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Ail said:
jarrod said:
letsdance said:
did someone suggest that the Wii could drop the price to 99 dollars... Yeah... maybe if they want to be as dumb as sony and start losing billions of dollars. Seriously, they were using old tech... the reason why Nintendo didn't drop the price till recently is because they are profit driven company and they could drop the price and make a profit at the same time... so now you want them to drop the price twice as much as they did already? Yeah... it'll spur sales to insane amounts but it will sell more than the Ps3 did and at a loss.

At $99, Nintendo would likely still be profiting (or at worst breaking even) on Wii.  It's basically just an upclocked GameCube (which they were profiting off @$99 5 years ago) with a flash drive and wifi chip.

The reason Nintendo didn't drop the price until this year is because they were selling out their stock basically as soon as it hit shelves.  They've been making insane margins on the hardware all along.

Their margins aren't that high, it doesn't take rocket science maths to see that.

 

You're suggesting the Wii is profitable at 99$ means Nintendo would have made 150$ or so per Wii sold last financial year.

They sold 26 millions units.

That's 3.9 billion$ profit...

 

Nintendo made 2.8 billion$ net profit that year  and that included DS profit, DS software and Wii software and those last 3 are far from being negligible.....

Nintendo's spending is also higher than it's ever been, both in R&D and promotion.  And they're particularly vulnerable to yen/dollar fluctuations.

How was the GameCube profitable at $99 in 2004 Mr. Rocket Scientist?



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@jarrod - i think, thanks to profit from GBA.
But in reality, there is a very low chance, that we will ever know the real situation. We can only guess.

Anyway, for discussion about profit on Nintendo console, there should be another thread. This one about race to 5M/10M goals, which, i think PS3 is going to win.



jarrod said:
Ail said:
jarrod said:
letsdance said:
did someone suggest that the Wii could drop the price to 99 dollars... Yeah... maybe if they want to be as dumb as sony and start losing billions of dollars. Seriously, they were using old tech... the reason why Nintendo didn't drop the price till recently is because they are profit driven company and they could drop the price and make a profit at the same time... so now you want them to drop the price twice as much as they did already? Yeah... it'll spur sales to insane amounts but it will sell more than the Ps3 did and at a loss.

At $99, Nintendo would likely still be profiting (or at worst breaking even) on Wii.  It's basically just an upclocked GameCube (which they were profiting off @$99 5 years ago) with a flash drive and wifi chip.

The reason Nintendo didn't drop the price until this year is because they were selling out their stock basically as soon as it hit shelves.  They've been making insane margins on the hardware all along.

Their margins aren't that high, it doesn't take rocket science maths to see that.

 

You're suggesting the Wii is profitable at 99$ means Nintendo would have made 150$ or so per Wii sold last financial year.

They sold 26 millions units.

That's 3.9 billion$ profit...

 

Nintendo made 2.8 billion$ net profit that year  and that included DS profit, DS software and Wii software and those last 3 are far from being negligible.....

Nintendo's spending is also higher than it's ever been, both in R&D and promotion.  And they're particularly vulnerable to yen/dollar fluctuations.

How was the GameCube profitable at $99 in 2004 Mr. Rocket Scientist?

 

 

The game cube doesn't have motion control for starters...

 



PS3-Xbox360 gap : 1.5 millions and going up in PS3 favor !

PS3-Wii gap : 20 millions and going down !

ZorroX said:
saicho said:
ZorroX said:
saicho said:
ZorroX said:

@jarrod, one game is not enough.
There must be several big games for success in Japan.

Again, strong support =/= big sales, but a lot of games. And PS3 owns Saturn/N64/GC in terms of quantity and quality of 1st/2nd party games. Though, most games are west oriented.

Also, +-5k i count as around 30k+ levels. I mean, 27-28k it`s still around 30k+.
I don`t expect PS3 to go below 25k for 5 weeks in Japan during 2010.

@saicho, i don`t make bets for half a year or a year. That would take to much time for waiting.

This thread is gonna take 6 months to see how it would turn out and you don't seem to mind waiting.

So 6 months bet and from today... So, you wanna bet, that PS3 will sell below 25k for more than 5 weeks during January - February - March - April - May. You really do?

Well, i think PS3 will reach 5M atleast by the end of March 2010 in Japan(if GT5 still will come in March). And there is a slim chance, that this will happen before the end of January, since you never know, how big will be this holiday for PS3.

now you are just twisting my words and backing off from your original prediction.

1. The thread was made at the end of September and neither Wii or PS3 is gonna hit the target stated until end of Mar which is 6 months. You said you don't make bets for half a year or a year.

2. Ogirinally you said "Now price is affordable and sales have stabilized at 30k+. They are not going below that level for 90% of 2010." and I said it won't happen. Now you are changing the bar to 25K. 30K+ would mean more than 30K, not more than 25K.

3. Dec 2009 is not part of 2010. I would bet with you that in the first 6 months of 2010, PS3 would sell less than 30K in Japan for at least 3 weeks. 10 % of 6 months is 2.6 weeks.

No, i`m not.

1) With whom i made 6 months bet? It`s a race, yes. Bet?

2) Since PS3 pricecut and slim release in Japan, PS3 was below 30k on VGC only once, and only by 1,5k.  That`s what i call stabilized at 30k+. Those several thousand really don`t matter to me. Also, there are 4 tracking sources, which sometimes show different result. Below 25k for all trackers is definitely not stabilized at 30k+.

