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[Wiitard]

Actually I think they said that they will increase production to over 1 million a month.
They never specified any numbers, but I'm thinking somewhere between 1.2-1.5 million.
Though again, I'm not completely sure.

I've seen 1.2 mil number before. But it has to increase to 1.6-1.7 million.

 

[kaizoku]

wait a second, its early morning here, I'm sleepy and late to this thread - but am I reading this right?

Hardware - This Week | Last Week | YTD | LTD
1. NDS - 121,630 | 108,631 | 1,719,595 | 15,725,274
2. WII - 67,070 | 44,495 | 915,139 | 1,834,782
3. PSP - 43,769 | 56,175 | 603,928 | 5,136,057
4. PS3 - 21,635 | 32,115 | 316,475 | 774,033
5. PS2 - 13,321 | 14,585 | 223,953 | 20,378,812
6. 360 - 2,910 | 3,333 | 71,632 | 336,334
7. GBA - 1,293 | 1,504 | 26,911 | 15,324,990
8. NGC - 367 | 240 | 5,039 | 4,174,507

NDS has already sold more combined than GBA did in its lifetime?? and is only 5 million away from the entire PS2 lifetime sales?

No way....did someone turn over two pages at once?

 

[Evlar]

wait a second, its early morning here, I'm sleepy and late to this thread - but am I reading this right?

Hardware - This Week | Last Week | YTD | LTD
1. NDS - 121,630 | 108,631 | 1,719,595 | 15,725,274
2. WII - 67,070 | 44,495 | 915,139 | 1,834,782
3. PSP - 43,769 | 56,175 | 603,928 | 5,136,057
4. PS3 - 21,635 | 32,115 | 316,475 | 774,033
5. PS2 - 13,321 | 14,585 | 223,953 | 20,378,812
6. 360 - 2,910 | 3,333 | 71,632 | 336,334
7. GBA - 1,293 | 1,504 | 26,911 | 15,324,990
8. NGC - 367 | 240 | 5,039 | 4,174,507

NDS has already sold more combined than GBA did in its lifetime?? and is only 5 million away from the entire PS2 lifetime sales?

No way....did someone turn over two pages at once?

... Yeah. DS passed GBA a couple weeks ago. It will probably pass PS2 this year (when you factor in holiday sales and the DQIX Event.)

 

[Linkup]

That's Famitsu numbers. According to m-create it's already over 4 million. Should be at around 4,050,000 now.

Let's start the party!

 

[apotema]

... Yeah. DS passed GBA a couple weeks ago. It will probably pass PS2 this year (when you factor in holiday sales and the DQIX Event.)

Holiday sales and DQIX will be the same event

 

[kaizoku]

... Yeah. DS passed GBA a couple weeks ago. It will probably pass PS2 this year (when you factor in holiday sales and the DQIX Event.)

DS continues to boggle the mind, but I'm glad gamers everywhere love it as much as I do.

 

[ImprezaRS]

I know this may be a stupid question but what exactly is golden week? and which games will be coming out for which systems durng that week?

 

[Terrell]

I know this may be a stupid question but what exactly is golden week? and which games will be coming out for which systems durng that week?

Wikipedia is your friend.
Essentially, it's a whole bunch of single holidays so close together that the whole bloody week is considered a holiday now. One of the biggest non-December shopping and entertainment revenue booms in Japan.

 

[Neomoto]

NDS - 15,725,274
GBA - 15,324,990

Can't believe I missed this. Nice.

30 - 50 Except for 1 game all Nintendo.. And 45/50 for the whole chart. This is just sick :lol

I just can't believe Nintendo has to litterly obliterate everyone else just to get 3rd party developers even noticing. Maybe now they'll learn there is a shitload of money to be made if they just try it their best instead of porting crap and then blame 1st party software.

 

[_Alkaline_]

Just wondering, how close is Gamecube to beating the Xbox in worldwide sales? Does anyone know?

 

[Mr. Pointy]

Just wondering, how close is Gamecube to beating the Xbox in worldwide sales? Does anyone know?

