I can't help but wonder about the average buy rate per owner and how many unique owners we have. What kind of tie-ratio are we looking at? Did Nintendo have the foresight to allow them to track Amiibo usage? Wait, can Nintendo track unique accounts across different games and platforms?
I'd also like to know the sold-through numbers. If my local Walmart is any indication, stores carry a lot of stock. There are probably about 15 "Mario" on the shelves, alone, and maybe 40 or 50 in total. Supply has to be well over 1 million, perhaps closer to 2 million.
Actually, how are the evergreen figures selling compared to new and limited-production figures? How many "Mario" have you sold-through? How many Shulk? How many Captain Ahab? What are the current sales rates of each unique release?
Clumping everything together in a single number is kind of annoying.
Also, does anyone else wonder about the future of Amiibo when they run out of characters? Will they just release new "waves" of the same characters in different poses? Mario in Gravure Idol poses? Maybe some dark Batman style poses? Or, perhaps better for Nintendo fans, will Amiibo force Nintendo to develop new IP so that they have more characters to pimp?
