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[Meffer]

Holy god damn Christ, 1 billion of Amiibo sales alone? I knew they're popular but by that margin?

 

[Theognosis]

That's how you win the holidays. It's all about PROFIT. And that's the bottom line.

 

[PreyingShark]

As far as that insane amiibo money goes, I'm inclined to say that there's some miscommunication going on. amiibo should still make Nintendo a lot of money, though.

 

[Squall5042]

If true, much deserved imo. My favorite game company.

 

[Raist]

Their prevision were not good in last few years... So we'll see.

That's never, ever gonna happen.
Either Nintendo is drunk, or the guy writing the article dun goofed.

 

[Mushroomer25]

Goddamn, the Amiibos worked. I wouldn't have expected them to connect, but that billion doesn't lie.

 

[Pappasman]

Do you think they meant to say a billion yen, not dollars..? maybe??

its probably this.

 

[Nudull]

Congrats, Nintendo.

 

[Mory Dunz]

Profit, Profit,

Ninty just stop it

 

[alr1ght]

76 million amiibos. It's in yen, brehs. They use chartzzz numbers too.

 

[Captain Smoker]

1000000000 Japanese Yen equals
8208500.0000 US Dollar

820,850 amiibos

Seems much much much more reasonable of a forecast than 100M amiibos in one territory in just a few months of launch...

Yeah, it's most definitely Yen (should be changed in the OP).

They project 200.000 amiibos for France.

 

[jholmes]

I love Bloomberg copy.

With the success of recently released games featuring the plumber Mario and his brother Luigi, analysts expect there to be a flow-on effect to consoles.

But then there's this:

There are a total of 7.6 million of the machines in the hands of gamers worldwide, according to ********.com, which tracks industry sales. That compares with the 15.1 million for PS4 and 8.1 million for Xbox One, despite a one-year lead.

Ehh, maybe we shouldn't put too much stock in this story aside from the analyst roundup figures. Is Bloomberg trying to get banned on NeoGAF?

 

[Vena]

That has to be Yen, not Dollars.

 

[ec0ec0]

time to discontinue everything.

 

[Scum]

That's quite impossible..

1.000.000.000$ / 10$ = 100.000.000

I doubt they're going to sell 100 million amiibos lol


Maybe a false quote.

Yeah. Probably meant Yen.

 

[AdanVC]

Crazy good news! So freaking glad Nintendo is having a good holiday season for once. You go, Nintendo! Now, Amiibo... holy shiiiiiit they sure are popular!

 

[explodet]

$1 billion from Amiibo sales in the U.S. alone

 

[Loris146]

That's never, ever gonna happen.
Either Nintendo is drunk, or the guy writing the article dun goofed.

My exact thought. It's simply impossible.

 

[Bass260]

That's one billion yen.

Still a hefty margin to be made from Amiibo's. Congrats Nintendo

 

[Projectjustice]

1 billion! Thats insane! Nintendo always doing their thing. Its so impressive.

 

[Richie]

1000000000 Japanese Yen equals
8208500.0000 US Dollar

820,850 amiibos

Seems much much much more reasonable of a forecast than 100M amiibos in one territory in just a few months of launch...

Thanks a bunch! Yeah now -this- I'll easily believe.

 

[Chezzymann]

1000000000 Japanese Yen equals
8208500.0000 US Dollar

820,850 amiibos

Seems much much much more reasonable of a forecast than 100M amiibos in one territory in just a few months of launch...

Yeah that sounds way more reasonable

 

[Living Proof]

I just don't see how the math can work out for the Amiibo sales in the U.S. alone, and that's coming from someone who's bought all of wave one and has most of the others preordered. They'd have to sell tens of millions of 'em, so unless they're talking extremely long-term, I don't get it.

Edit: too slow, should have read the comments

 

[caesar]

Remember how people were calling for Iwata to be fired?

 

[EGOMON]

Sorry but WTF is amiibo ?!

 

[AniHawk]

Yeah. Probably meant Yen.

$100 million would mean about 7-8 million amiibos sold, which makes a lot more sense to me if they're actually that successful.

edit: that's right, two zeroes, not one. $10m.

