July NPD Predictions (Directly from NPD)

http://kotaku.com/5035436/npd-predicts-mammoth-wii-win-in-july

Nintendo DS 625,445
Nintendo Wii 612,545
Sony PSP 235,447
Sony PS3 275,444
Microsoft Xbox 360 325,488

"NPD says they believe that the Xbox 360's lead over the PS3 this month will be due to the price cut of the 360's 20GB Pro model. The NPD analysis also says that they are uncertain if the 360 and PS3 will receive price cuts before the end of the year, but that if they come it will come from Microsoft first, with Sony following suit."

Pretty odd that NPD is predicting its own sales publicly...especially with such exact figures.Vampyronight

Yes, why the hell are those figures so exact?

Nintendo must love themselves long time, gamecube was a money sink hole and the wii is a freakin money train.

but does success strike twice, can the pull another snes after the nes (thats whats really to be seen).

Nintendo must love themselves long time, gamecube was a money sink hole and the wii is a freakin money train.

but does success strike twice, can the pull another snes after the nes (thats whats really to be seen).

Zenkuso

Actually they made money on the Gamecube. Nintendo always makes money it's just a question of how much.

Nintendo must love themselves long time, gamecube was a money sink hole and the wii is a freakin money train.

but does success strike twice, can the pull another snes after the nes (thats whats really to be seen).

Zenkuso

I'm pretty sure they made a profit with the GC. As far as I know Nintendo refuse to sell consoles at a loss.

Good grief Nintendo.

I dont even look for them anymore, I just look at the 360 and PS3 sells now, lol.

Good grief Nintendo.

I dont even look for them anymore, I just look at the 360 and PS3 sells now, lol.

carljohnson3456

You think the 360 and PS3 sells are funny? Just look at the jokey line up of games for the Wii(now thats funny). The PS3/360 are far better suited for gaming needs.

Every year this is the point in the NPD were the 360 starts doing really well. Both years from Sept through january, 360 sales go through the roof.

Yes so do the others, but the 360 matched the wii or bettered it the last two holiday seasons.

[QUOTE="Zenkuso"]

Nintendo must love themselves long time, gamecube was a money sink hole and the wii is a freakin money train.

but does success strike twice, can the pull another snes after the nes (thats whats really to be seen).

Firelore29

Actually they made money on the Gamecube. Nintendo always makes money it's just a question of how much.

I know, but nintendo didn't make that much compared to its previous consoles with the gamecube.

The wii by comparison is a god send for them, if they didn't change there approach to gaming it probably would have been very bad for them.

And yes to the other guy, I know nintendo never sell at a loss, the prices they are selling the wii for with the hardware thats inside them would actually be netting them a fortune cause production costs for the hardware would be very cheap. Nintendo are the kings of turning a profit in the gaming industry with there games and hardware, it typically just comes down to how much do they turn a profit.

[QUOTE="carljohnson3456"]

Good grief Nintendo.

I dont even look for them anymore, I just look at the 360 and PS3 sells now, lol.

Ninten007

You think the 360 and PS3 sells are funny? Just look at the jokey line up of games for the Wii(now thats funny). The PS3/360 are far better suited for gaming needs.

...I didnt laugh at 360 and PS3 sells. I was "loling" because I said I dont even look at Nintendo's sells anymore because frankly I dont care. :|

But I agree, PS360 FTW.

to be expected with the price cut

I think they only went the casual route this gen to get more people involved in gaming.

With all those recent "gaming is dead" or "gaming will be a thing of the past by 2015" articles at mainstream places like yahoo, they figured that they needed to expand the market.

So, this gen, Nintendo will pull the casual route, hope to gain a wide variety of people for the next console, which they add a little more hardcore elements to it. They do that progressively every generation until the world is taken over by gaming. Its also great for little kids to eventually grow into more hardcore gaming.

This may have been of the topic of the thread, but I believe its why they have so many sales. Because they wanted to get the casuals, they have made sure video gaming is more future proof.

Honestly, what does nintendo have besides gaming.

Sony has their huge Movie development studios (Spiderman for example) and Microsoft has their Operating systems, but what does Nintendo offer besides gaming?

Pretty odd that NPD is predicting its own sales publicly...especially with such exact figures.Vampyronight