aaaand we are done
what makes you think so?
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Media Create Sales: Week 1, 2013 (Dec 31 - Jan 06)
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aaaand we are done
what makes you think so?
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DragonSworne
Banned
I'm just thinking that the sales dept. are gonna talk tomorrow with Iwata and tell him that he NEEDS to make a new Nintendo Direct to show Wii U software. Just to create some hype, you know? Kid Icarus and Luigi's Mansion were delayed but at least was some software that we knew that someday would be launched.
Show us Mario Kart 8 and Retro Studios Game!
Show us Mario Kart 8 and Retro Studios Game!
Smiles and Cries
Member
The Horror the horror
Banned
I'm just surprised that Nintendo hasn't established and presented WiiU-ware or created a more robust Wii-U eshop for retro games to supplement this drought.
The perfect Dark
Banned
Is Vita + 360 software really 0.01%?
I can kind of understand why.
They probably looked at the line-up of "2D Mario, Monster Hunter, Dragon Quest, Wii Sports Successor" and were like "Well this looks fine."
I don't think they expected that to not be enough, but I also feel they didn't consider how much competition their own handheld could conceptually be to their platform.
I believe the "evergreen" nature of NSMBU and Nintendo Land could help keep the Wii U sales from completely falling apart - analogous to how the 3DS limped along for a long time but never sank to Vita levels. But like the 3DS, Nintendo needs to announce that major titles are coming and get them out by the end of the year.
Aaaaah, that makes sense.
The 3DS saying "Fuck this loser shit. I'm outta here" will always be funny.
Maybe include "Famitsu Top 30 Software " or something on the charts, to avoid the confusion?
you are right, i'll edit that
sechsterangriff
Member
Soul Sacrifice demo is so good that people buy the system just to play it! :lol
DragonSworne
Banned
Nintendo "thinks" the major problem with the 3DS launch was because they showed software too early and that had people angry about buying the 3DS early.
So with the WiiU, they won't show anything anytime soon to avoid this problem. This is what they learned from 3DS.
The problem is, both Wii U and the 3DS software launch sucked, but the 3DS still had the promising future.
Brilliant strategy, lets have an awful launch lineup and not show any future titles, that will move units!
It really is amazing how incompetent this company has been the last 3 years.
So with the WiiU, they won't show anything anytime soon to avoid this problem. This is what they learned from 3DS.
The problem is, both Wii U and the 3DS software launch sucked, but the 3DS still had the promising future.
Brilliant strategy, lets have an awful launch lineup and not show any future titles, that will move units!
It really is amazing how incompetent this company has been the last 3 years.
grimshawish
Banned
I know its not a good place to be but PSV isn't that far off PS3.
Every time this was quoted, I was chuckling. Figured I should do my part.Vita - 33,309
Excellent first reply.
Dreamcast was not far from PS3 either... and PSV is even lower which means it's historical low.
thehypocrite
Member
In Japan? I think they saw the potential for the 3DS to do it and just decided to go with it either way. I actually think they are more concerned with the Wii U and (to a much lesser extent) the 3DS performance outside of Japan.
This is Nintendo being complacent wrt Wii U in the Japanese market.
Still seems like a miscalculation. Looking back at 2006, Nintendo was much more aggressive with fist party stuff. In addition to Wii Sports and Wii Play, you had Zelda, Pokemon, and Wario by December and Fire Emblem by the end of February 2007.
Yes- both titles are selling well and should help avoid a total Vita situation. But that isn't saying much.
Especially when you consider RGG5 goes for 8,800 while RGG4 was 7,980.
"Flipped like a pancake"
BLACK AMERICAN PSYCHO
Junior Member
Why did vita sales increase? It doesn't make any sense?
Q
qizah
Unconfirmed Member
Great numbers for the 3DS!
Now, if only some of those Japan titles would get localized ....
I think the Wii U will decline throughout most of Q1 and bump when DQX hits stores. Though Q2 and Q3 are probably going to be steady declines until the Holiday titles. We'll see what Nintendo has in store at E3 and their various Nintendo Direct presentations.
Now, if only some of those Japan titles would get localized ...
.I think the Wii U will decline throughout most of Q1 and bump when DQX hits stores. Though Q2 and Q3 are probably going to be steady declines until the Holiday titles. We'll see what Nintendo has in store at E3 and their various Nintendo Direct presentations.
DragonSworne
Banned
Exactly.
Nintendo's revealed lineup should have all been released by the end of this month.
- Wii Fit U
- NSMBU
- Nintendoland
- Wonderful 101
- Game and Wario
- Pikmin 3
All these games were revealed at E3 as launch games. They should be out by now.
