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[QUOTE]Nintendo's Amiibo figures have been a hit since they launched late last year. Nintendo has shipped 5.7 million Amiibo figures worldwide, according to MCVUK. 63 percent of the sales are in North America, 23 percent in Europe, 11 percent in Japan and three percent in Australia.Link has been by far the most popular Amiibo worldwide, except for Australia where Mario is the most popular. The quickest to sell out are Captain Falcon, Marth, Little Mac and Ike, as there are limited supplies.
"It is difficult for us to promise to continuously ship all of the Amiibo figures," said Nintendo CEO Satoru Iwata. "We will, however, consider additional production in cases such as when an Amiibo figure sells out shortly after launch, an Amiibo is indispensable to play a certain game, and when we receive a lot of requests for an Amiibo figure from consumers and retailers."[/QUOTE]
Source:
[URL]http://www.vgchartz.com/article/253131/nintendo-has-shipped-57-million-amiibo-figures/[/URL]
[URL]http://www.engadget.com/2015/02/16/nintendo-amiibo-most-popular-figure/[/URL]
[URL]http://www.geek.com/games/nintendo-sells-5-7-million-amiibo-figures-planning-amiibo-cards-1615942/[/URL]
And they probably could have sold 10 million had they produced them.
Hopefully these numbers will encourage them to produce more of the "rare" Amiibos, as they know they'll fly off the shelves this time.
[QUOTE=Propane Addict;47160359]And they probably could have sold 10 million had they produced them.[/QUOTE]
isn't that something Nintendo does a lot? Underproduce?
[editline]17th February 2015[/editline]
I wonder if they simply don't have the factories for their stuff to be made fast enough
[QUOTE=J!NX;47160753]isn't that something Nintendo does a lot? Underproduce?
[editline]17th February 2015[/editline]
I wonder if they simply don't have the factories for their stuff to be made fast enough[/QUOTE]
yeah they do it tons, especially lately to try and push their digital stores
and seriously nintendo has the raw money and influence to buy as many factories as they need
[QUOTE=Dermock;47160814]yeah they do it tons, especially lately to try and push their digital stores
and seriously nintendo has the raw money and influence to buy as many factories as they need[/QUOTE]
Yeah but the problem is that they don't expect their products to sell as well as they do. It's not a matter of Nintendo not being able to afford to supply, it's them being overly cautious with their stock afaik.
This is always what happens when people say Nintendo is starting to slump; they then come out with something awesome that sells like hotcakes. In this case, Amiibos (really more of a surprise that they're the ones being the $$$ maker and not SSB or Mario Kart like in the past).
[QUOTE=Kirbunny431;47160745]Hopefully these numbers will encourage them to produce more of the "rare" Amiibos, as they know they'll fly off the shelves this time.[/QUOTE]
think about what youre saying
[QUOTE=Keychain;47160828]Yeah but the problem is that they don't expect their products to sell as well as they do. It's not a matter of Nintendo not being able to afford to supply, it's them being overly cautious with their stock afaik.[/QUOTE]
That too. Nintendo has always been happier to kill a IP/product line rather than "risk" continuing it.
case in point: activation originally contacted Nintendo with the skylanders idea and offered to make them for Nintendo systems only using a mix of Nintendo and original characters. They rejected it considering it to be too risky.
4 years later Nintendo is playing copy cat
[QUOTE=wickedplayer494;47160838]This is always what happens when people say Nintendo is starting to slump; they then come out with something awesome that sells like hotcakes. In this case, Amiibos (really more of a surprise that they're the ones being the $$$ maker and not SSB or Mario Kart like in the past).[/QUOTE]
i'm still furious that they didn't continue making the gamecube adapter for wii u
[QUOTE=Bathtub;47160871]i'm still furious that they didn't continue making the gamecube adapter for wii u[/QUOTE]
thanks for reminding me i need to sell mine
I bought the adapter bundle but I fell in love with the pro controller and i don't need it any more
[QUOTE=Dermock;47160968]thanks for reminding me i need to sell mine
I bought the adapter bundle but I fell in love with the pro controller and i don't need it any more[/QUOTE]
give it to me honey
What even are amiibos? Are they just collectable figures?
[QUOTE=Bathtub;47160871]i'm still furious that they didn't continue making the gamecube adapter for wii u[/QUOTE]
Gamestop got a fresh supply in this afternoon on their website, there's hope.
[QUOTE=A B.A. Survivor;47160990]What even are amiibos? Are they just collectable figures?[/QUOTE]
Collectable figures with NFC capabilities that unlock things in games when scanned.
On one hand, I'm glad that they're selling great so that the concept won't be scrapped before a Mewtwo Smash Amiibo is produced.
On the other hand, I fully expect distribution by that point to entirely revolve around hunting down and murdering current Amiibo owners Highlander style.
[QUOTE=Bathtub;47160985]give it to me honey[/QUOTE]
[url]http://www.nowinstock.net/videogaming/games/supersmashbros/[/url]
[QUOTE=Scot;47160855]think about what youre saying[/QUOTE]
Half the reason the things are rare is because scalpers bought them all upon realizing that they were in short supply. The other half is that the rare Amiibos are of less "popular" characters, like Wii Fit Trainer and Marth, and thus weren't as safe as an investment as Mario and Link figures. It's not like Nintendo only created two Marth Amiibos for the sole purpose that he could be rare in the future.
[QUOTE=Bathtub;47160985]give it to me honey[/QUOTE]
how many dollaroonies you gonna give
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