LTD through the equivalent period (to September 2003) was 10.45M HW, 75.01M SW.
I really want to see them go mad with Nintendo Selects for absolutely no reason but to hit one billion. Come on Nintendo Selects Metroid Prime Trilogy, Kirby's Adventure Wii and Xenoblade, that is 10 sales right there.Wii software shipment 900m+
What a software beast.
It still feels like a rough prototype. You can buy a code then have to enter it at launch to an unfinished/dogfood website (which I'm surprised is still up) for it to automatically download (or you switch on your system and boot up the eShop and enter the code there).Doesn't the US essentially have that now?
They've only shipped 1.88m in total across the whole "Others" region, which includes the whole world outside of Japan and Americas. If the channel is still stuffed with even that small total then it just goes to show how much of an irrelevance Wii U is in PAL/Others. In comparison it has shipped 630k in H1 for a total of 3.43m in the Americas.
Actually fairly close to what I predicted. So Wii U still below 7 million sold to consumers?
Keep in mind that many countries buy directly from Japan & US then sell them locally (middle east is an example). So such sales will be counted under US & JapanThey've only shipped 1.88m in total across the whole "Others" region, which includes the whole world outside of Japan and Americas. If the channel is still stuffed with even that small total then it just goes to show how much of an irrelevance Wii U is in PAL/Others. In comparison it has shipped 630k in H1 for a total of 3.43m in the Americas.
You know Nintendo, they often like to keep their cards close to their chest, especially with the 3DS.
No new hardware will come next year other than QoL. They haven't released the N3DS in the west yet. It will have exclusive games. Do you really think they'd drop that and a new handheld in the same year?
? Sorry just woke up. Explain this.why would shipment numbers have affected that? this doesn't change known sell-through numbers.
See my earlier post about the matter: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=136410973&postcount=142Wow, I totally forgot about QoL. They said they would officially announce it this year, didn't they? Not much time left.
why would shipment numbers have affected that? this doesn't change known sell-through numbers.
Except we've never had this ... outside of US and Japan.
but for PAL countries we know that they even retired some units at a certain point (-20K units? could be?), and than they re-shipped. I don't think that retailers would have accepted many units creating a significant gap between distributed and sold through
For reference, known sell-through for the US is 2.77M through September NPD, and 1.92M through September 28th Famitsu, for a total of 4.69M.
Cumulative shipments to the Americas and Japan are 3.43M and 1.97M respectively. Considering Canada and Latin America, the numbers should be reasonably close to sell-through I imagine.
We're two years out from the massive overshipment at launch, sell-through shouldn't be lagging too far behind in Europe/Others either.
For reference, known sell-through for the US is 2.77M through September NPD, and 1.92M through September 28th Famitsu, for a total of 4.69M.
Cumulative shipments to the Americas and Japan are 3.43M and 1.97M respectively. Considering Canada and Latin America, the numbers should be reasonably close to sell-through I imagine.
We're two years out from the massive overshipment at launch, sell-through shouldn't be lagging too far behind in Europe/Others either.
Rösti;136413502 said:See my earlier post about the matter: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=136410973&postcount=142
They are an hardware manufacturer they can't cut costs too much if they want to stay in this business.
The yen helped them but with 3ds sales rapidly declining and the wii u not going anywhere, how can they keep competing with sony and ms?
This is the best year for wii u where many great games are already out, ps4 and xb1 not yet at full steam and many offers available for wii u buyers.
I'm glad. I don't want Nintendo to fail. Nintendo = video games.
The Mario Kart quarter. Makes sense. The Smash quarters will also return to profit, boosted by the New3DS in Japan at least as well.
Next year is when things get tricky again, although Nintendo "doing" DLC could help mitigate things.
A very rough guestimate rule of thumb for Canada that SalesAge tends to use is 10% of the US market, which would bring the number up to about 3-3.1M.Canada ect don't make up that much surely?
Hahahahahaha. That's a good one.Though I dare say Nintendo's nest egg from the Wii and DS years rivals theirs .
A very rough guestimate rule of thumb for Canada that SalesAge tends to use is 10% of the US market, which would bring the number up to about 3-3.1M.
There's presumably some in the channel in all territories.
At a certain stage though shipments can generally be taken as reasonably representative of sell-through for hardware (software is probably another matter), assuming there aren't any channel stuffing effects in play, and with consideration to the fact that part of shipped numbers will be prospective in that they're stock to fill the channel for the beginning of the next quarter. Retailers aren't likely ordering what they aren't selling and can't sell.Hahahahahaha.
.Hahahahahaha. That's a good one.
This was not the Mario Kart Quarter.
? Sorry just woke up. Explain this.
Aha, is this including the first Smash release then? All of September, so probs. I mean MK is still selling through this period as well, but I've clearly forgotten the last Q results.. Allowing people to pre-order pretty distant DLC was pretty sneaky as well, but alls fair, haha.
Wonder how will QOL impact Nintendo's financial perspectives. It's a wild card that's being shaped in the background, we still need to know more.
Aha, is this including the first Smash release then? All of September, so probs. I mean MK is still selling through this period as well, but I've clearly forgotten the last Q results.. Allowing people to pre-order pretty distant DLC was pretty sneaky as well, but alls fair, haha.
It still feels like a rough prototype. You can buy a code then have to enter it at launch to an unfinished/dogfood website (which I'm surprised is still up) for it to automatically download (or you switch on your system and boot up the eShop and enter the code there).
I'll admit I underestimated the Wii U a bit, didn't expect this quarter to see gains over the last with Mario Kart gone.
It is a bit funny to see how muted the response is to this thread: It did better than expected so less dire talk but didn't do well enough to inspire any optimism about the company's future, so the thread isn't getting much attention. The Sony thread should be interesting.
Aha, is this including the first Smash release then? All of September, so probs. I mean MK is still selling through this period as well, but I've clearly forgotten the last Q results.. Allowing people to pre-order pretty distant DLC was pretty sneaky as well, but alls fair, haha.
As someone fairly financially illiterate, is this overall good news?
they shipped 3.22m units of smash in this quarter, including non-japanese territories. i imagine the number could be double that by the end of q4 for the 3ds version alone.