that quote was taken wayy out of context fwiw
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Media Create Sales: Week 22, 2014 (May 26 - Jun 01)
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that quote was taken wayy out of context fwiw
I'm cackling. These last few days pre E3 has been good for GIF creativity.
EHE HE HE.
kuroneko0509
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It wouldn't be suprising judging by software sales (even the digital ones). Japan either purchased the PS4 for the free copy of Knack or on hype for future games.
We're getting pretty close now.
That said both Puzzle & Dragons and Quiz RPG have now reached 20%+ of the Japanese population.
Pretty solid interest levels!
Smiles and Cries
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http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=114672400&postcount=765
what do I win? I was good at 330k and 23k
what do I win? I was good at 330k and 23k
The Wii U might be my favorite Nintendo console ever. But even with Filsamechs handing out free Pokemon toys and 50% off coupons for the purchase of a console, I can't see it reaching 3ds numbers.
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Deleted member 125677
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Even though I am vehemently against the idea of a home console RPG Pokémon game, I would happily accept it if it is to help Nintendo bring the Wii U around.
Fixed that up for ya.
The HD consoles and the price of development seems to have priced the Japanese developers out of making products for it. Especially products the Worldwide market want (high budget, AAA stuff).
Sad times.
Brawly Likes to Brawl
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Oh boy, PS4 needs some compelling software bad.
Perditions don't count
Perdition is an accurate description of the Japanese console market though.
About how to save Japan, i really think they need new, and modern (meaning fitting to our new phone focused world) portable systems.
I'll say it again. Releasing a PS3 tablet, compatible with the online catalog, with some games available as flash cards in stores would do wonders, and bring a second life to the console.
The portable market has to freshen and evolve real quick. Lots of things are possible nowadays.
If the Vita was really a PS3, and had a 7" screen, and all PS3 rpgs and bandai games from the start...
Same for Nintendo of course, hurry and release a WiiU compatible portable (of course it would be less powerful but could maybe run the games at a lower rez). Call it a UDS if you want lol. The benefits are huge, like a new Monster Hunter / Pokemon / Animal Crossing being simultaneously on both.
I'll say it again. Releasing a PS3 tablet, compatible with the online catalog, with some games available as flash cards in stores would do wonders, and bring a second life to the console.
The portable market has to freshen and evolve real quick. Lots of things are possible nowadays.
If the Vita was really a PS3, and had a 7" screen, and all PS3 rpgs and bandai games from the start...
Same for Nintendo of course, hurry and release a WiiU compatible portable (of course it would be less powerful but could maybe run the games at a lower rez). Call it a UDS if you want lol. The benefits are huge, like a new Monster Hunter / Pokemon / Animal Crossing being simultaneously on both.
damn good MK8 numbers, fucked up wii u tho
as for PS4, smh, anyone know when those gundam musuo games come for PS4? didnt they do pretty good for PS3 in Japan?
the problem is, if they do release, it will be crossgen, less incentive for people to pick up a PS4
KillerMan91
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Yeah. I have to eat crow. Was expecting a far bigger bump. Goddamn.
Curious about two things:
New Wii U baseline: 15.000 (not so bad), 10.000 (meh), 6.000 (mariokartdidnothing)?
PS4 HW numbers when the first big japanese title lands (Final Fantasy XV? KH III? Resident Evil 7?)
Bad numbers for Wii U HW but I still believe that Mario Kart 8 will be a million seller
New Wii U baseline: 15.000 (not so bad), 10.000 (meh), 6.000 (mariokartdidnothing)?
PS4 HW numbers when the first big japanese title lands (Final Fantasy XV? KH III? Resident Evil 7?)
Bad numbers for Wii U HW but I still believe that Mario Kart 8 will be a million seller
DXB-KNIGHT
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Monsterhunter did that to PSP in Japan so he's not %100 wrong, but in Nintendo's situation its the hardware that the people dislike and thats what Iwata need to acknowledge . PSP was a good hardware for its time.
prag16
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If that's the case, over 80% sell through probably indicates it should hold pretty well next week (assuming another shipment hits or has hit in time).
