This is true. As I recall, Obvlion came out in March.
Granted, the 360 did also have Tony Hawk and GUN, which were just up-resed PS2 games.
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34,000 pieces of Wii U software were sold in the UK in January (incl. NintyLand)
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This is true. As I recall, Obvlion came out in March.
Granted, the 360 did also have Tony Hawk and GUN, which were just up-resed PS2 games.
Basically its business as usual. And that's fine by me.
Zen_Arcade
Banned
Next generation means the next console in a line of consoles. Nothing more, nothing less. If you try to make it anything else "Next Gen" then you're leaving the definition of "Next Gen" up to personal opinion. Which is a pointless way to define something, because then the definition is constantly changing.
There were a substantial amount of people who bought an iPhone 4S when they had an iPhone 4, a Gameboy Color when they had a Gameboy, a DSi when they had a Lite,...
I personally believe their marketing machine just flopped. Not that that is the only reason why it is doing badly, but big marketing budgets certainly do help.
There's just too much unawareness and confusion going round.
GremlinFool
Member
Kameo and PDZ were also both excellent launch titles.
Kameo is significantly better than any game on WiiU right now.
Pie and Beans
Look for me on the local news, I'll be the guy arrested for trying to burn down a Nintendo exec's house.
Normalising after Wii-mania sharper than other countries and 'gamers' are probably waiting for PS4 and 720. We'll see how that fares, but the blanket bomb excuses approach to trying to blame UK gaming market/economy doesnt make Nintendo's failure any less their fault.
this got me
Katana_Strikes
Member
Really poor. But just like the hardware's sales, it's completely down to the fact there's no compelling games to buy. One of the "big" exclusives ZombiU had little impact (which is surprising) and it's mainly just Mario holding those numbers up. With next to no games coming out over the Spring/Summer schedule, it's looking like a horrid 6 months to come from the platform and really little that Nintendo can do. They can't magically put out a Mario Kart/Mario 3D any time soon and really that's the only thing that can re-vitalise the console, coupled with a price drop. By then, there will be 2 new consoles on the market that will feel fresh and exciting, while the WiiU will be at the back shouting for attention.
But the 3DS stands out for me more I think. Considering it was the 2nd best selling hardware in the UK last year, the software sales are abysmal. And dropping further by quite a large % from last year as well. Added to the fact the majority of sales are just from Mario Kart and the 2 Mario's, the platform does not look healthy at all.
But the 3DS stands out for me more I think. Considering it was the 2nd best selling hardware in the UK last year, the software sales are abysmal. And dropping further by quite a large % from last year as well. Added to the fact the majority of sales are just from Mario Kart and the 2 Mario's, the platform does not look healthy at all.
The Mana Legend
Banned
Does that have streaming tech that can stream any content from the TV with absolutely no-lag to the Gamepad? You realize how expensive that shit is?
Plinko
Wildcard berths that can't beat teams without a winning record should have homefield advantage
As people have stated on GAF for months, the streaming tech being nearly brand new is what jacks up the price of the controller. Neither of the things you posted has it.
Nintendo painted themselves into a corner here and several executives may pay the price.
I wonder what sort of trade-in offers we will get at GAME for Wii U against a PS4/Xbox?
One Wii U will get you one Vita to use as an additional PS4 controller
nope.. hence my question.. lol..
denshuu
Member
No they're not. They're still buying 360 and PS3 games by the hundreds of thousands. They're just not interested in the Wii U.
zomgbbqftw
Banned
So I did a few calculations with these figures.
Total sales Jan 2012 - 2778
Total sales Jan 2013 - 2111
Market decrease of 26%
Now let's look at the detail.
Nintendo vs non-Nintendo:
Total Nintendo platform sales in Jan 2012 - 999k
Total non-Nintendo platform sales in Jan 2012 - 1779k
Total Nintendo platform sales in Jan 2013 - 467k
Total non-Nintendo platform sales in Jan 2013 - 1644k
Nintendo YoY decrease - 53.3%
Non-Nintendo YoY decrease - 7.6%
Non-Nintendo YoY decrease consoles only - 3.5%
So, is it the UK market that's dead, or Nintendo that's dead in the UK?
I hope this myth that gaming is dead in the UK ceases to exist, it's Nintendo that are in serious decline. A new generation of consoles from Sony and MS would more than fix the current problems for their own decline.
Total sales Jan 2012 - 2778
Total sales Jan 2013 - 2111
Market decrease of 26%
Now let's look at the detail.
Nintendo vs non-Nintendo:
Total Nintendo platform sales in Jan 2012 - 999k
Total non-Nintendo platform sales in Jan 2012 - 1779k
Total Nintendo platform sales in Jan 2013 - 467k
Total non-Nintendo platform sales in Jan 2013 - 1644k
Nintendo YoY decrease - 53.3%
Non-Nintendo YoY decrease - 7.6%
Non-Nintendo YoY decrease consoles only - 3.5%
So, is it the UK market that's dead, or Nintendo that's dead in the UK?
I hope this myth that gaming is dead in the UK ceases to exist, it's Nintendo that are in serious decline. A new generation of consoles from Sony and MS would more than fix the current problems for their own decline.
Plinko
Wildcard berths that can't beat teams without a winning record should have homefield advantage
I just played through Kameo for the first time a couple months ago. Your statement is completely false.
Also, PDZ an "excellent" game? In what universe?
Pie and Beans
Look for me on the local news, I'll be the guy arrested for trying to burn down a Nintendo exec's house.
