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Nintendo software and hardware sales data from 1983 to present
- Thread starter Celine
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That might be legitimate, since Super Mario Bros. 2 was released as Super Mario USA in Japan.
blu
Wants the largest console games publisher to avoid Nintendo's platforms.
Please do tell the details of Gunpei's departure from nintendo. Since you're apparently in the know.
Pancakes R Us
Member
I can't believe Yoshi's Story only did 2.85m. I loved that game.
YOU GUYS BETTER BUY WOOLLY WORLD, OR ELSE.
YOU GUYS BETTER BUY WOOLLY WORLD, OR ELSE.
Dragoon En Regalia
Member
Damn, Pilotwings just made the list! Good that it did, but I can see why Nintendo's reluctant to make sequels outside of tech-demo purposes.
I didn't like Yoshi's Story, but I will buy Woolly World.
Ipsoclipso
Member
I think FFTA2 did around 600k. So yes.
ArchedThunder
Banned
Interesting, despite the fact that 3DS might never pass GBA on units sold it will undoubtedly pass it in Nintendo published million seller units sold.
Yeah, this was what we was led to believe - even though all anactodal and sales evidence pointed against it. Makes me feel pretty certain there would actually have been a big market for higher quality thirdparty games if they had only tried to put in some effort. Could have also avoided all the closures of the last few years if they had put more support to where the market actually was.
Visualante2
Member
never mind
Pancakes R Us
Member
I'm glad my threats are working.
Joking aside, I always felt that the style in Epic Yarn should've been used for a Yoshi game as soon as it was released. I'm so glad Nintendo is making it. The game looks charming.
blu
Wants the largest console games publisher to avoid Nintendo's platforms.
RE4 was published by Capcom. This is a nintendo chart.
Interceptor
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ArchedThunder
Banned
When does Nintendo update their Top Sellers list on their website? April, right? I'm pretty interested to see how 3DS and Wii U software numbers have come since the last update, since this is from that same time.
Mistake in the nomenclature.
SMB2 (Disk): 2.65M (Also known as Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels).
SMB2 USA: 7.46M
Will fix Op later.
Captain Smoker
Member
This list is only for games published by Nintendo.
I shall read next time instead of diving directly into the meat of it. For shame.
They go directly from their best generation ever into their current worst generation ever (in terms of sales). As Hiroshi Yamauchi said, "In our business, if you succeed it's like you've gone to heaven, but failure is like falling to hell."
There is hardly any middle ground in the entertainment industry.
There is hardly any middle ground in the entertainment industry.
It was a Gamecube title from 2005 that required a peripheral and wasn't a party game. I'm sure it didn't do as bad as Odama, but some miracles just aren't happening.
Sho_Nuff82
Member
Pretty sure this is just games published by Nintendo.
Edit: The drop in software variety that Nintendo published on N64 vs Gamecube is all you really need to explain the drop-off in performance in North America.
FreedomFighter
Member
Yeah, I remember NPD charts from back then. N64 software used to dominate even though the system was never purchased in the numbers that PS1 did. I remember a stretch where GoldenEye 007 had a very long streak of being #1 - #3 on the software sales charts.
Alcoholikaust
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thats alot of Virtual Boys sold- (as a collector I have one) color me
surprised
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Yeah, even taking into consideration that this lumps the GBC in with the original, it still had a long lifespan.
They just had the right products at the right time. Dedicated gaming handhelds as we currently know them will never sell that much again. They're going to need some very drastic changes. The home console space is still going strong though.
From the charts you can tell that Wii and DS Gen was the exception in the Nintendo hardware shipments decreasing over time
I think every rational person accepts this although i do still dome gaffers saying otherwise. However software wise the picture is alot different, according to the somewhat incomplete data avalible to us on the net atleast (Im talking Nintendo&3rd party sales.)
Dr. Feel Good
Banned
Am I reading this right that every Metroid game outside of Other M and Trilogy has sold over a million copies? I'm surprised they are so fickle about that franchise. Mid level budget could probably make them a profit on those games.
ArchedThunder
Banned
To be fair, a lot of people bought Game Boy Colors for Pokemon because they came out around the same time in the west, so Game Boy Colors being lumped into regular Game Boy sales doesn't really change too much on the life of the Game Boy.
I think the issue at this point is how to make Metroid more popular. Those are good sales, but as you can see Other M at least must've been a disappointment. I think the console Metroids from Prime forward look like some of Nintendo's more high budget games relatively speaking, so I think they want to make sure they're focusing their big teams on games that will sell well, and when DKCR did as well as it did for Retro and when Tomodachi was such a hit for Sakamoto's team, they probably were a bit less eager to jump right back into Metroid. It seems like the franchise is in a bit of refresh and cool off mode, though, and we know they have plans to bring it back sometime soon.
Kageshinzo
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If you're going to shit on a Nintendo thread again, how about having the decency to at least get your facts straight next time.
Handheld chart is a bit deceptive if read like this as it doesn't follow usual generational patterns or even hardware cycles. The original GB only did about ~70m in a bit over a decade while GBC did ~50m in about 4 years. You could also probably split DS and DSi into semi distinct systems and the chart would look a lot different.
From the charts you can tell that Wii and DS Gen was the exception in the Nintendo hardware shipments decreasing over time
With the way people talk about traditional Nintendo IPs, I thought everything sold above ten million. After all, they're the only ones who can support an entire console by themselves. I'm legit shook here that things like Kirby, Metroid, Zelda, Starfox sell about as well as Killzone or Resistance. I wonder if Reggie or Iwata cry at night when they look at the Wii numbers, then think about how massively they misunderstood where the market was heading. Maybe they don't have a smartphone either.
ArchedThunder
Banned
Yeah. It's sad too, the franchise to me feels like it has the potential to be a 5 million + seller per entry, but they just haven't found the way to do so. Maybe after they get far away from Other M they can see some new success for the series. Some experimental spin-offs would be nice though.
Killzone and Resistance sell well?
Adam Prime
hates soccer, is Mexican
I know, that stood out to me! That's INSANE. Wii Sports! Holy crap.
Dr. Feel Good
Banned
Compare budgets though.
Erm. The Wii and DS were MASSIVE sellers...... How is it a miracle they survived? Am I missing something here or are some people so full of hate for Nintendo that they just make shit up?
Adam Prime
hates soccer, is Mexican
What these charts don't show you is HOW MUCH $$$$$$$$ this company makes and how much it has in its war chest.
This company doesn't need to "sell well" to make mad profit off the things it sells. Consider how much money Nintendo is making RIGHT NOW on Amiibo sells.
This company is doing FINE.
The latter.
sörine;145717747 said:
its very true for GB and GBC (I still don't get why Nintendo take them as one generation), but on the DS and DSi its not the case since all the DSi Games were just enhancements from the DS and the latter can play them all, the DSi is just a minor change from the DS, while the 3DS is a true generationla leap, for example..
the same goes when the New 3DS sales start, they should be counted as one since they are in the same hardware level