TheUnknownForce
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So far, that's a negatory. No Madden nor FIFA yet despite major announcements saying as such, and I doubt they are waiting to announce a next-gen Wii U version.
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NPD Sales Results for March 2013 [Up5: BioShock Infinite]
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So far, that's a negatory. No Madden nor FIFA yet despite major announcements saying as such, and I doubt they are waiting to announce a next-gen Wii U version.
darkside31337
Tomodachi wa Mahou
Isn't it worse than what Tri did in its first month?
I wonder what the 3DS / Wii U split was.
I'm not sure what the expectations were for Bioshock, but SE wanted 5-6M for Tomb Raider, and ended up shipping 3.4M.
Tomb Raider was out the full 5 weeks in March. With these numbers, there's not a chance in hell that SE gets through that 3.4M shipment without some significant price protection costs eating even further into the game, which even then still missed expectations by a good 1.5M. I'm not seeing any upside to this picture from a sales perspective.
MaulerX
Member
The wii u is basically living off Ubisoft and WB at this point. They're the only companies giving them games that aren't month late ports.
Can we give Castlevania back to IGA?
I'm pretty sure Order of Ecclesia did better than that and I'm sure it cost much less.
That's always going to be my stance, but I think Nintendo lost a massive amount of casual people to mobile.
Shit. You dont think....they're onto this situation yet do you?
Mihael Mello Keehl
Banned
If we dont hear madden being made for it at e3 then I will believe. Gonna take me a second to believe they wont release that on Wii U.
ambientmystic
Member
With improved graphical features! PC quality textures and improved lighting!
Pfftttt, like that did anything to entice Wii U owners, they stayed clear of that late and overpriced port.
If you made a sequel on a two year cycle instead of TR's five year cycle you could make good money on it at this level. That's the primary upside of at least having sales volume to work with.
AranhaHunter
Banned
You mean this chart?
It's only gonna get worse for the WiiU IMO. I'm gonna wait until after Christmas, but unless PS4 and 720 are complete bombas AND PS3/360 do not get price drops this fall, then the GCN upper limit for the WiiU might be a tad optimistic.
Aquamarine
Member
Correct. And with <10K for NFS Wii U, Madden 25 is NOT coming out.
So far, Madden 24 has charted:
November 2012 - #13
December 2012 - #13
January 2013 - #11
February 2013 - Below position #15
...on the Wii U relative software charts.
And it couldn't even manage 100,000 units sold in 4 months of being on the market.
With sales like that + NFS sales + EA restructuring, EA isn't touching the Wii U again.
Portugeezer
Member
This month: "3ds generated more sales in the same time"
Next month. The Wii U vs Wii spin: "3ds generated more revenue in the same time"
TheNatural
My Member!
Konami should just release a Castlevania compilation with the 300 2D Castlevania's on one cartridge. Would be a cheaper and easier way to make money than crappy 3D versions.
And it was a better game to boot. With a much better framerate.
TheUnknownForce
Member
It's about equal to or a little less than Tri's launch, and that was heavily marketed while this game was not (it had ads on Twitch but what else). I suspect it will have a bit more legs this time around with nothing on Wii U until May.
MikeE21286
Member
In all fairness the 720 doesn't exist and PS4 was announced < 2 months ago. It will come out for those two systems without question.
Vita? Honestly probably not. Maybe though since it came out last year and seemed to do *relatively* decent IIRC.
A WiiU version not being announced is more than concerning
FreedomFighter
Member
Pokemon X/Y
3DS went from 'doing horribly' to 'won't be doing as well as the DS soon'. Them goalposts. They shift.
IGA clawing his way out of the Konami basement as we speak.
Freezie KO
Banned
They have a good relationship with Ubisoft, but the Rayman thing makes me doubt if they'll get any substantive exclusives. And Rayman is going to get devoured now by people waiting for Nintendo's own games.
I didn't count what it's sold in 2013, oops. So ya probably a bit over a million. Still a decent attach rate, if it has any legs it'll do fine in the long run.
