What is it compared to IPhone preorders, or IPad?
“When we make some new announcement and if there is no positive initial reaction from the market, I try to think of it as a good sign because that can be interpreted as people reacting to something groundbreaking. ...if the employees were always minding themselves to do whatever the market is requiring at any moment, and if they were always focusing on something we can sell right now for the short term, it would be very limiting. We are trying to think outside the box.” - Satoru Iwata - This is why corporate multinationals will never truly understand, or risk doing, what Nintendo does.
| HokageTenshi said: how can you compare a $249 with a $499/$599 launch product... |
Fair point, but regardless, it doesn't stop Guiness Records from comparing KInect to other devices worth 3 to 5 times more does it?
“When we make some new announcement and if there is no positive initial reaction from the market, I try to think of it as a good sign because that can be interpreted as people reacting to something groundbreaking. ...if the employees were always minding themselves to do whatever the market is requiring at any moment, and if they were always focusing on something we can sell right now for the short term, it would be very limiting. We are trying to think outside the box.” - Satoru Iwata - This is why corporate multinationals will never truly understand, or risk doing, what Nintendo does.
seems to be a bit of 'disagreement' on this topic and as usual opinions vary based on which company one seems to support (which is always stupid logic but I wont go into that here)
I think it's fair to assume (based on what evidence we have so far) the 3ds is gonna have a pretty good (or even a fricking huge) launch which will most likely mean it's gonna have a pretty good lifetime run (er, but the doubters will obviously disagree).
Keep the peace, I'm off to join the queues...but I'm taking my psp so I have something to do.
dany612 said:
Some argue it won't reach DS level which I find absurd. |
the Wii started far better than the DS and easily beat it the first years (launch aligned), but now it looks like it will fall considerably short of outselling it
you can't accurately judge the performance just by the start
Lafiel said:
the Wii started far better than the DS and easily beat it the first years (launch aligned), but now it looks like it will fall considerably short of outselling it you can't accurately judge the performance just by the start |
Well, nobody expected 3rd party continued to ignore the Wii regardless of how well it sold.
haters will say "it wont sell more than the DS".. then fast forward to a few years later when it is outselling the DS in the same lifetime.. then they will say.. 'DUHHH of course it would sell a lot because its riding on the DS success' !!.. watch!
Galaki said:
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As far as I know the Wii actually received the most games out of the home consoles (the last Nintendo quarterly had some numbers concerning this). There were not many 3rd party "blockbusters" among those, but that's not much different from the situation on the DS.
It might be more acceptable to play/produce games with less production values on a handheld though.
| Lafiel said: As far as I know the Wii actually received the most games out of the home consoles (the last Nintendo quarterly had some numbers concerning this). There were not many 3rd party "blockbusters" among those, but that's not much different from the situation on the DS. It might be more acceptable to play/produce games with less production values on a handheld though. |
The DS actually had good games among the bad from 3rd parties.
The Wii, meanwhile, you can probably count with just 1 hand.
dany612 said:
Some argue it won't reach DS level which I find absurd. |
I argue it won't reach DS level, and you'll hardly find a bigger fan of the DS anywhere than me. Of course it won't reach DS level. It's clear that the DS's expansion market (the people who bought it for Brain Age, etc.) has largely moved on to smartphones, and without that the DS never makes 100 million, much less 150 million. That audience also doesn't care about 3D... at all.
What this leads to is the 3DS having a better core market audience, at least early on, but lacking a big chunk of those long-term sales. I think lifetime it makes around 100 million units sold, and is thus incredibly successful and profitable. It will also likely get incredible Japanese software support, maybe even better thant he original DS with how much the NGP seems to be ignoring the East. With a more core-focused audience it should also have a great attach ratio, unlike, say, the Wii.
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