Opus Angelorum
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Media Create Sales: Week 3, 2013 (Jan 14 - Jan 20)
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Let's celebrate!
grimshawish
Banned
When WiiU falls below it. Vita saved?
Wonder if Capcom will leave DMC's brutally murdered body in the street or try to resuscitate? Because you don't feel your franchise is popular isn't exactly a good reason to basically remove everything that is identifiable about the series to its fanbase. More helpful would be just to you know... improve it...
darkstar0155
Member
1/2 is better than the 1/3 in the UK.
Victory?
There's nothing mysterious when Famitsu estimates 4k sales and the no. 20 for MC has sold 6k...
Ouch, is this game on PC too? If not capcom will port this to the PC and maybe Wii U just to grab a couple extra sales..
MikeE21286
Member
Wow.
DmC and WiiU numbers are not good.
DmC and WiiU numbers are not good.
Honestly i was Nintendo the message couldn't be more clear.. I would think well.. there is no place for a nintendo home console in Japan. It's not only the WiiU sales, but look at how healthy is the 3ds, and the nintendo ips on it... It's not a situation where the portable market is a dominant alternative force anymore. The portable market IS the nintendo market.
KillerTravis
Banned
Wii U wants in on Vita's coffin. Don't enter there yet Wii U you may be saved in a few minutes!
aliencowz7
Member
It's hard to really compare DmC directly to DMC4 sales wise considering how game sales in general have gone down considerably since then. You have to take it more in context with other games releasing now as opposed to previous games in the series.
Who would have thought.
test_account
XP-39C²
Yep, it is on PC too. I'm not sure if it is out yet (it is out in a few days in Europe i think).
to be honest i think sony didn't care how much they sold during the holidays in the sense it doesn't matter at this point. they wanted higher margins on every ps3 sold and they packed in some digital content to make it look valuable. they could have sold what 200000 more if they dropped but could have lost almost 50$ profit on every unit? i personally think it was a smart move. they will drop the price after the end of first quarter(early april) though which is the end of their fiscal year.
Captain Smoker
Member
Even if the numbers aren't good, such statements after a few weeks are useless.
michaelius
Banned
The top place is out of reach but there's a lof of action going at positions 2-5 
| PS3 | 19.697 | 22.991 | 21.155 | 107.040 | 125.946 | 8.967.124 |
| WIU | 16.654 | 20.715 | | 104.452 | | 731.739 |
| PSP # | 15.343 | 17.069 | 17.181 | 87.285 | 110.752 | 19.716.296 |
| PSV | 9.036 | 11.088 | 15.219 | 53.433 | 76.495 | 1.184.258 |
And so most fascinating race of Q1 2013 begins
| PS3 | 19.697 | 22.991 | 21.155 | 107.040 | 125.946 | 8.967.124 |
| WIU | 16.654 | 20.715 | | 104.452 | | 731.739 |
| PSP # | 15.343 | 17.069 | 17.181 | 87.285 | 110.752 | 19.716.296 |
| PSV | 9.036 | 11.088 | 15.219 | 53.433 | 76.495 | 1.184.258 |
And so most fascinating race of Q1 2013 begins
Opus Angelorum
Member
No.
I would say that's the equivalent of burying your mother 6 months after your father passes away.
Not a surprise.
Aquamarine
Member
I assume the impending industry refresh will revitalize sales of both the Vita and the Wii U. The 7th gen just needs to end already. It's stagnating.
grimshawish
Banned
Don't disagree but its not like we shouldn't assume some changes come the end of the year.
Launch Bomba =/= Console Bomba. We know this.
Problem Nintendo really have is they have to show the WiiU adds value the 3DS doesn't have.
I think they will struggle here.
darkstar0155
Member
ah, well i wouldnt think they would be to happy with these sales. You would think this is going to be hard to break 1mil ww. Outside of MH and DQ its seeming like all of capcoms games are not doing so hot
zerokoolpsx
Member
I was about to say DmC doing good, then I look at the chart.
