KillerSloth
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Lol people get this upset over 1 month console sales? Hilarious. Gonna miss it have a social engagement fail
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May 2015 NPD (U.S. Hardware) Predictions - Closes June 9th
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Mister Megative
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CosmicQueso
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There are no winners here.
John Bender
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Finally a good joke post. You did good, sir.
Mister Megative
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Hey Cosmic. I'm a longtime lurker, new member. Your inputs to the NPD discussions over the years have been incredibly interesting to read
Hey Cosmic, Your inputs to the NPD discussions over the years have been incredibly interesting to read
Seconded.
CosmicQueso
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Hey Cosmic. I'm a longtime lurker, new member. Your inputs to the NPD discussions over the years have been incredibly interesting to read
Welcome and thanks! Of course, the one you responded to was certainly neither incredible nor interesting. But I dig it.
Oh hey Zhuge, welcome back.
Jimmyfenix
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Oh no is herman cain gone ?
You know what I was going to but I'm not even going there
Mister Megative
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I know he was banned......just not sure what for. Anyone ever figure out why Shogun was banned?
Welfare
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Herman was banned for getting involved in the internal debate of MK or SF I think.
BlackBuzzard
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He has been released from the chart mine! Now he can make more charts on GAF.
The Grim Reaper
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In the last fiscal year ending March 31st, 2015, Sony Life Insurance had an operating profit of 178.0 billion JPY ($1.44 billion), 92% of the Financial Services segment.
It is clearly a very profitable sector which props up other underperforming / failing segments (like Sony's mobile business).
But it's definitely not the whole story. Here is a table of Sony's most recent financials:
You can clearly see that there are numerous other sectors which support Sony's bottom line. To kill diversification and lose all of those potential segments cripples Sony's growth potential. Quite frankly, it's a horrible way to run a business.
Mister Megative
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In the last fiscal year ending March 31st, 2015, Sony Life Insurance had an operating profit of 178.0 billion JPY ($1.44 billion), 92% of the Financial Services segment.
It is clearly a very profitable sector which props up other underperforming / failing segments (like Sony's mobile business).
But it's definitely not the whole story. Here is a table of Sony's most recent financials:
You can clearly see that there are numerous other sectors which support Sony's bottom line. To kill diversification and lose all of those potential segments cripples Sony's growth potential. Quite frankly, it's a horrible way to run a business.
I just like the mental picture of Sony doing pilates to increase it's fitness.
Doctor Professional
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He did it now just in case Sony wins.
Anyway, 4 hours left before Wii U takes the win by 500 units.
Mister Megative
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Nah. I predict 7-10k.
Jimmyfenix
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CosmicQueso
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I know it's only in for like 2 days of sales, but I'm more curious about Splatoon than I've been about any game in a long, long time.
I rescind my initial statement.
We are ALL winners here now.
I rescind my initial statement.
We are ALL winners here now.
Welfare
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Jimmyfenix
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what are your predictions for it ?
Mister Megative
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Sorry, I'm new here. I had to do it at least once. You understand. That's the last time.
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Me too. That and WiiU sales. MK8 barely did anything the first month, but Splatoon had a surprising effect in Japan.
I wonder if they didn't mention the WiiU (software or hardware) in the press release because they were poor or because they didn't need cushioning.
Thanks! And sorry for being a bit direct. I extrapolate a lot.
Me too. That and WiiU sales. MK8 barely did anything the first month, but Splatoon had a surprising effect in Japan.
I wonder if they didn't mention the WiiU (software or hardware) in the press release because they were poor or because they didn't need cushioning.
Nintendo themselves would have numbers beyond the end of May right? Think they'll give more info about it along with the usual PR?
Doctor Professional
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3, so we'll know since new Ips seem front loaded before they show legs, on how well it did.
The Grim Reaper
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Nintendo corporate regularly makes sell-through estimates through frequent communication with major retailers.
As aforementioned, it's important to have data as soon as possible. Nintendo isn't going to wait multiple weeks for data when they could make strategic decisions now.