It's still probably 4-5 million behind. It won't make it.

 

[SonSon2]

Does it really matter? Even if the Cube pulls a SNES in late sales competition, does it really make a difference? The PS2 eclipses both in sales.

 

[PantherLotus]

Let's see more charts, people.

 

[starship]

It's still probably 4-5 million behind. It won't make it.

4-5m behind?
What are you smoking?

 

[apotema]

I think the difference between XB and GC is more or less 1 million


America: -3 Million
Japan: +4 Million
EU and rest: -2 Million??

 

[Masklinn]

It's still probably 4-5 million behind. It won't make it.

Even by the end of the Xbox support, the GC was less than 3m behind.

 

[Zorglub]

I think they're already at 1mil/mo and they're going to increase to 1.1-1.2 mil per. Not much, but it's something.

2 month ago, when Nintendo had started talking about increase production, I have heard that they're already at 0,8 mil/mo and they're going to increase to 1 million per month... So the increase could be 200K per month.

(800 000 per month, for the moment, sounds to be a good number. Look : Wii sells for february : 360 000 for NA (335K for USA + 28K for Canada, according NPD), 278646 for japan (according médiacreate), and maybe only 150 000 for Europe...)

 

[DarkMehm]

I think the difference between XB and GC is more or less 1 million


America: -3 Million
Japan: +4 Million
EU and rest: -2 Million??

No, it's more like ~ 2-2,5 million.

In EU alone Xbox is ~2 million ahead, plus ~750k in Australia and ~500k in Asian markets like Taiwan (it sold more than 300k there), Singapur and South Korea.

 

[Scotch]

MS has shipped ~24.5m Xbox's worldwide, which more or less have all been sold at this point. Nintendo shipped ~21.5m GameCube's as of end of 2006. There's no way it's gonna catch up to Xbox.

 

[tanasten]

Why does people think Wii is doing poorly in Europe? The system is a blast thunder over here too. No way it´s only 150K systems sold!

 

[PantherLotus]

Why does people think Wii is doing poorly in Europe? The system is a blast thunder over here too. No way it´s only 150K systems sold!

 

[chibcicylist]

Why does people think Wii is doing poorly in Europe? The system is a blast thunder over here too. No way it´s only 150K systems sold!

Who thinks that?

 

[Segata Sanshiro]

Why does people think Wii is doing poorly in Europe? The system is a blast thunder over here too. No way it´s only 150K systems sold!

Per month, chief. It is most likely more than that, but it's a safe, conservative estimate, and I don't think it's invalid just because it's on the low end of the range.

 

[DSXBoy]

Why does people think Wii is doing poorly in Europe? The system is a blast thunder over here too. No way it´s only 150K systems sold!

105,000 Wii consoles were sold during launch weekend(december 8) in the UK alone. Wii consoles continue to fly off retailers shelves. You cannot walk into a shop in the UK & get a Wii unless you know when a shop gets it's deliveries. I would estimate that in the UK alone about a third of a million Wii consoles have been bought by Gamers & non-gamer's.

 

[D.Lo]

No, it's more like ~ 2-2,5 million.

In EU alone Xbox is ~2 million ahead, plus ~750k in Australia and ~500k in Asian markets like Taiwan (it sold more than 300k there), Singapur and South Korea.

Sound about right. There are probably 1-2 million Xboxes still sitting in the retail chain gathering dust, since it was dropped so quickly by MS.

So unlesss the Cube gets re-positioned as a kids console or something (ala Sega Pico) then it probably won't catch it.

 

[Vieo]

Gaah!?


$430?! That's it! I will be hunting for Wii consoles to scalp tomorrow!

edit: WTF?! $470?! Oh, it's on now!

 

[chibcicylist]

Gaah!?


$430?! That's it! I will be hunting for Wii consoles to scalp tomorrow!

There are many mysterious eBay ids bidding on both the PS3 and the Wii at highly inflated prices. I won't be surprised if this is one of them, especially since the user ids were kept private.

