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Or that even casuals are burned out the annual Rabbids shovelware.
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Top 20 games purchased on Wii U eShop
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I do not know, and I wouldn't be able to tell even if I did.
I'm sure there's something coming though. (just me assuming though, I don't think it's the Nintendo style to reveal numbers, and we're too happy to protest against that - and truth be told I don't think we would say them anyhow.)They'll hopefully be buying Rayman legends instead. Seems Ubi Pushed legends and Zombi U way harder than Rabbids land.
Even with that it's weird. EA has both Madden and Fifa up for sale. Mass Effect 3 isn't there though. It's not like size is an issue either as Assassin's Creed 3 is 17gbs.
Thanks for your effort and involvement in the community. Please don't be mad at me if I now wait a little bit to purchase since you hinted at a 20% discount.
Nah, I'll probably buy it as soon as I get home from work at $20. I tried the PC demo on Steam and really enjoyed it. As long as I can hide it from the wife. She's going to kill me for all the money I've spent on gaming lately..
Fox Mulder
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Not everyone resells their games, but I think this console really would benefit from having a digital library, especially more than the others. You could pick up the game pad and play anything away from a couch and tv. Swapping games would be a menu away.
I'm just not going to buy anything in the eshop until they fix their awful account stuff.
fabricated backlash
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Trine 2 has a sale right now on the European shop. 13.49 Euro.
Visualante2
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Do consumers see them as the same brand or even universe anymore? I wonder. Feels like Rayman was cut at the umbilical cord after the first game.
Jesus christ dude.
We are happy to see Trine 2: Director's Cut up there.
I agree. We originally wanted to do a -20% discount in North America too - just like we are doing in Europe right now - but it wasn't possible just yet.
We're thinking of doing the -20% for the Holidays though... nothing certain yet but we think it makes sense, although I'm not sure if there's enough time since the launch to not anger anybody... Maybe we'll time it with the update that we plan to bring in mid-to-late December (featuring Voice Chat, Wii U Pro Controller support, minor fixes, new languages like BR-PT, and additional vividness to the graphics so it will look even more awesome). We also plan to bring the demo in December.
Let's see how it goes... Looks like everybody's happy with the game so we have good reason to be too.
- Joel, Frozenbyte team
That really does sound awesome, but why is there no Trine on the Australian eShop? I was really looking forward to downloading it on launch :/
tanooki141
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I do not know, and I wouldn't be able to tell even if I did.
Thanks for the response. We'll just wait and see I guess. Heres hoping for sales & demos!
Haunted
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Rabbids were new and hilarious in 2006. I guess this muted reception to anything Rabbids is what 6 years of annual releases can do to a franchise (even though Go Home was great).
Of course, it's probably a combination of those two. How are the other 2 shovelware party game collections doing on WiiU?
[marketing speak]Get her hooked on Trine 2 and she'll forgive you.
[/marketing speak] The GamePad should be really intuitive so co-op should be fun (although admittedly using Wii Remotes + Nunchuks is not super ideal because there's just not enough buttons).Sorry!
There's going to be a small delay... We submitted the game too late to the age ratings board. It should be in the process now and if there's any luck we (Nintendo) should be able to just push a button to make it live once we have the rating. We're estimating the game will be available by mid-December... This was totally our own fault, it was just so crazy at the time that this was neglected a bit too long sadly. Always-honest
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Wow, Trine 2 does look good! Now i hope thegameplay is better than the first one. It was a bit easy and boring after a while.p imo. But dayum, this game looks good on Wii-U.
test_account
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By the way, does the eShop rating let you rate even retail games as long as they are played for one hour?
Baconsammy
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I agree with this. Sometimes being dicks to devs for the benefit of your consumers is a good thing. 360's mandatory demos for every single XBLA title for example.
Yep.
DXB-KNIGHT
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I gave Nintendo Land to my sister since she was gifted the basic set and really wanted to play Nintendo Land so I downloaded one as my own
lunchwithyuzo
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Yep. 1 hour playtime retail and digital to rate.
Speaking of ratings, here's the current totals for the US eShop:
Nintendo Land (3000)
New Super Mario Bros. U (2398)
ZombiU (1150)
Nettlix (979)
Call of Duty: Black Ops II (524)
Assassin's Creed III (359)
Scribblenauts Unlimited (299)
Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed (266)
Nano Assault Neo (199)
Little Inferno (196)
Trine 2: Director's Cut (182)
YouTube (167)
Batman: Arkham City Armored Edition (157)
Hulu Plus (148)
Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor's Edge (145)
Amazon Instant Video (102)
Tekken Tag Tournament 2: Wii U Edition (93)
Darksiders II (69)
Mighty Switch Force! Hyper Drive Edition (67)
Disney Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two (58)
Warriors Orochi 3 Hyper (50)
Mass Effect 3: Special Edition (48)
Madden NFL 13 (40)
Skylanders Giants (30)
Rabbids Land (24)
Tank! Tank! Tank! (24)
Just Dance 4 (21)
EA Sports FIFA Soccer 13 (17)
SiNG Party (14)
Chasing Aurora (12)
NBA 2K13 (10)
Transformers Prime: The Game (8)
ESPN Sports Connection (7)
Your Shape: Fitness Evolved 2013 (6)
Funky Barn (3)
Game Party Champions (2)
Wipeout 3 (2)
Ben 10 Omniverse (1)
Uplay (1)
Also not Steam-like. :3
spookyfish
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This reminds me: I need to grab Trine this weekend.
