For those that love their sales figures
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Peppermonkey
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It seems that Nintendo should bundle 3 or 4 games in their system. That's what the Xbox is all about in the UK. PS2 needs to calm down, and Nintendo needs to catch up... in the UK at least (PS2 needs to calm down everywhere)
Yeah TRU are the only people who do the big GameCube bundles AFAICS. Other stores do limited bundles, like GC with 2 games for £189.. but there nothing special at all (there at most £20-£30 cheaper then just buying the GC and then buying the games seperately).
I think the games in the 10 game TRU bundle were pretty crappy overall, as you said, but could still have the potential to sell well. Also TRU had loads of other GC bundles (at least 10 different bundles) and some were quite good, but still not really matching the official XBox bundle.
But then we wouldn't even see the effect of these bundles in those sales figures anyway. Because TRU don't give out sales numbers.
I think the games in the 10 game TRU bundle were pretty crappy overall, as you said, but could still have the potential to sell well. Also TRU had loads of other GC bundles (at least 10 different bundles) and some were quite good, but still not really matching the official XBox bundle.
But then we wouldn't even see the effect of these bundles in those sales figures anyway. Because TRU don't give out sales numbers.
Do they? But I thought there used to be a famous excuse from Nintendo fans if the current Nintendo console wasn't selling well. I think it was something like "oh its selling incredibly well at TRU and they aren't included in the sales".
I know Walmart also aren't included (although we don't have them here anyway) but I thought TRU was the other big chain that didn't give out sales? I'm certainly not sure of it though.
They did do an offer of GC with any one game for £149.99 and any two games for £169.99, that was at release, I don't know if they do it anymore, I'd guess that they do.
However the bundles I was talking about were all fixed. If you look at the TRU U.K site you can find loads of different GC bundles, at least 10 of them AFAIR.
I know Walmart also aren't included (although we don't have them here anyway) but I thought TRU was the other big chain that didn't give out sales? I'm certainly not sure of it though.
They did do an offer of GC with any one game for £149.99 and any two games for £169.99, that was at release, I don't know if they do it anymore, I'd guess that they do.
However the bundles I was talking about were all fixed. If you look at the TRU U.K site you can find loads of different GC bundles, at least 10 of them AFAIR.
Teasy said:
IMO, Walmart is not included in US sales and TRU is not included in Jap sales.
and, hum, Europe is not included in UK sales too
by the way, Gc is ahead of xbox in Euro (1.5 > 1.4) according today conference. 1.5M is Nintendo number and 1.4M is ELSPA forecast. take it like you will.
Are those numbers relating to consoles, games, accessories, or the total of all three? Somehow I find it hard to believe that a quarter of a million people on an island about the size of one state in the U.S. bought PS2 consoles in a single two week period.
BenSkywalker
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Wal-Mart, K-Mart and most mom and pop stores don't report numbers to NPD in the US. It should have no impact on the relative standings though.
Crusher said:
It's not the size that matters, it's what you do with it! Population of the UK is around a quarter of that of the US, so multiply by four to get a rough estimation of how these relate to US numbers.
And yes the numbers are new console sales in that time period, and yes the PS2 figures (almost 500K in the month before Xmas) are pretty amazing.
I think the population of the UK is actually around 20% of the US (59 vs 280-odd million). These figures don't include illegal immigrants, of course!
In the run-up to Christmas, sales figures do get a bit silly, so the PS2 figures wouldn't surprise me all that much. A young lad who lives next door to my parents received a PS2 for Christmas along with 3 or 4 games.
If I didn't already own a GameCube (currently on 47 shines in SMS!) I would probably have bought myself an XBox - the current deal on offer here in the UK is just ridiculous!
Population density in the U.K. is about 250 people per sq. km. on average. That's a lot of neighbors. The U.S. only has about 30 people per sq. km. on average. Could be worse though; Hong Kong averages just over 7,000. I wonder what the property values are like over there...
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