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Miyamotoo on 16 January 2019

 

How sales in November and December hugly raise compared to same period of last year, Nintendo gaol of 20m is more and more realistic.

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Bofferbrauer2 on 16 January 2019

Good to see!

I guess we'll know for sure in 2 weeks with Nintendos IR report and meeting, but that makes it more and more probable



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Jumpin on 16 January 2019

Again, it's shipments, not sales. Nintendo's shipments are not constrained by sales, they're constrained by production. Basically, since launch, they have shipped all their production because the danger of retailers is not being unable to sell their stock, but not having enough stock.



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Nuvendil on 16 January 2019
Jumpin said:
Again, it's shipments, not sales. Nintendo's shipments are not constrained by sales, they're constrained by production. Basically, since launch, they have shipped all their production because the danger of retailers is not being unable to sell their stock, but not having enough stock.

This is a gross oversimplification.   The system is successful but that does not mean they can endlessly stuff the channels.  Eventually such a practice will result in a pronounced slump in shipments.  And by eventually I mean within a quarter.  If 20 mil was only production, they would not have gone into the holidays so far from their goal that people doubted it.  Nintendo easily could manufacture far more than was shipped in FY Q1 and Q2.  But they wouldn't have shipped that surplus because stores/suppliers WOULD NOT HAVE BOUGHT THEM



Vodacixi on 16 January 2019

I never doubted it. I mean... since we knew that both Pokémon and Smash Bros. were coming for christmas, I was surprised by how almost everyone on this site thought 20 mil was impossible. It's Pokémon and Smash, two of the biggest franchises in videogame history. If there are games that makes people buy a console... its these two. Not one megaton. TWO MEGATONS. Add New Super Mario Bros. U in January to the mix and it's almost guaranteed that they will reach 20m or even surpass that number.



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Amnesia on 16 January 2019

Shares already jumped by 11% since I have bought some on Dec 21th. :)



Playhouse on 16 January 2019

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DonFerrari on 16 January 2019

Nope, I haven't been in VGC seeing analysts being wrong more than being right to take this one as being the first.
But we will be with eyes open waiting to see they reaching it.



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peachbuggy on 16 January 2019

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Asriel on 16 January 2019

It's going to be close. They'd need an 11 million Q3 and a 4 million Q4. I think the likelier split is 10m Q3 and 4m Q4 for just over 19m shipped for the financial year, which is still a great result.