News from Nintendo’s latest investor’s briefing – 250k on GameStop’s Wii U wait list

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Blacksaber on 24 October 2012

OneHappyGamer:) said:
250k on waiting list? is that alot or little?

These are people who couldn't even Pre-order it since it got sold out so it's hard to say.

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Vinniegambini on 24 October 2012

OneHappyGamer:) said:
250k on waiting list? is that alot or little?

Considering that Nintendo has not advertised the Wii U to the general public via ads and such and only those who enjoy video games knows of the product, it is extremely good. 250k is only Gamestop. Best Buy, Target, Walmart not included. Pretty good honestly.

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leedlelee on 24 October 2012

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Vinniegambini said:
I guess its official. The Wii U will be sold at a loss :(

http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/en/library/events/121025/04.html

I really wonder how much money they are loosing on the Wii U, can't imagine being more than $30 (and I think that's too much)

The loss will definitely be minimized if they can get people to invest in software...

Between Nintendo Land and New Super Mario Bros. U at launch, I think they'll be okay (not great, but okay)...

They can't have the gaps that they had with the Wii and the 3DS...

And they can't try to pass off games like Fortune Street and Pilot Wings Resort as major releases...

Yes, those are great games that will excite certain people...

But they aren't the games that will make gamers or the general public go gaga...

Have a nice day...

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phenom08 on 24 October 2012

spurgeonryan said:

Update: Now over, basically. You can see a more comprehensive version of the presentation through the slides posted here.

It’s that time once again! Nintendo is holding its usual investor’s briefing in Japan today, and analyst David Gibson is in attendance as usual.

We’ll round up Gibson’s tweets from the events below. I suppose you can consider this a live-blog of sorts.

- 9 of the top 20 titles in Japan are for the 3DS
- Europe/USA only has 3
- Nintendo doesn’t consider 3DS to be having a significantly positive performance given market is double in Japan
- 3DS has a 57% share of sales in Japan this year
- Only 18% share in Europe
- Only 20% share in the USA
- 3DS XL helped
- 3DS’ seven quarter sales have exceeded the DS
- On Wii U: Nintendo thinks there will be shipment bottleneck to meet demand
- GameStop sold pre-orders in 1.5 days
- 250,000 people are on the retailer’s wait list
- Wii price cut and bundles will drive sales
- Nintendo believes Wii buyer user base is different from Wii U, meaning the two won’t cannibalize each other
- 3DS connection rate increased from 10% to 72% in a year
- Japan and USA exceeded a rate of 80%
- The rate is lower in Europe/Australia, but Nintendo thinks that’s infrastructure-related
- Some retail software in Japan exceeded a rate of 15% from eShop downloads
- New Super Mario Bros. 2 is the highest digital game in the USA with Japan next
- Wii U digital downloads will be available “right after launch” (not clear if it this will literally be at launch)
- 3DS losses improved in the second quarter
- Decided on the Wii U price based on user acceptance of price, not on cogs
- “booked some WiiU costs in 2Q”
- Nintendo considering Nintendo TVii-like service for Japan; a different service is needed in Europe, and Nintendo has plans to announce that in detail in the near future
- “said nintendo’s focus is on game services, synergy with web and increased user satisfaction (rather than other services)”

Source

So does this prove handhelds aren't in trouble?

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Flanneryaug on 24 October 2012

If Nintendo wants to sell more 3DS's outside Japan, they need to release more colors. If a black or white XL came to America, I would buy one right now. Also once Pokemon 3DS comes out, sales will shoot up.

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Vinniegambini on 24 October 2012

Im hoping NA will announce Pikachu 3DS XL! I've been waiting to buy a 3DS. This will make me blind buy the system or a white one

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phenom08 on 24 October 2012

Honestly I think the 3DS needs a remodel. I'm not really sure what they can do with it but I'm sure they can find something.

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Panama on 24 October 2012

The Wii U announcement in 2011 already cannibalized the Wii's sales for over a year now, so I don't know what Nintendo are talking about.

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phenom08 on 24 October 2012

I wonder how many Wii's Ninty will forecast next fiscal? Or if Ninty plans on releasing anymore games for it after WiiU launches.

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riderz13371 on 24 October 2012

nuckles87 said:

forest-spirit said:
250k on the waiting list? That's decent I guess.

That's more then half the total number of Wii's sold in the US in its launch month. Given that these aren't pre-orders, but people who couldn't GET pre-orders, that's pretty damn good.

The Wii is dead. Not much of a proud accomplishment to sell more than a Wii even if it was counting it for the entire month. No offence to Nintendo fans

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