How much money is Nintendo making on Amiibos? Do you have any numbers on profits?
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Nintendo software and hardware sales data from 1983 to present
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How much money is Nintendo making on Amiibos? Do you have any numbers on profits?
It's okay, I'm just mocking fanboys in a backhanded way.
It's refreshing that Nintendo provides this kind of data though. I'd like to see something similar for Microsoft.
Refreshment.01
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With the combined GC/Wii numbers of course.
Metroid Prime. Surprised they were all million sellers. Since Nintendo seemes a bit cold after the first game i thought Prime 2 and specially Prime 3 did a lot worse. This shows this is not the case.
Prime is the best selling Metroid game ever XD
Corruption is right there with Super Metroid!!!!
They should keep making these games on home consoles.
Metroid Prime. Surprised they were all million sellers. Since Nintendo seemes a bit cold after the first game i thought Prime 2 and specially Prime 3 did a lot worse. This shows this is not the case.
Prime is the best selling Metroid game ever XD
Corruption is right there with Super Metroid!!!!
They should keep making these games on home consoles.
Psycho_Mantis
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KZ SF has sold 2.1 million (Jan 14)
Resistance 2 sold 3 million +
From the charts you can tell that Wii and DS Gen was the exception in the Nintendo hardware shipments decreasing over time
Interested to see how Nintendo will tackle the issue of notable decline in both their home and handheld sectors.
From Sony too.
kitchenmotors
Banned
Don't even respond to that guy. He likes to make comments like that which serve no purpose.
Team Top Hat
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It's like everyone just completely left after Wii DS. That drop is huge.
This company is not fine and it saddens me because it feels like they do not even try to fix it.
Stop doing full MSRP on game prices a year after it is released. It isn't helping when your system may be slightly cheaper but your games are always so expensive.
This company is not fine and it saddens me because it feels like they do not even try to fix it.
Stop doing full MSRP on game prices a year after it is released. It isn't helping when your system may be slightly cheaper but your games are always so expensive.
Dead Man Typing
Member
Holy crap, Wii Music sold nearly 3 million units!
Nintendo might not have a hit every time, who does?, but one thing is sure, they know how to run a company. If they can make a profit off the GC then I am sure they will make one off the Wii U.
In relation to hardware sales MK8 is doing better than MK Wii.
Refreshment.01
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PHANTOM HOUR GLASS: 4.76 WIND WAKER: 4.43
Justice has been served. Phantom Hour Glass is what Wind Waker should have been in terms of bringing Zelda to the high seas.
Excuse the excessive enthusiam, but those numbers bring this sad man some happiness.
Justice has been served. Phantom Hour Glass is what Wind Waker should have been in terms of bringing Zelda to the high seas.
Excuse the excessive enthusiam, but those numbers bring this sad man some happiness.
Team Top Hat
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In relation to revenue and profit, Mario kart 8 is absolutely horrible.
I don't know what else Nintendo can really do besides make something that abandons a lot of what Metroid's identity has been up until now. It's not like Super Metroid, Prime 1, and Other M didn't have fairly substantial marketing pushes, which points to the IP just not being all that appealing to the larger audience. I mean, they even tried to sell Prime 3 as a part of their "Wii Would Like to Play" campaign from the first year of the Wii, and the best they got was almost matching Super's sales, despite being a considerably more expensive game to make. It pains me to say this, but Metroid is caught between a rock and a hard place, and it left the grappling beam at home.
outunderthestars
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Personally I think a lot of it comes from both the 3DS and Wii U being poorly conceived pieces of hardware that are simply out of touch with today's market. Even small children has smart phones and tablets now. They want more technologically advanced things, and Nintendo seems increasingly like a toy company in a tech space.
Dr. Feel Good
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Not sure if serious but keep in mind Mario Kart Wii was bundled software for a long time.
I also think MK8 reviewed better than MK Wii too.
It's also a much better game.
well they are!
Fixed mistakes with Super Mario Bros 2 USA/Lost Levels and Super Mario Strikers.
Updated OP.
Updated OP.
You are a weird man eh eh eh
Refreshment.01
Member
Counting DLC? We'll see about that.
That's exactly what Nintendo is, well said.
Videogames consoles are toys in a way.
Team Top Hat
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Reviews means nothing when it goes from 35m to 3m. A company can't eat on good reviews.
efyu_lemonardo
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Surprised at some of these. No Metroid Zero Mission? And neither Endless Ocean game broke a million on Wii? Were the Rogue Squadron games not published by Nintendo on GC?
JimboJones
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Don't really understand this post, where is graphics being prioritized over gameplay?
was responding this:
and I guarantee you that MK8 still generated a pretty big profit.
I will never understand why Nintendo didn't make a Super Wii with bigger and better of the same premise. Like NES to SNES. Instead of simply evolving their massively successful hardware they reinvented the wheel again. Granted, Wii popularity had dropped off, but I guarantee it would have done better than Wii U. And I love my Wii U.
Dr. Feel Good
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This makes no sense. Nothing from the data provides either revenue or profit. What the hell are you talking about? Mario Kart 8 cannot possibly match Wii sakes because the hardware base isn't big enough.
Team Top Hat
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Are you really thinking that 3m vs 35m is even comparable in the slightest on revenue and profit?
outunderthestars
Banned
Not exactly, DSi actually has more exclusive games than GBC did. It's just that 99% of them were digital.
Psycho_Mantis
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Common sense. MK Wii would of had a lower budget and sold 10 times more lol
PD came out pretty late in the N64's lifespan, and I can't imagine the M-rating helped, as GE007 was a staple party game for young and old alike.
Dr. Feel Good
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Of course not but you're basing your argument off graphics lead to lower sales for MK8 when in reality it's the actual install base that is limiting its potential buyer reach. How can you possibly compare the two when the actual hardware scenario is completely different. Like someone else already pointed out MK8 has a higher attach ratio than Wii, so that in itself proves it did better. Revenue and profit cannot be compared because it's on a different platform, not to mention the various other factors thst we would never be able to understand such as loss in revenue from pack in, DLC, and peripheral sales.
Refreshment.01
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It came at a time where people was tired of the 5th generation, all sights were in to what's next (PS2 specially). It's funny to see that this is a recurring theme in several occasions, people ignore fantastic games of the old gen in favor of playing launch ones in a new wave of consoles, even if most often than not they aren't of better quality.
It's the same reason GT6 sold so much less than GT5. They released too late in the console's life. People had moved on by that time.
Team Top Hat
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Please read my posts. I never mentioned graphics once nor alluded to it.
ArchedThunder
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Mario Kart 8 has better gameplay than Wii.
I...what?
efyu_lemonardo
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Nintendo could have significantly reduced the Wii drop off if they continued supporting it after 2010. Motion Plus should have allowed them to breathe new life into the console, but they never released any games that pushed the concept of motion any further.
Dr. Feel Good
Banned
Oops sorry thought you were the other guy. My point still stands though that it's illogical to really compare the two as if Mario Kart 8 can ever compete to the performance of the Wii version considering the differences in hardware sales. Mario Kart Wii made no doubt a shit ton of money for Ninfendo, but I think it's incredibly naive and stupid to sort of build revenue and profit assumptions based off simply units sold. There are so many other factors in play thst we will never see that it's a pointless discussion.
Refreshment.01
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You are putting words in his mouth by making this exaggerated claim.
You said MK8 had "horrible" profit margins. Something that can't be proven with the data that Celine has shared with us. And more importantly withouth providing any data of yours.
*eyebrows going up*
*eyebrows actually leaving the body and going into stratosphere*
I remember Neiteio said something like this, once...don't remember the exact quote, though