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Latest figures from Japan show the DS sales slowing to a crawl, while PSP keeps on pushing ahead. Infact, although DS was launched in Japan before PSP, the hard fact is that now PSP has overtaken the Nintendo DS.
Units sold
249,000 DS
267,000 PSP
Nintendo need to do some thing fast if they want to stay in the game. In Japan, Nintendo should be able to crush Sony, but it appears they can't, even remembering DS was launched before PSP there.
If the trend is repeated world wide, and Sony PSP continue's to increase it's lead, where will that leave DS? Being pushed into 2nd place world wide is a real possibility now, which would in turn have an effect on developers who want to design for the most used system. Add to that the low number of Nintendo GameCube's, an we have to ask, what is the future for Nintendo?
Units sold
249,000 DS
267,000 PSP
Nintendo need to do some thing fast if they want to stay in the game. In Japan, Nintendo should be able to crush Sony, but it appears they can't, even remembering DS was launched before PSP there.
If the trend is repeated world wide, and Sony PSP continue's to increase it's lead, where will that leave DS? Being pushed into 2nd place world wide is a real possibility now, which would in turn have an effect on developers who want to design for the most used system. Add to that the low number of Nintendo GameCube's, an we have to ask, what is the future for Nintendo?
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Macintosh wrote:
but GamCube is now the cheapest to buy of
> all 3 consoles. £80, so there's not so much money being made on
> it now - dont forget the shops %, then VAT, then the cost to make it.
> Only the bit thats left over is clear profit for Nintendo.
VAT is 17.5%. Nintendo wouldn't bother selling it just to earn the government money. They'll be making something on it.
The shops make around 50p per unit sold. That's the same with Xbox and Playstation 2. They make the most money out of the games. That I know from my retail experience with two videogame retailers and 4 stores.
but GamCube is now the cheapest to buy of
> all 3 consoles. £80, so there's not so much money being made on
> it now - dont forget the shops %, then VAT, then the cost to make it.
> Only the bit thats left over is clear profit for Nintendo.
VAT is 17.5%. Nintendo wouldn't bother selling it just to earn the government money. They'll be making something on it.
The shops make around 50p per unit sold. That's the same with Xbox and Playstation 2. They make the most money out of the games. That I know from my retail experience with two videogame retailers and 4 stores.
Same goes for movies.
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Hedfix wrote:
> Dringo's up before 1pm!
>
> *Dies of shock*
I've just come back from uni actually, been up since 6.
> Dringo's up before 1pm!
>
> *Dies of shock*
I've just come back from uni actually, been up since 6.
If a game doesn't involve guns or stealing cars or shooting people, then it is crap.
FACT
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FACT
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Gadget boy wrote:
> It's all about branding ask anyone from any age what a playstation is
> and they can tell you. You can't say the same thing about the
> Gamecube.
Who's Mario again? :S
> It's all about branding ask anyone from any age what a playstation is
> and they can tell you. You can't say the same thing about the
> Gamecube.
Who's Mario again? :S
Dringo's up before 1pm!
*Dies of shock*
*Dies of shock*
Yeah they can, "the latest Nintendo console" is the general reply.
It's all about branding ask anyone from any age what a playstation is and they can tell you. You can't say the same thing about the Gamecube.
No, people know the Cube's there, they're just too cool for school and have no taste. Every time they go into a games shop (well, most of them) they'd see a Cube. Then they'd buy random trash and ignore it.
Tiltawhirl wrote:
> "IS DAT A GAME OR IS DAT A FRISBEE?"
>
> Of course they will you leper. Tons of people buy games without
> knowing what they are, when I was really oung I used to get games for
> my Atari ST solely based on the pictures on the box.
I stand by what I said. Sure a few people who go out and look for specif products will find them and buy them, but everyone else wont even know there is such a product, and if only a few shops stock it, it makes the problem worse. This is precisly what we are seeing with GameCube. Nintendo Cube fans know whats there, and they will hunt them down and buy one. But nobody else is doing the that. And if Nintendo want to reach the mass market like Sony, they have to correct this.
> "IS DAT A GAME OR IS DAT A FRISBEE?"
>
> Of course they will you leper. Tons of people buy games without
> knowing what they are, when I was really oung I used to get games for
> my Atari ST solely based on the pictures on the box.
I stand by what I said. Sure a few people who go out and look for specif products will find them and buy them, but everyone else wont even know there is such a product, and if only a few shops stock it, it makes the problem worse. This is precisly what we are seeing with GameCube. Nintendo Cube fans know whats there, and they will hunt them down and buy one. But nobody else is doing the that. And if Nintendo want to reach the mass market like Sony, they have to correct this.
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