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Good for Nintendo, though I still don't understand why people buy them.
I just like have good looking figures of my favorite nintendo characters for a good price. I dont even really care about in game functions.
Good for Nintendo, though I still don't understand why people buy them.
I just like have good looking figures of my favorite nintendo characters for a good price. I dont even really care about in game functions.
Haha. What a hit.I bought about 2 million of those myself. Pm me for Rosalina price.
Please don't really pm me
wow, maybe i should buy one of these Amiibos to see whats the deal with them.
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I mean, they don't do jack in terms of working with software or being functional. But some of them look really really nice. Given how cheap they are, they are cool (if you are into collecting figurines). So I would only suggest collecting, if you are into them for well....just collecting. They aren't that functional as of now in terms of being useful. This is my collection:
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I'm curious about the sales data here in Aus. The shelves are completely stripped clean of all of wave 1 and 2. Can't order online, can't buy them in store. Obviously, Nintendo Australia always gets small amounts of stock because our market is small, but still curious.
This looks amazing!
This looks amazing!
What Nintendo needs to do in terms of usefulness for the Amiibos is stick to their current DLC-like strategy. It is far easier to get potential customers interested in buying an Amiibo if there are plenty of games with the unique tap DLC feature then it would be for an Amiibo-based game.
I love this current style because it answers my hatred towards current DLC standards. With Amiibo I feel like when I buy my Luigi he is available in a variety of games, not just one. Works so much better.
What Nintendo needs to do in terms of usefulness for the Amiibos is stick to their current DLC-like strategy. It is far easier to get potential customers interested in buying an Amiibo if there are plenty of games with the unique tap DLC feature then it would be for an Amiibo-based game.
I love this current style because it answers my hatred towards current DLC standards. With Amiibo I feel like when I buy my Luigi he is available in a variety of games, not just one. Works so much better.
I agree with this, but I think as already mentioned by many others, that they also need a central hub game for Amiibos. Guess they think that Smash is the game serving this role...
That makes sense, but I'm still surprised so many people feel the same way. I mean 2.5 million in NA alone! That's a crazy number.I just like have good looking figures of my favorite nintendo characters for a good price. I dont even really care about in game functions.
Good on Nintendo. Personally, I have three and not even bothered to tap Pit into Smash yet. I just love the chance of buying obscure characters that wouldn't get a figure otherwise (Shulk, Ness...)
I hope Nintendo will continue to include Amiibo in a wide variety of games, where they provide bonuses that are not essential to the game, but nice gifts for fans (costumes, weapons, etc.). The games should still be packed full of content, even without Amiibo (like Smash).
I know some people are upset about the FE integration in Codename Steam, but I think it's a very good fit. Fans of FE are most likely to buy the next Intelligent Systems strategy game and it provides good synergy.
However, I think it will be key for Nintendo to ALSO offer at least one dedicated Amiibo game. Be it like Nintendoland or a 3D platformer or, my personal favourite, a JRPG with a party of Nintendo characters.
You both are right, imho.
their actual strategy is good to not piss usual fans, imho, because they are offering just additional optional contents spread among various games, while their usual offering stay "classic". Later on, on 3DS or Wii U (best thing? on both, with a multiplatform game release) they should/could offer a "Skylander-like" amiibo game.
So a sort of Subspace Emissary in 3d?
There is both good and bad news in this, good news is that Nintendo are making money in a whole new sector, it is new money that they would not have made previously. However, it has further focussed their output on a few hardcore Nintendo fans who buy everything Nintendo release but not much else.
In the same way EA, Activision and Ubisoft are trying to better monetise hardcore PS4/XB1 gamers Nintendo are just doing the same for their own fanbase. Amiibo does not solve Nintendo's core problem, their userbase has collapsed, it is an inward looking solution and it also doesn't make a lot of money, around $15-17m gross profit is not going to change their fortunes and given that these items are not disposable they can't keep selling them to the same people, once someone has bought the set, they have bought the set.
