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Nintendo 3DS sells 4.5 million in first year on sale in America
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It won't move many units over here but I'll definitely pick one up for it (if it has online!).
Byakuya769
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So how big of a loss does that 4.5 million represent?
AceBandage
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At 9 million pieces of software sold, none.
Castor Krieg
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Iwata mentioned they will be profitable again in September.
The loss is probably small enough that the increase in software revenue makes up for it. By the holiday season this year the 3DS should be profitable on hardware alone.
Gianni Merryman
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I think it's quite a given, should it have a good-quality line-up for 2012; in fact I gather it may top 25 mlls by the end of the year, whereas 30 mills is a little far-fetched methinks.
Opus Angelorum
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The loss is worth it, sales have doubled.
Fiscal year or calender year?
Depends on if MH4 and 2D Mario launch this fiscal year.
AceBandage
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Shikamaru Ninja
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Well it already has Brain Training 3D, Tomodachi Collection 2, Animal Crossing, and supposedly a NSMB/2D Mario. This is just Nintendo. MH4 is not needed for the 3DS to have a monstrous year in Japan.
I could see a best version of MH3G launching in the summer while MH4 takes the holiday.
They were both being developed concurrently, so MH4 should be pretty far along right now. I guess it just depends on if Capcom decides they need the revenue for this fiscal year or the next, also if missing the holiday season is worth it.
Actually I wouldn't be surprised if Capcom released a best version with an exclusive demo of MH4.
That is true, as I said it will probably depend on which fiscal year Capcom wants it released in.
Let's see it they will repeat this feat in Year 2, which coincide the coming of the DS Lite and NSMB.
Gianni Merryman
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It depends much upon what Nintendo and third parties have got in their pipeline for Q3 and Q4 2012; supposedly a 2D Mario alone may sell hugely both in Japan and the rest of the world, so all things being considered I reckon 20 mills worldwide should be pretty much a safe bet anyway, unless it had to stop selling altogetger.
Same. I stopped and tried to do a quick count and search. They must be counting Virtual Console and 3DS only downloadables (they need to come up with a better name for this) titles. Even then I wonder if that matches that 100+ number. They might be counting DSiWare since it's apart of the eShop and still getting releases.
grimshawish
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Whats the actual number for DS in year 2 since thats the target everyone is quick to question?
So it has online play?
You mean (not) selling it for 249$ with an horrible launch lineup + a drastic price reduction to 169$ months later?
Yeah, guess you're right
Jaded Alyx
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You mean (not) selling it for 249$ with an horrible launch lineup + a drastic price reduction to 169$ months later?
Yeah, guess you're right
I'm sure there are many Vita threads you could be in now, Hyuga.
You mean (not) selling it for 249$ with an horrible launch lineup + a drastic price reduction to 169$ months later?
Yeah, guess you're right
Or deciding to sell as many as they could at $249 to suckers before dropping it to the lower price to hit the mainstream.
It seems to have worked out ok for them.
lunchwithyuzo
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Too bad Sony didn't learn any lesson from Nintendo's example.You mean (not) selling it for 249$ with an horrible launch lineup + a drastic price reduction to 169$ months later?
Yeah, guess you're right
Metroid Hunter
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NINTENDOOMED to Vita
How does this compare to the DS's first year? I like how we have no idea what so ever Nintendo has planned for this holiday season.
How does this compare to the DS's first year? I like how we have no idea what so ever Nintendo has planned for this holiday season.
Have you read the OP? It's right there...
You mean (not) selling it for 249$ with an horrible launch lineup + a drastic price reduction to 169$ months later?
Yeah, guess you're right
If the numbers were not so good you would have an argument but the numbers do not lie. 5 mil in Japan and 4.5 mil in NA in 1 year is damn impressive.
Gianni Merryman
Member
I suppose Japan usually moves bigger numbers than U.S., at least as far as handhelds are concerned, so I don't think it's something unprecedented.
Remember that ignoring all the software sales and the attach rate makes you look like a dummy.
Guerrillas in the Mist
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I'm tempted to pick one up, but I'll wait for the two-nub revision.
That's how it was in the DS days. Some holiday titles were announced at the E3 preceding the shopping season.
lunchwithyuzo
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Have any other systems done 4.5m US thier first NPD year? Like PS2, GBA or Wii maybe?
Its not going to be that way for ever. I dont know how often that has to be said.
Thanks to the way it's selling now (in high quantities), dropping the manufacturing costs will be much easier that if it sold in small quantities.
Oh man, if only they have some accessories and software sales to make up for it and make them profitable in the last few quarters after the price drop happened.
This. People seem to have forgotten the criticism Nintendo received for under-pricing the Wii - it was constantly selling out, and (the theory went) would have gotten just as many sales at a higher price point. Nintendo was leaving money on the table. With all the excitement over the 3ds when it was first publicly shown, Nintendo didn't want to make that mistake again.
Of course, they ran into the problem with the theory - because the 3ds wasn't as exciting to the public as the Wii, the public didn't value the 3ds as highly, it didn't sell out constantly, and ended up making the system itself look weak. Nintendo was able to quickly correct, but it's impossible to tell how much(if at all!) they damaged the brand in the mean time. Not knowing that, it's hard to say if it was worth the extra money they scooped up from eager over adopters(it helps that they were mostly able to placate the early adopters by bestowing on them a meaningless title and giving them decades old roms).
Gianni Merryman
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3DS lite?! Actually I reckon it's already quite tiny as it is, as far as I'm concerned I could do with a 3DSXL with larger screens, better batteries and a second analog.
Which is really the only way you're getting any of those things. People don't realize that there's no room to include the features of the Circle Pad Pro and keep the same form factor.