wii party u was bundled with the system in japan. the only million seller that probably got there on its own is super mario 3d world.
edit: my brain is doing weird things. i rarely make the their there mistake. maybe i should take up drinking.
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Nintendo full year financial results [23.2B yen loss, 3.6M Wii U/12M 3DS forecast]
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wii party u was bundled with the system in japan. the only million seller that probably got there on its own is super mario 3d world.
edit: my brain is doing weird things. i rarely make the their there mistake. maybe i should take up drinking.
I meant what has lined up for Nintendo as a company, not the Wii U specifically.
Very impressive when you consider the install base.
HUELEN10
Member
Updating with 3DS for new page.Holy fuck...
Does this mean that Super Mario 3D world is the only retail game on Wii U to hit over a million units that wasn't ever a pack-in or bundled?
Both are as of March 31, 2014 BTW.
Benzychenz
Member
Good god, look at that beautiful list of amazing games. 3DS is and was a first-party paradise.
So happy to see:
-3D Land above NSMB2
-New Leaf's stratospheric sales (from such a humble seed did this franchise grow, who could have predicted it)
-OoT over ALBW with solid sales for both
-Amazing sales for Luigi's Mansion, a really phenomenal game
-Two excellent versions of sales blockbusters in Mario Kart and Pokemon getting the sales they deserve
Really think that they'll struggle to get the same sales this year unless they have some really special stuff planned at E3. The titles above will still have legs, but they need at least something new to keep shifting new devices.
michaelius
Banned
Everyone concentrated on Wii U but really shocking number is this:
3DS- Q4 shipment of 0.59m
3DS- Q4 shipment of 0.59m
Duxxy3
Member
It looks like they sold less than 3m last year, so yeah 3.6m may be too high (as pathetic as that sounds).
Not really that surprising since Wii Party U also comes with a Wii Remote Plus so the game itself is technically valued at $10.
HUELEN10
Member
That's why they released a 3DS entry. They've stopped milking it so much, release entries slower than before.
StreetsAhead
Member
It's only the top sellers, iirc, not the 1 million + sellers. Note that the lowest seller is 1.85 million. Mario Tennis Open was on the list last year, too.
Wii U FY 2014 total - 2,720,000
Wii U FY 2014 total forecast - 2,800,000
Wii U units to ship lacking to reach the forecast - 80,000
Wii U FY 2014 total - 18,860,000
Wii U FY 2014 software total fotecast - 19,000,000
Wii U software units to ship lacking to reach the forecast - 140,000
3DS FY 2014 up to Q3 - 12,240,000
3DS FY 2014 total forecast - 13,500,000
3DS units to ship lacking to reach the forecast - 1,260,000
3DS FY 2014 software up to Q3 - 67,890,000
3DS FY 2014 software total forecast - 66,000,000
3DS software units more than the forecasted goal - 1,890,000
Sometimes thinking before posting is important. Nintendo has made many mistakes and have faced many bad turn of events. Making the Wii was not one of them.
I think in regards to 3DS they're full of shit, but Wii U not so much.
Of course I think at this point only those who are adamant about mobile killing handhelds still insist the 3DS is a failure, when at worst it seems to only be somewhat behind DS, though the fact some third parties are far cooler to that than they were on GBA/DS is disheartening if not outright frustrating.
Considering how it sold around 600,000 units just in Japan for Q1, that means there's been overshipping during Q3.
astrogamer
Member
I think there are a couple titles inbetween the the million and Tomodachi but also aren't listed
Aaaah, thanks for the clarification. Hoping the game is indeed a million seller, have revisited it as of late and fell in love with it all over again.
Tomorrow's Iwata presentation is going to be -very- interesting.
The box has Mario on it
HUELEN10
Member
Perhaps this explains the "Advance" trademark filings? Just a thought. Possible right?
What? Considering the 3DS consistently sells more than the Vita in Japan, and the Vita is literally dead everywhere else, that is not physically possible.
Mihael Mello Keehl
Banned
Agreed, good thing they are working on something right now I believe for Wii U. They desereves those sell for luigi mansion.
