| Roma said: you shouldn't be confused as they sell bad even when they sell good. Nintendo is held higher than other platforms so if a console sells less than 200k a week its doomed!! so why are U confused? if one of the others sell 50k a week its considered a huge week! |
That would explain a lot. But even then. Nintendo has been selling 200k+ for the 3DS worldwide for like a month.
could someone make one of those cool graphs where you align the DS and 3DS their first year or 1½?! :D
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Yeah I wonder where all the doom and gloom analysts went. I'd love to hear some more about the 3DS situation now.
People just love to hate on Nintendo, simple as.
"Sales of the 3DS are now topping in all regions."
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| lilbroex said: So, I must ask. How is Nintendo failing? This seems to be the general consensus from around the net. It was that the 3DS wasn't going to do that well. Then that become the 3DS isnt doing so well in North America and that Nintendo had lost the North American audience. Now it is nearly doubling the sales of the 360 and PS3 in North America. Can someone explain this to me? I am confused. |
I don't think anyone thinks they're. People will only see as much negative press as they want to. The Wii U is getting a bad wrap because alot of people are unsure of its capabilities and eventual 3rd party support, but the 3DS... I don't think so, not since its starting getting good games (winter 2011). Its winter 012 line up isn't very strong in the west.
As for the 3DS's 200% boost in sales, I don't know where this came from. NSMB2+ 3DSXL I guess, but this seems like a delayed sales response as the launch week sales were not spectacular. I'd vouch that the new Penelope Cruz adverts have helped over here in Europe+UK.
While the 3DS sales aren't bad, they're still a far shot from what the DS did. Selling 246,000 this week is good, but compared to the DS, it pales.
Look at it this way. After the DS Lite had launched worldwide - in mid 2006 - it never droped below 250,000 for the entire rest of the year. The lowest week was 267,000.
In 2007, the DS had one week in January where it only sold 238,000 due to supply issues, but other than that never dropped below 350,000 a single week for the entire year. (Or well, it sold 348,000 one week).
In 2008, the DS never had a week under 300,000.
In 2009, the DS only dropped under 300,000 a very few weeks, and never below 290,000.
In 2010, the DS dropped under 250,000 for a few weeks, both in May and September, but never under 220,000.
(In 2011, the DS dropped under 200,000 and stayed there for mostly the entire year.)
So, while the 3DS sales this week are nice in comparison to everything else, the DS managed to sell more than what the 3DS did this for 130 straight weeks - barring one supply shortage - and then matched the number for another 50 weeks. The 3DS is very unlikely to manage to stay at this level for many weeks, as it's boosted both by new hardware and a major game.
The 3DS is doing well in comparison to the direct competition, but rather rubbishly when compared to its predecessor. That's what the "doom and gloom" comes from.
I thought it was actually a little lack luster in North America compared to the DS.
Anyone knows the numbers for the same period of time ?
| Pineapple said: While the 3DS sales aren't bad, they're still a far shot from what the DS did. Selling 246,000 this week is good, but compared to the DS, it pales. Look at it this way. After the DS Lite had launched worldwide - in mid 2006 - it never droped below 250,000 for the entire rest of the year. The lowest week was 267,000. In 2007, the DS had one week in January where it only sold 238,000 due to supply issues, but other than that never dropped below 350,000 a single week for the entire year. (Or well, it sold 348,000 one week). In 2008, the DS never had a week under 300,000. In 2009, the DS only dropped under 300,000 a very few weeks, and never below 290,000. In 2010, the DS dropped under 250,000 for a few weeks, both in May and September, but never under 220,000. (In 2011, the DS dropped under 200,000 and stayed there for mostly the entire year.) So, while the 3DS sales this week are nice in comparison to everything else, the DS managed to sell more than what the 3DS did this for 130 straight weeks - barring one supply shortage - and then matched the number for another 50 weeks. The 3DS is very unlikely to manage to stay at this level for many weeks, as it's boosted both by new hardware and a major game.
The 3DS is doing well in comparison to the direct competition, but rather rubbishly when compared to its predecessor. That's what the "doom and gloom" comes from. |
Well the 3DS is only halfway through it's second year, so by that it's still on par with DS. I agree it probably won't do the DS peak year numbers, because it won't have a DSlite. That was just insane by any standard. That said this probably isn't the peak year for 3DS either, the best years are still to come! 
I didn't realise how crazy DS sales were
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