AlphaPrime Posted October 4, 2009 Author Share Posted October 4, 2009 White PS3 Slim looks great, they should release one without any artwork on it next year. And branded consoles are certainly not new to this decade. As for M-Create VS Famitsu, if you want I can post both then from now on so everyone's happy. Famitsu: September 21 - 27 DSi - 66,000 PS3 - 50,000 PSP - 20,000 Wii - 13,000 DSL - 10,000 360 - 3,700 PS2 - 3,500 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimson12 Posted October 7, 2009 Share Posted October 7, 2009 I just heard on the news that PSP outsold the DS this week for the first time, but only because DS completely sold out. They just can't make the stuff fast enough. Regards Crimson ____ dossier surendettement Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlphaPrime Posted October 7, 2009 Author Share Posted October 7, 2009 If it did, it wouldn't be the first time. Anyway according to Famitsu numbers this week, it hasn't. Famitsu: Sep 28 - Oct 4 DSi - 57,000 PSP - 55,000 PS3 - 37,000 Wii - 32,000 360 - 2,600 Note: Price cuts for PSP and Wii Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Audioboxer Subscriber² Posted October 7, 2009 Subscriber² Share Posted October 7, 2009 Damn that's a bit poor for the Wii on a price cut, that thing really is drying up in Japan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudy Posted October 7, 2009 Share Posted October 7, 2009 Damn that's a bit poor for the Wii on a price cut, that thing really is drying up in Japan. Everyone already have a Wii ;) They'll need to release a special edition (maybe something like a Super Mario Bros wii edition) Wii to get people to buy a second one :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Teej Posted October 7, 2009 Share Posted October 7, 2009 But there's like 127 million people in Japan, and only 9 million of them have Wiis :laugh: I'm really surprised it's drying up already. Then again, it seems like all of the consoles are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George P Global Moderator Posted October 7, 2009 Global Moderator Share Posted October 7, 2009 A price cut alone can't sell a system. The Wii's problem is that it's got too few games really. The only ones that work well with the WiiMote is WiiSports, and lets face it, you'll get tired of jumping around and playing tennis at some point. Nintendo is once again getting hit with the lack of solid 3rd party support, and it's 1st party games are pretty much Pokemon at this point. the DS is still going strong because it's got more games going for it, that's just how it goes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Audioboxer Subscriber² Posted October 7, 2009 Subscriber² Share Posted October 7, 2009 Nintendo always neglects 3rd party, and the biggest issue with the Wii is because it's not on a level enough par with the 360/PS3 devs can't port down to it, they need to make uniquely for it. Which means to prevent risk a boat load of clones and games in the vein of Wii Sports, whilst a lack of more depth orientated games the other consoles see. I think as generations go on and we adopt the multiplatform approach, which is best for the industry, the hardware manufacturers need to make sure there is enough level ground between themselves not to alienate devs. Level ground doesn't = releasing a clone of each other, just enough similarities to make porting possible. As strong as Nintendos 1st party is, it would really be nice for once to see 3rd parties more on board with the brand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George P Global Moderator Posted October 8, 2009 Global Moderator Share Posted October 8, 2009 It was their choice to spend