-
Hey, guest user. Hope you're enjoying NeoGAF! Have you considered registering for an account? Come join us and add your take to the daily discourse.
Nintendo - Amiibo Milestone: Shipments Reach 10.5 million
- Thread starter vinnygambini
- Start date
Hopefully Nintendo do restocks of prior waves! I really want a Villager and King Dedede. I mean Kirby and Animal Crossing are some of their biggest franchises so why are they so limited. Same for any Pokemon that is not Pikachu. 
Yeah I feel like half of the Amiibos I want are unavailable in a minute or two, and considering I work two part time jobs it's rare for me to have a day off when the preorders go up (they happen seemingly randomly). Every retailer seems to be pissed at Nintendo too, to the point where competitors are having one of their selling points be 'we will actually supply you guys'.
vinnygambini
Why are strippers at the U.N. bad when they're great at strip clubs???
DAREALGUMMY
Member
SatoAilDarko
Member
Yup. I really want Wii Fit Trainer as sees my favorite new character in SS4. I actually play the Wii Fit games.
I'm just holding out hope she'll get restocked.
I luckily got the Splatoon Amiibo set when someone on GAF pointed out Walmart still had them for preorder.
Investor meeting slides are now up in english http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/en/library/events/150508/index.html
It hasn't even been half a year yet...
It's hard to say "no" to those cuties T_T
Really excited for those yarn Yoshi amiibos. Hope they sell them at a cheaper bundle of 3.
He has to cover for Ninjablade also.
TheGreatMightyPoo
Banned
After I got the Squid Three-Pack, I am kind of over Amiibo but I am sure something will happen like that unique Yoshi one that will get me back on the crazy train.
I thought there was a market for these thingies but I didn't think they'd sell this well nor did Nintendo.
I'm all for anything that makes them money as long as it helps them stay in the game.
I thought there was a market for these thingies but I didn't think they'd sell this well nor did Nintendo.
I'm all for anything that makes them money as long as it helps them stay in the game.
TheGreatMightyPoo
Banned
Not sure what happened, nevermind.
Gonzo The Great
Banned
No, I'm still very much alive! And I'm not surprised at all by these numbers, nor am I going to be surprised when the Amiibo bubble bursts a few years from now. Maybe I'll forgive them if they release a Donkey Kong Country line.
TheGreatMightyPoo
Banned
The present though is printing them money.
If it's a fad, it's still a good business one considering it's not their core product.
30yearsofhurt
Member
Can we get a release aligned graph of amiibo v PS4?
I'm an idiot, I got Mario Kart 8 LTD numbers mixed up with Wii U LTD numbers in my head XD
We have a ton of Metaknights after the restock though.
They shouldnt do anything worthwhile until they correct the stock problem or start releasing cards.
It's hard to say "no" to those cuties T_T
God, that shit is going to be impossible to find.
bored at work, quick and dodgy maths:
japan 127,300,000
NA 528,700,000
Western Europe 397,500,000
Australia 23,130,000
10,500,000 amiibos shipped
11% Japan - 1,155,000 - 110.2:1 people to amiibo ratio
66% NA - 6,930,000 - 76.3:1 people to amiibo ratio
20% Europe - 2,100,000 - 189.3:1 people to amiibo ratio
3% Australia - 315,000 - 73.4:1 people to amiibo ratio
Australias thirst for Amiibos.
i'm sure if you include the sell through (90% for Aus, couldn't remember the others) it'd be different again.
japan 127,300,000
NA 528,700,000
Western Europe 397,500,000
Australia 23,130,000
10,500,000 amiibos shipped
11% Japan - 1,155,000 - 110.2:1 people to amiibo ratio
66% NA - 6,930,000 - 76.3:1 people to amiibo ratio
20% Europe - 2,100,000 - 189.3:1 people to amiibo ratio
3% Australia - 315,000 - 73.4:1 people to amiibo ratio
Australias thirst for Amiibos.
i'm sure if you include the sell through (90% for Aus, couldn't remember the others) it'd be different again.
