Fri, Jan 11, 2013 | 15:06 GMT
Nintendo shares up 5.6% due to December NPD results
Nintendo shares are up 5.6% due to US sales figures released by NPD last night.
Bloomberg reports its the largest jump in company shared since September 18; however, Tokai Tokyo Securities feels the gain may be “short-lived unless [Nintendo] can sustain sales momentum.”
Last night, Nintendo reported Wii U moved 460,000 units in the US in December 2012, with life-to-date sales of 890,000 since its November 18 release, generating over $300 million in hardware sales.
Over 1.25 million 3DS units were sold in the US for the month of December, bringing its US lifetime sales to 7.7 million.
Wii contributed $270 million in sales for December, moving 475,000 units. Overall, the system as moved 40.8 million units life-to-date.
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Posted in: 3DS, 3DS XL, America, DS, Nintendo, Retail, Trade, Wii, Wii U
Tags: nintendo shares, npd, NPD December 2012
9 comments
#1
OlderGamer
11/01/13, 4:12 pm
They sure look doomed to me…
#2
G1GAHURTZ
11/01/13, 4:25 pm
Yep. Sure do.
#3
Francis O
11/01/13, 4:36 pm
You know how gamers are. If something doesn’t sell a million copies in a day or two, its doomed. Anyway…. wait till Smash Bros, Mario Kart, Zelda, and Nintendo’s heavy hitter come out. Then we’ll see how their stock is affected.
#4
polygem
11/01/13, 7:52 pm
launch was good…not wii like but good.
“…and the total global figure can be estimated at somewhere around 2.5 million, perhaps nudging towards 3 million.”
http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/01/11/how-successful-was-the-wii-u-launch
#5
Ljink
12/01/13, 2:33 am
I don’t know why people trash Nintendo every time their systems come out. They’ve been doing this for over 25 years starting with colorTV box! I think they know what they’re doing. It’ll take more than a “mediocre” launch to doom Nintendo. You forget to mention their handheld market which they’re dominating on the PSVita. If anybody is doomed it’s Sony’s next Playstation.
#6
Nfanboy
12/01/13, 2:59 pm
@5 I agree completely.
It looks to me that many videogames “so called” journalists keep reporting that Nintendo is doomed or that the Wii U will be crushed by the PS4/720. And this is RIDICULOUS ! It won’t happen. Nintendo has been around for a century, Sony will disappear before Nintendo will ever do.
Even someone like Patcher, a “supposed” analyst claimed that Nintendo was going to “dreamcast themselves” of the videogames industry. This is RETARDED. Even if the Wii U fails – and NOTHING at this stage could give any indication of that happening – Nintendo will be fine. Nintendo has 10 billion in cash… 10 BILLION !!! And they would simply disappear like that ?
Terrible that constant anti-Nintendo bashing…
#7
polygem
12/01/13, 3:31 pm
@5,6: i agree with you…#1 is just joking…
#8
OlderGamer
12/01/13, 4:13 pm
I was being sarcastic, Poly is right.
I get sick of all of the Nintendo bashing too. Nintendo stock went up, while other companies have been facing delisting, reductions, and even junk bond ratings.
Nintendo is fine.
#9
Ljink
12/01/13, 7:57 pm
Feels like Codename: Kids Nextdoor on this site. “get over here #1″ anyway I know OlderGamer was kiddin’. I’m just sick of everyday I see something about Nintendo sucking even though they don’t. Nobody ever mentions Sony and Microsoft stocks because they sell more than videogames. If Nintendo even falls a bit everybody jumps them even though all they do is sell videogames! Microsoft has phones, WINDOWS, and tablets. Sony has TVs, headphones, and all kind of media. I just don’t think it’s fair that all the haters words are overshadowing the people who like Nintendo. I don’t want either company to fail.