YESSSSSSSSSSS!!!
Streams will cross next month.
Metallix87
Member
I'm pretty sure IGA will likely be handling the future 3DS entries (if there are any), given the sales and reviews for this release.
Dr. Feel Good
Banned
Anyone have a good estimate fr Vita worldwide? How long can retailers keep this thig shelves? It's a compete disaster.
RurouniZel
Asks questions so Ezalc doesn't have to
John Harker
Definitely doesn't make things up as he goes along.
I think Mirrors of Fate is a great game! I wasn't expecting gangbusters for it,but 3ds is still a crap shoot for third party titles except the odd one or two. people have been laughing at the platform recently, saying no ones going to ever come close to even angry birds on it
I'm really happy Nintendo has a lot of momentum but it isn't the ds success story for everyone
How did the DS castlevanias do at launch?
I'm really happy Nintendo has a lot of momentum but it isn't the ds success story for everyone
How did the DS castlevanias do at launch?
FreedomFighter
Member
You guys already beat them to it.
prag16
Banned
ALL late ports from EA. Every last title.
ItWasMeantToBe19
Banned
They'll have to go through a generational shift for the sequel, so I don't think they'll be able to put Tomb Raider Next out that quick.
Sorry. Never thought of colorblind people. =\
Can you tell them apart like this?
As a colorblind person, yes, that is better. Much thanks.
Tricky I Shadow
Banned
Very happy for both Infinite and Tomb Raider! Both deserve the high sales.
Quite possibly not, but they do have a new IP going, so they can manage staff and at least keep it down to 3 years in total with less in actual production.
Pristine_Condition
Member
I predict GOW will have longer legs than GOW.
TheNatural
My Member!
Sorry. Never thought of colorblind people. =\
Can you tell them apart like this?
It's cool man, I just need glasses. Helped out the other guy though, thanks.
Yep, completely moronic decision to hold it back AND announce a port.
airmangataosenai
Member
Sorry. Never thought of colorblind people. =\
Can you tell them apart like this?
This illustrates why comparing the NDS early on is a useless measuring device. One of the stats that always gets overlooked is that the NDS never was able to match the success of the GBA launch aligned. It ultimately did better because Nintendo killed off the GBA early to vie for developer support against the PSP.
prag16
Banned
Full priced 5 month late port.
I doubt they get any more exclusives but just getting things like Watchdogs or the new Batman day one is a step up from what everyone else is doing.
AranhaHunter
Banned
They wanted the franchise to get big in the west. Nintendo pushed it and the sales are still nothing to write home about. I believe part of the reason they went completely exclusive with MH on Nintendo is because they believed Nintendo could push MH to be bigger than ever before (kinda like how Nintendo pushed DQIX to be the best selling DQ in the west IIRC?)
With that said, given the WiiU's current situations, I believe the sales are acceptable.
Stop charging $40 for games! $29.99 and more people will buy software. If they are laughing at 3DS, then what are they doing about Vita software?
Mihael Mello Keehl
Banned
Like I said Ill wait till E3. Madden was not announced for Wii U until July? last year same with Vita.
Im pretty sure press releases admit if a console is not unvield yet they refer to them as the "next generation consoles"
TheNatural
My Member!
You mean this chart?
Wow. That's the only chart that need to be shown with regards to Wii U.
That's really, really bad. I would guess it's tracking ahead of N64, but I don't know if those numbers are even around.
cream, can you give a rough idea of how Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate sales were split between 3DS and Wii U?
They didn't push it at all in NA. It is EU where Nintendo is responsible.
They didn't push it at all in NA. It is EU where Nintendo is responsible.
Releasing ME3 (and not the trilogy) was simply insulting and made no sense. It could have been a shot at capturing Nintendo gamers who weren't familiar with the universe. But instead they ported the third game and sent it out to die.
edit: ffs, the PC version is 20 Euros! Who would pay triple as much for 1/3rd of the content?