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The Gamecube is costing Nintendo big and sagging sales are a large part of their problem, ditch the deadwood before it's to late.
> that posts losses as massive as 43%.
> profit is in the shadow of a previous year that was 43% HIGHER
Urgh - think about it.
How can they both be true?
Nintendo were getting stuffed in Japan over the N64 but with the Cube I thought they reclaimed a large amount of territory. Are you saying they haven't Dringo? Or if you're not saying that then what exactly are you saying?
> People returned it in large numbers in Japan.
>
> Not a good start. It never fully recovered in Japan, although Pokemon
> helped a lot.
The N64 performed well though, that's the main thing, it performed well. Far better than the Gamecube is.
Not a good start. It never fully recovered in Japan, although Pokemon helped a lot.
> This is what killed the N64 in Japan. No new games so people returned
> their N64's.
>
> LEARN you crazy b@stards, LEARN!!!11111
The N64 died? I'm pretty sure it was a very successful console.
It is true there were not many games last year, there were a few, more than during the N64 "droughts" but not as many as there will be this year.
>
> The reason given for this by the company was surprisingly frank:
> there just isn't much software available for the machine, with
> Nintendo having decided to hold back release of new titles for the
> unit until the new business year.
This is what killed the N64 in Japan. No new games so people returned their N64's.
LEARN you crazy b@stards, LEARN!!!11111
This cloud does however have a silver lining: DS Hardware sales forecasts are up again, now to 6 million units from 5 million previously predicted. That said, sofware sales forecasts have been revised down to 10 million.
The reason given for this by the company was surprisingly frank: there just isn't much software available for the machine, with Nintendo having decided to hold back release of new titles for the unit until the new business year.