Disney is a hot thing in Japan, but I don't ever recall Infinity charting. I'm not sure NFC will be Wii U's saviour.
I don't mean LTD sales, rather weekly. The Wii U isn't going to reach 20m LTD at this rate.
Edit:
Is it really? I wouldn't have thought it was, maybe I'm wrong. Regardless, something specifically tailored to a Japanese audience could do well IMO.
The 3DS can't really run many of the mobile engines out and about for these types of games, can it? NCL need to really conjure up a piece of kit that last the entire gen, tech wise.
eighty(one)
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That was worldwide (also incorporates the JP #'s)
vinnygambini
Why are strippers at the U.N. bad when they're great at strip clubs???
My admiration
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Deleted member 125677
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Let's hope it's just a purgatory
Most of the PS4's hardware sales in Japan were in the first few weeks. It's pretty safe to say that people weren't buying it for the present.
Well P&D and Quiz RPG are pretty basic so it should be feasible to at least rebuild things fairly quickly.
That said, when you already hit 28 and 26 million installs and rising rapidly respectively, the incentive to hurry over to 3DS isn't astronomical, even if P&D eventually did.
It's like f2p games and the PS4. Some come over, but they're not in a huge rush.
Curious about two things:
New Wii U baseline: 15.000 (not so bad), 10.000 (meh), 6.000 (mariokartdidnothing)?
PS4 HW numbers when the first big japanese title lands (Final Fantasy XV? KH III? Resident Evil 7?)
Bad numbers for Wii U HW but I still believe that Mario Kart 8 will be a million seller
Basically this. Wii U just needs to sustain 10k-15k+ sales from MK8 release. Just hold up Wii U pls...
Smiles and Cries
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ouch
lol poor Japan use to be #1 in gaming for Sales-Age now UK sales are looking more interesting
Nintentoast
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I'm glad we've reached the conclusion that no game can ever save the Wii U based off of Japanese hardware sales for the week where MK was only out for 4 days (a country where the console market is so weak even PS4 is pulling 6.5k a week). We don't even know what US and EU HW sales look like, arbitrary devilish percents asides. Yes I expected a bigger bump but come on, we don't have the whole picture yet.
I don't believe Disney Infinity launched yet in Japan.
Smiles and Cries
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Course not. You can't trash the man if you use the full quote
Seriously though, many news outlets did just take the first part of that quote and rolled with the "'One game can change everything' - says Iwata" story. That's why so many people think he was counting on it to do that.
You can
. Not on the wrong quote, but seing how much the MK bundle contributed to the bump in the rest of the world, it would have been wise to do it in Japan. Well, maybe later when Holidays are starting.
Bruno MB
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Wii U sales spikes during non-holiday periods:
Code:
[B]Week 13, 2013 (Mar 25 - Mar 31)[/B]
[WIU] Dragon Quest X: Mezameshi Itsutsu no Shuzoku Online # <RPG> (Square Enix) {2013.03.30} (¥6.980) - 36.454 / NEW
[WIU] Game & Wario <ETC> (Nintendo) {2013.03.28} (¥4.935) - 23.995 / NEW
Wii U - 21.502 (10.172)
[B]Famitsu Sales: Week 28, 2013 (Jul 08 - Jul 14)[/B]
[WIU] Pikmin 3 <ACT> (Nintendo) {2013.07.13} (¥5.985) - 102.188 / NEW
Wii U - 20.728 (6.380)
[B]Famitsu Sales: Week 44, 2013 (Oct 28 - Nov 03)[/B]
[WIU] Wii Party U # <ETC> (Nintendo) {2013.10.31} (¥4.935) - 79.715 / NEW
[WIU] New Super Mario Bros. U # <ACT> (Nintendo) {2012.12.08} (¥5.985) - 38.936 / 595.161
[WIU] Wii Fit U [Wii U Family Premium Set Black/White] <ETC> (Nintendo) {2013.10.31} (¥34.800) - 5.683 / NEW
Wii U - 40.118 (3.010)
[B]Famitsu Sales: Week 22, 2014 (May 26 - Jun 01)[/B]
[WIU] Mario Kart 8 <RCE> (Nintendo) {2014.05.29} (¥6.156) - 350.749 / NEW
Wii U - 19.031 (8.859)It was released last year November 28 on WiiU/3DS.
