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bananaking21 on 30 July 2014
GoldenTriforce said:
bananaking21 said:
3DS .82 million? over tracked here most likely?

WiiU .51 million? how does that stack up against vgc numbers?

overall these are bad numbers honestly.


For a console that haas been selling poorly, to sell .5 Million in Q1 is not bad at all. These are actually good numbers, not GREAT but good. They will most likely be able to make their year end goal (fisical year)

sorry but no they are not. they are still bad. and theyr fisical year forecast is really really bad too. so even if they manage to reach it, its still in the "bad" number catagory. 



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phaedruss on 30 July 2014
GoldenTriforce said:

I would like to make a note and that is that these are Wii U salws from April to Jun, so VGchartz number is higher now because it also has tehir Jully numbers, and that next quarter may be higher as we will have give from a 30k average to a 60 average, and the launch of Hyrule Warriors, and Bayonetta 2 in Japan

It is shipped for the last time. 6.68 shipped at the end of june. Vgchartz had it at 6.52 million sold. Likely off by at least 100k-140k. Looks like I was pretty close in my thread.



TheLastStarFighter on 30 July 2014
GoldenTriforce said:
TheLastStarFighter said:
People seem confused. Some points:

-Wii U is much improved due to MK8 and sales are up over 200%. If that carries forward for the year, the system should sell a solid 7 million or so. I would expect at least double last year in the end, but very possibly closer to triple if Nintendo takes aggressive steps such as a reduced price, ets.

-3DS is struggling relative to its previous success and especially when compared to the DS. The dedicated handheld market has taken a major blow from other mobile formats. 3DS is still a solid success on par with systems like XB360 or PS3, but not reaching the levels handhelds have enjoyed.

-Nintendo is lost money because it is a slow quarter for the games business. It doesn't matter if Wii U or 3DS turn a "profit per unit" if the overhead of running the company is greater than revenue. Game companies typically expect to lose for 3 quarters and turn the profit from the Christmas period. The goal here is to minimize losses.

-Nintendo definitely needs a new handheld product to engage young consumers. Be it a tablet, a phone or something even cooler than either of those, 3DS isn't quite cutting it.

You said mostly what I think, but they should never NEVER make a tablet. They have even stated that those games are awful.

I think a high-end gaming tablet with physical controls, about the size of an ipad mini, could be a smashing success.  They would have to promote it as BETTER than an ipad, and partner with google for full android app support.  Get the full android tablet experience, plus exlusive Nintendo software.  Make it cool looking, then print money.



GoldenTriforce on 30 July 2014
bananaking21 said:
GoldenTriforce said:
bananaking21 said:
3DS .82 million? over tracked here most likely?

WiiU .51 million? how does that stack up against vgc numbers?

overall these are bad numbers honestly.


For a console that haas been selling poorly, to sell .5 Million in Q1 is not bad at all. These are actually good numbers, not GREAT but good. They will most likely be able to make their year end goal (fisical year)

sorry but no they are not. they are still bad. and theyr fisical year forecast is really really bad too. so even if they manage to reach it, its still in the "bad" number catagory. 

good compared to the goal in the fisical year.



Clyde32 on 30 July 2014
Gammalad said:
Wii U and 3DS both become profitable and Nintendo still posts a loss...what else are they spending on?


Lawsuits.



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Clyde32 on 30 July 2014

There is a lot of negativity in this thread...



Viper1 on 30 July 2014
Clyde32 said:
There is a lot of negativity in this thread...


It's a Nintendo thread.   Negativity follows it like a love sick stalker.



The rEVOLution is not being televised

Clyde32 on 30 July 2014
Viper1 said:
Clyde32 said:
There is a lot of negativity in this thread...


It's a Nintendo thread.   Negativity follows it like a love sick stalker.


It's consistent too. I didn't think this many negative people would stick with the thread.



GoldenTriforce on 30 July 2014

I did a couple of calculations on my ipod, and if Nintendo keeps up this 60k average consistently throughout the fiscal year, plus spikes for game releases and a huge one for the holidays, Nintendo can defiantly reach 3.6M by the end of the fiscal year.



Soundwave on 30 July 2014

Negativity is to be expected, they lost money again and hardware sales are poor.

Contrary to what's being stated in this thread Nintendo's never operated under the assumption that 3 quarters of the year being unprofitable is just fine, lol. This is a company that prior to this generation had like 1 unprofitable quarter in like 25 years.