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Forums - Sales Discussion - Nintendo's Japan base crumbling? Wii sales only 39k last week..

sieanr said:
only 39k?

Why, thats just pitiful

It was 49k, he either typed the title wrong or was missinformed.



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FishyJoe said:
So was the PS2 doomed when it's sales dropped to 3,637 in Japan at about week 40?

 Just for the record that was during the week bridging November and December =P  So not exactly a historically slow week.



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Sqrl said:
sieanr said:
only 39k?

Why, thats just pitiful

It was 49k, he either typed the title wrong or was missinformed.


 Well now, thats even worse



Leo-j said: If a dvd for a pc game holds what? Crysis at 3000p or something, why in the world cant a blu-ray disc do the same?

ssj12 said: Player specific decoders are nothing more than specialized GPUs. Gran Turismo is the trust driving simulator of them all. 

"Why do they call it the xbox 360? Because when you see it, you'll turn 360 degrees and walk away" 

In addition, the PS2 had 6-7 weeks below 30k at various times in its first year in Japan.



Crumbling might not be the right word Sharky. How about "Nintendo's Japan base Slightly less fanfrickingtastic?"



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Serves me right for challenging his sales predictions!

Bet with dsisister44: Red Steel 2 will sell 1 million within it's first 365 days of sales.

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Social trends go in and out in Japan very efficiently. We'll need to wait a couple of weeks to see what happens. I didn't expect sales to drop this quickly.



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Sqrl said:
sieanr said:
only 39k?

Why, thats just pitiful

It was 49k, he either typed the title wrong or was missinformed.

These are the figures from Media Create. So if he has typed it wrong, everybody has.

 

 

Hardware - This Week | Last Week | YTD | LTD
1. NDS - 94,339 | 100,460 | 5,189,516 | 19,195,195
2. WII - 39,371 | 46,283 | 2,590,150 | 3,509,793
3. PSP - 22,196 | 26,089 | 1,369,666 | 5,901,795
4. PS3 - 18,068 | 16,393 | 661,922 | 1,119,480
5. PS2 - 14,280 | 15,139 | 546,074 | 20,700,933
6. 360 - 1,635 | 2,044 | 141,358 | 406,060
7. GBA - 474 | 651 | 45,770 | 15,343,849
8. NGC - 73 | 116 | 9,465 | 4,178,933

We're still only 2 weeks removed from obon, all console sales dropped. Wii's sales dropped slightly more than the others, but it's not that much different. Gonna have to wait and see but my guess is everything will trend upwards again. As you can see DS only sold 94k, so you know things are really slow right now.



currently playing: Skyward Sword, Mario Sunshine, Xenoblade Chronicles X

We're toward the end of the slow season. That's probably the time when systems sell the worst. I'll bet you it's going to start climbing RAPIDLY within the next month (of course, all systems probably will).



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~07/15 109,854 (dragon quest sword week)
~07/22 86,786
~07/29 77,169
~08/05 61,498
~08/12 65,120
~08/19 73,938
~08/26 46,283
~09/02 39,371

Wii has been dropping pretty quick lately. And its not a supply issue.
I think this will continue until MP3 or Mario Galaxy comes out.



crappy old school NES games are more entertaining than next-gen games.