 

[JoshuaJSlone]

Does it really matter? Even if the Cube pulls a SNES in late sales competition, does it really make a difference?

The difference is that once Wii gets over X360 by as much as Xbox is over GameCube, Nintendo fanboys can really throw a party.

Let's see more charts, people.

Wonderswan family 2001 versus Xbox 360 2007

Why does people think Wii is doing poorly in Europe? The system is a blast thunder over here too. No way it´s only 150K systems sold!

Nobody says that, but we don't have anything to go with.

 

[sphinx]

Wonderswan family 2001 versus Xbox 360 2007

wait a second you are saying that the wonderswan performed better than the xbox this point in time?

that must be japan only, right?

 

[cvxfreak]

I wonder how long it'll be before the DS Lite surpasses the entire GBA family.

 

[Kafel]

I wonder how long it'll be before the DS Lite surpasses the entire GBA family.

Things will go faster very soon : in fact when Pokemon DS will be released in USA.


The GBA userbase will shift ( and buy then ) "some" DS.

 

[tanasten]

Things will go faster very soon : in fact when Pokemon DS will be released in USA.

The GBA userbase will shift ( and buy then ) "some" DS.

That's real. Pokemon is going to sell tons of DSes. I just hope "the Kiddie" doesn't infects the image of the Nintendo DS due to the Pokemon promotion.

 

[Hcoregamer00]

That's real. Pokemon is going to sell tons of DSes. I just hope "the Kiddie" doesn't infects the image of the Nintendo DS due to the Pokemon promotion.

Hopefully not, because the DS definitely had more games that appealed to me than the GBA which was infected by the Pokemon "inspired" demographic.

 

[farnham]

That's real. Pokemon is going to sell tons of DSes. I just hope "the Kiddie" doesn't infects the image of the Nintendo DS due to the Pokemon promotion.

i dont think it will.. i mean the GBA had many kiddie games but it wasnt really a Kiddie system.. it was a gaming device for everyone (judging from sales that is..) even hardcore adults

i think the DS did that fine and expanded upon it with their touch gen series..

Pokemon is not going to stop the touch gen series (cooking navy is the next for NA?)

and the Touch gen series did not stop games like EBA, CV or Advance wars to come out

 

[NintendosBooger]

Jesus, Pokemon in Europe and America....BOTH?! Sony's gotta endure two more Pokemon: D&P launches???? This isn't even fair, fellow gamers. Nintendo, come on, let a few more PSP games be released before you nuke the West and entire industry with two more bombs. Give the PSP some breathing room!

 

[Smiles and Cries]

Pokemon is still big news?

It feels like D&P came out a long time ago, I guess being on GAF makes Japanese launches feel like home

 

[fresquito]

Pokemon is still big news?

You know, the other day I was talking witha friend of mine, and I told him the DS would pull ahead in NA and Europe like crazy when Pokemon is released. He told me that Pokemon wasn't that huge anymore, then I told him about the 5+ million units sold in Japan, and he was like WTF!?

Some people still thinks pokemon is a fad, it's somewhat funny.

 

[donny2112]

(cooking navy is the next for NA?)

Why do you taunt me like this? WHY?!?

No. Nintendo has not announced Cooking! Navi, Brain Training 2 (featuring Dr. Mario), <insert language> training, General Knowledge Training, or 1000 Healthy Recipes DS for the U.S. It's plain for anyone to see that Nintendo just hates money. It's particularly troublesome for me as I really don't see anything being released in the first half of the year (from this point) that I'm interested in for the DS. All of those games should already be announced/on the shelves in the U.S. for the DS by this point.

 

[farnham]

You know, the other day I was talking witha friend of mine, and I told him the DS would pull ahead in NA and Europe like crazy when Pokemon is released. He told me that Pokemon wasn't that huge anymore, then I told him about the 5+ million units sold in Japan, and he was like WTF!?

