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How many sold by month's end?

4M+ 40 22.47%
 
3.5 - 3.9M 51 28.65%
 
3.0 - 3.4M 47 26.40%
 
2.5 - 2.9M 23 12.92%
 
>2.5M (March numbers were inflated) 17 9.55%
 
Total:178
Cerebralbore101 on 22 April 2017
zorg1000 said:
Cerebralbore101 said:
Four million by months end would be bonkers. I say 2.8 million by end of April.

you may want to go over those numbers again.

estimates put it close to 2.4 million at the end of March.

that would only be like 400k for the entire month of April.

Japan alone has sold 85k in the first 2 weeks of April, adding in the next 2 weeks (one of which includes Mario Kart) should put it close to 200k.

I have really hard time seeing Japan making up about 50% of April sales when it only made up around 25% of March sales.

Has it really sold 170,000 in Japan for April? Jesus that's fast! At 85,000 a week in April that would be 340,000 from Japan alone. In that case I say close to 3.5 million by end of April. Imagine Reggie getting on stage and announcing that they've sold 4-5 million units by E3. Absolutely bonkers. It this really happening?

"Hey guys Reggie here! I'd just like to announce that we've absolutely crushed Wii U first year sales in a matter of months."



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zorg1000 on 22 April 2017
Cerebralbore101 said:
zorg1000 said:

you may want to go over those numbers again.

estimates put it close to 2.4 million at the end of March.

that would only be like 400k for the entire month of April.

Japan alone has sold 85k in the first 2 weeks of April, adding in the next 2 weeks (one of which includes Mario Kart) should put it close to 200k.

I have really hard time seeing Japan making up about 50% of April sales when it only made up around 25% of March sales.

Has it really sold 170,000 in Japan for April? Jesus that's fast! At 85,000 a week in April that would be 340,000 from Japan alone. In that case I say close to 3.5 million by end of April. Imagine Reggie getting on stage and announcing that they've sold 4-5 million units by E3. Absolutely bonkers. It this really happening?

sorry for the confusion.

85k first 2 weeks combined in Japan and adding the next 2 weeks should push it to 200k for the entire month of April.



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Cerebralbore101 on 22 April 2017
zorg1000 said:
Cerebralbore101 said:

Has it really sold 170,000 in Japan for April? Jesus that's fast! At 85,000 a week in April that would be 340,000 from Japan alone. In that case I say close to 3.5 million by end of April. Imagine Reggie getting on stage and announcing that they've sold 4-5 million units by E3. Absolutely bonkers. It this really happening?

sorry for the confusion.

85k first 2 weeks combined in Japan and adding the next 2 weeks should push it to 200k for the entire month of April.

Ah ok. Then around 3 million by end of April. Still good sales. Just not mindblowingly good.



nanarchy on 22 April 2017
palou said:
It will have sold as much as they shipped, more (or rather slightly less, obviously).

unlikley, unless the rest of the world has a huge surge in sales there will be plenty of stock. every store in Australia has stacks of them, hopefully though a lot will go with MK.



Puppyroach on 22 April 2017

I would wait until Nintendo releases official numbers before guessing what will happen going forward.



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StuOhQ on 22 April 2017
p0isonparadise said:
3-3.4 million. MK will effect May more so than April.

How many do you guestimate by the end of May? I'm thinking 4M is likely. 5M by the end of July. 

 

nanarchy said:
palou said:
It will have sold as much as they shipped, more (or rather slightly less, obviously).

unlikley, unless the rest of the world has a huge surge in sales there will be plenty of stock. every store in Australia has stacks of them, hopefully though a lot will go with MK.

Is it really that widely available in Japan, France, etc.? I've heard that it's been taking a bit longer to sell through in the UK, but hard to find in several markets outside of the U.S. 

Every report I've heard of "stacks" sitting around has been from Australia. It seems they overstocked that region. Is it not priced quite highly there, as well?



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Dulfite on 22 April 2017

Considering they decided to double their manufacturing, I'm expecting the numbers to not be great because of shortages. For the year will be amazing.



monocle_layton on 22 April 2017
Cerebralbore101 said:
zorg1000 said:

you may want to go over those numbers again.

estimates put it close to 2.4 million at the end of March.

that would only be like 400k for the entire month of April.

Japan alone has sold 85k in the first 2 weeks of April, adding in the next 2 weeks (one of which includes Mario Kart) should put it close to 200k.

I have really hard time seeing Japan making up about 50% of April sales when it only made up around 25% of March sales.

Has it really sold 170,000 in Japan for April? Jesus that's fast! At 85,000 a week in April that would be 340,000 from Japan alone. In that case I say close to 3.5 million by end of April. Imagine Reggie getting on stage and announcing that they've sold 4-5 million units by E3. Absolutely bonkers. It this really happening?

"Hey guys Reggie here! I'd just like to announce that we've absolutely crushed Wii U first year sales in a matter of months."

It's sometimes disturbing to see consoles sell so many units. I remember seeing DS charts and imagining all the cash Nintendo got.



palou on 22 April 2017
nanarchy said:
palou said:
It will have sold as much as they shipped, more (or rather slightly less, obviously).

unlikley, unless the rest of the world has a huge surge in sales there will be plenty of stock. every store in Australia has stacks of them, hopefully though a lot will go with MK.

But Nintendo won't be restocking those regions for the rest of April, considering the shortage in the bigger markets (Japan, US, western Europe). There are a couple markets were stock is on the shelves, but overall, selltrhough is very high.



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palou on 22 April 2017
StuOhQ said:
p0isonparadise said:
3-3.4 million. MK will effect May more so than April.

How many do you guestimate by the end of May? I'm thinking 4M is likely. 5M by the end of July. 

 

nanarchy said:

unlikley, unless the rest of the world has a huge surge in sales there will be plenty of stock. every store in Australia has stacks of them, hopefully though a lot will go with MK.

Is it really that widely available in Japan, France, etc.? I've heard that it's been taking a bit longer to sell through in the UK, but hard to find in several markets outside of the U.S. 

Every report I've heard of "stacks" sitting around has been from Australia. It seems they overstocked that region. Is it not priced quite highly there, as well?

Not in France, and most definitely not in Japan (stores have lotteries to give out switch oreders...)



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