Post by: Requiem on December 27, 2006, 08:55:17 AM
Check it out
Post by: WuTangTurtle on December 27, 2006, 09:04:22 AM
Post by: Requiem on December 27, 2006, 09:09:03 AM
Post by: capamerica on December 27, 2006, 09:38:55 AM
Post by: couchmonkey on December 27, 2006, 10:25:47 AM
Still, Nintendo has had a really good launch.
Post by: BlkPaladin on December 27, 2006, 12:30:53 PM
Post by: BranDonk Kong on December 27, 2006, 01:26:14 PM
Post by: Requiem on December 27, 2006, 01:28:23 PM
Post by: Requiem on December 27, 2006, 01:32:58 PM
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Originally posted by: Brandogg
I think VG charts is wrong. Xbox360 is closer to 9 million, at least according to other sources.
What other sources? Nextgenwars is by far the least credible...
here check out the month by month totals....
Post by: Kairon on December 27, 2006, 01:45:05 PM
NPD numbers discourage any higher estimates in the North American Market, and the numbers are very clear about Japan. Europe has no such independent reliable and public tracking service, but all indications point that the X360 Is not exactly gangbusters over there, definitely not enough to account for 2 million "phantom" units that MS needs to make its magical 10 million number.
... which they're gonna say they did by giving us shipping numbers instead anyways.
~Carmine "Cai" M. Red
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Post by: BranDonk Kong on December 27, 2006, 03:13:09 PM
Post by: Kairon on December 27, 2006, 04:59:01 PM
Also, the numbers on VG charts for the US market are straight from NPD, the closest thing we have to a sales tracking group in America. They're not perfect (they don't track Walmart but are forced to guesstimate them), but they're our best guesses. They also don't cover Canada and the rest of the Americas.
~Carmine "Cai" M. Red
Kairon@aol.com
Post by: IceCold on December 27, 2006, 06:13:47 PM
Yeah, those 360 numbers are quite accurate - it may be a bit over 8 million at most.. The PSP numbers seem inflated; even the Japan ones seem too high. The Wii sales look about right - Nintendo missed their target by about a million, if this holds true.
On another note, New Super Mario Bros is at nearly 8 million worldwide, and Nintendogs is at 10 million! Amazing.
Post by: Kairon on December 27, 2006, 06:27:13 PM
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Post by: Smash_Brother on December 28, 2006, 04:57:01 AM
I'm curious to see when Wii demand will taper off. It's looks like the Medacast predictions of the Wii being impossible to find for the rest of the year are indeed correct and could likely carry over into the next year as well.
Post by: NinGurl69 *huggles on December 28, 2006, 05:20:08 AM
Post by: Smash_Brother on December 28, 2006, 05:28:42 AM
For anyone with a 9-5 job, this still classifies as "impossible" since all these shipments come in around noon.
Post by: BlkPaladin on December 28, 2006, 05:30:34 AM
Post by: Smash_Brother on December 28, 2006, 05:32:19 AM
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Originally posted by: BlkPaladin
Well for now they are going to be "easier" to find then in December. But I don't expect them to be in great quanity when found but they will stay on the shelf a little longer. I just finshed reading an article on the New York Times where he didn't want to get one until he played it then he couldn't find them. His last few sentences were that he hated Nintendo and the guy how showed him the console. (The games editor)
That's true throughout.
My GF didn't want one until she tried Wii sports, and I've showed it to coworkers at the xmas party who seemed genuinely interested in it.
The Wii has the viral effect going for it, even more so than the DS ever did.
Post by: BlkPaladin on December 28, 2006, 05:36:03 AM
Post by: Smash_Brother on December 28, 2006, 05:40:42 AM
Wii Sports has probably sold more Wiis in the US than even Zelda.