more on the wiiMote tech and just do a minor "upgrade" to the GameCube specs and give us the Wii. In the end they didn't want to end up with massive R&D costs like Sony and co. Makes sense if you just got your butt smacked around with the N64 and the Gamecube. They didn't wanna risk it. And it did pay off, being able to sell the hardware for a profit from the start is a first as far as game consoles go. Well, using the current model that is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Audioboxer Subscriber² Posted October 8, 2009 Subscriber² Share Posted October 8, 2009 It was their choice to spend more on the wiiMote tech and just do a minor "upgrade" to the GameCube specs and give us the Wii. In the end they didn't want to end up with massive R&D costs like Sony and co. Makes sense if you just got your butt smacked around with the N64 and the Gamecube. They didn't wanna risk it. And it did pay off, being able to sell the hardware for a profit from the start is a first as far as game consoles go. Well, using the current model that is. The N64 and Gamecube were profitable from the get go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George P Global Moderator Posted October 8, 2009 Global Moderator Share Posted October 8, 2009 That seems like a shock to me seeing how they didn't have sales figures to turn much of a profit. Regardless, they got slapped around by Sony. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Audioboxer Subscriber² Posted October 8, 2009 Subscriber² Share Posted October 8, 2009 (edited) That seems like a shock to me seeing how they didn't have sales figures to turn much of a profit. Regardless, they got slapped around by Sony. Nintendo have been profitable for 12 straight years Sony Nintendo Microsoft Total Y/E 1998 $902,811,090 $1,023,333,867 $1,926,144,957 Y/E 1999 $1,102,563,557 $1,301,350,000 $2,403,913,557 Y/E 2000 $722,738,949 $1,368,207,547 $2,090,946,497 Y/E 2001 -$449,776,290 $677,576,000 $227,799,710 Y/E 2002 $629,101,056 $895,872,180 -$1,135,000,000 $389,973,237 Y/E 2003 $935,569,253 $834,333,333 -$1,191,000,000 $578,902,586 Y/E 2004 $627,195,212 $993,161,303 -$1,337,000,000 $283,356,515 Y/E 2005 $419,888,799 $1,056,056,202 -$539,000,000 $936,945,001 Y/E 2006 $69,129,058 $774,478,055 -$1,339,000,000 -$495,392,887 Y/E 2007 -$1,970,923,859 $1,914,666,388 -$1,969,000,000 -$2,025,257,471 Y/E 2008 -$1,079,994,103 $4,322,637,887 $426,000,000 $3,668,643,783 Y/E 2009 -$577,207,240 $5,691,428,301 $169,000,000 $5,283,221,061 Y/E 10Q1 -$413,541,667 $420,843,750 N/A N/A Total $917,553,815 $21,273,944,815 -$6,844,000,000 $15,347,498,630 Full Year Average $110,924,623 $1,737,758,422 -$1,001,857,143 $914,270,499 Profitable Years 8 12 2 10 Non Profitable Years 4 0 6 2 Average in Loss Year -$1,019,475,373 N/A -$1,251,666,667 -$1,260,325,179 Average in Profit Year $676,124,622 $1,737,758,422 $333,000,000 $1,389,625,094 The manufacturing costs of the Gamecube/N64 were obviously at such a level selling around 30~ million (n64) and 20~ million (gamecube) was fine for the company. Even the years the consoles were released were profitable. Marketshare has meant more for Sony/MS over the last decade or so because without marketshare on a high financial risk piece of hardware, you're going to blow a ton of money as your low install base can't fund you enough. Marketshare = higher levels of software sales which ultimately keep your ship sailing until hardware starts generating good returns, which for cutting edge technology usually takes a few years. Yeah fine the PS1/2 vastly outsold the N64/Gamecube, but it didn't really hurt the Nintendo business plan that much, did it? More so hurt consumers with low 3rd party software support