Mihael Mello Keehl
Banned
Every bubble burst at some point. You act as if they supposed to sell 40 million amiibos for 99 years straight.
30yearsofhurt
Member
Well I have around 50 so I'm accounting for 3672 people eh? Actually about 20 of those were bought in Japan and a few were bought from europe and NA via ebay...
Explains why it is impossible in Europe to get some.
The Splatoon Amiibos were sold out before I even realized they went on sale :/
A few weeks ago I was visiting Leipzig, Germany and I came across Villager, Wii Fit Trainer, all Pokemon, Pit, Captain Falcon and pretty much every amiibo ranging from common to rare in the US and UK etc (except Little Mac). All in big Muller and/or Media Markt stores and all for normal prices.
Imagine my surprise as I held them in my hands! For multiple days I debated with myself whether to buy them, even coming back to the shops to look at them a second time. In the end I decided against wanting to collect them all and as such against buying the ones I didn't want for myself. I then debated whether I should buy them to sell them, but decided against that as well due to my inexperience and general disinterest in doing such things (though if I had done so, I would have sold them to GAF members for a decent price; I'm not a scalper).
While I might have resisted the lure of plastic Nintendo goodness, I still partly regret my decision now...I could have them all by now (except Little Mac) instead of just Mega Man and Wario (which I always knew I wanted)...or helped my fellow GAF amiibro's out...
Azure Phoenix
Member
So that's like 10 million Yoshi, Peach and Pikachu Amiibos and 500k for everything else, right?
MarkMclovin
Member
And they could sell so many more.
Amiibos shipment up to December 31st, 2014 - 5.7 millions
Amiibos shipment up to March 31st, 2015 - 10.5 millions
Amiibos shipment {2015.1.1 - 2015.3.31} - 4.8 millions
A low drop compared to the Holiday (and launch) period. They're doing very well.
Not on the same level as Skylanders, though: as March 31st, 2012, there were already over 30 millions toys sold (unclear if shipped or sold) http://content.usatoday.com/communi...-million-skylanders-toys-sold-/1#.VUyBro7tmko
But, even then...I summon Nirolak! Nirolak, were there already packs with multiple toys back when the first Skylanders launched, weren't they?
Amiibos shipment up to March 31st, 2015 - 10.5 millions
Amiibos shipment {2015.1.1 - 2015.3.31} - 4.8 millions
A low drop compared to the Holiday (and launch) period. They're doing very well.
Not on the same level as Skylanders, though: as March 31st, 2012, there were already over 30 millions toys sold (unclear if shipped or sold) http://content.usatoday.com/communi...-million-skylanders-toys-sold-/1#.VUyBro7tmko
But, even then...I summon Nirolak! Nirolak, were there already packs with multiple toys back when the first Skylanders launched, weren't they?
Monster Zero
Junior Member
At least, every starter pack (up to last year's trap team) had 3 Skylanders inside, and they counted those in that estimate
I will be really upset if I don't get them. Missing out on Ness and Pacman still stings.
Fox Mulder
Member
Even though the stock has been shit and preorders a giant clusterfuck, I think the frenzy really helps sell them more than they otherwise would.
They're fringe feature figures for the poorly selling wiiu and a new 3ds model.
I wouldn't have bought 10 without the bullshit urgency clashing with my collectors disease.
fredrancour
Member
I think they announced link, pikachu, and mario as the top 3 sellers way back when.
DeuceGamer
Member
I feel like one of the reasons they became popular and why they sell out within minutes is because collectors, and then resellers, realized some are produced in limited quantaties. If all were constantly available I have doubts that the current frenzy would exist. It's definitely helped fuel the frenzy but if thet were all readily available I'm not certain they would have sold significantly more.
The Strokes
Banned
Jesus christ People, stop buying these damn things.
So that I can find a Megaman Amiibo :[