The fact they are spreading games out must mean they don't have a lot lined up for Wii U, hitch is completely ridiculous.
Delayed 3DS games, non existent end of life Wii support, and little Wii U software.
This lack of output is the result of one man, Miyamoto. He is the bottleneck at nintendo
Die Squirrel Die
Member
DragonSworne's tone regarding the WiiU sure has made a 180º during the last two weeks
Maybe he is the real 'Nintendo's Takao'.
test_account
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The thread is still relatively new, so there is still possible to celebratealready celebrated without inviting me
(always time to celebrate, but without having to do bump an old thread).
Kacho
Member
People get money for New Years, which they then spend.
grimshawish
Banned
Nintendo Land is surprisingly showing legs. After some poor figures week one, I was expecting it to slide down. But nope.
NSMBU sales...I don't know. NSMB2 is showing strong legs now (anyone got NSMB LTD for the same stage?); I think for a hardware seller that makes NSMBU pretty much on its own as less of a pull.
Shouldn't Wii U pass Vita and 360 before competing with a real system?
thehypocrite
Member
DragonSworne's tone regarding the WiiU sure has made a 180º during the last two weeks
Good, there's still hope for him, as the reality of the situation allows him to see the error of his old ways
test_account
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If we concider the number of weeks, Yakuza 5 is actually tracking a bit better than Yakuza 4
Yakuza 4 5th week = 533,432
Yakuza 5 5th week = 542,273
Dark_AnNiaLatOr
Member
Vita numbers have me smiling. C'mon Soul Sacrifice.
3DS is dominating the japanese market and Nintendo did a great job in securing the right contents to attract japanese gamers.
Wii U numbers are basically being held up by the festivities (which cannot even avoid weekly declines) but the system sales are clearly about to collapse. They will need to take actions to make this system a success.
Good PS3 and suprising Vita numbers.
Wii U numbers are basically being held up by the festivities (which cannot even avoid weekly declines) but the system sales are clearly about to collapse. They will need to take actions to make this system a success.
Good PS3 and suprising Vita numbers.
I don't think the point is Nintendo planned to perform average at best (and let's be clear, it's not struggling, it's simply performing average, so far), and of course they had hoped to perform better, but I don't think they're necessarily worried, and the slow starts and eventual booms of past consoles, particularly DS and 3DS means they have experience with successful backup plans.
They have probably 10 key unannounced first party Wii U games ready to go in Japan by Holiday 2013, with a little last minute fast tracking here or there, by my calculations. So profit may be slim for the first year, but relative success is really in Nintendo's hands.
The only thing I don't understand is their announcement of such high expectations. I can maybe understand making a mistake with 3DS's initial sales projections but their lofty Wii U predictions (5m worldwide by March 31) bewilder me, especially considering Nintendo's conservatism. Is there some strategy involved here, to appease investors? Even GAF could have provided more realistic numbers.
DragonSworne
Banned
It's sold some good numbers indeed
But it has been declining every week throughout the holidays, even on weeks it should have received a bump in sales. This is a bad sign.
It will plummet next week and will remain at those levels (20-30k) until they eventually release something.
Since they haven't even revealed anything, it's going to be a while...
electroplankton
Banned
Level-5 is doing nicely.
Inazuma Eleven Go 2 will outsell the predecessor (many thought the IP was basically fucked); Strikers 2013 and the collection are putting respectable numbers given how cheap projects are (and they might sell well over time). Fantasy Life is going to sell over 200k units, and nobody expected that, neither Level-5: its dropoff is due to stock problems mainly. The crossover is selling below expectations but at least it could manage to increase to increase this week and it might reach 300k units.
Overall, 3DS is a quite strong environment for third parties. I'm expecting more announcements in the incoming weeks.
Kacho
Member
It was selling well, but look at the numbers for this week (a big spending week) and imagine what those numbers will be going forward.
The Horror the horror
Banned
I don't think that's being fair.
The Wii U was released prematurely, IMO -- not relevant to its launch lineup but its hardware presentation. It's one thing to release a console with a slow OS and ridiculously big patches, but another thing to release software before they think they're ready. They can fix the hardware issues with patches but there's no fixing rushed games. Pikmin, Game & Wario, 101 etc are all delayed for a legitimate reason and I'm willing to give Nintendo the benefit of the doubt here.
But we can't build narratives with this.
PSP isn't somewhere between in Japan, it has dominated that market for two years and its LTD numbers are close to PS2.
PS3 is 'somewhere between'.
BishopLamont
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