Seems like MK8 was selling out at most places at least.
Just those two consoles? Why not the Wii?
Relaxed Muscle
Member
Oh you heartless bastard...love ya.
That basically confirms what I was suspecting all this time, most people interested on Nintendo titles already has a Wii U. I suspect this translates to other places too...
I dont see how it will unless Sony supports it for an extremely long time and developing markets buy it in mass, In USA its already dropped off the cliff to like 50-60k a month, unsure about Europe but it seems its also dropped off the cliff and we know whats its like in Japan. It has something like 19 million to go, seems unlikely.
As for topic on hand, Wii U not being able to pull in new owners with Mario Kart has to be concerning for Nintendo. Im sure they were hoping for a 40k+ week and a new baseline must higher than previous. It'll be interesting to see what the new baseline is in a couple weeks, then again will probably drop to 6k-8k club with basically no releases of value to Hyrule in late summer or whenever it releases in Japan.
As for Sony, seriously.. how drunk were they when they thought how the way they handled the ps4 in Japan was a good idea. I mean just wow, falling behind basically every console except the undead xboxes/dreamcast in week to week lined up comparison. And looking over the upcoming lineup things going to get super duper ugly for it. I wonder just how low it can get before things improve.
Smiles and Cries
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we should be mad at all the people picking up WiiU and MK8 this week and next week for not having the time to pick it up last week, heat waves don't count
lets see the lazy next week charts and laugh at them
StreetsAhead
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Well, good numbers for Mario Kart 8, all things considered. Still, it is the lowest debut for the series since the franchise blew up after MKDS.
As for hardware, about what I expected (a little lower, though). I don't know if console gaming is beyond saving, but it's a figurative coma patient right now. Both the major players have cocked up their launch line ups and left audiences with huge droughts post-launch.
Wii U at least has 2 potentially large-ish titles for retail in the next two months (Wii Sports Club, Hyrule Warriors). Note, that by potentially large-ish I mean maybe >50K. Obviously, the final line up for the rest of the year is unknown, but Bayonetta, Smash, and X and whatever else, might keep it slightly above last year's average for the 2nd half of the year, which, at this point, I think is a more realistic goal than continuously maintaining numbers greater than 20 or 30K.
As for hardware, about what I expected (a little lower, though). I don't know if console gaming is beyond saving, but it's a figurative coma patient right now. Both the major players have cocked up their launch line ups and left audiences with huge droughts post-launch.
Wii U at least has 2 potentially large-ish titles for retail in the next two months (Wii Sports Club, Hyrule Warriors). Note, that by potentially large-ish I mean maybe >50K. Obviously, the final line up for the rest of the year is unknown, but Bayonetta, Smash, and X and whatever else, might keep it slightly above last year's average for the 2nd half of the year, which, at this point, I think is a more realistic goal than continuously maintaining numbers greater than 20 or 30K.
Oh, weekly. My mistake, sorry. Yeah, that I could see.
Games usually sell the most and have the most influence on hardware at launch, regardless of the amount of days in the week. Mario Kart 8 will keep going, no doubt about that, but it doesn't seem to be carrying the Wii U with it.
Your "even PS4" comment shows a lack of familiarity with the situation. The PS4 is not being dragged down by the bad console market. The PS4 is half of the console market, and its own software is dragging the market down.
turnbuckle
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Nice MK8 numbers. Hardware...well, shit everything is just flat out depressing.
Everything combined is selling less than what the DS would often sell just 5-6 years ago.
Everything combined is selling less than what the DS would often sell just 5-6 years ago.
It's like people who buys Nintendo games have the console already.
Nintengo goes to software company.