I was just about to say, their profit from those figures won't be a lot.....how the hell does Skylanders make so much money? Are the toy sales really that much bigger and toys more expensive or is there something I'm missing?
There is both good and bad news in this, good news is that Nintendo are making money in a whole new sector, it is new money that they would not have made previously. However, it has further focussed their output on a few hardcore Nintendo fans who buy everything Nintendo release but not much else.
In the same way EA, Activision and Ubisoft are trying to better monetise hardcore PS4/XB1 gamers Nintendo are just doing the same for their own fanbase. Amiibo does not solve Nintendo's core problem, their userbase has collapsed, it is an inward looking solution and it also doesn't make a lot of money, around $15-17m gross profit is not going to change their fortunes and given that these items are not disposable they can't keep selling them to the same people, once someone has bought the set, they have bought the set.
There is both good and bad news in this, good news is that Nintendo are making money in a whole new sector, it is new money that they would not have made previously. However, it has further focussed their output on a few hardcore Nintendo fans who buy everything Nintendo release but not much else.
In the same way EA, Activision and Ubisoft are trying to better monetise hardcore PS4/XB1 gamers Nintendo are just doing the same for their own fanbase. Amiibo does not solve Nintendo's core problem, their userbase has collapsed, it is an inward looking solution and it also doesn't make a lot of money, around $15-17m gross profit is not going to change their fortunes and given that these items are not disposable they can't keep selling them to the same people, once someone has bought the set, they have bought the set.
How are Amiibo's any different to Skylanders or Disney Infinity? All three are capitalising on a proven brand and I see no way of relating that to the Wii U issues or fan base support for said brand.
How are Amiibo's any different to Skylanders or Disney Infinity? All three are capitalising on a proven brand and I see no way of relating that to the Wii U issues or fan base support for said brand.
I was just about to say, their profit from those figures won't be a lot.....how the hell does Skylanders make so much money? Are the toy sales really that much bigger and toys more expensive or is there something I'm missing?
Different to Skylanders because Skylanders makes a lot more money, it is also focussed on a proper game not some nebulous idea that people may get to use them in different games for some use and Activision can make up more figurines on the spot if sales start to slow down, plus they are more expensive. The same is true for Disney Infinity, just replace make up more figurines for release more characters.
Nintendo have an issue that they have expended the vast majority of their popular characters in round one and it probably hasn't made them a lot of money, now they have to move onto less popular characters, limited editions and different colour clothing items to sell more. With Skylanders Activision can just force parents to buy more because the new game requires a specific feature or a specific set. Nintendo won't be able to do that.
they can do a pokemon Amiibo game
Scan Mario amiibo to get Mario Style Pack (clothes, weapons) for your Splatoon character.
That number is for one country in five weeks. The US isn't the world, and Amiibo isn't going to suddenly stop this month.So possibly a profit of 13 million? Impressive but I'm not sure why people are freaking out over it. It's not exactly a success worthy of printmoney.gifs
Wait so its 2.5 million only for US? Do we have any numbers for PAL and JP too? Really interested in how big the overall number is...
I am really curious about the European market. Especially here in Germany everything seems to be available and in my local stores they actually made the Amiibo sections smaller again. This makes the craze in NA seem very surreal to me.
I hope they are selling well in Europe, too.
Dam man that Case alone is making me Jealous. Never bought a Amiibo or really any Collectible but seeing that is making me tempted.I mean, they don't do jack in terms of working with software or being functional. But some of them look really really nice. Given how cheap they are, they are cool (if you are into collecting figurines). So I would only suggest collecting, if you are into them for well....just collecting. They aren't that functional as of now in terms of being useful. This is my collection:
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That is truly fantastic! Kudos! Hope you get well soon man.I mean, they don't do jack in terms of working with software or being functional. But some of them look really really nice. Given how cheap they are, they are cool (if you are into collecting figurines). So I would only suggest collecting, if you are into them for well....just collecting. They aren't that functional as of now in terms of being useful. This is my collection:
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