So... did GTA IV dent the Wii's armor in america yet like Forbes said?

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kingofwale said:

twesterm said:

kingofwale said:
I don't see how this is viewed as a "HUGE failure" in PS360.

We have PS360 number 1 game of the year vs Nintendo most popular Franchise game (mario kart)

and we will see that GTA KILLED it.

Sure, Nintendo did flood the market with their consoles for once. but why can't they do this earlier? WHy leave those in the warehouse when they could be in someone's home earlier where they'd buy another game or two?

I wasn't going to get into this and had only come to this topic to make sure it wasn't going to get nasty but I just have to clear this up:

1. Mario Kart isn't Nintendo's most popular franchise, that would be Super Mario Bros.
2. If you want to get nasty, it took two consoles to beat one Nintendo game that averages a good 10 points lower than it.
3. Nintendo flooded the market? Yeah, they upped production but flooding the market is when you put A LOT of supply out there and then it just sits there. As long as Wii's move they aren't doing anything wrong.
4. I could have swore I have seen interview after interview where Reggie says there is no mythical warehouse full of Wii's.

nope, I don't intent what I said to be taken the wrong way. I was not an cheap shot at nintendo at all, I just didn't see it as an utter defeat on the part of HD console at all.

1.. I believe DD was the best selling game on GC? I could be wrong there.

2.. we have already established that Wii's owners don't care about game scores.

3.. I don't mean "flood" the market in term of "dumping", but comparing with the 700K it sold last monthing, shipping and selling more than half of that in 1 week is much more than what they normally ship.

4.. Well, I think the past week prove that there are warehouse full of Wii somewhere, there's no way that Nintendo just magically increased the production all the sudden.

 

To answer another's question. PS3's install base in NA. close to 5 million. Nintendo Wii's install base in NA. close to12 million. to have a GTAIV on PS3 outselling MKWii is a HUGE win for Sony as well as for GTAIV.

 

Just to comment on your number 4, kingofwale, I got owned in the past for thinking the same thing as you. By Bruceongames even, now that hurt. But you learn from your mistakes.

From the information I got, consoles are normally shipped by boat, a slower mode of transportation, yes? For times that more systems will obviously sell, they fly over shipments. Hense, increased avaliablity at that time. And then, thats why you see smaller sales for a little while afterward. Normal shipments by boat are catching up.