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Miyamotoo on 18 December 2017

Well Reggie, Wii U sales were also "unprecedented" for Nintendo. :D



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IkePoR on 18 December 2017
Miyamotoo said:
Well Reggie, Wii U sales were also "unprecedented" for Nintendo. :D



"You should be banned. Youre clearly flaming the president and even his brother who you know nothing about. Dont be such a partisan hack"

AlfredoTurkey on 18 December 2017
superchunk said:
While this is awesome, I want to know how many they shipped for post black friday because I am now seeing them in stock at every store I go to. Though its amazing the overall sales considering there have been zero price reducing bundles.

That's probably why the numbers are so good. There's consoles on shelves to buy.



Gamer147 on 18 December 2017

Launching a system in March is not common. But I am glad they did. If they would have launched in November it would have been impossible to buy a switch until February or March.



DonFerrari on 18 December 2017

Know Nintendo top brass are on the same level of understanding of words of the regular VGC users.

But joking aside, he is talking about releasing in March and achieving 10M in 9 months as unprecedented, probably because they usually launch in the holidays?



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."

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DonFerrari on 18 December 2017
roadkillers said:
Color TV Game - Everyone Laughs
NES - Nintendo is #1
Game & Watch - No one pays attention
Gameboy - Everyone loses their shit
SNES - Genesis enters and things become intense, 50-50 here
Virtual Boy - Worst Nintendo System in many peoples eyes...
N64 - Possibly best Nintendo System in many peoples eyes... Oh wait, "Plummer Boy, your worst nightmare has arrived."
Gameboy Color - Oh yeah, they have a handheld with Pokemon. You're fine Nintendo
Game Boy Advance - NOTHING WILL STOP NINTENDO!!!
Gamecube - Well, it was nice knowing you Nintendo
Nintendo DS - Best Selling System of all time. To-shay
Nintendo WIi - A console and a handheld that is selling hotcakes?? Goodbye Playstation and Xbox
Nintendo 3DS (original launch) - "They can't even outsell the DS. Luckily they still have the Wii and DS"
Nintendo Wii U - "What a stupid name, Nintendo is going third party"
Nintendo Switch - "Unprecedented"

Of course these are all taken out of context. The point is never count these guys out, they stick to their 'old school' culture because it has kept them alive for over a century. It will be interesting since the Switch could become their next handheld and console... I would assume that would be bad for business

PS2 is still the best selling console ever (even for those that consider HH a console) and most selling SW in a gen.



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."

DonFerrari on 18 December 2017
mysteryman said:
AngryLittleAlchemist said:

No matter how much you try to make that sound stupid, it's logical when you write it properly. Yes, this is not "unprecedented" when previous hardware of theirs has sold that well. Whether or not that hardware launched in a holiday season is kind of inconsequential. 

It’s actually the crux of Reggie’s statement.

Actually that is the crux of a PR spin. Making something more impressive by twisting perception



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."

Jumpin on 18 December 2017

DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMED!

 

Oh wait? It’s something else this time.



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IkePoR on 18 December 2017
DonFerrari said:
mysteryman said:

It’s actually the crux of Reggie’s statement.

Actually that is the crux of a PR spin. Making something more impressive by twisting perception

No console has ever sole 10 million before it's first winter and Christmas - the biggest shopping season of the year.  

It's not spin, it's a stat and a damn impressive one.



"You should be banned. Youre clearly flaming the president and even his brother who you know nothing about. Dont be such a partisan hack"

DonFerrari on 18 December 2017
IkePoR said:
DonFerrari said:

Actually that is the crux of a PR spin. Making something more impressive by twisting perception

No console has ever sole 10 million before it's first winter and Christmas - the biggest shopping season of the year.  

It's not spin, it's a stat and a damn impressive one.

Ok, if you say so.



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."