July 2016 NPD Thread! Hardware and software up!

[zorg1000]

Aquamarine said:

zorg1000 said:

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.

Technically GBC was not a new gen, it was an upgrade similar to DSi or New 3DS and even though it had alot of exclusives, many games were still compatible with older models.

Also the fact that Pokemon Red/Blue/Yellow were original GB titles really helps out its % despite a large number of people buying and playing them on GBC.