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ChrisIsNotSexy on 20 November 2010
jarrod said:
ChrisIsNotSexy said:

If they don't,how come Wii has had such a big increase in the US,and in the same time with the release of the Red Wii.Ohhh it must be a coincidence!

The red Wii is tied to Mario's anniversary and comes with NSMBWii.  How much did the black Wii bump US sales back in the spring? ;)

So you are comparing Spring #s with November #s?



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jarrod on 20 November 2010
postofficebuddy said:
jarrod said:
ChrisIsNotSexy said:

If they don't,how come Wii has had such a big increase in the US,and in the same time with the release of the Red Wii.Ohhh it must be a coincidence!

The red Wii is tied to Mario's anniversary and comes with NSMBWii.  How much did the black Wii bump US sales back in the spring? ;)


IIRC a moderate bump, nothing huge. Although that was at the beginning of the slow time of year when Wii was just starting to enter the software drought and losing practically all momentum.

It was also when they started bundling Wii Sports Resort for free iirc, so that probably attributed more.  New colors tend not to bump sales in the west like they do in the east, that was my only point.



jarrod on 20 November 2010
ChrisIsNotSexy said:
jarrod said:
ChrisIsNotSexy said:

If they don't,how come Wii has had such a big increase in the US,and in the same time with the release of the Red Wii.Ohhh it must be a coincidence!

The red Wii is tied to Mario's anniversary and comes with NSMBWii.  How much did the black Wii bump US sales back in the spring? ;)

So you are comparing Spring #s with November #s?

So you're comparing a white console to a special edition one that comes with Mario?  Looks like I'm not the one with the worst comparison here. ;)



ChrisIsNotSexy on 20 November 2010
jarrod said:
ChrisIsNotSexy said:
jarrod said:
ChrisIsNotSexy said:

If they don't,how come Wii has had such a big increase in the US,and in the same time with the release of the Red Wii.Ohhh it must be a coincidence!

The red Wii is tied to Mario's anniversary and comes with NSMBWii.  How much did the black Wii bump US sales back in the spring? ;)

So you are comparing Spring #s with November #s?

So you're comparing a white console to a special edition one that comes with Mario?  Looks like I'm not the one with the worst comparison here. ;)

I was not comparing such things.I was just stating that colours do make a difference even in the West.



jarrod on 20 November 2010
ChrisIsNotSexy said:
jarrod said:
ChrisIsNotSexy said:
jarrod said:
ChrisIsNotSexy said:

If they don't,how come Wii has had such a big increase in the US,and in the same time with the release of the Red Wii.Ohhh it must be a coincidence!

The red Wii is tied to Mario's anniversary and comes with NSMBWii.  How much did the black Wii bump US sales back in the spring? ;)

So you are comparing Spring #s with November #s?

So you're comparing a white console to a special edition one that comes with Mario?  Looks like I'm not the one with the worst comparison here. ;)

I was not comparing such things.I was just stating that colours do make a difference even in the West.

Black Wii proves they don't really though.  In terms of context, that's far more similar to the white PS3.

The red Wii is a special case, it's tied to Mario's 25th anniversary (and being heavily marketed as such) and it comes bundled with one of the best selling games this generation in America (NSMBWii), and outside the US it even comes preloaded with exclusive games you can't get anywhere else (SMB1 25th Anniversary Edition, DK NES Original Edition).  It's not a simple new color revision, it's arguably a collector's item.



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Conegamer on 20 November 2010
postofficebuddy said:
Conegamer said:

DS:900k

360:700k

Wii:670-750k (depending on release of MK bundle)

PS3- 450-600k (depending on release of GT5/white bundle)

PSP- dunno, don't think many expect it to be more than 150k...

 

So yeah, good al round I reckon!


Click the link for the white console. And the MK bundle is only coming out in Europe.

White Console=15k increase max

MK bundle=15k bump max

No adjustments needed ;)



 

Here lies the dearly departed Nintendomination Thread.

Conegamer on 20 November 2010
jarrod said:
ChrisIsNotSexy said:
jarrod said:
ChrisIsNotSexy said:
jarrod said:
ChrisIsNotSexy said:

If they don't,how come Wii has had such a big increase in the US,and in the same time with the release of the Red Wii.Ohhh it must be a coincidence!

The red Wii is tied to Mario's anniversary and comes with NSMBWii.  How much did the black Wii bump US sales back in the spring? ;)

So you are comparing Spring #s with November #s?

So you're comparing a white console to a special edition one that comes with Mario?  Looks like I'm not the one with the worst comparison here. ;)

I was not comparing such things.I was just stating that colours do make a difference even in the West.

Black Wii proves they don't really though.  In terms of context, that's far more similar to the white PS3.

The red Wii is a special case, it's tied to Mario's 25th anniversary (and being heavily marketed as such) and it comes bundled with one of the best selling games this generation in America (NSMBWii), and outside the US it even comes preloaded with exclusive games you can't get anywhere else (SMB1 25th Anniversary Edition, DK NES Original Edition).  It's not a simple new color revision, it's arguably a collector's item.

DAMN! I WAS GONNA SAY THIS :)

But yeah, he's right, more than just the colour revision!



 

Here lies the dearly departed Nintendomination Thread.

thx1139 on 20 November 2010

North America only comments.

Last year PS3 had better Black Friday weekend deals and was still riding the price cut and slim wave.  This year it will have GT5.  So I expect the following over the next 2 weeks.

This week 140,000
Next week 420,000 (BF week) extra oomph because of GT5

Last year 360 wasnt in the forefront compared to PS3.  This year Kinect boost should increase with prime gift purchasing and more word or mouth and people trying Kinect at other peoples homes plus continued interest in 360 slim.  So expect the following 2 weeks to be like the following:

This week 250,000
Next week 550,000 (BF week)



Its libraries that sell systems not a single game.

leo-j on 20 November 2010
Reach said:
Jay520 said:

Are you guys forgetting that the White SKU's for PS3 will be released in America. Sales will be huge for the new colors.

 

EDIT: Here's the source

"It has been confirmed by Sony this morning that the White Sku's will be released in America in time for Black Friday"

     SOURCE

Since when Americans give a sh** about colored consoles ?


since the red wii boosted the wii more than kinect did the 360



 

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jarrod on 20 November 2010
leo-j said:

since the red wii boosted the wii more than kinect did the 360


Once again, it's not exactly the shell color that's boosting sales there.  See also: black Wii.