Ricerocket
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Anyone who wanted MK8 already bought a Wii U (also to play other great nintendo games) so no surprise there if it really is just 63k~. It's just too late for the console to pick up steam.
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NPD Sales Results for May 2014 [Up1: Wii U Hardware]
- Thread starter Nirolak
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Yeah like I said before, no amount of games can change Wii U's fate. It simply isn't a platform most people want, unfortunately.
EL CUCO
Member
That'll get you some exclusive content.
Jimmyfenix
Member
So PS4 Watchdogs > MK?
NPD doesn't count bundles. If you bought an Xbox One in May, it more than likely included Titanfall for free.
ShockingAlberto
Member
It's not a great number, but it's not really telling of anything except that no one bought Wii U's the rest of the month.
It's slightly encouraging for Nintendo that they may finally get the message that big releases lead to upticks in numbers.
It's slightly encouraging for Nintendo that they may finally get the message that big releases lead to upticks in numbers.
Mass Effect
Member
Wow at Mario Kart. It did amazingly well. Now I'm really curious about those Wii U numbers. (Edit: well now I know).
So I'm not the only one surprised at CoD better on PS4 despite MS' marketing deal. It's a pretty crazy turn-around considering that CoD on 360 used to outsell the PS3 version >2:1.
I wouldn't be surprised if there isn't any.
So I'm not the only one surprised at CoD better on PS4 despite MS' marketing deal. It's a pretty crazy turn-around considering that CoD on 360 used to outsell the PS3 version >2:1.
I wouldn't be surprised if there isn't any.
Not really. If that happened in November it would have been.
prag16
Banned
I think the PS3 sku launched in April. For May it should be PS4>PS3>Vjta.
This makes absolutely no sense. A hot game and hot bundle from the third day available onward and sales will drop?
You need to head back to Econ 101 son.
Immaculate
Banned
I mean did you guys really expect the Wii U to skyrocket in two days?
Kazuma Kiryu
Member
MK8 is going to be quite the wake up call for a lot of people, hardware wise.
Yes and sales for the system have been going down too in comparison to previous months. It's the typical Spring period.
Dragonborn
Member
Probably just means that the last gen consoles had better legs. It can only sell so much and with X1 sales basically collapsing, there's probably not enough new X1 owners to keep buying the game (basically, every X1 owner that wanted it probably already bought it)
It's at #10 7 months after a release. How exactly is that dead? That's legs.
Katana_Strikes
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Aquamarine
Member
Looks like that 4.1x week-over-week increase Reggie was talking about wasn't much help.
We shall see.
Its still a boost atleast but that was a major game for the platform so not good.He answered to me, ahah!
Eh, 62,000 is still horrible. It's true that this is just two-days-effect, but it's still awful.
maquiladora
Member
Mario Kart sold great, but it looks like mainly from people who already own a Wii U. I really thought it would get a decent bump this month but ~64k is not good at all...
SwiftDeath
Member
I fear the Vita numbers this month
Cygnus X-1
Member
Pretty much my point. 30k sold in a couple of days is not bad at all. Even by a drop of 50% over next month, Wii U sales could reach 150k in June.
Don't think the data can tell us that - only that all versions of watchdogs added together > MK8
CoD is mostly a USA best selling franchise. Highest selling USA console will see the highest CoD sales.
Most of the sales are probably from the 2 days of MK8 bundle, I say we reserve judgement of its system selling power until the June NPD.
Sales gaf
64k is.....well its the WiiU.
That's not a histogram!
That's a bar chart!
Dirk Benedict
Member
Yea they havent announced anything for Aug at all, WiiU Sports club and Mario Kart 8 is suppose to last from May til Sept, they should have had some HD remakes coming this summer.
-Pyromaniac-
Member
Meh, I don't think 3rd party games will save it either. The console isn't that far off in price from one of the other 2 which provide a better all-round experience for most people interested in games.
The sad reality is that Nintendo games specifically just don't have the pull they used to. They're great and people will buy them if they own the console but a lot aren't willing to buy the console to play them. I was similar with the Wii. I recognized the first party output was fantastic and I was seriously missing out but I still didn't want to invest in another box for them. I did eventually play em but I'm part of the niche "core".
Throw in the wasted year and lack of momentum and questionable advertising and whatever else. This mess was predictable. I'll still enjoy it but this console is fuuuucked.
Do you know the numbers for May ?
Robert at Zeboyd Games
Banned
I surprised that people are surprised that Mario Kart 8 did so well:
1 - Mario Kart is one of the best-selling series of all-time.
2 - Mario Kart 8 got very high review scores (88 average on Metacritic).
3 - They were giving away a free $60 game if you purchased Mario Kart 8 at or near launch.
I'm not much of a Mario Kart fan and was planning on skipping it all together, but as soon as I found out about the free game, my plans changed from "Don't buy" to "Buy on Day 1 no matter what." I daresay Mario Kart 8 has a crazy high attach rate for Wii U owners.
1 - Mario Kart is one of the best-selling series of all-time.
2 - Mario Kart 8 got very high review scores (88 average on Metacritic).
3 - They were giving away a free $60 game if you purchased Mario Kart 8 at or near launch.
I'm not much of a Mario Kart fan and was planning on skipping it all together, but as soon as I found out about the free game, my plans changed from "Don't buy" to "Buy on Day 1 no matter what." I daresay Mario Kart 8 has a crazy high attach rate for Wii U owners.
I love Kinect, but you can bet than any fence-sitters waited for the cheaper version to come out. June should be interesting between that and what appears to be happening to the Wii U because of MK8.
It's bad but it's not dead yet. Let's wait for June numbers after all the MK8 an E3 hype. I'm sure numbers will improve drastically.
Karsticles
Member
Apparently, if it doesn't go from 33K to a million in 2 days, it's all a flop.
I think 6-digits is guaranteed for Wii U next month.
Relaxed Muscle
Member
lol @ people expecting to MK8 to revive the Wii U.
TheRealTalker
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Jaded Alyx
Member
Come back in July for June.
Why fear for the dead? The Vita can't feel any more pain.
Have I missed the MK8 number? I see lots of people going wild, but I've not seen any actual figure.
They don't sell the Vita in the US, so no need to worry.
Do this month's Vita numbers include the release of the 2K Borderlands bundle?
Well, yeah, while Wii U numbers are still awful, you have to remember this is just two days of Mario Kart 8 having an actual impact of sales. We'll see MK8 influencing sales in June as well. Probably not as big as many hoped, but it'll still influence sales.
E3 hype doesn't generate much sales for the summer.
KillerMan91
Member
Watch_Dogs was biggest launch for new IP ever and PS4 is the highest selling version so probably yeah.