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Will 3DS Top PS2's North American First Day Sales Record?

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glimmer_of_hope on 27 March 2011

To be honest i don't think this question can be too fair. There are a few factors in play here that will squash this battle between 3DS and King PS2. First of all you have to take into concideration that the PS2 at launch was $300. The 3DS on the other hand will be $250. It may not seem like a big difference but in order for the 3DS to shave off even $50 Million dollars off of the record $250 Million.....the 3DS would have to sell 1 million more units then the PS2 had to.

On another note, i noticed that the $250 million included pretty much everything. Console, games, controllers, memory cards etc. We all know the 3DS has no extra controllers or memory cards, so how can anyone expect Nintendo to make up for that extra cash flow ???? 

This just proves that if Nintendo does happen to dethrone the King......it will be even that more amazing.



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archbrix on 27 March 2011
glimmer_of_hope said:

To be honest i don't think this question can be too fair. There are a few factors in play here that will squash this battle between 3DS and King PS2. First of all you have to take into concideration that the PS2 at launch was $300. The 3DS on the other hand will be $250. It may not seem like a big difference but in order for the 3DS to shave off even $50 Million dollars off of the record $250 Million.....the 3DS would have to sell 1 million more units then the PS2 had to.

On another note, i noticed that the $250 million included pretty much everything. Console, games, controllers, memory cards etc. We all know the 3DS has no extra controllers or memory cards, so how can anyone expect Nintendo to make up for that extra cash flow ???? 

This just proves that if Nintendo does happen to dethrone the King......it will be even that more amazing.

No, your math is a bit off; the situation is not nearly that dire for Nintendo.

See, the PS2 sold approximately 500,000 units on launch day, which at $300 each comes to $150 million for consoles alone.

At $250 each, the 3DS has to sell 600,000 units (a mere 100,000 more than PS2, not 1m more) to match the same $150 million total for consoles alone.

Another thing that may come into play in favor of the 3DS and its full category launch are accessories.  I'm not entirely sure if they will be factored in but if they are, things like car chargers, carrying cases, extra styluses, screen protectors (basically 3DS starter kits) are added things that the PS2 would not have benefited from with its launch.



glimmer_of_hope on 27 March 2011

True, but i was using the 1 million extra units as a basic example, i was just stating that due to the price difference there would be an advantage for PS2. 100,000 may not seem like a lot, but when you concider the fact that there are always shortages at launch, it could play a role in the outcome.

As for the 3DS accessories, i highly doubt things such as screen protectors, car chargers, stylus pens will be high sellers on 1st day launch and will not contribute to 1st day sales. Those are things to concider a year off, not on the first day. The extra controllers, and memory cards for the PS2 however are without a doubt an advantage to the sales. Remember, the PS2 is for multi play....it is a console for 1 - 4 players. If you have 2 children, you probably would have bought an extra controller and a memory card.....things 3DS doesnt have. It doesnt matter how you look at it, it is a disadvantage for the 3DS. I don't wanna make a big deal of this, it's just a fun prediction. I just think it would have been better to compare unit sales.



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archbrix on 27 March 2011
glimmer_of_hope said:

 

True, but i was using the 1 million extra units as a basic example, i was just stating that due to the price difference there would be an advantage for PS2. 100,000 may not seem like a lot, but when you concider the fact that there are always shortages at launch, it could play a role in the outcome.

As for the 3DS accessories, i highly doubt things such as screen protectors, car chargers, stylus pens will be high sellers on 1st day launch and will not contribute to 1st day sales. Those are things to concider a year off, not on the first day. The extra controllers, and memory cards for the PS2 however are without a doubt an advantage to the sales. Remember, the PS2 is for multi play....it is a console for 1 - 4 players. If you have 2 children, you probably would have bought an extra controller and a memory card.....things 3DS doesnt have. It doesnt matter how you look at it, it is a disadvantage for the 3DS. I don't wanna make a big deal of this, it's just a fun prediction. I just think it would have been better to compare unit sales.

It's not a big deal at all; it's all about fun predictions.  I was merely pointing out that the particular figure you gave was far from correct. 

I completely agree that the PS2's peripherals would amount to more revenue than the 3DS' accessories will.  On that subject I too believe that the 3DS would be at a disadvantage.

And as far as directly comparing unit sales they will be very relevant, and ultimately acknowledged, as Nintendo will surely provide exact figures.  But as far as shortages being an issue, remember that there's a reported 1.6m systems shipping to NA by the end of March, most of which presumably for launch day.  And with 1.2m pre-orders reported for NA and Europe, it will depend heavily on how many of these are strictly NA.

Either way, it will be extremely close to, if not more than PS2's $250m.



glimmer_of_hope on 27 March 2011

Absolutly, it will be very interesting regardless :)



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