 

[Maneauleau]

That's quite impossible..

1.000.000.000$ / 10$ = 100.000.000

I doubt they're going to sell 100 million amiibos lol


Maybe a false quote.

Yen not dollars no?

 

[SatoAilDarko]

1000000000 Japanese Yen equals
8208500.0000 US Dollar

820,850 amiibos

Seems much much much more reasonable of a forecast than 100M amiibos in one territory in just a few months of launch...

This is what it probably is as dollars aren't mentioned and all other currency in the article is Yen.

They'll sell over a million in the US and the profit will equal 1 billion yen.

 

[Mory Dunz]

It's crazy that Wii in December 2009 sold more consoles in the US than Wii U did this entire year worldwide

At this point, not really. Wii U is....beyond bad.


Wait, Wii in the US over Wii U worldwide....dang, that's actually something.

 

[mhs004]

Dammit! Now I can't pay for a new Mario level every week on my Iphone

 

[BeforeU]

Do you think they meant to say a billion yen, not dollars..? maybe??

That is still a lot actually.

 

[Meesh]

I had no ideas Amiibos were so popular.

Give a Bayo amiibo Nintendo!

In. My. Weins.

 

[johnsavage]

$1 billion from Amiibo sales in the U.S. alone

So $1,000,000,000 / $13 = ~77,000,000 units

77,000,000 / 3,300,000 (# Wii U's sold in the US source: wiki) = ~23 amiibos per Wii U owner. That seems a smidge unrealistic.

 

[Phazon]

Article fucked up yeah, it has to be YEN imo

1 billion Japanese yen =
8.23 million U.S. dollars

divide that by whatever nintendo is making on these things.

 

[Skiesofwonder]

I was assuming they meant yen. 1 biillon USD would be bonkers.

 

[wanderingprostheyltite]

Good for them, amiibo is a beast. Was watching this Discovery channel four parter about the history of video games the other day, the Nintendo segment was by far the most interesting part, going into the origin stories of Miyamoto, the early IPs, experimentation. I think it's remarkable the history and legacy they've had, and pretty damn impressive how much staying power they've shown through thick and thin. Onwards and upwards Ninty, now please make another powerful console O_O

 

[BodiesWithoutOrgans]

I've bought all 18 Amiibo so yeah 1 billion is prob right

 

[qualitydisc]

Very good news from Nintendo. And that 1 billion figure has to be yen... right?

 

[Wolfgang Jr]

Fuck!
Nintendo were just about the drop the Pokemon MMORPG bomb next year if they didn't turn a profit this holiday season.

 

[James Scott]

1 billion yen by the end of the year sounds more realistic. Everything else in the article is yen, so yeah. Still very good

 

[Nothing1016]

It's either ¥1B or $100M just read wrong. I'm inclined to believe ¥1B

100.000.000/13 ~ 7.7M Amiibos. Not too unrealistic but still a little outlandish. I'm going with ¥1B for sure

 

[ec0ec0]

nintendo still not crashing fast enough... this is bad

 

[Wolfgang Jr]

So $1,000,000,000 / $13 = ~77,000,000 units

77,000,000 / 3,300,000 (# Wii U's sold in the US source: wiki) = ~23 amiibos per Wii U owner. That seems a smidge unrealistic.

It's not that far off going by NeoGAF posters!

 

[Raist]

1 billion! Thats insane! Nintendo always doing their thing. Its so impressive.

... their thing?

 

[ShockingAlberto]

I think the one billion number is a projection of the lifetime sales of the amiibo line. Basically they're extrapolating off current popularity, which seems...unwise.

 

[Gurthang]

Based Amiibo

 

[KiN0]

I did not realize amiibos were doing so well.

 

[Fantastapotamus]

Too bad for them, they need to sell less games so they can finally earn all that iOS money.

Spoiler

Before I get a bunch of confused replies: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=940396&highlight=

 

[Übermatik]

NOICE.

 

[Usobuko]

Nintendo, if amiibo is making that much money, why not restock more for people? It's not even Xmas yet and some of them are unavailable.