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Normchacho on 09 November 2017

Nearly sold out isn't actually a great sign for a system they've been hyping up for 18 months. I mean, I'm sure it's doing fine, but I can't say it's selling better than I expected.

As for my own little piece of anecdotal evidence, my Target got 8 and we still have one left.



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Normchacho on 09 November 2017
Azzanation said:
DonFerrari said:

So doesn't matter the numbers if it's nearly sold out in one retailer then it surpassed expectations?

If its sold out than either way its a positive to MS.

But it's not sold out. Gamestop has them, Amazon has them, Target has them. Nearly sold out and sold out are very different things.



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d21lewis on 09 November 2017
Normchacho said:
Azzanation said:

If its sold out than either way its a positive to MS.

But it's not sold out. Gamestop has them, Amazon has them, Target has them. Nearly sold out and sold out are very different things.

Remember when a Sony exec said something like "If you can find a PS3 anywhere in North America that's been on shelves for more than five minutes, I'll give you 1200 bucks for it." and people were finding PS3s everywhere?

 

A console can do well despite not selling out. It's not a Sprint.



IkePoR on 09 November 2017

Did the New 3DS sell out on launch?



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d21lewis on 09 November 2017
Bandorr said:
d21lewis said:

Remember when a Sony exec said something like "If you can find a PS3 anywhere in North America that's been on shelves for more than five minutes, I'll give you 1200 bucks for it." and people were finding PS3s everywhere?

 

A console can do well despite not selling out. It's not a Sprint.

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Normchacho on 10 November 2017
d21lewis said:
Normchacho said:

But it's not sold out. Gamestop has them, Amazon has them, Target has them. Nearly sold out and sold out are very different things.

Remember when a Sony exec said something like "If you can find a PS3 anywhere in North America that's been on shelves for more than five minutes, I'll give you 1200 bucks for it." and people were finding PS3s everywhere?

 

A console can do well despite not selling out. It's not a Sprint.

That's very true. I'm not saying the X isn't going to do well, I was simply pointing out that it isn't actually sold out, and that the implications that being nearly sold out and being sold out are quite different.



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DonFerrari on 10 November 2017
Azzanation said:
DonFerrari said:

So doesn't matter the numbers if it's nearly sold out in one retailer then it surpassed expectations?

If its sold out than either way its a positive to MS.

Ok, so 100 system sold but being sold out would already make it very positive... fantastic.



duduspace11 "Well, since we are estimating costs, Pokemon Red/Blue did cost Nintendo about $50m to make back in 1996"

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=8808363

Mr Puggsly: "Hehe, I said good profit. You said big profit. Frankly, not losing money is what I meant by good. Don't get hung up on semantics"

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=9008994

Azzanation: "PS5 wouldn't sold out at launch without scalpers."

Azzanation on 10 November 2017
Normchacho said:
Azzanation said:

If its sold out than either way its a positive to MS.

But it's not sold out. Gamestop has them, Amazon has them, Target has them. Nearly sold out and sold out are very different things.

Maybe for you its not sold out, however for me, I cant find them anywhere, I am on a waiting list for the 2nd batch which has been sold out also. All I can do is wait for a cancellation. This sucks being a customer however we cannot denie this isn't doing very well for MS and Xbox.

Or in other words, the X can be doing a lot worse, however its selling majority of its stock, weather its MS testing the market with small batches or they actually shipped heaps, its a positive in both senses.



Azzanation on 10 November 2017
DonFerrari said:
Azzanation said:

If its sold out than either way its a positive to MS.

Ok, so 100 system sold but being sold out would already make it very positive... fantastic.

Well its not a negative haha



DonFerrari on 10 November 2017
Azzanation said:
DonFerrari said:

Ok, so 100 system sold but being sold out would already make it very positive... fantastic.

Well its not a negative haha

If you say so...

 

And you who were looking forward to it so much how did you miss it?



duduspace11 "Well, since we are estimating costs, Pokemon Red/Blue did cost Nintendo about $50m to make back in 1996"

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=8808363

Mr Puggsly: "Hehe, I said good profit. You said big profit. Frankly, not losing money is what I meant by good. Don't get hung up on semantics"

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=9008994

Azzanation: "PS5 wouldn't sold out at launch without scalpers."