Yakuzaice on 01 April 2015
| zorg1000 said: That's a bit extreme 2014 Q1-850k 2015 Q1-735k 3DS+Wii U are down about 15% YoY, not nearly as doomed as ur making things out to be. |
That assumes that 2014 is a solid point to compare it to. In 2013 Nintendo hardware was at 1,512k by week 13 in Japan. In 2012 it was 1,429k. If we go back to years like 2007 or 2008 it was in the 2-3m range.
| zorg1000 said: 6th gen vs 8th gen Nintendo comparison FY Mar 01-1.06m vs FY Mar 11-1.06m FY Mar 02-6.49m vs FY Mar 12-4.79m FY Mar 03-4.98m vs FY Mar 13-6.61m FY Mar 04-4.14m vs FY Mar 14-5.24m FY Mar 05-2.68m vs FY Mar 15-3.30m (thru 9 months) So no, Nintendo is not hurting nearly as much in Japan as u want it to seem. |
This ignores that the DS had already launched by that last year and did 2.12m. If you were to remove the New 3DS from the 8th gen, that would bring the most recent FY down to only 1.55m. This comparison is also using Nintendo's worst selling console (at the time) and handheld (not counting stuff like VB or G&W) in Japan, so selling comparably isn't something to be happy about.
