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The latest numbers are starting to come out from US tracking service NPD, showing the results of the battle between Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo.
Thanks to a report on Bloomberg, the following hardware placings can be revealed:
Nintendo DS - 918,000 (+155% from Oct 06) [ 8.1 million sold in the US ]
PlayStation 2 - 664,000 (+182%)
Game Boy Advance - 641,000 (+279%)
Microsoft XBOX 360 - 511,000 (+134%) [ 3.8 million sold in the US ]
Nintendo Wii - 476,000
PlayStation Portable - 411,900 (+219%)
PlayStation 3 - 197,000
This means that Sony missed its goal for initial shipments by around half, since 400,000 were supposed to have been made available at launch on 17th November.
Evan Wilson, an analyst at Pacific Crest Securities in Portland, Oregon, who rates Sony shares stated:
Nintendo is also struggling to meet demand, though, despite replenshing stock at a rate of 250,000 units per week and Anita Frazier, an analyst at NPD added:
With Nintendo promising two million Wii systems for the US alone by the end of 2006, and four million across the world, it looks to stay leagues ahead of Sony's next-generation format, especially thanks to Sony delaying the European launch of the PS3 until March 2007 at the earliest (with rumours this may be pushed back even further if shortages continue).
Also of interest is how Zelda: The Twilight Princess on Wii sold an amazing 412,000 units, making a profit of $20,200,000! It appears to have only been beaten by Gears of War on 360 (1,000,000 sales) and Final Fantasy XII on PS2 (896,000 units). In addition, whilst the Wii version of Activision's Call of Duty 3 moved 47,800 units, the PS3 edition could only sell through 24,800.
With any luck we will be able to bring you some more sales information soon!
Keep it locked to Cubed3 to see how well the UK launch went, considering Rob Lowe of Nintendo UK stated there was enough Day One stock to beat out the previous fastest-seller in this country, the XBOX 360.
Further news updates are sure to follow...
Thanks to a report on Bloomberg, the following hardware placings can be revealed:
Nintendo DS - 918,000 (+155% from Oct 06) [ 8.1 million sold in the US ]
PlayStation 2 - 664,000 (+182%)
Game Boy Advance - 641,000 (+279%)
Microsoft XBOX 360 - 511,000 (+134%) [ 3.8 million sold in the US ]
Nintendo Wii - 476,000
PlayStation Portable - 411,900 (+219%)
PlayStation 3 - 197,000
This means that Sony missed its goal for initial shipments by around half, since 400,000 were supposed to have been made available at launch on 17th November.
Evan Wilson, an analyst at Pacific Crest Securities in Portland, Oregon, who rates Sony shares stated:
"There's no way that Sony will make its forecast for 1 million units in the U.S. this calendar year. They will face supply constraints at least through March."
Nintendo is also struggling to meet demand, though, despite replenshing stock at a rate of 250,000 units per week and Anita Frazier, an analyst at NPD added:
"I have no doubt that many more could have sold if there had been more inventory."
With Nintendo promising two million Wii systems for the US alone by the end of 2006, and four million across the world, it looks to stay leagues ahead of Sony's next-generation format, especially thanks to Sony delaying the European launch of the PS3 until March 2007 at the earliest (with rumours this may be pushed back even further if shortages continue).
Also of interest is how Zelda: The Twilight Princess on Wii sold an amazing 412,000 units, making a profit of $20,200,000! It appears to have only been beaten by Gears of War on 360 (1,000,000 sales) and Final Fantasy XII on PS2 (896,000 units). In addition, whilst the Wii version of Activision's Call of Duty 3 moved 47,800 units, the PS3 edition could only sell through 24,800.
With any luck we will be able to bring you some more sales information soon!
Keep it locked to Cubed3 to see how well the UK launch went, considering Rob Lowe of Nintendo UK stated there was enough Day One stock to beat out the previous fastest-seller in this country, the XBOX 360.
Further news updates are sure to follow...
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oh GOD!!!! thank you so much. im so happy nintendo is kicking @$$, LONG LIVE NINTENDO
Eh?