Barkley's Justice
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and if you're a publisher and dont have your games on the e-shop, you're a sucker.
sissiiiiiies
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test_account
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Thanks for the info
Sales info wise, that is a bit pity. There will be no real indication what the minimum amount of copies that are sold through the eShop, except for the games that only excist on the eShop of course. Not a big problem for me personally though, as the minimum number doesnt tell much about about how much in total a game as sold. But i still enjoy those small tidbits about digital sales, at least we will have them for games that are only available through digital download, that is good EDIT: By the way, how does the rating works if the game doesnt excist on the eShop, like Black Ops 2. Is there a own seperate list where you can see the ratings?
So far I have purchased Nano Assault and AC3 thought the E-shop, I need to pick up Trine though. The AC3 download and install was BRUTAL though. Nintendo needs to work on that. Totally takes away the concept of "eh, i'll just buy it and download it tonight." It's not worth the wait. honestly, 6-7 hours download/install on a 50 down connection.
DXB-KNIGHT
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Yeah I would've bought MassEffect 3 since I haven't played it yet.
Why would you do that?
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A bit surprised to see Trine 2. A week after Wii U's launch, with everyone scrambling to play and review the system itself and its more high profile games, I never saw a Trine 2 review. I literally know nothing about the game except that it's very good-looking in screenshots.
I really want to know how the ratings and sales are related. On 3DS, I just assume the sales are at least 10x the ratings, but it's likely more (like 20x on average). Of course, it's not accurate at all, but still.
I really want to know how the ratings and sales are related. On 3DS, I just assume the sales are at least 10x the ratings, but it's likely more (like 20x on average). Of course, it's not accurate at all, but still.
Baconsammy
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Thanks for the info
EDIT: By the way, how does the rating works if the game doesnt excist on the eShop, like Black Ops 2. Is there a own seperate list where you can see the ratings?
The game exists on the E Shop, it just doesnt have a download. You can view videos and screenshots, as well as game info.
Bending_Unit_22
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I know the numbers are small and the available games limited, but outside of Japan that's the first video game sales list in a while that makes me want to post that Jack Nicholson nodding in approval gif.
I recall with the Wii someone was getting the Wii Shop sales numbers off Nintendo's webpage data. I used to keep track of the sales vs. ratings but I believe it turned out to be pointless as the differences were an order of magnitude and didn't seem to follow any major patterns (other than casual games = more sales per ratings, and over time more sales per ratings). I wonder if I still have that excel file somewhere.
EDIT: Doesn't look I do. It would be different anyhow with the Miiverse and more familiarity with DD these days. I wouldn't be surprised though if the differences in sales per rating are still huge.
I recall with the Wii someone was getting the Wii Shop sales numbers off Nintendo's webpage data. I used to keep track of the sales vs. ratings but I believe it turned out to be pointless as the differences were an order of magnitude and didn't seem to follow any major patterns (other than casual games = more sales per ratings, and over time more sales per ratings). I wonder if I still have that excel file somewhere.
EDIT: Doesn't look I do. It would be different anyhow with the Miiverse and more familiarity with DD these days. I wouldn't be surprised though if the differences in sales per rating are still huge.
WrenchNinja
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Neither is locking down accounts and games to one device.
Fixed for you.
Smiles and Cries
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this is me :3 many hours ago heh heh
Wii-U has more than 20 games? Honest question because that looks like everything.
Baconsammy
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No idea what you're trying to say with this.
lunchwithyuzo
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Nintendo's only shadowing Steam on the developer end. They're still quite happy to fuck the rest of us.
Smiles and Cries
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So glad Trine 2 is doing well and getting updates soon, also thank you so much @Captain N for being ahead of me in the insane rush to fill my 2TB HDD
plagiarize
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I just bought Trine 2 last night. I've only played it for a tiny bit, and only on the Gamepad, but hot damn it was looking pretty. I played and enjoyed the original (although not to completion) I've been waiting on the Wii U version due to it sounding like a great port, and due to the gamepad being ideal for the wizard. Previously I have picked up Sonic and Nano Assault Neo from the store.
olimpia84
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Fixed for you.
Is it only 50MB? For some reason I have 82MB engraved in my brain.
Remember, the ddp is retroactive and counts all purchases from launch. Even if you buy titles now they will still count towards the ddp.
I know, but I'd rather spend less on my next game as I'm not sure what the next eshop purchase I'm going get after Tekken is.
Also eshop music too relaxing. I could listen to it all day
theviolenthero
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So their are no actual numbers to go along with this list?
I think it's pretty obvious.
Baconsammy
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I don't, which is why I said otherwise.
lunchwithyuzo
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I just said it's not Steam-like. You can read, right?
Hey, Rabbids Go Home wasn't shovelware! In fact, it was a good game, though a little repetitive. Can't speak for the rest, as I haven't played them.