Nintendo Is Hurtin' In Japan, NX Really Needs To Be Out Sooner Than Later

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Yakuzaice said:

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.

Good points. Looks like Nintendo will be down in the 600-650k (3DS + Wii U) combined Q1 this time next year assuming a normal rate of decline for the 3DS and Wii U continuing to kinda wander aimlessly. Can't see Nintendo realistically being OK with that for too long.