

jasonditz · « **Reply #15 on:** November 20, 2003, 02:16:44 PM »

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i didn't say i missed any of the games that weren't coming to the cube. most of those publishers sucked and i don't play any sports games. however, i was trying to look at things from an investor's point of view, and it's just another strike against nintendo when any developer stops making games for gamecube.

Nobody likes to see support dropped, but how much do any of these companies matter? Was anyone really going "Well, I was going to buy a cube, but not if Eidos isn't backing it"? How much royalty revenue do you generate with a handful of titles that are just going to wind up in the reduced bin anyways?

To me, third party console titles are only useful to the company if they generate new hardware sales. Nintendo's bread and butter is, and always has been, 1st party titles.

mouse_clicker · « **Reply #16 on:** November 20, 2003, 03:45:32 PM »

If Criterion could get a new publisher, similar to what Free Radical did, I couldn't care less that Acclaim dropped their Gamecube support. At least I still have a PS2 for Burnout games.

Ocarina Blue · « **Reply #17 on:** November 20, 2003, 09:24:56 PM »

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If Criterion could get a new publisher, similar to what Free Radical did, I couldn't care less that Acclaim dropped their Gamecube support. At least I still have a PS2 for Burnout games.

Sorry to go off topic, but it's my understanding the Burnout 2 is near impossible to get. Did these people cut support from the GC while there was still a huge shortage of Burnout 2 discs?

jasonditz · « **Reply #18 on:** November 21, 2003, 07:04:26 AM »

If you're really desperate for Burnout 2, Therage.com has it for $49.99

mouse_clicker · « **Reply #19 on:** November 21, 2003, 10:28:04 AM »

My Electronics Boutique STILL doesn't have it in- Acclaim shot themself in the foot with Burnout 2. Luckily a friend of mine found it somewhere in Chicago.

Shecky · « **Reply #20 on:** November 21, 2003, 06:10:46 PM »

I just saw Burnout 2 in Blockbuster... well for rent anyways.

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