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Nintendo official financial report (10/25),Wii worldwide sales revealed
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Thunder Monkey
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Sometimes I love you too much...JoshuaJSlone said:
*cough*
Cheesemeister said:
Interesting enough if you look at the tie ratios regionally US really likes to buy games in comparison to the rest on the Wii
Japan - 3.24
The Americas - 5.13 (6.13 with Wii Sports included)
Other - 4.06 (5.06 with Wii Sports included)
DS Tie Ratios for comparison as well
Japan - 4.82
The Americas - 5.13
Other - 4.58
JoshuaJSlone said:
Pretty amazing that this mostly on the back of Wii Sports, Wii Play and Gamecube's leftovers. I think they're fortunate having Super Mario Galaxy when they do, it's the perfect title to keep that momentum going with, far more so than Brawl even. Wii Fit's also going to be absolutely massive and god knows what will happen when they get around to Wii Sports 2.
titiklabingapat
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Cryect said:
Higher income per capita, I'm assuming.
JoshuaJSlone
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Last quarter, I pointed out that while Wii was ahead worldwide, due to PS2's staggered launch PS2 still actually lead in each individual territory. Let's see if that's still the case...
Japan. Yep, but the gap has narrowed.
NA. Yep, and the gap has actually grown larger.
EU. Yep, but the gap has narrowed.
It is worth noting those are the old "Manufactured" PS2 numbers, rather than "Shipped to retailers", so they're not perfectly comparable. Certainly it seems odd that Wii is falling further behind PS2 in North America this way, while it's been getting further ahead by NPD's count.
Japan. Yep, but the gap has narrowed.
NA. Yep, and the gap has actually grown larger.
EU. Yep, but the gap has narrowed.
It is worth noting those are the old "Manufactured" PS2 numbers, rather than "Shipped to retailers", so they're not perfectly comparable. Certainly it seems odd that Wii is falling further behind PS2 in North America this way, while it's been getting further ahead by NPD's count.
You actually answered your own question. The PS2 numbers that you are using are manufactured numbers, not shipped numbers. And with the comparative Christmas season coming up where the PS2 sold 2.85 million units in Nov + Dec, Sony was very likely hoarding a significant number of units for the holidays which hadn't been shipped out to retail yet.JoshuaJSlone said:
Likewise, I am sure that Nintendo has a fair stock of systems hoarded as well right now, but those systems haven't been counted in their totals yet, whereas the PS2 numbers have been counted. So in effect, you are comparing Nintendo's NPD numbers with Sony's NPD + Xmas hoarding numbers. So one would expect the lead to be widening in such a case. The situation would likely be different if you were to add the Wii systems which Nintendo has held back for the holidays to their total. Although I'd be surprised if Nintendo has been holding enough back to get 3 million units in stores this holiday season in North America.
titiklabingapat
Member
New thread material.chris0701 said:
JoshuaJSlone
Member
Yeah, that's probably it.Dalthien said:
The numbers in that image aren't new; they're the ones from 3 months back.titiklabingapat said:
Shipped through September 30.Lightning said:
Gahiggidy
My aunt & uncle run a Mom & Pop store, "The Gamecube Hut", and sold 80k WiiU within minutes of opening.
English version...chris0701 said:
http://www.sony.net/SonyInfo/IR/financial/fr/07q2_sony.pdf
Basically, they sold 1.31M ps3 in the last 3 months. Also, they've changed hwo they report units sales this past warter from "produciton shipments" to "recorded sales".
Avutta1978
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koam said:
Smart man I have been a happy camper since $29.50
Avutta1978
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koam said:
Yes we do.
JoshuaJSlone
Member
I think you're misreading it a bit, though what you've come up with probably isn't far off. They show a forecast of 28 million for DS, but that's for this financial year which is now half done. It works out to them forecasting a DS total of 68.29 million by the end of March.Brak said:
Gamer @ Heart
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Does anyone else remember that japanese analyst that said the Wii would not be able to meet demand until March 2008 right when the Wii launched and everyone, EVERYONE laughed at the idea? Where is he now?
JoshuaJSlone
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I just did a search for Wii* afternoon and asked for results more than a year old. I can't guarantee this is the very first use of a variation of that phrase, but it likely could be.Gaborn said:
Thread: So What Are Your Wii Launch Plans?
Post: Scrow
Scrow said:i'll probably wake up sometime in the afternoon, drive to the nearest shopping center, pickup a wii + zelda and extra remote + nunchuck, go home and play wii sports for a little while, then load up zelda and say goodbye to the rest of the day.
i'm still undecided if i should import though. or wait till christmas to see if someone buys it for me.
JoshuaJSlone
Member
Ehh, not so much. They shipped more than 3 million worldwide last November and December. If that was doubled, it'd be 6 million... and that still leaves October, January, February, and March.chris0701 said:
http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/pdf/2007/071025e.pdfD.Lo said:
titiklabingapat
Member
That's not that farfethced. a million each month outside of Nov/Dec. Nintendo's not outside of stuffing channels during a massive sales week/month/period and sacrificing stock from slower periods.JoshuaJSlone said:
I dunno if anyone has done this before, but here we go:
Going by those numbers they expect around 10 million more shipments over the next 6 months. In the previous 6 months, they shipped 7 million.
So, because I'm lazy, let's just say they continued at that 7 million a month for the next 6 months. That leaves 3 extra million to go into the Christmas period. So, where I'm going with this, in a horrible, round about way:
For November/December, worldwide, Nintendo should be able to ship an absolute minimum of 5 million consoles. That's not including any stock already in stores, or even if they just leave nothing for January, which is very likely.
Edit: you guys already talked about this dammit.
Going by those numbers they expect around 10 million more shipments over the next 6 months. In the previous 6 months, they shipped 7 million.
So, because I'm lazy, let's just say they continued at that 7 million a month for the next 6 months. That leaves 3 extra million to go into the Christmas period. So, where I'm going with this, in a horrible, round about way:
For November/December, worldwide, Nintendo should be able to ship an absolute minimum of 5 million consoles. That's not including any stock already in stores, or even if they just leave nothing for January, which is very likely.
Edit: you guys already talked about this dammit.
Lonewolf_92
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Xeke said:
You know, even back then I thought the people saying that smoked their breakfast.
Vast quantities of precious Wii!
Gaborn said:
When the PS2 was released at the Best Buy near me the parking lot was full of people waiting to grab one and it was a hugh media event. When the Gamecube was launched there only 2 people waiting.
Having remembered that I thought there would be plenty of Wiis avaliable at launch.
Now, almost a year after launch and Wiis are STILL soldout almost everywhere.
Gamer @ Heart
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Baryn said:
NEXT E3, or whatever the hell publishers decide to do, WILL BE HUGE
Lonewolf_92
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The reason I knew getting a Wii would be trouble and to expect a crowd as watching messageboards like this one (and Gamefaqs) and seeing the buzz building as Nintendo showed the "Revolution" bit by bit. It was like watching a Geiger counter responding to tremors and knowing it's going to lead to a giant volcanic eruption.