"A lot better." LMAO
The meaning of "A lot better" is open to semantics, but Vita is leading Wii U year-to-date ~850k sales to ~510k sales. I'd say that 67% higher sales in the first 10 months of the year is significant.
Will there be another bump for Mario?
It wasn't really unexpected because its sales had been plummeting to unseen lows in the weeks leading up to the bundles' release. Obviously people were actively holding out on buying a Wii U. This week was more like catching up with lost sales from previous weeks than suddenly taking a big leap.
America as well. Mario is still one of the few legitimate gaming series out there worthy of pushing units.I would think so in Japan.
That gir...I mean game is going to move some consoles.
Celebrating a one week bump in sales highlights just how bad the system is doing. How will it sell next week or in two months?
21st November. 11 days. Early store rankings and that kind of anecdotal stuff is painting a worryingly low picture but we'll see if Nintendo's marketing campaign can ramp things way up.
Many are preparing themselves for the lowest selling 3D Mario.
Damn, you scooped the 'total lack of perspective' award. I thought for sure I'd win that this year.
Oh well, better start on next years award.
2014 - Year of the Vita!
The worrying sign is comgnet- less than 2 weeks before release and it isn't even charting. It's not an exact indicator, but if it doesn't pick up shortly we probably are looking at a bad first week.
With the exception of the Monster Hunter port, third parties have seen almost exclusively bad sales on the Wii U in Japan. I doubt you will see much of an increase in support this coming year.
Where's that coffin gif?
EDIT
The 360 was on the market for 5 days of the November 2005 NPD tracking period. The PS3 was on the market for 9 days."According to industry tracker NPD, the Xbox 360 sold 326,000 units in its first two weeks on sale in North America in 2005. The PlayStation 3 sold 197,000 in the last two weeks of November 2006, after launching at prices starting at $500."
Err... there's a weekly Media Create thread.The 360 was on the market for 5 days of the November 2005 NPD tracking period. The PS3 was on the market for 9 days.
wasn't this known in the media create thread last week ? Hy a new thread no, im a missing something? Numbers get revised?
Celebrating a one week bump in sales highlights just how bad the system is doing. How will it sell next week or in two months?
What? Of course there's such things as system sellers, history has shown us time and time again.1500% increase? So much for the myth of there being no such thing as a "system seller".
Was this thread really necessary?
What? Of course there's such things as system sellers, history has shown us time and time again.
You'd be suprised how many people deny this...
People probably realize that the Wii U is the best value out of the next-gen consoles. Cheaper, stronger library, and a year ahead of all the pixel counting and fanboy yammering.
It could just be a difference in opinion on what constitutes a system seller. If your definition of a system seller is a piece of software that is responsible for moving millions of systems, than those are rare. Wii Sports, Super Mario Bros, Mario 64 and the Original Halo (in the US) make for good examples. If a system seller is any game that causes a noticeable spike in system sales for a week, than sure, there are plenty of those.
Also, the bundles with Wii Party also included New Super Mario Bros Wii (and Wii Fit U in some cases). Considering how few Wii Party's sold to people who had already purchased a Wii U, I think this is more of a case of the overall bundle being attractive than Wii Party itself being a system seller.
People probably realize that the Wii U is the best value out of the next-gen consoles. Cheaper, stronger library, and a year ahead of all the pixel counting and fanboy yammering.
Eh...
Will you reconsider that statement once both Sony and MS outsell the lifetime Wii U sales in the first six to twelve months they're on the market?