It really is pretty preposterous. The streaming tech is an "invisible value" to the mass-market, as its not something you can point to and they'll understand "RESPONSE TIMES... LAG.... SHIT WHAT OTHER WORDS", while the hardcore market is the only receptive one. But because you've dumped this expensive tech in, youre also not pleasing the hardcore with beefy specs and a generational jump. Heads absolutely should roll, they couldnt have constructed a worse system unless they perhaps gave the GamePad a 3D screen to jack the price up even further.
Worse still, theres still no big game that points out an absolute necessity to having the pad and your TV screen. Rayman was set to be the only one in earnest and... oh dear.
Magicpaint
Member
Horrible 3DS software sales wow
GlamFM
Banned
Very well. Fair, but absolutely not the way I see it.
There was a time for a WiiHD, but that was about 3 or 4 years ago. That´s one of the rare occasions where I agree with Pachter.
Nintendo don´t seem to be able to move a significant amount of hardware right now and after Feb the 20th ( where what I consider "Next Gen" starts ) it will be even harder.
I´m not saying they are doomed - but the are definitely in a dark place right now.
Nintendo have always had it this way in Europe tho, as in an uphill battle, no?
Diablohead
Member
wow.
mysteriousmage09
Member
They may be "catching up" with PS3 and 360 and that would be fine and all if not for the fact we have 1 year at best until PS4 and 720 release and then Nintendo is right back to the bottom of the tech pyramid once again. Everyone buying the 3rd party games for PS3 and 360 right now and not falling for the "superior versions! Not the same game!" shit, 3rd parties already slamming the door on Wii U = the system is flat out dead when the the counter attack from Sony and MS happens. I'm sure they are laughing their asses off right now that the system is dying already and they haven't even revealed their new stuff yet.
This
KillerMan91
Member
It was really hard to believe that you could screw the launch better than what Sony did with PS3 but Nintendo really is trying to beat that...
Pretty much.
Nintendo managed to create a highly unimpressive system (basically, an Xbox 360 with a cheap looking gamepad) and release it at a high price.
maquiladora
Member
With the upcoming drought for Wii U games, there could be some tragic figures reported in the months ahead.
The Wii U financials for Q1 are going to be brutal!!
Nintendo has had to eat a TON of red ink on 3DS hardware to get there, going against their core business model (never sell anything at a loss) and it's still far off the pace set by the 3DS.
The PS3 is doing fine now, but it lost Sony a bunch of money in the process. Nintendo's long term success has hinged on avoiding this kind of product. They did it with the 3DS and have now followed it up again with the Wii U. This is a troubling situation for Nintendo to be in over the next 5 years.
Except that unlike the Gamecube Nintendo actually loses money on both 3DS and Wii U hardware.
They avoided competing with the PS3 and 360 directly because they disagreed with the razors:razor blades model of doing business and knew they couldn't keep pace from a hardware standpoint. When that asymmetrical strategy actually paid off they got drunk on success and walked themselves directly into the very mistake they tried to avoid with the Wii, but now a technological generation behind the competition.
Nintendo likely still treads water over the next 5 years thanks to strong first party sales and a small but dedicated core fanbase, but Nintendo moved very few Gamecubes while still making a healthy profit. They weren't reliant on an economy of scale to bring hardware prices to a profitable point quickly and subsidize hardware losses with rapid software sales. They could make money on every consumer, from the hardcore Nintendo fan to the college kid who only had a GC and Smash Bros. to play with his buddies. Now that later example costs Nintendo money.
Neither the Wii U or 3DS work in their traditional model, and Nintendo's profits are going to contract sharply as a result.
Do you think engineers work for free? That's the reason why 'newly developed' tech always costs so much in the first run. They need to account for the R&D costs. Once they can produce more units, the cost per unit will go down.
But I get the point
Also, being able to play NMSBU in bed is awesome. Maybe not a feature that's easy to advertise and get people to Shell out £200 for, but it's mighty cool. Then again vita is mighty cool too...
That's because all the big names come out in month seven!
plank
Member
Let me guess..... You haven't played a Nintendo game in your life because its too kiddie?
mysteriousmage09
Member
There's your problem. And PDZ wasn't a great game but it was a great demonstration of the next tier of graphical capabilities, as was Kameo.
The Mana Legend
Banned
IT always amazes me the amount of people that come into these threads being super happy and asking for Nintendo's death. It's pretty damn sad.
Pie and Beans
Look for me on the local news, I'll be the guy arrested for trying to burn down a Nintendo exec's house.
But I get the point
Also, being able to play NMSBU in bed is awesome. Maybe not a feature that's easy to advertise and get people to Shell out £200 for, but it's mighty cool. Then again vita is mighty cool too...
Being able to play Killzone and Tearaway in bed or while on a bench in the park is going to be awesome too. Sony will be pleased to hear theres a newly discovered audience for console parity handheld games.
EhrgeizVII
Member
Yes, I know they both did quite bad, couldn't resist though.
Impeccable
Member
The Mana Legend
Banned
I got both games on launch. They fucking sucked. No amount of "next tier of graphical capabilities" excuses will keep them from sucking.
The Mana Legend
Banned
600k is a crappy number~!~!~!
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Da fuq? That's not wishing for the death of a company, that's just stating the obvious fact that Vita has really shitty software sales.
Thanks for this; hopefully it stops some of the "UK doomed" talk. Sure sales are down, but it is Nintendo causing the vast majority of that decline. Nintendo do seem to have launched the WiiU in a strange manner; I am pondering one for Lego City Undercover but with these sales I can only imagine that third parties will start abandoning the platform.
and people here are stating that the WiiU has MORE THAN shitty sales in the UK..
Samurai_Heart
Member
And yet you brought it, there in lies the problem Wii U needs a compelling software to succeed. Sure those games may suck but you brought it, Nintendo tbh should have been much better prepared =/