Posted: 2006-11-02 01:34am
I wasn't the one making the argument that Nintendo should let themselves be bought by a competitor when they're very successful under their own leadership.
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Where are these vaunted numbers?The Kernel wrote: Can you not connect A to B? If Nintendo sees the DS outselling the GBA in one market, why are they going to assume it will undersell the GBA in another market (in which the GBA was the biggest success)?
I'm sure that they won't admit it underperformed expectations, but the numbers speak for themselves.
Right Here:DPDarkPrimus wrote: I would believe this statement if you could provide the sales numbers of the GBA after it was out for two years.
Because the GBA has reached a saturation point and they want to continue the march of progress forward to their new platform.Nintendo originally marketed the DS as "the third pillar" of the company, the other two being the GBA and the GC, of course. They announced recently that they've decided not to do another incarnation of the Game Boy, and focus on the DS. Why would they do this, if sales have been less than they expected?
Read above.You know where we are Kernel, so you shouldn't be suprised that I'm going to have to ask you for proof of that.
Only if you have poor reading comprehension. I agree that in Japan the DS has outperformed the GBA.The DS is the fastest-selling console EVER in Japan. This fact contradicts your statement.
Japan has nothing to do with the US. Giant red herring, and one that I've addressed several times.As I've already said, the DS has become the fastest-selling console in Japan, and it's the first Nintendo console to ever sell out. Reality seems to be conflicting with your so-called "proofs".
Not equal numbers. The DS has been outsold by the GBA by a wide margin in the US.DPDarkPrimus wrote:Where are these vaunted numbers?The Kernel wrote: Can you not connect A to B? If Nintendo sees the DS outselling the GBA in one market, why are they going to assume it will undersell the GBA in another market (in which the GBA was the biggest success)?
I'm sure that they won't admit it underperformed expectations, but the numbers speak for themselves.
Of course, even IF the DS and the GBA ARE selling in relatively equal proportions in America, doesn't mean that the DS is underperforming.
So it's sold less-well than the GBA in America. America != the world. You stated that it's done less than they hoped, period. If you had added the qualification "in America" to that, then it would be more accurate- except that you've not shown that they ever expected to get sales equal to the GBA during it's first two years in America. Simply having a slower adoption rate does not mean that it's not living up to their expectations.The Kernel wrote:Right Here:DPDarkPrimus wrote: I would believe this statement if you could provide the sales numbers of the GBA after it was out for two years.
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See those sales numbers? 20 million in the US by the end of 2003.
According to this, Nintendo has only sold over 6 million DS systems thus far.
I was responding to this:Only if you have poor reading comprehension. I agree that in Japan the DS has outperformed the GBA.The DS is the fastest-selling console EVER in Japan. This fact contradicts your statement.
I didn't misread that statement.they DS didn't sell nearly as well as Japan if you look at the adoption rates for the GBA.
Actually, you've done a giant shifting of the goal posts, since your original statement was that the DS is underperforming, and now you're going on about it underperforming... IN AMERICA.Japan has nothing to do with the US. Giant red herring, and one that I've addressed several times.As I've already said, the DS has become the fastest-selling console in Japan, and it's the first Nintendo console to ever sell out. Reality seems to be conflicting with your so-called "proofs".
Actually, I would assume that maintaining creative (and financial) control is probably a greater issue. As well as perhaps that a Japanese company doesn't want to be owned by an American one. Those are both analogues that have certainly been seen before.The Kernel wrote:Don't be an idiot. That's like saying "we're doing great making $5 million dollars a year, so lets not sell our company and make twice that".
Go ahead, backpedal faster.DPDarkPrimus wrote: So it's sold less-well than the GBA in America. America != the world. You stated that it's done less than they hoped, period. If you had added the qualification "in America" to that, then it would be more accurate- except that you've not shown that they ever expected to get sales equal to the GBA during it's first two years in America.
So it's a "slower adoption rate" now huh? How is this different from what I said about the DS not selling as well? Gee, maybe guess it's just a bullshit attempt on your part to salvage something from your bullshit argument? No couldn't be.Simply having a slower adoption rate does not mean that it's not living up to their expectations.
You are still misreading. The DS didn't sell as well as IN JAPAN if you look at the adoption rates for the GBA. I am talking about the US here and its ratio of DS:GBA versus Japan. Are you trying to make my argument for me?I was responding to this:
I didn't misread that statement.they DS didn't sell nearly as well as Japan if you look at the adoption rates for the GBA.
As a whole it is underperforming and in America it is seriously underperforming.Actually, you've done a giant shifting of the goal posts, since your original statement was that the DS is underperforming, and now you're going on about it underperforming... IN AMERICA.
Good, I'm glad you are finally making some sense and agreeing that it is not for financial reasons.Spanky The Dolphin wrote:Actually, I would assume that maintaining creative (and financial) control is probably a greater issue. As well as perhaps that a Japanese company doesn't want to be owned by an American one. Those are both analogues that have certainly been seen before.The Kernel wrote:Don't be an idiot. That's like saying "we're doing great making $5 million dollars a year, so lets not sell our company and make twice that".
Selling as fast, underperforming, not meeting expectations...do you want to continue this semantics debate any further? You've lost on the key points, just shut the fuck up and back out gracefully.DPDarkPrimus wrote:SIMPLY BECAUSE IT IS NOT SELLING AS FAST AS THE GAME BOY ADVANCED DOES NOT MEAN IT IS NOT MEETING NINTENDO'S EXPECTATIONS.
