Install base is the reason why Mario 3DWorld is struggling. Not lack of interest.
oh the irony...
Install base is the reason why Mario 3DWorld is struggling. Not lack of interest.
Install base is the reason why Mario 3DWorld is struggling. Not lack of interest.
That's a completely circular definition that makes little sense when applied to your examples. Or rather, you're pulling a True Scotsman: "a game isn't a game because it isn't a game. Otherwise, it would break my argument and I need it to solve that cognitive dissonance."Hardcore gamer is someone interested in gamming the most, of course, that ditches out of the group those who play for other reasons. It's not that I'm trying to seem a better person than them or anything, it's just that they're not hardcore gammers.
I don't see why the Knack bundle makes a difference. People bought the Knack bundle because they wanted Knack, unless I'm missing something here.
A lot of Wii owners were invested in sales-age because sales were the Wii's best feature aside from the handful of really quality games.I guess they were too used to Nintendo dominating in the past.
Install base is the reason why Mario 3DWorld is struggling. Not lack of interest.
They're more than capable as proven before, they just understand the endless contradictions that undermine and doom this insane materialist lemming march.I don't think Nintendo is capable of making a next gen console like the PS4 or XB1. Their interest don't seem to be in the general concept of big budget HD gaming.
Eh, I'd say it's a little from column A and a little from column B, based on the sales in Japan and the UK. I feel it's underperformed even relative to the install base. The Wii U just doesn't seem to inspire its owners to buy games.Install base is the reason why Mario 3DWorld is struggling. Not lack of interest.
Always know that I believe in you. I have a bundle of wry smiles waiting to be thrown in your direction.There is always NPD day.
Maybe I just need a rebrand, possibly ditching some of the weight that's holding me down. Or maybe just more posts directed towards a larger number of users. If only I had some guidance here.
Nah, stock was so tight, you took what you could get. That's how I ended up with FIFA 14. I'd rather have had Knack, but that bundle had sold out.I don't see why the Knack bundle makes a difference. People bought the Knack bundle because they wanted Knack, unless I'm missing something here.
Impressive numbers.
So that's two consoles that have outsold the WiiU's total sales in Europe within a matter of days. I don't think it's unfair to suggest the console is dead in Europe. Mario getting outsold is one thing - Mario not debuting in the top ten is a whole different story. This is very bad, and I see no end in sight.
I'm not moving goalposts. I'm not even talking about sales. I'm talking about why a country with 60 million people is being used, time and again, as representative of a much larger region, if not Nintendo's success worldwide. Why do all these UK threads get so much attention when it comes to Nintendo? Again, even NES and SNES weren't the charts leaders. Yes, they don't do good in the UK, they never did. If that actually meant something, they would have gone belly up 20 years ago.
Also please show me the info that the sales % in the UK is better than in Germany.
Of which? HmmmmmmmNeither actually lol
Wii U is for my daughters birthday in February.
Prob pick up a copy in the January sales.
WordMario got beat by Knack.
That sounds pretty wack.
But they might be counting the bundle pack.
So I guess I'll take it back.
But this doesn't make any sense. If people were that interested in Mario, they'd buy the WiiU to play it. Mario is easily the single most iconic figure in console gaming. If a Mario game isn't shifting consoles, only some type of miracle can bring the WiiU back now.
Bring on the MMO pokemon.
I think gamers have spoken. In Japan. In Uk. People are starting to get weary of Mario. Why not resurrect Wave Race? Or Metroid? Something.
Shouldn't mario be system seller ?
Nintendo has excellent software developers?If Nintendo exclusives are so easy to replicate on any random hardware how come nobody's done it? Where's the innovative hardware-centric titles on other platforms that have sold like Wii Sports, Wii Fit, Mario Kart, NSMB, Nintendogs, Brain Age, Mario 3D Land, etc.?
I think there's a lesson in there.
It was actually -20k. We loaded 'em into a giant trebuchét and fired 'em back to Japan.Well in their latest or the one before quarter report they took more consoles out of Europe than they could sell. Having a -10k Europe is insane, has this ever happened for a console?
No, that's the job of miyamoto-san's secret wii u game.That's the funny thing about all of this.
Everyone excuses Mario's sales because of Wii U's install base when Mario's job is suppose to sell Wii U.
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2013-12-02-playstation-4-uk-launch-sales-are-over-250kUPDATE: An industry source has told Eurogamer that life-to-date Wii U sales in the UK are still around the 150,000 mark after a year on sale.
That's around 100,000 less than PlayStation 4 managed in its opening weekend.
Xbox One sales are now up to the 170,000 mark, Eurogamer was told. It was reported last week that Xbox One had notched up around 150,000 units during its launch weekend, suggesting around 20,000 more have been shifted in the last week.
Eurogamer said:UPDATE: An industry source has told Eurogamer that life-to-date Wii U sales in the UK are still around the 150,000 mark after a year on sale.
That's around 100,000 less than PlayStation 4 managed in its opening weekend.
Xbox One sales are now up to the 170,000 mark, Eurogamer was told. It was reported last week that Xbox One had notched up around 150,000 units during its launch weekend, suggesting around 20,000 more have been shifted in the last week.
UK numbers company Chart-Track was not able to comment on specific sales figures for PS4 or Xbox One but did confirm that both have now outstripped the Wii U's lifetime sales in the UK.
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2013-12-02-playstation-4-uk-launch-sales-are-over-250k
Posted yet?
Well you have to look at the whole Nintendo Family of products to get a real gauge of sales and consumer interest.
...Isn't 20k a little too low for the second week of a brand new hardware in UK, during the Holidays?
EDIT: I'll kindly post this update in the PAL thread as well.
I think a lot of people expected a new Mario game to move hardware and thus sell lots of copies of the game.
I suspect Knack won't have much of a tail but Mario will continue to sell if the hardware sales do pick up.
Stock issues I guess. PS4 is going to crash harder than that.
Stock issues I guess. PS4 is going to crash harder than that.
dat year headstart tho
In the UK? No, not really.But also just general pent up demand in the first week. Wii U actually sold ok in it's first week - it was the 51 after that where it sold miserably.
Does the guy's leg break from getting kicked in the head? :/ Or does his leg just look weird from the way he falls?
It was actually -20k. We loaded 'em into a giant trebuchét and fired 'em back to Japan.
I'm quite curious about PS4's second week now. Certainly the drop will be bigger (due to a much bigger first week), but I still feel it'll sell much more than One in its second week. I know One is supply costrained, but 20k still seems too low for a second week.
I don't think so. Since the system sold out I think they just wanted the ps4.
I can't imagine it selling more than 20k next week. I can't imagine there are 20k out there to sell.I'm quite curious about PS4's second week now. Certainly the drop will be bigger (due to a much bigger first week), but I still feel it'll sell much more than One in its second week. I know One is supply costrained, but 20k still seems too low for a second week.