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w00t! XD Heh. This makes me almost as happy as my Wii...
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Nintendo is also struggling to meet demand, though, despite replenshing stock at a rate of 250,000 units per week and Anita Frazier, an analyst at NPD added:
"I have no doubt that many more could have sold if there had been more inventory."
"I have no doubt that many more could have sold if there had been more inventory."
I'm just saying this is just as true for the PS3. Way to put a negative spin on Sony and a postive on Nintendo.
But then again, this is a Nintendo website eh?
( Edited on 08.12.2006 10:00 by )
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L97 Luigi
Cool that Nintendo is doing well with the DS still. Shame about PSP, Xb and GC...or have they just not got those sales figures yet?
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I believe that PSP was something like 330,000
Don't quote me though.
Don't quote me though.Vote 1, Eternal Darkness 2 for Wii
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The Wii is ahead of the PS3 now, it has a lead, and boy would it be disastrous for it to lose the lead over the PS3, now or ever...disastrous in terms of Nintendo losing face, rather than profits...
Xbox360 sales are sluggish, they're still struggling to hit the 10 million mark. Even though they're confident of gettin there by year's end, I doubt they will, but they probably won't miss by much. Nintendo should get to 4 million easy by then, they have the momentum, and if they maintain it, and if X360 sales don't gather steam next yr, perhaps the Wii will overtake X360 sales figures by Xmas'07??? All depends on the software lineup and how they beef up hardware sales...
Xbox360 sales are sluggish, they're still struggling to hit the 10 million mark. Even though they're confident of gettin there by year's end, I doubt they will, but they probably won't miss by much. Nintendo should get to 4 million easy by then, they have the momentum, and if they maintain it, and if X360 sales don't gather steam next yr, perhaps the Wii will overtake X360 sales figures by Xmas'07??? All depends on the software lineup and how they beef up hardware sales...
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PSP sales figures are insignificant, though I think they sold four times as many in the US as in Japan. (They were still outsold by the DS Lite by more than 2 to 1 in the US and 1.5 to 1 by the the GameBoy Advance!)
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The 360 is still outselling both the PS3 and Wii, but obviously this is because of limited stock.
It's like the PSP all over again! Sony can't afford these delays! If the PS3 doesn't launch here until the summer, it will no doubt end up in third place.
Sony delaying the European launch of the PS3 until March 2007 at the earliest (with rumours this may be pushed back even further if shortages continue).
It's like the PSP all over again! Sony can't afford these delays! If the PS3 doesn't launch here until the summer, it will no doubt end up in third place.
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trace said:
I believe that PSP was something like 330,000 Dont quote me though.
I believe that PSP was something like 330,000
Dont quote me though.Quoted!!
It was more like 419,000.
Don't quote me though
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About to board my plane. Merry Christmas everyone!
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L81 Chun-Li
Shit the Gameboy Advance is still selling!
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I've said this while ago, but from PS3's price point and sales pitch, I think sony has been planning to market PS3 more like a TV than a console. So you can expect the curve on the graph to be fairly steady over few years. We won't see a conventional "console rush" at launch and holiday seasons with PS3, certainly not much. PS3 buyers are likely to be those who plan to buy it over a period of time, much like how a family buys a TV or home cinema kit.
In that sense, I think one-to-one comparison of Wii launch sales will make little sense against PS3. Wii comparing against Xbox 360 would make more sense.
In that sense, I think one-to-one comparison of Wii launch sales will make little sense against PS3. Wii comparing against Xbox 360 would make more sense.
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Jeez PSP is behind everyone...Even Game Boy Advance and DS......HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Who the fuck are you when you take that mask away ?
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8.1m in USA
8.5m in Europe
Canada?
Nintendo will be aiming no doubt for at least 10m in each region.
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8.5m in Europe
Canada?
Nintendo will be aiming no doubt for at least 10m in each region.
Mike Gee of iZINE said, "...The Verve, as he [Richard Ashcroft] promised, had become the greatest band in the world. Most of the critics agreed with him. Most paid due homage. The Verve were no longer the question mark or the cliché. They were the statement and the definition."
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