Fuck you. You said it's not meeting their expectations, and then you go and point to GBA sales numbers as proof of this. You're asserting that they expected it to sell just as well as the GBA did- so when did they ever say that?The Kernel wrote:Selling as fast, underperforming, not meeting expectations...do you want to continue this semantics debate any further? You've lost on the key points, just shut the fuck up and back out gracefully.DPDarkPrimus wrote:SIMPLY BECAUSE IT IS NOT SELLING AS FAST AS THE GAME BOY ADVANCED DOES NOT MEAN IT IS NOT MEETING NINTENDO'S EXPECTATIONS.
You're right, they totally expected it to sell 1/4 the amount of units in the US in the same time frame despite better sales than the GBA in Japan.DPDarkPrimus wrote:Fuck you. You said it's not meeting their expectations, and then you go and point to GBA sales numbers as proof of this. You're asserting that they expected it to sell just as well as the GBA did- so when did they ever say that?The Kernel wrote:Selling as fast, underperforming, not meeting expectations...do you want to continue this semantics debate any further? You've lost on the key points, just shut the fuck up and back out gracefully.DPDarkPrimus wrote:SIMPLY BECAUSE IT IS NOT SELLING AS FAST AS THE GAME BOY ADVANCED DOES NOT MEAN IT IS NOT MEETING NINTENDO'S EXPECTATIONS.
Why would they expect it to not sell as well as the GBA? That's incredible to me.DPDarkPrimus wrote: Fuck you. You said it's not meeting their expectations, and then you go and point to GBA sales numbers as proof of this. You're asserting that they expected it to sell just as well as the GBA did- so when did they ever say that?
When the GBA launched, it was in competition with what, the Game Boy Color?Vympel wrote:Why would they expect it to not sell as well as the GBA? That's incredible to me.DPDarkPrimus wrote: Fuck you. You said it's not meeting their expectations, and then you go and point to GBA sales numbers as proof of this. You're asserting that they expected it to sell just as well as the GBA did- so when did they ever say that?
Gee, they don't have the GBA and PSP in Japan? That's fucking amazing.DPDarkPrimus wrote:When the GBA launched, it was in competition with what, the Game Boy Color?Vympel wrote:Why would they expect it to not sell as well as the GBA? That's incredible to me.DPDarkPrimus wrote: Fuck you. You said it's not meeting their expectations, and then you go and point to GBA sales numbers as proof of this. You're asserting that they expected it to sell just as well as the GBA did- so when did they ever say that?
The DS had both the PSP and the GBA to fight with for sales. It's not unreasonable to expect lower numbers.
Thus the whole "third pillar" I mentioned. The DS was an experiment, and it has been successful, despite what Kernel may think.Stark wrote:They were initially so unsure about the concept they didn't attach the 'Game Boy' brand to it, so as not to damage it through possible failure.
So now we're talking about the entire world again? But I thought you were specifically focusing on sales in America? Please make up your mind.The Kernel wrote:Gee, they don't have the GBA and PSP in Japan? That's fucking amazing.DPDarkPrimus wrote:When the GBA launched, it was in competition with what, the Game Boy Color?Vympel wrote: Why would they expect it to not sell as well as the GBA? That's incredible to me.
The DS had both the PSP and the GBA to fight with for sales. It's not unreasonable to expect lower numbers.
Massive strawman, show me where I said the DS wasn't a success. Oh right, that must be where I said it WAS a success huh?DPDarkPrimus wrote:Thus the whole "third pillar" I mentioned. The DS was an experiment, and it has been successful, despite what Kernel may think.Stark wrote:They were initially so unsure about the concept they didn't attach the 'Game Boy' brand to it, so as not to damage it through possible failure.
Shut the fuck up, you are just embarrassing yourself by acting like you have the intelligence of a third grader. Or maybe it isn't an act...DPDarkPrimus wrote: So now we're talking about the entire world again? But I thought you were specifically focusing on sales in America? Please make up your mind.
More advertising is one factor, I would presume, but I can't back that up.The Kernel wrote:Shut the fuck up, you are just embarrassing yourself by acting like you have the intelligence of a third grader. Or maybe it isn't an act...DPDarkPrimus wrote: So now we're talking about the entire world again? But I thought you were specifically focusing on sales in America? Please make up your mind.
Let me make this simple for you, if the GBA and PSP were such a major factor in the decrease of sales of the DS in the US and Nintendo anticipated this, why was the DS a bigger seller than the GBA in Japan? Got an answer that isn't more circular bullshit?
Of course, move the goalposts and don't even bother to address the fact that the DS expectations would have been set by the performance in Japan and its predecessor.DPDarkPrimus wrote: All I want is something showing that Nintendo expected the DS to equal the GBA in sales from the get-go.
If the DS isn't selling as well as they expected, it's because of unexpected supply problems and not because of unexpectedly low demand, as you have deceitfully implied.The Kernel wrote:Selling as fast, underperforming, not meeting expectations...do you want to continue this semantics debate any further? You've lost on the key points, just shut the fuck up and back out gracefully.DPDarkPrimus wrote:SIMPLY BECAUSE IT IS NOT SELLING AS FAST AS THE GAME BOY ADVANCED DOES NOT MEAN IT IS NOT MEETING NINTENDO'S EXPECTATIONS.
CNN wrote:A $149 price point would put the PSP in the same range as the DS, which currently sells for $129. Nintendo is less likely to reduce its price as it continues to have problems meeting demand for the machine worldwide.
Can we say "no limits" fallacy? You think a shortage two years after launch (which is much more likely due to cuts in manufacturing due to lower than anticipated demand due to the 2 years they've had to deal with production issues) is indicative of a 14 million unit shortfall?Master of Ossus wrote: If the DS isn't selling as well as they expected, it's because of unexpected supply problems and not because of unexpectedly low demand, as you have deceitfully implied.