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Offline KDR_11k

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RE: 2.3 million Black DS lite STOLEN!!!
« Reply #25 on: June 14, 2006, 10:44:58 PM »
Ian: You think you wouldn't raise any suspicions by selling a large stock of items whose only shipment has gone missing?

Overall it sounds like Nintendo still suffers loses from piracy.

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RE: 2.3 million Black DS lite STOLEN!!!
« Reply #26 on: June 14, 2006, 11:31:09 PM »
Nintendo should just count them as "sold".
Sony would.

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« Reply #27 on: June 14, 2006, 11:37:48 PM »
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Nintendo should just count them as "sold".
Sony would.
you mean "shipped" cause Sony doesn't report "sold" numbers

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« Reply #28 on: June 15, 2006, 05:15:41 AM »
Me 4. The first thing that came to my mind when this news broke is Sony.

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RE: 2.3 million Black DS lite STOLEN!!!
« Reply #29 on: June 15, 2006, 09:35:39 AM »
They really are shipped, though, so there's nothing shady about it.
If Sony is really desperate enough to steal Nintendo's shipments, then Nintendo has nothing to worry about.
That's my opinion, not yours.
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RE: 2.3 million Black DS lite STOLEN!!!
« Reply #30 on: June 15, 2006, 01:31:57 PM »
Should have used FedEx...

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« Reply #31 on: June 15, 2006, 02:00:27 PM »
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Originally posted by: Michael8983
Nintendo should just count them as "sold".
Sony would.


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RE: 2.3 million Black DS lite STOLEN!!!
« Reply #32 on: June 15, 2006, 02:42:31 PM »
I just thought of something regarding the whole "count them as sales" joke.  Logically this DS units are going to end up in the hands of someone, right?  So don't they count as part of the userbase?  When Sony gives us their shipped numbers those aren't reflective of the userbase because they're on a shelf.  But some people will eventually own these DS's and thus could be considered as potential game buyers.

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« Reply #33 on: June 15, 2006, 03:03:17 PM »
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Should have used FedEx...


Now that deserves a cookie.

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« Reply #34 on: June 15, 2006, 04:38:41 PM »
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I just thought of something regarding the whole "count them as sales" joke.  Logically this DS units are going to end up in the hands of someone, right?  So don't they count as part of the userbase?  When Sony gives us their shipped numbers those aren't reflective of the userbase because they're on a shelf.  But some people will eventually own these DS's and thus could be considered as potential game buyers.


You know, you have a point. Maybe Nintendo should count them as part of their userbase .
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RE: 2.3 million Black DS lite STOLEN!!!
« Reply #35 on: June 16, 2006, 02:29:18 AM »
I think Nintendo doesn't need to talk much about userbases, the DS is moving like 2-3 times as much software as the PSP so even if it had a smaller userbase there'd be no reason to make a game for the PSP unless it's a quick and cheap port from a home system.

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« Reply #36 on: June 16, 2006, 05:44:30 AM »
You know, I just re-read stevey's OP... he sounds kinda threating to Nintendo.

I think stevey did it.
Just some random guy on the internet who has a different opinion of games than you.

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« Reply #37 on: June 17, 2006, 09:22:06 PM »
You should really change this title to $2.3 million in black DS Lites.. It's a bit misleading.
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« Reply #38 on: June 17, 2006, 10:59:20 PM »
Well I figured out that the number of DS Lites stolen was 17692 if you divide 2.3 million buy 130$ (average retail price here in the states).
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RE: 2.3 million Black DS lite STOLEN!!!
« Reply #39 on: June 18, 2006, 07:17:43 AM »
Yes except these were to be sold in Europe for 150€ a piece.

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« Reply #40 on: June 18, 2006, 10:39:58 AM »
I am curious as to whether that loss references retail or production cost.
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« Reply #41 on: June 19, 2006, 03:17:38 AM »
Companies ALWAYS list losses at retail price.

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RE:2.3 million Black DS lite STOLEN!!!
« Reply #42 on: June 19, 2006, 08:17:57 AM »
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Originally posted by: Ian Sane But some people will eventually own these DS's and thus could be considered as potential game buyers.


Unlike the PSP, the DS is best used as a game machine and not a hacking tool, meaning that, if someone buys one illegally or otherwise, then they HAVE to buy games for it.

...Unless there are 17,692 people out there who consider pictochat a "killer app".

Oh, and Lik-sang did it.

Remember when I joked about a DS game called "Import Agent" where you played as the "procurement agent" for import services like Lik-sang and play Asia and that your job was to procure as many DSLites as possible and then escape from the angry crowds with them?

Yeah, in the sequel, you apparently hijack trucks full of Nintendo products.
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