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S____M____C____C on 14 October 2011
Buzzi said:
S____M____C____C said:
Buzzi said:
zuvuyeay said:
Aprisaiden said:
zuvuyeay said:
^^^ 3Ds sold at a loss

i thought nintendo don't go down that road,sounds a bit worrying if true


They normally don't but a huge price cut a few months after launch forced them down the loss leading road.

i thought they would have sold at a break even price

i guess they have some wii cash  under the mattress to pump up the 3DS for a bit


They actually have over 13 billion $ of cash, mainly created in the last years...no problems of money.

Where did you find that figure?

I thought Nintendo had about $9Bn in current cash, which is actually way too high if you ask me, although I've never really looked into their accounts.

I read this figure everywhere, but maybe it was 13T yens, I'm not sure...still, that's a lot of money for a company who profits every year, they could actually give away millions of 3DS for free and still be a wealthy enough company...or invest them in more teams.

just did a quick check - as of March 2011 Nintendo has roughly $9Bn in current cash. They owe $4Bn in the short term however so they really have $5Bn spare sitting around. I don't quite understand  why they have such a surplus, surely they would be better investing some more cash into the business? My guess is that they have made a ton from the Wii, are investing as much as they possibly need to, and don't want to tie down their money in any long term investments (like savings accounts etc).

Will be very interesting to see their accounts when their Annual Report comes out for fiscal year 2012.



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GianCarmen on 14 October 2011

Sales are starting to pick up. So it will have a kick ass holiday.



Pavolink on 14 October 2011
GianCarmen said:
Sales are starting to pick up. So it will have a kick ass holiday.

Or a terribad one...



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dark_gh0st_b0y on 14 October 2011

wait, wasn't the 3DS on top WW since the price cut or something??

or VGC data suggests much higer sales than what NPD reported for US?



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Pavolink on 14 October 2011
dark_gh0st_b0y said:

wait, wasn't the 3DS on top WW since the price cut or something??

or VGC data suggests much higer sales than what NPD reported for US?

It's overtracked by 140k.



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Number ONE Zelda fan in the Universe

DKCTF didn't move consoles

Prediction: No Zelda HD for Wii U, quietly moved to the succesor

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dark_gh0st_b0y on 14 October 2011
Pavolink said:
dark_gh0st_b0y said:

wait, wasn't the 3DS on top WW since the price cut or something??

or VGC data suggests much higer sales than what NPD reported for US?

It's overtracked by 140k.

...this sucks!

last hope: Mario



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Pavolink on 14 October 2011
dark_gh0st_b0y said:
Pavolink said:
dark_gh0st_b0y said:

wait, wasn't the 3DS on top WW since the price cut or something??

or VGC data suggests much higer sales than what NPD reported for US?

It's overtracked by 140k.

...this sucks!

last hope: Mario

Well, in Japan is still selling good. So, along with both Mario's there are MH3G and MH4.

We'll see how it will hold after this holiday....



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Prediction: No Zelda HD for Wii U, quietly moved to the succesor

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Buzzi on 15 October 2011
Pavolink said:
dark_gh0st_b0y said:

wait, wasn't the 3DS on top WW since the price cut or something??

or VGC data suggests much higer sales than what NPD reported for US?

It's overtracked by 140k.


Not by that much, VGC counts Americas, NPD only USA, the real difference should be less than 100k (so 15-20k weekly). It could still be first WW if EMEAA is not overtracked as well...at the end of the month we'll find out what Nintendo thinks of the effect, when they release the data.



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BluGamer23 on 15 October 2011

even if it was selling for 1 million a week.. it is still doom by most forum analyst standards.. because its made by nintendo.. just the same as the wii and ds is still doomz!



 

 

DeadEye on 15 October 2011

The 3DS isn't doomed. It's doing fine. Wait until after the holidays when Super Mario 3D Land and Mario Kart 7 have hit before making any judgments.