Nintendo Is Beating Microsoft In Video Game Hardware Sales

[jms493]

Maybe if M$ had a handheld???

[SethMode]

Maybe if M$ had a handheld???

Don't you ever do the "$" thing again, jms! EVER!

And no moar handhelds!

[jms493]

Don't you ever do the "$" thing again, jms! EVER!

And no moar handhelds!

lawl...i see it so much now that it is almost automatic.

[buckeye]

Step away from the consoles fanboys. Eliminate the Japan portion and please realize that MS is getting obliterated... maybe not by Nintendo bit that fact that its right there says something. There are X1's for sale everywhere and not many people are buying.

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[Maynard]

I think you're missing the point, why are you using numbers that include Japanese sales markets when the XBONE isn't even available there.

not to mention the comparison of hand helds to consoles.

[MrBill]

No, it wouldn't but at the same token, Japan is irrelevant to Microsoft. I guarantee not a single person sitting in the marketing and management rooms of Microsoft give two shits about the 9,000 units the WiiU moved in Japan. They look at NA, see a 2:1 ratio, pat each other on the backs, and leave the room.

I don't doubt that and you see where that kind of myopic vision has placed MS in the current console war.

It's a sensationalist title and poor writing.

Get a job at Forbes and write video game articles then

[MrBill]

not to mention the comparison of hand helds to consoles.

When the handheld costs as much or more than some of the consoles you are tracking, why wouldn't you track them?

[jms493]

I don't doubt that and you see where that kind of myopic vision has placed MS in the current console war.

stop making me google words...


my·op·ic [mahy-op-ik, -oh-pik] Show IPA
adjective
1. Ophthalmology . pertaining to or having myopia; nearsighted.
2. unable or unwilling to act prudently; shortsighted.
3. lacking tolerance or understanding; narrow-minded.

[SethMode]

To be fair too, the article itself is about the doom and gloom that everyone has about Nintendo of late, and how it's kind of overblown.

[buckeye]

To be fair too, the article itself is about the doom and gloom that everyone has about Nintendo of late, and how it's kind of overblown.

Correct. I was thinking the same thing until I looked at the numbers and said "holy shit MS.... what are you doing?!?!"

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[jms493]

If Nintendo only made a handheld device would they be a competitor of Microsoft? Also lets throw in PC sales in there!!!

[Maynard]

When the handheld costs as much or more than some of the consoles you are tracking, why wouldn't you track them?

xbone - $500

3DS - $200

how is the cost the same?

[jms493]

xbone - $500

3DS - $200

how is the cost the same?

I bought my 3ds for $149

[Maynard]

exactly. this is about a dumb a report as i ever saw.

of course a $180 (retail) unit is going to have sold more units than a $500 retail unit.
but look at the $$

3DS - 2.1 mil
Bone - 2.8 mil

compare the bone to the wii u
Wii U - 1.1 mil

when you flood the market and have 4 different units compared to a company with 2, of course Nintendo will look like they are out selling units.

[SethMode]

exactly. this is about a dumb a report as i ever saw.

of course a $180 (retail) unit is going to have sold more units than a $500 retail unit.
but look at the $$

3DS - 2.1 mil
Bone - 2.8 mil

compare the bone to the wii u
Wii U - 1.1 mil

when you flood the market and have 4 different units compared to a company with 2, of course Nintendo will look like they are out selling units.

That's not the point of the article though. Again, it's about this doom and gloom idea surrounding Nintendo.

Also, comparing money made off of the units straight up is just as silly. That's behaving as if the cost to manufacture a 3DS is the same as the cost to manufacture a Juan.