IchigoSharingan
Member
Well, if you're CEO and 1.3 bil of cash is dunked in ONE year, you ain't stayin long
also no way will 3DS reach those numbers, feels really unrealistic since 3DS is even more down year over year. and since pokemon and 95% of nintendo's franchise released on the system already. with only like 5% of 3rd party support still left. I don't see what else can makes sales explode again. doubt smash 3DS would move anything, everybody who has interest probably already owns one.
sorry but definitely no. It's picking up in Japan but it's dead in the rest of the world.
Right. But the point is that he can no longer just point to the future and say everything will be fine when the carcass of the Wii U is on the boardroom table. This is the guy who's going to plan out a glorious future, the guy who delivered this turd? The Wii U will play a part in how much trust and time he is given by investors, surely. And as I said, I believe that it is/was the impeding failure of the WIi U that forced Iwata into the Qwol plan (or at least announcing it when he did - they do have a history in fitness after all) because again, he needs the focus on the future, or anywhere else but on their current results.
You do realise where that cash went, right? It had nothing to do with Iwata being a bad CEO.
Linkstrikesback
Member
So this is the warchest, right? Boy, that guy who posted that article about it would last nintendo until 2075 was way off.
Graphics Horse
Member
Wat
BIONIC-ARRRMMM!!
Member
Guys, I still think Nintendo can come back from this.
Meaning the Advance refers to hardware unrelated to the 3ds or doesn't refer to hardware at all. If it was a new 3ds revision then that number would be much higher.
Linkstrikesback
Member
Nintendo, maybe, depending on the course of action that they take. Wii U can't.
Mihael Mello Keehl
Banned
Yea I mean what is the Wii U june game? Maybe they launched MK8 on may 30th so on paper its a may game but really its for june. Then saving some other game for July.
oh i just saw the part where they're forecasting a $400,000,000 operating income, and $200,000,000 net income
...well, i don't really see how they do this when they had seemingly better opportunities in the past, but... okay. at least their expectations seem realistic for hardware this year so maybe that has been taken into account, with no further price drops or surprise costs expected.
...well, i don't really see how they do this when they had seemingly better opportunities in the past, but... okay. at least their expectations seem realistic for hardware this year so maybe that has been taken into account, with no further price drops or surprise costs expected.
It's down because they had to spend $1bn buying back Yamauchi's shares after he passed, not because the company is flailing.
HUELEN10
Member
That's what I'm saying. With mobile and those numbers which to many seem low, could these next 36 months come with a successor to the 3DS? That's what some others were saying could happen right?
The fact that the Wii U did badly is why I said it depends on what he says because if it doesn't go over well with the people he's trying to convince he'll obviously be in trouble.
Joe_Incognito
Banned
3DS at 55 million is pretty damn impressive, so are it's software sales.
Imagine, Nintendo's dual screen portables, a franchise that started in 2004 and was expected by all to be a massive DOA failure, has now sold over 200 million units world wide.
I respect Nintendo for being humble about their Wii U projections. At least they're being realistic. I also feel their first party software sales are respectable. Nintendo fans really love their Nintendo games. I know I do.
People will claim the usual doom and gloom, but they're wrong as always. Nintendo could survive selling products in the toy aisle. They'll never go away. They'll be around long after most of their detractors have stopped gaming.
Also, Iwata isn't going anywhere.
Imagine, Nintendo's dual screen portables, a franchise that started in 2004 and was expected by all to be a massive DOA failure, has now sold over 200 million units world wide.
I respect Nintendo for being humble about their Wii U projections. At least they're being realistic. I also feel their first party software sales are respectable. Nintendo fans really love their Nintendo games. I know I do.
People will claim the usual doom and gloom, but they're wrong as always. Nintendo could survive selling products in the toy aisle. They'll never go away. They'll be around long after most of their detractors have stopped gaming.
Also, Iwata isn't going anywhere.
If they actually learn how to have direction again, maybe. They had no idea what direction to take the Wii U or 3DS in, and it shows (as evidenced by poor sales of the Wii U, poor sales of the 3DS at launch, and admittance of 3D being a gimmick with the release of the 2DS.)
Linkstrikesback
Member
Even taking that into account, over half of it was already gone beforehand from when the article in june 2012.
http://www.gamesradar.com/nintendo-doomed-not-likely-just-take-look-how-much-money-its-got-bank/
Since they sold more then 4 million copies of NSMB WiiU it has to be close.
I have a wiiU without NSMBU so they sold at least one copy more than that games LTD.