1st week is not good.
metalslimer
Member
If anything the software on the 3DS this year will make things even harder for the both of them
SmokedMeat
Gamer™
If Wii U numbers continue to be this poor, Sony should have no trouble making PS4 the top console. Don't mess up Sony.
Exactly. All new consoles have trends such as this, especially if their second month is January. People seem to continually forget context and past instances.
But when you think about it, every major nintendo ip in japan shifted its more popular entry to nds or 3ds. Animal crossing, Mario kart, Mario...
What i'm saying is that for people interested in nintendo games in Japan ... a 3ds is way enough.
Diddy Kong
Banned
Panic mode Nintendo
Bruno MB
Member
Great bump, on track to outsell Taiko no Tatsujin Wii 2.
[WII] Taiko no Tatsujin Wii (Namco Bandai Games) {2008.12.11} - 114.610 / 657.666
[WII] Taiko no Tatsujin Wii 2 (Namco Bandai Games) - {2009.11.19} - 29.349 / 418.284
[WII] Taiko no Tatsujin Wii 3 generations of party together! (Namco Bandai Games) {2010.12.02} - 25.343 / 270.672
[WII] Taiko Drum Master Wii: Definitive Edition! (Namco Bandai Games) - {2011.11.23} - 26.855 / 295.745
[WII] Taiko no Tatsujin Wii: Super Deluxe Edition (Namco Bandai Games) - {2012.11.29} - 102.437 / 354.436
Opus Angelorum
Member
I don't think selling more than the Wii U is road to success, even if you are 'the top console'.
KillerTravis
Banned
Animal Crossing legs are magnificent.
The only things that are able to "refresh" the Vita/WiiU in Japan are pricecuts and loads of high quality/high demand exclusives (which won´t come for the Vita).
gamergirly
Member
Guess this Direct should alleviate some concerns. No good numbers outside of 3DS....
grimshawish
Banned
Oh thats what I agree with, but Nintendo arguably can utilise the WiiU in a way they can't do with the 3DS. We'll likely see this with Mario Universe and other games.
Nintendo didn't magically make very well produced titles appear in 2011. They planned for them, panic mode Nintendo was Iwata cutting the price - they did so in the best way they could; they fucked up.
WiiU won't rely on some mythical 'secret sauce' but instead just good planning for Q3/Q4.
Not sure if it needs a price cut tbh; but we'll see. Special Offers and what not should be more effective. Maybe a free game download thing like NoE did with 3DS.
Cosmo Clock 21
Banned
I doubt devs will announce AAA games for either system just because Orbis/Durango exist. That's some non-sequitur logic there.
Magicpaint
Member
Paper Mario to easily cross 500k
AC:NL is beastly
AC:NL is beastly
Bruno MB
Member
[3DS] Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate (Capcom) {2011.12.10} - 1.585.493
[3DS] Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate (Best Price!) (Capcom) {2012.11.15} - 184.614
Total - 1.770.107
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
Those WiiU sales are terrible.
I was expecting/predicting that at least Japan would embrace the Wii U, these aren't good numbers for a new console, especially one that is the successor to the Nintendo Wii, the most successful home console Nintendo has ever made. 16k is bad no matter how you view it
But all is not doom and gloom, they can right the ship and perhaps the day to start doing that is today, with that Nintendo direct. Showcasing some solid titles and delivering some new services. Hopefully this is just a blip, and not a indictment of the Wii U's future
3DS still kicking ass and i dont see any console or handheld being able to overthrow it in Japan, so at least Nintendo can rest easily there.
But all is not doom and gloom, they can right the ship and perhaps the day to start doing that is today, with that Nintendo direct. Showcasing some solid titles and delivering some new services. Hopefully this is just a blip, and not a indictment of the Wii U's future
3DS still kicking ass and i dont see any console or handheld being able to overthrow it in Japan, so at least Nintendo can rest easily there.