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A few mixed emotions with Nintendo at the moment:
The Good:
A: Nintendo DS sells out in Europe, 500,000 consoles shipped!
B: PSP sales are down in Japan with new DS colours defeating them, PSP only selling half its shipment in America.
C: Resident Evil 4 charts at a respectible Number 5.
The Bad:
A: Worst march ever in America for Nintendo, hardware sales and software sales down. Due to stiff competiton.
B: Resident Evil 4 would have charted higher if Nintendo had decided to supply enough games. Selling out very quickly and then not renewing the demand! Dropped to number 19 in a week and then dropped out the charts, wouldn't have happened if Nintendo supplied the demand.
C: Exact same problem with the DS, Wario Ware Touched! STILL missing from most major retailers with Mario 64 DS just coming back into stock. DS is still selling out in places. Both a good AND bad thing.
So mixed emotions.
Oh and maybe, just maybe... I was right:
[URL]http://gamesradar.msn.co.uk/news/default.asp?pagetypeid=2&articleid=35046&subsectionid=1587[/URL]
The Good:
A: Nintendo DS sells out in Europe, 500,000 consoles shipped!
B: PSP sales are down in Japan with new DS colours defeating them, PSP only selling half its shipment in America.
C: Resident Evil 4 charts at a respectible Number 5.
The Bad:
A: Worst march ever in America for Nintendo, hardware sales and software sales down. Due to stiff competiton.
B: Resident Evil 4 would have charted higher if Nintendo had decided to supply enough games. Selling out very quickly and then not renewing the demand! Dropped to number 19 in a week and then dropped out the charts, wouldn't have happened if Nintendo supplied the demand.
C: Exact same problem with the DS, Wario Ware Touched! STILL missing from most major retailers with Mario 64 DS just coming back into stock. DS is still selling out in places. Both a good AND bad thing.
So mixed emotions.
Oh and maybe, just maybe... I was right:
[URL]http://gamesradar.msn.co.uk/news/default.asp?pagetypeid=2&articleid=35046&subsectionid=1587[/URL]
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And Icarus I simply don't believe you, I feel a company can release a product that doesn't match its normal demographic and sell to the new one. Just because you don't makes it a difference of opinion.
Nintendo can produce adult software and hardware and it will sell to adults. That's how I see it. They can change their appeal.
Nintendo can produce adult software and hardware and it will sell to adults. That's how I see it. They can change their appeal.
FinalFantasyFanatic wrote:
> Like it was said: you don't know that, Dringo.
>
> Online: yeah, that'll be fantastic.
> But I really don't think there's going to be much more come out of
> the touch screen.
Don't you? Have you seen the proposals for Pokemon.
Very nice.
> Like it was said: you don't know that, Dringo.
>
> Online: yeah, that'll be fantastic.
> But I really don't think there's going to be much more come out of
> the touch screen.
Don't you? Have you seen the proposals for Pokemon.
Very nice.
lcarus wrote:
> Dringo wrote:
>
>
> It is the
> non-gamers. Nintendo want to create a machine that will hopefully
> appease the current gaming market but introduce millions and
> millions
> of new gamers to the market. The concept behind Revolution is, like
> the DS, supposed to appeal to people who have never even considered
> a
> games console.
>
> We're not talking PS2 sales of 50,000 per month here, we're talking
> about I-pod sales of 500,00. That is what Nintendo are going for. A
> real MEGA amount of money.
>
> But as I said before, Nintendo don't have the company image for that
> kind of market penetration. Think of Apple before the iPod; still
> regarded as stylish, cool etc. Buy a new revolutionary product from
> them, and there's recognition. That snowballs into sales.
>
> With Nintendo, that image just isn't present. Nor is it enough to
> encourage first time console buyers on a massive scale - you say that
> gamers regard it as kiddy. But quite the opposite really; gamers who
> are informed about general goings on in the industry, are more likely
> to invest in Nintendo products.
>
> It's non-gamers who see it as kiddy, and that doesn't bide well with
> the modern demographic audience that is increasing with age. Another
> words, they're more likely to support a brand such as Sony or
> Microsoft for their first console purchase - and while MS managed to
> substitute their lack of recognition and status in games for the
> current generation with outright marketing power, can you really see
> Nintendo doing the same?
>
> And that just leaves us with the audience that Nintendo do seem to
> appeal to on a mass scale - children, pre-teens. And with that, we're
> back to square one.
>
>
I think my still valid, unanswered points have gotten lost under all this pap.
> Dringo wrote:
>
>
> It is the
> non-gamers. Nintendo want to create a machine that will hopefully
> appease the current gaming market but introduce millions and
> millions
> of new gamers to the market. The concept behind Revolution is, like
> the DS, supposed to appeal to people who have never even considered
> a
> games console.
>
> We're not talking PS2 sales of 50,000 per month here, we're talking
> about I-pod sales of 500,00. That is what Nintendo are going for. A
> real MEGA amount of money.
>
> But as I said before, Nintendo don't have the company image for that
> kind of market penetration. Think of Apple before the iPod; still
> regarded as stylish, cool etc. Buy a new revolutionary product from
> them, and there's recognition. That snowballs into sales.
>
> With Nintendo, that image just isn't present. Nor is it enough to
> encourage first time console buyers on a massive scale - you say that
> gamers regard it as kiddy. But quite the opposite really; gamers who
> are informed about general goings on in the industry, are more likely
> to invest in Nintendo products.
>
> It's non-gamers who see it as kiddy, and that doesn't bide well with
> the modern demographic audience that is increasing with age. Another
> words, they're more likely to support a brand such as Sony or
> Microsoft for their first console purchase - and while MS managed to
> substitute their lack of recognition and status in games for the
> current generation with outright marketing power, can you really see
> Nintendo doing the same?
>
> And that just leaves us with the audience that Nintendo do seem to
> appeal to on a mass scale - children, pre-teens. And with that, we're
> back to square one.
>
>
I think my still valid, unanswered points have gotten lost under all this pap.
Dringo wrote:
> I've got several A levels and I don't know my own language.
....
> I've got several A levels and I don't know my own language.
....
Like it was said: you don't know that, Dringo.
Online: yeah, that'll be fantastic.
But I really don't think there's going to be much more come out of the touch screen.
Online: yeah, that'll be fantastic.
But I really don't think there's going to be much more come out of the touch screen.
The DS will grow and expand in the future, the games take fuller advantage of the touch screen capabilities and there is that all important online addition to come.
Dringo wrote:
> They call it the release schedule. Fantastic device.
How exactly does the release schedule show you how the machine's capabilities are used and how well ideas are implemented? It's all just conjecture.
> They call it the release schedule. Fantastic device.
How exactly does the release schedule show you how the machine's capabilities are used and how well ideas are implemented? It's all just conjecture.
That's because it could be streamlined with no loss of understanding, like taking out pointless silent letters etc.
gerrid wrote:
> I feel sorry for anyone who needs an A level to prove they can use
> their own language.
I've got several A levels and I don't know my own language.
> I feel sorry for anyone who needs an A level to prove they can use
> their own language.
I've got several A levels and I don't know my own language.
Albino-Man wrote:
> I say we get rid of the government and let the Queen rule; do
> something other than have people wipe her backside for her and go to
> the Grand National. That way the Royal family will be good for
> something OTHER than tourism.
>
> And give police guns. And bring back the death penalty.
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> I say we get rid of the government and let the Queen rule; do
> something other than have people wipe her backside for her and go to
> the Grand National. That way the Royal family will be good for
> something OTHER than tourism.
>
> And give police guns. And bring back the death penalty.
Welcome to the land of bell...hound?:
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