However, they do wait for NPD to get sell-through confirmation and to see how the overall retail market is performing.
You're not alone, sir. And I say that for both of your statements! No Cain wodoo this month, wohooo!
Doctor Professional
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I've literally seen and heard a few things implying Wii U won the month, but if that's the case I'm expecting the units of the highest console to be ~90k this month.
No problem.
No problem.
CosmicQueso
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Trying to predict what Nintendo will or won't do regarding numbers is a fool's errand.
Yep. 3 days is more than enough to get a solid read.
Now you sound like my boss.
Who were those people you heard such things from? Where did you see it? It's basically impossible, unless everything collapsed due to completely unknown reasons. It would be just so unreal, like entering a different dimension. A bit like entering in past month's Gaf prediction thread.
The Grim Reaper
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Be careful not to fly too close to the sun. You'll get burned.
theprodigy
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Welfare
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"Wii U was the highest selling Nintendo home console this month"
Well it won Japan!
Ghost_Messiah
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Predicting an Xbox One win. Sony a close second. Nintendo a distant third. Basically a repeat of last month. Expecting Xbox to maintain last month's momentum. Interested in seeing the results and the usual NPD mayhem regardless. NPD nights are always entertaining for a couple of hours. See you all around 11pm GMT.
Mister Megative
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But are your charts ready?
EmptySpace
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what were the releases last month that could have moved consoles/systems? only witcher 3? i couldn't really think of any.
Unfortunately not haha.
Not this time. Whilst I'll be participating in the thread, I don't think I'll have much time to post charts today or rest of this week.
Welfare
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Lucky you. I went to bed at 6 am and woke up at 11 am. If I took a nap I would sleep through today.
Yeah don't let me take the glory
Witcher 3, Splatoon had a Best Buy bundle I think.
Doctor Professional
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I wouldn't think too much of it. I am not seeing anything else implying that, probably just some skewed data from a local area.
New IPs are frontloaded? Since when. Generally the opposite is true. On top of that it's showing legs in Japan already and while that's not indicative of the rest of the world I doubt it'll be completely front loaded anyway. Still 3 days should give an idea of how it started.
Yeah it had the memorial day deal at GS for 2 days and the BB trade in deal for over a week.
I just always get these gut feelings NPD day.
I guess i should also take into account the white bundle being limited.
KillerSloth
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I am leaning Ps4 with a small win this month, gonna be close though.
I had the same issue but seems to be ok again now.
I had the same issue but seems to be ok again now.
krypt0nian
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June brings Junior crazy.
This time of year (Leading up to E3) is always really funny for me in the retail aspect. This is literally like a second Christmas for us hardcore enthusiasts, but for the larger retail (especially retail electronics), this time of year is basically crap. Not soon enough to start the pre-college sales, no major holidays to push things besides Memoria/ Mother's/Father's day (and seriously, that's low spectrum consideration).
I saw someone speculating on my comments about the White XB1 models, and saying they saw a ton at their stores. That's totally feasible. We got stock of them, but it was still split between the black/white bundles, and it wasn't exactly a big 'deal' bundle. The Destiny bundle was building on ultra-hype for the game on top of the resounding success the system was drumming up. The white XB1 bundle has just been "hey, a different color, available more than the Sunset bundles- But with no real difference other than color".
It's *selling*, but at least where I've monitored, it's sold effectively in replacement for Black models, not overpowering one way or the other.
I'm interested to see how the larger market carried through though.
I saw someone speculating on my comments about the White XB1 models, and saying they saw a ton at their stores. That's totally feasible. We got stock of them, but it was still split between the black/white bundles, and it wasn't exactly a big 'deal' bundle. The Destiny bundle was building on ultra-hype for the game on top of the resounding success the system was drumming up. The white XB1 bundle has just been "hey, a different color, available more than the Sunset bundles- But with no real difference other than color".
It's *selling*, but at least where I've monitored, it's sold effectively in replacement for Black models, not overpowering one way or the other.
I'm interested to see how the larger market carried through though.