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Nintendo 3DS sells 4.5 million in first year on sale in America
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I thought we did already.
Gianni Merryman
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Fair enough.
Magicpaint
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Lmao at the second gif
Seems easily over 200k in February, mixing the Nintendo information with the limited NPD information.
The problem is, even if it's a good number, with this PR already released, I'm not sure Nintendo will put out another one for the NPD numbers, so we'll probably have to wait to see if someone else will give us the monthly figure.
Criminal Upper
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Pachter: "Nintendo is in complete disarray. They have no idea what they are doing, and should have followed my advice that the 3DS was priced far too low."
Where do they say it? I see only the 1.75 milliions for SM3DLand, and the 1.45 millions for MK7
m.i.s.
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Criticism came largely from a tiny investment circle. The same investment circle that predicted Wii would be a GCN mark two and PS3 the new PS2.
I don't think Wii was under priced btw - Nintendo just didn't produce enough of them to satisfy demand.
That is what happens to an under-priced product...
Elegantly said, my friend.
Byakuya769
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That's not dispositive, however. Demand is psychological, and having the wii so hard to find could have made it more desirable.
The_Endgamer
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Nice sales, it doesn't come as much of a surprise though that they're so good.
Hell, my 3-4yr old nephew owns one for car trips!
Hell, my 3-4yr old nephew owns one for car trips!
Portugeezer
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The 3D remake of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time has sold 900,000 units
http://ds.ign.com/articles/122/1220076p1.html
plagiarize
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And a higher price would have countered that. The Wii was underpriced. Factually.
Similarly, the 3DS was overpriced before the price drop. Factually.
Escape Goat
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You get the idea. It's done really well to turn it around.
Who are the people in this gif? Reggie is the Pres of North America Nintendo? And Shiggy of course. Not sure who the other two are.
Iwata and Yamauchi, current and former Nintendo bosses respectively
Clockwise from the front: Miyamoto (Producer), Reggie (NOA pres), Yamauchi (former NCL pres), Iwata (NCL Pres)
I'm reasonably certain the older one is Lo Pan from Big Trouble in Little China.
Yeah, a 3DSXL would be an awesome device.
As it stands, the 3DS just isn't pleasant hardware to use especially after buying a Vita. It's small, the screens are poor, and it's not comfortable to use. A larger, more comfortable unit with an increase in screen size and quality would be just wonderful. I'm hoping they can further improve on the lenticular 3D to allow for a wider viewing area and reduction of cross talk.
I do like the system, but I feel that the hardware is just shy of where it needs to be. For 3D, I don't think the hardware is quite as capable as it should be as framerates across the board have been much lower than they were on DS. That won't change, but there is still plenty of room for improvement.
Nintendo HAS consistently improved the quality of their hardware over time (with each iteration of the DS improving upon the previous) so I have some faith here.
Gianni Merryman
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Former president Yamauchi and present days president, Iwata.
frankie_baby
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Damn. I love when folks do this for me. Nice work.
Sohter.Nura
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Yeah, it sold better in the first year, but Nintendo hasn't had any blue ocean titles.
I think the 3DS will run out of steam faster than the DS.
I think the 3DS will run out of steam faster than the DS.
Escape Goat
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I typically don't look up the bios of the people who make the games I play! Its not like they're people I ought to know like US Presidents or cast members on Jersey Shore.
Thanks. /TheMoreYouKnow.gif
Kai Dracon
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So despite the infinite Nintendo doom cycle, and despite iOS having "stolen Nintendo's market" the 3DS has been approximately twice as successful as the DS within the same time frame in North America?
LOL death of handhelds.
The thing is, the "death of handhelds" cult has been harping that ALL markets for portable devices have been consumed by iOS and tablets, not just so-called casual games.
It is probably true that iOS has eaten a lot of the Brain Training audience, but then, Nintendo has been making a hard push to capture the core gamer with 3DS so far, or at least it appears that way.
People will still probably call the 3DS a "complete failure" if it only sold 70 million units instead of 140+ due to the blue ocean being elsewhere now. If only everyone could fail like that!
It seems the 3DS and Vita both are battling to prove there's still a core market for handheld gaming devices.
LOL death of handhelds.
The thing is, the "death of handhelds" cult has been harping that ALL markets for portable devices have been consumed by iOS and tablets, not just so-called casual games.
It is probably true that iOS has eaten a lot of the Brain Training audience, but then, Nintendo has been making a hard push to capture the core gamer with 3DS so far, or at least it appears that way.
People will still probably call the 3DS a "complete failure" if it only sold 70 million units instead of 140+ due to the blue ocean being elsewhere now. If only everyone could fail like that!
It seems the 3DS and Vita both are battling to prove there's still a core market for handheld gaming devices.
Entirely possible. In fact, that's a view I somewhat share. However, the question is whether the 3DS is meant to act as a blue ocean product. Keep in mind that the DS already expanded Nintendo's game-purchasing audience significantly. This could very well be more of a sustaining product, meant to sell to the same folks (plus the PSP's).
And yes, you're free to question whether people will upgrade from the DS to the 3DS, but at this price Nintendo has given them little reason not to. Still, it's something to keep an eye on.
In other words, it's the Super Nintendo to the DS's NES.
Ladies and gentlemen, prepare yourselves for GAMES!
Byakuya769
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Having a higher price would have made it less desirable? Cool. Otherwise, your Econ 101 supply and demand shit is pedantic. "That's factual."
thestopsign
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We definitely know what they have coming. It's more of a question of when rather than what at this point. Paper Mario, Luigi's Mansion, Kingdom Hearts 3D, Animal Crossing, and a 2D Mario Platformer. That would be more than enough for any console, but there are a lot of additional games along with those bigger hitters.
I think if the 3DS can reach to the same market as the GBA it will still be considered a success. I don't think many people are expecting the same results as the DS after Lite dropped. It would be something very hard to duplicate as a number of factors all played into that burst.
Souldriver
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Ooooh, I like your scenario.
BassForever
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I always said the DS was closest to SNES in terms of amazing library, and if the 3DS is already doubling those sales the system's library could be completely ridiculous.
Generally speaking, the quantity demanded of a good at a higher price is less than at a lower price. I mean, unless you know something about the Wii that we don't that would somehow have it showcase something other than a downward sloping demand curve?
Nintendo would not consider that a success. And neither would I.
PSP. 4.0m to 3.1m.
Byakuya769
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Plagiarize and Vinci are the guys that think the post office should raise stamp prices to counteract low sales.
I think it actually has a chance depending on how much of Sony's market it eats. Competition at least right now isn't very stiff like it was in the early DS years.
ThaneKrios
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Bravo!
Petrae
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Based on Nintendo's 4.5MM number, 3DS sales for February would be about 252,000 units.
The correct statement is sometime between April and October
ScreenSplitter
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I hope the SNES analogy is taken further by the best sidescrolling Metroid so far...
Never doubted Nintendo for a second.
Depends on whether that would help or not. It's not quite that simple, and stamps have very little to do with video game consoles.
We're speaking simply on a subject that in fact has many layers, but what we're saying is generally true: With higher prices comes a lower quantity demanded of the good. There are cases in which that doesn't happen, but the Wii doesn't appear to reflect any of those options.