Nintendo lied about the GBA?

http://www.fgnonline.com/nintendo/news/19000.html

Nintendo yesterday announced that that Game Boy Advance sold through a half-million units during its first week in stores, making it America\'s fastest-selling game system ever.

IGN contacted Sony America about the statement, and it had this to say: "We sold 510,000 units in the first two days PlayStation 2 was in the market. That\'s based on our [Sony\'s] initial numbers. At this point, the PS2 is the fastest selling system ever...and there is no system yet that could beat that, especially on a worldwide basis."

Hmm…

So Nintendo was a liar?  I wonder why they lied.  Maybe they were trying to give the GBA a little more hype.  Or maybe they were hiding in their offices the day the PS2 was launched so they completely missed the greatest console launch of all time.

Nintendo said they went by NPD Video Game sales reports which said Sony sold 300,000+ units that month. Nintendo is still enroute to sell 1,000,000 units this moth making them the fastest-selling game system ever.

Didn\'t the PS2 sell 1 million in the first week in Japan?

Originally posted by IronFist
Didn\'t the PS2 sell 1 million in the first week in Japan?

Nope, They sold 510,000 the first month.

They sold 980,000 in the first week in Japan. :cool:

Originally posted by IronFist
Didn\'t the PS2 sell 1 million in the first week in Japan?

Yeah they did. Well that is what was posted all over the net and in game magazines.

It is still kind of funny how nintendo embellished on their sales. Almost as funny as the 10million shiped sony was trying to past off as total sales.

Nintendo didn\'t embellish the sales.  That number stands.  They just claimed to be the fastest.  Although the Sony rep who disputes that claim goes on to mention that Nintendo based its numbers on the TRSTS which represent only 75% of the market.

"We sold 510,000 units in the first two days the system was in the market. That\'s based on our [Sony\'s] initial numbers," said Smith. According to Nintendo representatives, the company based its numbers on the most recent NPD and TRSTS sales data for the month of October, which stated that the PlayStation sold through only 309,000 units that month. Smith commented: "TRSTS represents 75 to 80% of [the US] market...not the entire market."

TRSTS show 309,000 PS2s in a month and Sony counts 510,000 in two days.  Then they show 500,000 GBAs in just a week... so imagine how many that would translate to.  That being the case, it looks like Nintendo is the one who\'s right.  

Further, even if Smith is right about everything, which doesn\'t seem likely, it is still reasonable to assume that if Nintendo used Sony\'s counting method, it could find that it sold as many as 666,666 GBA\'s during the first week.  (For those wondering, 75% of that number is 500,000)

Either way, Nintendo is well on its way to [sing] moneymoneymoney MOOON-EY! ... MON-EY! [/sing]

-Eik

if you noticed, it said that the ps2 sold 309,000 units that month

that means the same month that the GBA was launched.

so, the ps2 sold 309,000 units in the same month that the GBA was launched (remember, the ps2 is selling internationally, now.)

whos cares about the sales? its not like your making any money!! God...some people just dont stop!!!

Originally posted by Falcon4
if you noticed, it said that the ps2 sold 309,000 units that month

that means the same month that the GBA was launched.

so, the ps2 sold 309,000 units in the same month that the GBA was launched (remember, the ps2 is selling internationally, now.)

The sales data representing the PS2 is from October.  I don\'t know for sure, but I assume October was when PS2 was launched.  They\'re comparing launches.  Obviously, GBA wasn\'t available last October.

-Eik

Claypool is rite I mean who really cares who sold more its not like we\'re getting any advantage if Sony sold more PS2\'s. It\'s not like the GBA owners are gaining anything if th the GBA sold more. IT\'S ABOUT PLAYING THE GAMES AND HAVING FUN NOT WHO CAN SELL MORE AS LONG AS THEY COME OUT FOR SALE!

Originally posted by FackinKubuss
Claypool is rite I mean who really cares who sold more its not like we\'re getting any advantage if Sony sold more PS2\'s. It\'s not like the GBA owners are gaining anything if th the GBA sold more. IT\'S ABOUT PLAYING THE GAMES AND HAVING FUN NOT WHO CAN SELL MORE AS LONG AS THEY COME OUT FOR SALE!

Actually we are gaining something. If a console sells better than another console then developers are more likely to develop for it. So comparing sales makes complete sense.

Nintendo is just tryng to make itself look impressive.

I think its impressive that Nintendo plans on selling around 24 million GBA\'s at the end of their fiscal year.