July 2016 NPD Thread! Hardware and software up!

[Aquamarine]

zorg1000 said:

Aquamarine said:

Game Boy Color Hardware sold very well.

 

However, software wasn't nearly as strong, Game Boy software still dominated for almost the entire length of the Game Boy Color, and GBC software was almost completely dominated by Nintendo of America:

 

 

1999 Game Boy Software Marketshare:

Nintendo of America: 70%

THQ: 8%

Other: 7%

Hasbro / Midway / Namco / Acclaim: 3% each

Crave Ent. / Infogrames: 2% each

 

 

1998 Handheld Software Market Breakdown (Rev):

Game Boy: 78%

Game Boy Color: 19%

Other: 3%

 

1999 Handheld Software Market Breakdown (Rev):

Game Boy: 45%

Game Boy Color: 55%

Neo Geo Pocket: 0.3%

Other: 0.1%

 

2000 First Half Handheld Software Market Breakdown:

Game Boy: 31%

Game Boy Color: 68%

Neo Geo: 1%

Wow thats alot of neat info!!!!!

But you said Gameboy software continued to dominate then went on to show that Color software had 55% marketshare in 1999 & 68% marketshare in 2000 compared to 45% & 31% for Gameboy.

Also NOA dominance really isnt that surprising considering one thing, Pokemon.1999/2000 was the peak of Pokemania.

Normally, old-gen tapers off much more quickly once the new-gen is out.

In my opinion, that's quite a significant % of software revenues for an old console that's had a clear successor out for two years. Maybe "dominated" is a little extreme, but it gets the point across.

The Game Boy Color lasted for less than three years before the Game Boy Advance came out, and it couldn't even command a significant majority of software. That's pretty bad.

Game Boy Color weakness tends to get glossed over because of how well the hardware sold.