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Vengi on 20 November 2007
mrstickball said:
And by holidays, Im not reffering to just one day, but the gradual increase of sales for the November-December holiday period. Historically, every system increases during this time. We see it every year.....Which is why I attributed parts of the increase to that.

For refference, look at the increase in sales in the US and Japan for overall hardware sales to see I'm not wrong.

Stickyball, in my opening post  I said "clearly SMG and the run up to the holidays is having a great effect on Wii sales."

There clearly is an effect from holiday sales for all Consoles it's just SMG is also increasing sales, exactly how much is hard to judge as nintendo is  releasing more stock due to the holidays and people are starting to do their holiday shopping.



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nintendo_fanboy on 21 November 2007
Sqrl said:

Yes the boost is almost certainly in part do to SMG but there is real consideration that needs to be given to the holiday factor.  We already know from the TRU anecdotes that people realise they need to get out there to get a Wii early if they want any chance of finding one at all so it is more than believable that the increase owes a significant percentage to the holiday factor.  But ultimately we can agree the increase is 100% due to more units being shipped.

 

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But Sqrl, you're giving examples from the US here and we're talking europe. The situation is different here, the Wii has been in stock since march in most countries and there is no black friday, so holiday season really starts only in december. Of course there is also an effect on sales because of the upcoming holidays, but the software was more important for all consoles this week.

 And I want to add that if I had known that ten other people would comment on mrstickball's post, I would not have posted myself. However, when I started writing my post there was no answer, and this post asked for an answer. But people should also realise when someone had enough.



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mrstickball on 21 November 2007
Vengi said:
mrstickball said:
And by holidays, Im not reffering to just one day, but the gradual increase of sales for the November-December holiday period. Historically, every system increases during this time. We see it every year.....Which is why I attributed parts of the increase to that.

For refference, look at the increase in sales in the US and Japan for overall hardware sales to see I'm not wrong.

Stickyball, in my opening post  I said "clearly SMG and the run up to the holidays is having a great effect on Wii sales."

There clearly is an effect from holiday sales for all Consoles it's just SMG is also increasing sales, exactly how much is hard to judge as nintendo is  releasing more stock due to the holidays and people are starting to do their holiday shopping.


And I have to disagree with you. I don't think a game that moves roughly 70,000 units in the United Kingdom had very little effect on the increase, in terms of the game itself.

However, I do agree that SMG played a role: Nintendo shipped more units to a hardware-starved Europe. Demand is beginning to increase, and with a big game like SMG, they sent extra Wiis along. This is similar to what happened with the new Wii perpherials a few weeks ago. Sales took a huge jump (I think 30,000 units or so) not so much because of the sum of the parts (accessories), but the added supply.

I apologize if my tone was demeaning, or negative. I must not of seen your post about the holiday increase. I just scrolled through 5-10 comments and saw litterally no one say anything about the fact it's mid-November.

Now the US on the other hand..... ;)



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Sqrl on 21 November 2007
mrstickball said:

I apologize if my tone was demeaning, or negative. I must not of seen your post about the holiday increase. I just scrolled through 5-10 comments and saw litterally no one say anything about the fact it's mid-November.


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Sqrl on 21 November 2007
nintendo_fanboy said:
Sqrl said:

Yes the boost is almost certainly in part do to SMG but there is real consideration that needs to be given to the holiday factor. We already know from the TRU anecdotes that people realise they need to get out there to get a Wii early if they want any chance of finding one at all so it is more than believable that the increase owes a significant percentage to the holiday factor. But ultimately we can agree the increase is 100% due to more units being shipped.

 

Come on folks...shake hands & hug!


But Sqrl, you're giving examples from the US here and we're talking europe. The situation is different here, the Wii has been in stock since march in most countries and there is no black friday, so holiday season really starts only in december. Of course there is also an effect on sales because of the upcoming holidays, but the software was more important for all consoles this week.

And I want to add that if I had known that ten other people would comment on mrstickball's post, I would not have posted myself. However, when I started writing my post there was no answer, and this post asked for an answer. But people should also realise when someone had enough.


 True enough on the US part, my bad.

 

But I do believe there are indications that demand is picking up in the EU also, no? 
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