and a short console life cycle. So while Nintendo walk away in profit, they obviously still don't like the fact their consoles bombed out so quickly (and left buyers frustrated), hence the Wii going a different route, still aiming for high profitability, but not just creating a "Gamecube 2" (no pun intended) on the gaming plan side of things. Edited October 8, 2009 by Audioboxer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudy Posted October 8, 2009 Share Posted October 8, 2009 The manufacturing costs of the Gamecube/N64 were obviously at such a level selling around 30~ million (n64) and 20~ million (gamecube) was fine for the company. Even the years the consoles were released were profitable. Don't forget they also had the GB/GBA, Pokemon sure helped sell them ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlphaPrime Posted October 9, 2009 Author Share Posted October 9, 2009 Media Create: Sep 28 - Oct 4 Hardware DSi - 53,293 PSP - 51,215 PS3 - 37,538 Wii - 35,392 DSL - 10,661 360 - 4,244 PS2 - 2,179 Software 01. [WII] Wii Fit Plus - 340,000 02. [NDS] Inazuma Eleven 2: Kyoui no Shinryakusha - 281,000 03. [NDS] Pokemon Heart Gold/Soul Silver - 267,000 04. [PSP] Gran Turismo - 134,000 05. [PSP] Macross Ultimate Frontier - 81,000 06. [NDS] Tomodachi Collection - 68,000 07. [PS3] Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 - 42,000 08. [WII] Wii Sports Resort - 27,000 09. [PS3] Dynasty Warriors: Strikeforce - 27,000 10. [PS3] Tales of Vesperia - 26,000 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlphaPrime Posted October 16, 2009 Author Share Posted October 16, 2009 October 5 - 11 Media Create DSi - 50,144 PSP - 40,100 PS3 - 30,896 Wii - 30,741 DSL - 5,454 360 - 3,326 PS2 - 2,133 Famitsu DSi - 52,000 PSP - 44,000 Wii - 29,000 PS3 - 29,000 DSL - 5,300 360 - 3,200 PS2 - 2,500 Software 1. [NDS] Pokemon Heart Gold/Soul Silver - 189,000 2. [WII] Wii Fit Plus - 152,000 3. [NDS] Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey - 97,000 4. [NDS] Inazuma Eleven 2: Threat of the Invaders - 95,000 5. [NDS] Tomodachi Collection - 63,000 6. [PSP] Gran Turismo Portable - 40,000 7. [WII] Wii Sports Resort - 24,000 8. [PSP] Macross Ultimate Frontier - 19,000 9. [NDS] Love Plus - 19,000 10. [NDS] Dragon Quest IX: Defenders of the Starry Sky - 16,000 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlphaPrime Posted October 22, 2009 Author Share Posted October 22, 2009 October 12 - 18 Media Create DSi - 49,145 PSP - 33,508 PS3 - 30,231 Wii - 29,965 360 - 3,662 DSL - 2,590 PS2 - 2,109 Famitsu DSi - 53,000 PSP - 39,000 PS3 - 27,000 Wii - 27,000 DSL - 3,900 360 - 3,000 PS2 - 2,700 Software 1. [NDS] Pokemon Heart Gold/Soul Silver - 164,721 2. [WII] Wii Fit Plus - 118,167 3. [NDS] Tomodachi Collection - 63,086 4. [NDS] Izuna Eleven 2 - 60,580 5. [PS3] Uncharted 2 - 53,827 6. [WII] Okami - 23,810 7. [WII] Wii Sports Resort - 22,808 8. [PSP] Gran Turismo Portable - 22,027 9. [NDS] Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey - 19,642 10. [NDS] Love Plus - 19,561 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlphaPrime Posted October 30, 2009 Author Share Posted October 30, 2009 October 19 - 25 Media Create DSi - 42,199 PSP - 32,865 PS3 - 29,977 Wii - 25,917 DSL - 6,550 360 - 4,470 PS2 - 1,951 Software 1. [NDS] Pokemon Heart Gold/Soul Silver - 118,000 2. [WII] Wii Fit Plus - 88,000 3. [NDS] Tomodachi Collection - 52,000 4. [NDS] Inazuma Eleven 2: Threat of the Invaders - Fire/Blizzard - 49,000 5. [NDS] Rune Factory 3 - 41,000 6. [360] Forza Motorsport 3 - 32,000 7. [PS3] FIFA 10: World Class Soccer - 20,000 8. [WII] Wii Sports Resort - 19,000 9. [PS3] Uncharted 2: Among Thieves - 18,000 10. [PSP] Shin Sangoku Musou 5 Special - 18,000 No Famitsu numbers this week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aussiefloyd_fan Posted October 30, 2009 Share Posted October 30, 2009 was it really necessary to post that link 100 times?? thanks though nice read Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madoshi Posted October 30, 2009 Share Posted October 30, 2009 Media Create: Sep 28 - Oct 4Hardware DSi - 53,293 PSP - 51,215 PS3 - 37,538 Wii - 35,392 DSL - 10,661 360 - 4,244 PS2 - 2,179 Software 01. [WII] Wii Fit Plus - 340,000 02. [NDS] Inazuma Eleven 2: Kyoui no Shinryakusha - 281,000 03. [NDS] Pokemon Heart Gold/Soul Silver - 267,000 04. [PSP] Gran Turismo - 134,000 05. [PSP] Macross Ultimate Frontier - 81,000 06. [NDS] Tomodachi Collection - 68,000 07. [PS3] Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 - 42,000 08. [WII] Wii Sports Resort - 27,000 09. [PS3] Dynasty Warriors: Strikeforce - 27,000 10. [PS3] Tales of Vesperia - 26,000 October 5 - 11Media Create DSi - 50,144 PSP - 40,100 PS3 - 30,896 Wii - 30,741 DSL - 5,454 360 - 3,326 PS2 - 2,133 Famitsu DSi - 52,000 PSP - 44,000 Wii - 29,000 PS3 - 29,000 DSL - 5,300 360 - 3,200 PS2 - 2,500 Software 1. [NDS] Pokemon Heart Gold/Soul Silver - 189,000 2. [WII] Wii Fit Plus - 152,000 3. [NDS] Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey - 97,000 4. [NDS] Inazuma Eleven 2: Threat of the Invaders - 95,000 5. [NDS] Tomodachi Collection - 63,000 6. [PSP] Gran Turismo Portable - 40,000 7. [WII] Wii Sports Resort - 24,000 8. [PSP] Macross Ultimate Frontier - 19,000 9. [NDS] Love Plus - 19,000 10. [NDS] Dragon Quest IX: Defenders of the Starry Sky - 16,000 October 12 - 18Media Create DSi - 49,145 PSP - 33,508 PS3 - 30,231 Wii - 29,965 360 - 3,662 DSL - 2,590 PS2 - 2,109 Famitsu DSi - 53,000 PSP - 39,000 PS3 - 27,000 Wii - 27,000 DSL - 3,900 360 - 3,000 PS2 - 2,700 Software 1. [NDS] Pokemon Heart Gold/Soul Silver - 164,721 2. [WII] Wii Fit Plus - 118,167 3. [NDS] Tomodachi Collection - 63,086 4. [NDS] Izuna Eleven 2 - 60,580 5. [PS3] Uncharted 2 - 53,827 6. [WII] Okami - 23,810 7. [WII] Wii Sports Resort - 22,808 8. [PSP] Gran Turismo Portable - 22,027 9. [NDS] Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey - 19,642 10. [NDS] Love Plus - 19,561 October 19 - 25Media Create DSi - 42,199 PSP - 32,865 PS3 - 29,977 Wii - 25,917 DSL - 6,550 360 - 4,470 PS2 - 1,951 Software 1. [NDS] Pokemon Heart Gold/Soul Silver - 118,000 2. [WII] Wii Fit Plus - 88,000 3. [NDS] Tomodachi Collection - 52,000 4. [NDS] Inazuma Eleven 2: Threat of the Invaders - Fire/Blizzard - 49,000 5. [NDS] Rune Factory 3 - 41,000 6. [360] Forza Motorsport 3 - 32,000 7. [PS3] FIFA 10: World Class Soccer - 20,000 8. [WII] Wii Sports Resort - 19,000 9. [PS3] Uncharted 2: Among Thieves - 18,000 10. [PSP] Shin Sangoku Musou 5 Special - 18,000 No Famitsu numbers this week. was it really necessary to post that link 100 times?? thanks though nice read look closer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlphaPrime Posted October 30, 2009 Author Share Posted October 30, 2009 was it really necessary to post that link 100 times?? thanks though nice read For the Latest Japanese Hardware Sales read the Latest Posts ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlphaPrime Posted November 6, 2009 Author Share Posted November 6, 2009 Oct 26 - Nov 1 Media Create DSi - 37,517 PS3 - 36,061 PSP - 34,911 PSPgo - 29,109 Wii - 28,888 DSL - 6,902 360 - 6,047 PS2 - 1,966 Famitsu PSP - 42,000 PS3 - 37,000 DSi - 36,000 PSPgo - 28,000 Wii - 27,000 360 - 4,800 DSL - 4,400 PS2 - 2,700 Software 1. [PS3] Bayonetta - 135,242 2. [NDS] Final Fantasy Gaiden: 4 Warriors of Light - 114,714 3. [PS3] Tekken 6 - 103,105 4. [PSP] Persona 3 Portable - 94,287 5. [NDS] Pokemon Heart Gold/Soul Silver - 87,594 6. [WII] Wii Fit Plus - 81,427 7. [360] Bayonetta - 64,325 8. [NDS] Tomodachi Collection - 53,159 9. [NDS] Inazuma Eleven 2: Threat of the Invaders - 41,437 10. [WII] Super Robot Taisen NEO - 26,559 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Livin in a box Posted November 10, 2009 Share Posted November 10, 2009 PS3 and PSP seem to be doing pretty well over there...if only it were the same in the UK. ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlphaPrime Posted November 20, 2009 Author Share Posted November 20, 2009 November 2 - 8 Hardware PS3 - 48,925 DSi - 37,421 PSP - 33,784 Wii - 31,810 PSPgo - 13,992 DSL - 5,515 360 - 4,679 PS2 - 2,066 Software 1. [PS3] World Soccer Winning Eleven 2010 - 217,848 2. [NDS] Pokemon Heart Gold/Soul Silver - 73,554 3. [WII] Wii Fit Plus - 69,797 4. [NDS] Tomodachi Collection - 63,571 5. [PSP] Persona 3 Portable - 46,459 6. [NDS] Inazuma Eleven 2: Threat of the Invaders - 42,186 7. [NDS] Final Fantasy Gaiden: 4 Warriors of Light - 35,195 8. [PS3] Bayonetta - 29,361 9. [NDS] Summon Night X: Tears Crown - 24,451 10. [WII] Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games - 21,541 November 9 - 15 Hardware PSP - 38,770 PS3 - 38,498 DSi - 33,749 Wii - 26,764 PSPgo - 6,427 DSL - 5,036 360 - 4,124 PS2 - 2,031 Software 1. [PSP] J-League Pro Soccer Club o Tsukurou! 6 - 85,000 2. [NDS] Pokemon Heart Gold/Soul Silver - 63,000 3. [PS3] Dragon Ball: Raging Blast - 58,000 4. [NDS] Tomodachi Collection - 56,000 5. [WII] Wii Fit Plus - 53,000 6. [PS3] World Soccer Winning Eleven 2010 - 49,000 7. [NDS] Inazuma Eleven 2: Threat of the Invaders - 37,000 8. [WII] Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Crystal Bearers - 35,000 9. [NDS] Mega Man Battle Network: Operation Shooting Star - 23,000 10. [PSP] Persona 3 Portable - 17,000 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Audioboxer Subscriber² Posted December 4, 2009 Subscriber² Share Posted December 4, 2009 Media Create hardware sales (11/23 ? 11/29)b> DSi LL ? 67,243 Wii ? 46,673 PS3 ? 46,558 PSP ? 38,839 DSi ? 37,021 DS Lite ? 7,268 PSP go ? 3,809 Xbox 360 ? 3,685 PS2 ? 2,057 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Audioboxer Subscriber² Posted December 6, 2009 Subscriber² Share Posted December 6, 2009 I guess we can expect big FF13 software numbers! Final Fantasy XIII Imports "The Best this Generation"Import Preorders for Final Fantasy XIII are "the best this generation" according to an employee of Import specialists Play-Asia speaking to UFFSite. The employee, who wished to remain anonymous, told us that Final Fantasy XIII has "far outdone the other big Japanese releases this year." "We saw a lot of imports for Bayonetta too - especially after Famitsu's score - but over the last few weeks FF13 has gone on to outdo that significantly." Bayonetta is out in less than a month, which goes a long way to explain why less people would preorder that - but our source goes on to insist that FF13 has outdone every other title since the release of the PS3 and Xbox 360. The Japanese release is region free, making it easy for Western players to play. Final Fantasy XIII is out in Japan in around two weeks and is out in the West in March. If the waiting for you is too much you can add to FF13's Import success by putting down an Import Preorder. Stick with us at UFFSite for our import review of FF13 - but in the meantime, why not check out our FF13 Product Guide and sign up to our RSS Feed and Twitter for the latest FF news! Source: http://www.uffsite.net/news/288/final-fant...generation.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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