It's far from being the worst selling 3D Zelda. In Japan Twilight Princess, Majora's Mask and Skyward Sword soll less than Wind Waker's original release, internationally both Majora's Mask (the actual worst-selling 3D Zelda game ever) and Skyward Sword sold less.
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Media Create Sales: Week 39, 2013 (Sep 23 - Sep 29)
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It's far from being the worst selling 3D Zelda. In Japan Twilight Princess, Majora's Mask and Skyward Sword soll less than Wind Waker's original release, internationally both Majora's Mask (the actual worst-selling 3D Zelda game ever) and Skyward Sword sold less.
OoT 3D is also the first 3D Zelda on a portable and not only do a lot of people love it, but it is known everywhere as the Zelda game "everyone" has as their number 1. Well before I had tried a Zelda game I knew OoT was the game that came first in nearly all top X games lists. Doesn't help that WW HD doesn't look very different from WW.
Surprised Vita sales stayed so constant. Vita 2, MH or where the 10-20k sales it had for some time the anomalies?
Screamapillar
Member
3DS closing in fast on last year's YTD sales. Pokemon will ensure that 3DS 2013 exceeds 3DS 2012. Only question is, by how much?
Just understand that not so many copies of WWHD need to be sold to turn a profit.
If they were concerned about selling as much as you think they should be, then they probably wouldn't have even gone through with the release when contemplating doing so after reviewing the success of previous rereleases.
If they were concerned about selling as much as you think they should be, then they probably wouldn't have even gone through with the release when contemplating doing so after reviewing the success of previous rereleases.
Yeah and making it PS3/PSV was a great move.
This shit speaks volumes about Japanese tastes
.At this point, only Super Mario 3D World has any hope of saving the Wii U over in Japan.
w1gglyjones
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turn a profit on the game? they need to sell Wii U consoles... like lots more
Days like these...
Have a Blessed Day
Those Zelda #'s are horrible seriously Wii u owners (myself included) especially those in Japan deserve what we get or what we don't get for our lack of support.
It's like good ol' "Pikmin 3 sold in line with Pikmin 1 (never mind the fact that it came out barely one month after the GC itself though)".
RumblingRosco
Member
Yep. I'm as much of a Nintendo fanboy as anyone, but this is just another bad piece of news for them. In Europe, Wii U is rapidly losing shelf space and isn't having anything chart in terms of software or hardware and in Japan, even the most notable of releases (W101, WWHD) aren't helping the hardware sales in the slightest. Mario/Tatsujin really are all that's left for this year, and I don't see how that's enough to make anything significant happen. I feel like America is the last semi-stronghold that the Wii U has.
metalslimer
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Sorry but this logic is horrible. Nintendo would have never greenlit the entire Wii U if they knew how it would be selling. This game was decided upon before the system even released
I wasn't talking about their console situation, sir. I was talking about software.
Sammy Samusu
Member
Got your numbers mixed Chris.
How much did Falcom expect to sell, I remember seeing some crazy numbers. Fantastic debut for Kiseki, but it's going to drop like a rock next week.
Are they marketing it in Japan to any great degree?
I've seen zero tv ads for it in the UK (despite the hardware bundle being released over here).
HassanJamal
Member
Small bump for the vita, hopefully higher sales for it once the new model and VitaTV launch.
Screamapillar
Member
Mario Kart 8 in the spring says Hi
I think i heard it being said by GameTrailers, maybe they ment WW being the worst selling NA or something? Anyway thanks for the infomartion
Well
http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/nintendo-zelda-wii-u-is-a-system-seller/0121537
w1gglyjones
Member
console situation is the only thing that matters when nintendo's plan was to release this collection of software to increase hardware sales.
And a single release just isn't enough to build any kind of momentum. Next year looks bad too so far, so I doubt the Wii U will rise from its grave any time soon... Releasing a single noticeable game every three months (if at all) just isn't enough.
opticalmace
Member
He knows. His point was that selling consoles is a lot more important right now than turning a small (ish?) profit on a single game.
I imagine more people in the US have downloaded/bought the bundle based on eshop ranking/miiverse already than Japan, and it's not even out physically here. Definetly a series that appeals more to the west now, but geez those are sad numbers.
BishopLamont
Banned
It's sounds logic if you understood the post.
Why wouldn't the Wii U have been greenlit after the success the Wii was?
What I am saying is that these rereleases don't need to sell many copies to be successful. Otherwise the "poor" performance of the previous rereleases would have discouraged WWHD.
frankie_baby
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I hardly ever see ads due to most of my watching being PVR recordings but I've actually seen quite a few ads for wind waker in the UK
Glass Rebel
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Nintendo should have remade the superior Twilight Princess ( ◉◞౪◟◉
Pancakes R Us
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michaelius
Banned
That's how really dead system looks like - no hardware sales and apathy among owners who don't even care they own it and are not buying software.
Nintendo had one chance to relaunch system - Smash or Kart + 3D Mario + smaller games + serious price cut before this holiday season - they wasted it.
Lol, there was something I read, don't remember where, about them aiming to hit 500k. But honestly speaking, it always sounded really unrealistic, and I doubt Falcom themselves seriously considered such a possibility, given how well ran the company seems to be in general.
Also, it'll probably drop. Especially since I'm sure the load times debacle probably hurt it a bit. Then again, the patch is dropping tomorrow, so who knows. Ao did 15k on its second week, I wouldn't say it's impossible for it to end up outselling the 194k total it did.
this, it is the W101 sales that is more surprising
The sales have been low for weeks.
Same logic can be applied here, then. They only greenlit the game thanks to the success of OoT3D. Maybe they should have dug a little further down into their history.
In any case, this is only week one. Jumping to conclusions is not the brightest idea.
It sold great actually.
Zoramon089
Banned
In what world does DKCR and Mario Kart early in the year look bad?
In the world where these are pretty much the only Wii U titles hitting in that timeframe.
I think it's a safe assumption that Wind Waker HD got greenlit once Nintendo realized that they have absolutely no games for the entire year. An HD port is something that can be pulled off relatively quick -- and that's just what Nintendo needed.
The fourth post of this very thread has a list with the sales numbers of all Zelda games in Japan...
The fourth post of this very thread has a list with the sales numbers of all Zelda games in Japan...
w1gglyjones
Member
you need to get over sales of past titles and their decision making. the Wii U games released this fall/winter were set up to boost Wii U console sales. turning a small profit on dev costs of a game is nothing compared to recouping R&D for Wii U and all the money they'll lose the next few years if they don't sell the console more... like a lot more
every release that sells systems right now is worth more than just the profit it makes. wind waker HD has failed.
Very happy for the Falcom guys if irrc about the sales of past titles. Also surprised to see it selling on Vita almost 30%more.
Is this the first time that a PS3/Vita game sells more on Vita?
Price is only slightly less. But the new models are quite thinner and lighter. They also come in new colors.
Magicpaint
Member
Vita 2000 couldn't come sooner for the Vita. On the software side, Sen no Kiseki did extremely well though.
Also, WW HD bombed spectacularly. 100k LTD seems well out of reach. Pathetic.
Also, WW HD bombed spectacularly. 100k LTD seems well out of reach. Pathetic.
Takamura-San
Member
When are the new Vitas coming out?
metalslimer
Member
WWHD will likely not break 100k LTD.
Not to mention that we are talking about the same company that wanted to release Pikmin 3, Wonderful 101 and Wii Fit U in the console's "launch window". I'll be amazed if Mario Kart will really see the light of day in Early 2014.