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Forums - Sales Discussion - NPD January: X360 #1 270k, 49% share, PS3 > Wii = 281k Combined

D-Joe on 09 February 2012
drkohler said:
D-Joe said:
http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/40227/Analyst_questions_validity_of_unusual_January_NPD_results.php
The group confirmed to Gamasutra, however, that Wal-Mart POS data was not included in the January report, and thus did not affect this month's software sales figures.

so NPD starting include Wal-Mart this month?

NPD has always estimated Wal-mart numbers (with historic data, other means, and current trends). Still, the numbers are within 5% of exact sales, don't expect any magic additions to them.

i know

but how big is wal-mart about gaming market actually?



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megaman79 on 09 February 2012

Pachter doesn't hate Nintendo, he loves his share of Apple Stock.



“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.

dark_gh0st_b0y on 09 February 2012
RolStoppable said:
dark_gh0st_b0y said:

i know iShit won't kill handhelds but it's definitely taking some sales away, i know some cases...

some friends of mine, DS owners got iPad and they are telling me all the time how great the games are, many people got iPad in order to download and play $2 mini-games....

I was refering to the way to combat the iPad and smartphones. That's not going to happen through adding more non-gaming features to handhelds. In fact, this is counterproductive, because it will only lead to comparisons that the handhelds will always lose.

So if Nintendo was smart, they would put out more games. That's the area where the iPad and smartphones cannot compete and as long as Nintendo puts games above everything else, Apple and friends cannot become a threat to Nintendo's business.

Nintendo got in trouble with the 3DS because they tried to sell it based on hardware. All the early commercials focused on people being impressed by the 3D of the system instead of showing off games (which weren't there, because Nintendo really believed that hardware sells hardware). Things improved since Nintendo went back to the business model of "a (portable) console is just a box that people buy in order to play Mario games" and once Super Mario Bros. 3DS releases, Nintendo's situation should improve even further. Then there's also Pokémon and others. That's what Nintendo needs to focus on.

i agree with you say, as i do most of the times, they don't need to compete tablets on the apps part but i think the adding of youtube or facebook is basic these days for an internet connected device



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amaral_slb on 09 February 2012

Neogaf

"Nintendo notes that Super Mario 3D Land has now sold 1.7 million copies and Mario Kart 7 has now sold 1.3 million. The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword has also sold 1.3 million. On the hardware side, the 3DS has now sold more than 4.25 million units in the United States."



D-Joe on 09 February 2012

where is wii numbers
shit no



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TheFallen on 09 February 2012
dark_gh0st_b0y said:
RolStoppable said:
dark_gh0st_b0y said:

if Nintendo was smart, they would include facebook, youtube, twitter, e-mail and all that apps, even an app-store because 3DS is capable, attack tablets with their own as they did attacked gaming handhelds

i think this is going to happen sooner or later, maybe PSV has got more tablet bonus features, like youtube on internet browser which is huge lack of the 3DS browser

Sarcasm is okay, but don't take it too far.

i know iShit won't kill handhelds but it's definitely taking some sales away, i know some cases...

some friends of mine, DS owners got iPad and they are telling me all the time how great the games are, many people got iPad in order to download and play $2 mini-games....


They paid $500+ dollars to download $2 mini-games? The mind boggles.



amaral_slb on 09 February 2012

I really think that the Wii bombed in January. No numbers from Nintendo, no appeal to buy the console (games and WiiU), bad numbers for the HD twins and because Sony said the PS3 had solid numbers (yes I know it is PR but 140k are not solid).

Something like 100k would not surprise me (meaning 180k for PS3).

If no numbers come out, we will have to wait for other NPD reports going forward.



menx64 on 09 February 2012

So new consoles around the corner?... The wii is going to be very low this coming months, 150k or less... So... Wiiu launch after e3 confirmed? I hope so!

The sad thing is xenoblade & TLS are releasing at this point, just when the wii is dying... I really hope nintendo has plans to continue with xenoblade & TLS for the future...



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dark_gh0st_b0y on 09 February 2012
TheFallen said:
dark_gh0st_b0y said:
RolStoppable said:
dark_gh0st_b0y said:

if Nintendo was smart, they would include facebook, youtube, twitter, e-mail and all that apps, even an app-store because 3DS is capable, attack tablets with their own as they did attacked gaming handhelds

i think this is going to happen sooner or later, maybe PSV has got more tablet bonus features, like youtube on internet browser which is huge lack of the 3DS browser

Sarcasm is okay, but don't take it too far.

i know iShit won't kill handhelds but it's definitely taking some sales away, i know some cases...

some friends of mine, DS owners got iPad and they are telling me all the time how great the games are, many people got iPad in order to download and play $2 mini-games....


They paid $500+ dollars to download $2 mini-games? The mind boggles.

really, a terrible choice, and it's even more expensive in Europe...

could buy a powerfull enough mini-laptop with those money and play normal games on top of everything else, or buy a PSV/3DS



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cyberninja45 on 09 February 2012

Wtf are with these numbers XD. I know its January and all but dyamm! I think there needs to be another tracking body to compare with NPD ( Like Japan Media Create and Famitsu). And one that actually tracks freaking WALMART. Especially for the sake of Nintendo( Impacts a family company like them the most.)
Well we'll have to see how this lines up with the next shipment( or sold to retailers or whatever) data.  Which sucks because all we get is worldwide shipping data.

P.S. Does anyone know why Amazon NA seems to stop selling almost anything Nintendo?



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