Post by: Ceric on December 28, 2006, 05:59:28 AM
Post by: NeoThunder on December 28, 2006, 12:55:26 PM
not sure about the half in the US sounding right, considering Nintendo said 1 million in the US by the end of the year
Post by: BranDonk Kong on December 28, 2006, 03:20:10 PM
Post by: BlkPaladin on December 28, 2006, 04:35:35 PM
Post by: Requiem on December 28, 2006, 07:01:04 PM
Post by: NinGurl69 *huggles on December 29, 2006, 05:38:50 AM
Post by: Smash_Brother on December 29, 2006, 05:41:20 AM
Post by: NinGurl69 *huggles on December 29, 2006, 06:09:42 AM
Post by: Requiem on December 29, 2006, 06:12:41 AM
However, ignoring the Wii would be a disaster, but then again....they wanted to have 4 million out by the year's end, and they have sold 3.17 mil. I think by years end they'll have 3.5 million around the globe, which puts them ahead of schedule to sell 6 mil for the fiscal year.
Post by: Smash_Brother on December 29, 2006, 07:37:09 AM
Enough Wii searching will eventually piss people off to the point where they eventually forget about buying one (it happens).
Post by: Requiem on December 29, 2006, 08:26:14 AM
If you don't want a Wii, I'm sure someone will take your place. For instance, just today my brother said to me "Yo...Christmas is over.....let's get a Wii." Whether we find one or not, it doesn't matter because Wii is as viral a system as one can be, and once more games come forth it will renew interest.
Post by: Smash_Brother on December 29, 2006, 08:31:03 AM
But early Feb should be the latest for Nintendo to get piles of systems into stores. The problem with the Wii (and every company wishes they had problems like this) is that every Wii sold practically guarantees another Wii sold, possibly more.
I mean, when does the average chain of friends end? Usually, they don't. You'll always know at least one more person who will see the Wii, want one, and then show theirs to a different set of friends/relatives and the chain continues.
Post by: NeoThunder on December 29, 2006, 10:37:51 AM
I think it's safe to say christmas next year, PS3 will be dead
I'm gonna say I see it holding less of the market than even the gamecube
Post by: Requiem on December 29, 2006, 10:45:36 AM
Let's not be blinded with optimism. Sure the PS3 has had a tough time entering into the market, but hindsight's a bitch. I seem to remember the PSP launching terrible as well, but it is still sellling (slowly, but steadily).
Post by: Arbok on December 29, 2006, 11:04:50 AM
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Originally posted by: NeoThunder
I'm gonna say I see it holding less of the market than even the gamecube
I doubt that. If they drop the price, I see it being able to do well versus the 360. The question is when and by how much the price would drop, though. If Sony gets desperate, I could see them cutting the price pretty quickly, much like they did with the PS1 which eventually led to it overcoming the Saturn and N64. However, Sony will be bleeding money to do so, considering how much they already lose on the system, and there is little to stop Microsoft from cutting the 360 price even lower to counteract it.
Post by: Requiem on December 29, 2006, 11:39:54 AM
Post by: NeoThunder on December 30, 2006, 05:40:22 AM
on the other hand, sony would just be cutting their throuts even more if they cut the price, and as long as sony doesn't lower the price, 360 has no reason to lower theirs
Post by: Pittbboi on December 30, 2006, 05:43:51 AM
Post by: Kairon on December 30, 2006, 07:34:16 AM
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Originally posted by: NeoThunder
if sales of 360 don't go up any, you can probley count on a price drop
I agree... If the XBox 360 continues to track under or around original XBox numbers, then Microsoft will be tempted to do this.
..UNLESS they're happy with a niche market. But they'll probably do it anyways just to throw stick it to Sony.
~Carmine "Cai" M. Red
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Post by: SixthAngel on December 30, 2006, 02:03:48 PM
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Originally posted by: Kairon
I agree... If the XBox 360 continues to track under or around original XBox numbers, then Microsoft will be tempted to do this.
..UNLESS they're happy with a niche market. But they'll probably do it anyways just to throw stick it to Sony.
~Carmine "Cai" M. Red
Kairon@aol.com
They are advertising the 360 to a niche market though. The features that are pushed the most are xbox live and HD (there are still many people without internet/broadband.) These are both features that not everyone is capable of using and should not be pushed as the primary reason for purchase. They seem to want mainly the most hardcore gamers because of this and the types of games available. If you don't have online (or don't want to pay) or don't have an hdtv (or don't care about hd resolution) the xbox isn't very tempting especially when the features are advertised as almost necessary.
The Wii's big selling point is something everyone who gets the system can use, just like it should be.
Post by: vudu on December 30, 2006, 02:41:57 PM
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