3DO Sales?
Moderators: 3DO Experience, Devin, Bas, 3DOKid
- Austin
- Master Poster & Pricing Expert
- Posts: 1839
- Joined: Sun Dec 20, 2009 11:30 am
- Location: Fairfax, VA
- Contact:
3DO Sales?
I've been curious (and I don't think I've seen anything thus far), but does anyone happen to know what the 3DO platform's sales numbers were over the years? This could be relegated to specific models, like FZ-1 or FZ-10 models, or it could be an over-arching number of units sold between a variety of companies that licensed the hardware. Still, I am curious, does anyone know what the 3DO platform sold as a whole?
I found such a page.
Because it is Japanese notation, it may be hard to look to everybody a little.
Is this list useful for everybody?
http://www.d6.dion.ne.jp/~yosou-oh/hard2.htm
Because it is Japanese notation, it may be hard to look to everybody a little.
Is this list useful for everybody?
http://www.d6.dion.ne.jp/~yosou-oh/hard2.htm
Because I make a note using translation software, I think that it becomes a poor English sentence.
I'm sorry.
If there is rude expression, please point it out.
Thanking you in advance.
I'm sorry.
If there is rude expression, please point it out.
Thanking you in advance.
- 3DOKid
- 3DO ZONE ADMIN
- Posts: 4683
- Joined: Sat Jan 13, 2007 4:21 pm
- Location: Cambridgeshire, UK
- Contact:
Works fine using google translateFUJISAN wrote:I found such a page.
Because it is Japanese notation, it may be hard to look to everybody a little.
Is this list useful for everybody?
http://www.d6.dion.ne.jp/~yosou-oh/hard2.htm
They Sold:
720,000 in Japan
630,000 Everywhere else
1,340,000 Total.
Only a little better than the Virtuaboy.
This sounds accurate imo. In late '95 I recall reading in a few of the multi platform mags that 3DO had sold 750.000 or so world wide. When you figure that new games were still being made for it through the first half of 96', that you could still find it on store shelves through 97', and that sales actually picked up when the slashed the price to $99, I think around 1.5 sounds reasonable.3DOKid wrote:Works fine using google translateFUJISAN wrote:I found such a page.
Because it is Japanese notation, it may be hard to look to everybody a little.
Is this list useful for everybody?
http://www.d6.dion.ne.jp/~yosou-oh/hard2.htm
They Sold:
720,000 in Japan
630,000 Everywhere else
1,340,000 Total.
Only a little better than the Virtuaboy.
Most wanted - Eye of Typhoon, 3DO Magazines issues #14 & #15, Pro Stadium, Defcon 5
- Martin III
- 3DO ZERO USER
- Posts: 1005
- Joined: Fri Feb 11, 2011 12:32 am
- Location: United States of America
I'm surprised to see sales so much better in Japan than elsewhere. It seems like the 3DO had a lot of western-only releases.3DOKid wrote:Works fine using google translateFUJISAN wrote:I found such a page.
Because it is Japanese notation, it may be hard to look to everybody a little.
Is this list useful for everybody?
http://www.d6.dion.ne.jp/~yosou-oh/hard2.htm
They Sold:
720,000 in Japan
630,000 Everywhere else
1,340,000 Total.
Only a little better than the Virtuaboy.
- JohnnyDude
- 3DO ZERO USER
- Posts: 261
- Joined: Thu Nov 15, 2007 12:56 am
That would be cool. Depending on when they are from, it could really help us gauge 3DO's performance.bitrate wrote:I have some internal 3DO newsletters that were sent out to developers, licensees, etc. that I believe gave the current sales figures for hardware. I'll see if I can locate where I stored them and post the numbers (if I am remembering correctly, that is).
Most wanted - Eye of Typhoon, 3DO Magazines issues #14 & #15, Pro Stadium, Defcon 5
A higher number wouldn't urprise me - I lived in a small town of 20000 on the edge of the Australian outback at the time and knew 2 other owners.
"purge with fire Bretheren"
3DO is dead , long live 3DO
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_K2kuP_anAc
"The greatest games in the world take seconds to learn but months to master. The worst take months to learn and minutes to finish."...MattyG
3DO is dead , long live 3DO
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_K2kuP_anAc
"The greatest games in the world take seconds to learn but months to master. The worst take months to learn and minutes to finish."...MattyG
- 3DOKid
- 3DO ZONE ADMIN
- Posts: 4683
- Joined: Sat Jan 13, 2007 4:21 pm
- Location: Cambridgeshire, UK
- Contact:
I didn't know, nor have i ever met, another 3DO owner. Although my recruitment consultant that found me my current job 3 years ago now, knew 3DOKid. He asked me if i had any weird hobbies. I told him i collected games for this weird old games console called a 3DO. At which point he got all excited and told me to visit 3DOKid's Blog. Another weird conversation followed where i told him I was 3DOKid. He looked doubting, so i logged into the admin panel. At which point he nearly exploded in delight. Still he didn't own a 3DO.mattyg wrote:A higher number wouldn't urprise me - I lived in a small town of 20000 on the edge of the Australian outback at the time and knew 2 other owners.
Not only did I also have a couple friends who owned a 3DO, but 2 movie rental stores in the town I lived also rented 3DO games! Small town too (smaller than bitrates)
@3DOKid, did your alter ego give you an edge in landing the job?
@3DOKid, did your alter ego give you an edge in landing the job?
Most wanted - Eye of Typhoon, 3DO Magazines issues #14 & #15, Pro Stadium, Defcon 5
- Martin III
- 3DO ZERO USER
- Posts: 1005
- Joined: Fri Feb 11, 2011 12:32 am
- Location: United States of America
Ha, that's a great story. I wonder how he happened upon that blog if he never owned a 3DO?3DOKid wrote:I didn't know, nor have i ever met, another 3DO owner. Although my recruitment consultant that found me my current job 3 years ago now, knew 3DOKid. He asked me if i had any weird hobbies. I told him i collected games for this weird old games console called a 3DO. At which point he got all excited and told me to visit 3DOKid's Blog. Another weird conversation followed where i told him I was 3DOKid. He looked doubting, so i logged into the admin panel. At which point he nearly exploded in delight. Still he didn't own a 3DO.mattyg wrote:A higher number wouldn't urprise me - I lived in a small town of 20000 on the edge of the Australian outback at the time and knew 2 other owners.