3) But from today it would be 6 months bet, because i stated about 30k+ level several days ago and not after 1 month. Again, those 10% work for whole year, but might not work for half a year.

1. I agree the thread is not a bet but it shows you do have the patience to wait.

2. You do know that 5K is about 17% of 30K. That's a big margin of error. It's like saying a console is almost selling at 40K whiel it's only 33K. Besides, if it is stablized ar 30K+, it means it should always be above 30K. If it is stablized at 30K, then you can say it would flutuate

3. You said "They are not going below that level for 90% of 2010." It shouldn't matter when you made the statement. You are predicting the sales for 2010. Why does it matter if you made that statement several days ago or not? Also, 6 weeks in the first 6 month is more than 20% of the period.



MikeB predicts that the PS3 will sell about 140 million units by the end of 2016 and triple the amount of 360s in the long run.

oh lordy... another infamous jarrod discussion here.



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saicho said:
ZorroX said:
saicho said:
ZorroX said:
saicho said:
ZorroX said:

@jarrod, one game is not enough.
There must be several big games for success in Japan.

Again, strong support =/= big sales, but a lot of games. And PS3 owns Saturn/N64/GC in terms of quantity and quality of 1st/2nd party games. Though, most games are west oriented.

Also, +-5k i count as around 30k+ levels. I mean, 27-28k it`s still around 30k+.
I don`t expect PS3 to go below 25k for 5 weeks in Japan during 2010.

@saicho, i don`t make bets for half a year or a year. That would take to much time for waiting.

This thread is gonna take 6 months to see how it would turn out and you don't seem to mind waiting.

So 6 months bet and from today... So, you wanna bet, that PS3 will sell below 25k for more than 5 weeks during January - February - March - April - May. You really do?

Well, i think PS3 will reach 5M atleast by the end of March 2010 in Japan(if GT5 still will come in March). And there is a slim chance, that this will happen before the end of January, since you never know, how big will be this holiday for PS3.

now you are just twisting my words and backing off from your original prediction.

1. The thread was made at the end of September and neither Wii or PS3 is gonna hit the target stated until end of Mar which is 6 months. You said you don't make bets for half a year or a year.

2. Ogirinally you said "Now price is affordable and sales have stabilized at 30k+. They are not going below that level for 90% of 2010." and I said it won't happen. Now you are changing the bar to 25K. 30K+ would mean more than 30K, not more than 25K.

3. Dec 2009 is not part of 2010. I would bet with you that in the first 6 months of 2010, PS3 would sell less than 30K in Japan for at least 3 weeks. 10 % of 6 months is 2.6 weeks.

No, i`m not.

1) With whom i made 6 months bet? It`s a race, yes. Bet?

2) Since PS3 pricecut and slim release in Japan, PS3 was below 30k on VGC only once, and only by 1,5k.  That`s what i call stabilized at 30k+. Those several thousand really don`t matter to me. Also, there are 4 tracking sources, which sometimes show different result. Below 25k for all trackers is definitely not stabilized at 30k+.

3) But from today it would be 6 months bet, because i stated about 30k+ level several days ago and not after 1 month. Again, those 10% work for whole year, but might not work for half a year.

1. I agree the thread is not a bet but it shows you do have the patience to wait.

2. You do know that 5K is about 17% of 30K. That's a big margin of error. It's like saying a console is almost selling at 40K whiel it's only 33K. Besides, if it is stablized ar 30K+, it means it should always be above 30K. If it is stablized at 30K, then you can say it would flutuate

3. You said "They are not going below that level for 90% of 2010." It shouldn't matter when you made the statement. You are predicting the sales for 2010. Why does it matter if you made that statement several days ago or not? Also, 6 weeks in the first 6 month is more than 20% of the period.

1) Yeah, patience to wait, but not for whole year. And i said: "Now price is affordable and sales have stabilized at 30k+. They are not going below that level for 90% of 2010." That`s 5 weeks for a whole year and 5 weeks for a half year not 2-3.

2) So, you are saying, that if 1 week of total 11 so far, PS3 sold several thousand below 30k, sales haven`t stabilized at 30k+? Do you understand, that there is always a margin of error? In my case it`s +-5k. By the way, 15-20% is within VGC standarts. You need 10%?
Otherwise, PS3 sales haven`t stabilized at 30k+, because of 1 week since pricecut, when PS3 sales were below 30k. For me it has stabilized at 30k+, and those several thousand are neglible.

3) Because i`m not making bets for 6-12 months(but maybe will make exception for you). And if i would make a bet with you today, that would be a 7 months bet(which include first 6 months of 2010?). Got it?

I think, i`m done with you? Or you still wanna bet?



I say PS3 isn't stable at 30k and will drop below quite early in Jan '10.



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peachbuggy said:
I say PS3 isn't stable at 30k and will drop below quite early in Jan '10.

i'm afraid there is no chance of that happening not with ffxiii and gt5 coming in japan, the ps3 will keep on selling well, infact the boost alone from ffxiii will keep it stable, and if you are going to use that logic is the wii stable at it's current rate.



it's the future of handheld

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The official Vita thread http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread.php?id=130023&page=1

It seems quite clear now that the PS3 will reach its goal first unless something truly amazing happens, its been beating it soundly since the Slim was introduced and FFXIII will make sure we'll see some of the craziest Japan hardware numbers yet this gen in I think.



peachbuggy said:
I say PS3 isn't stable at 30k and will drop below quite early in Jan '10.

Not really,FF XIII will boost alot of hardware,it might even get stable at 40k+