Some people still thinks pokemon is a fad, it's somewhat funny.

umm i think pokemon ruby and saphire sold about 5 million copies in NA as well.. (if not more)

 

[fresquito]

umm i think pokemon ruby and saphire sold about 5 million copies in NA as well.. (if not more)

That's the thing, for some reason, people tend to think Pokemon is a thing of the past. However, it has much more merit selling 5 millions in Japan than it does in NA.

 

[JoshuaJSlone]

wait a second you are saying that the wonderswan performed better than the xbox this point in time?

I didn't try to compare an equal time from launch or anything, just a random comparison to fulfill PantherLotus's request.

I wonder how long it'll be before the DS Lite surpasses the entire GBA family.

Not too long after the DS family catches up to PS2.

 

[farnham]

That's the thing, for some reason, people tend to think Pokemon is a thing of the past. However, it has much more merit selling 5 millions in Japan than it does in NA.

well compared to madden its probably not that much...:lol :lol

 

[Jammy]

People talk about Nintendogs, Brain Age, New Super Mario Bros., Mario Kart DS, and Animal Crossing: Wild World's sales when they think of heavy DS hitters. The thought is that Pokemon is not as popular as it once was around ten years ago. That may be true, but every new iteration of a handheld Pokemon RPG is a guaranteed ten million seller.

In the end, it will be interesting to see which DS game ends up on top, though. New Super Mario Bros. is at like 8 million and Nintendogs has sold more than that, hasn't it? Then there's Brain Age which has been hugely popular in Japan and now Europe, not to mention it has sold well over a million in the U.S. already.

I'm sure Nintendo has something else they can pull out of their hat, too, for the handheld.

 

[jaundicejuice]

10. (NDS, Square-Enix) Dragon Quest Monsters Joker - 22,462 / 1,250,726

So, is Squenix going to be releasing Joker outside of Japan or are they going to continue with their spotty release of DQ games here in NA?

 

[Smiles and Cries]

You know, the other day I was talking witha friend of mine, and I told him the DS would pull ahead in NA and Europe like crazy when Pokemon is released. He told me that Pokemon wasn't that huge anymore, then I told him about the 5+ million units sold in Japan, and he was like WTF!?

Some people still thinks pokemon is a fad, it's somewhat funny.

Well I don't really blame him, I dunno but I am still in shock that it still sells so well, to think you can finally trade online

what are the DS numbers for NA so far?

 

[Ronok]

well compared to madden its probably not that much...:lol :lol

5 million in Japan isn't much compared to madden? That's news to me. =P

 

[giant_frying_pan]

So unlesss the Cube gets re-positioned as a kids console

Hahaha.

 

[Haunted]

well compared to madden its probably not that much...:lol :lol

To step outside of Japan for a second (sorry), Wikipedia (I know, I know) has the Pokemon series at 155 million ww, while Madden is at 56 million ww. (I'm not saying these numbers are trustworthy down to the million, but they're probably enough of an indication as to which franchise is more popular. )

 

[apotema]

Why do you taunt me like this? WHY?!?

No. Nintendo has not announced Cooking! Navi, Brain Training 2 (featuring Dr. Mario), <insert language> training, General Knowledge Training, or 1000 Healthy Recipes DS for the U.S. It's plain for anyone to see that Nintendo just hates money. It's particularly troublesome for me as I really don't see anything being released in the first half of the year (from this point) that I'm interested in for the DS. All of those games should already be announced/on the shelves in the U.S. for the DS by this point.

Nintendo loves money, they are holding those games while Brain Age, Nintendogs and Big Brain build a bigger brand.... They prefer 10 million of people to anticipate the sequel instead of 5 million

Same thing will happen to New Super Mario Bros 2 and Animal Crossing Wii I think. Maybe those games are already finished, like Super Mario Bros 3 was 17 years ago (whoa!! 17!)

 

[Evlar]

So, is Squenix going to be releasing Joker outside of Japan or are they going to continue with their spotty release of DQ games here in NA?

After the terrible sales of DQH:Rocket Slime you can hardly blame them.