Yeah, who knows. I could spend some time researching on how well healthy and unhealthy consoles do in their 3rd holiday season, or I could just pick a random number.
I picked a random number.
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Bloomberg: Nintendo says Smash Wii U has more pre-orders than MK8.
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Yeah, who knows. I could spend some time researching on how well healthy and unhealthy consoles do in their 3rd holiday season, or I could just pick a random number.
I picked a random number.
Zeyphersan
Banned
RETURN OF THE KING, BABY
WOOOOOOOOO
WOOOOOOOOO
Of course, I posted pretty early in the topic on purpose. I love the Wii U, but at this point these articles saying "it'll help the struggling Wii U" are just really misleading in context. But... I guess anything can technically help the Wii U. They can't possibly do much worse, can they?
Wait, yes they can. It's called Vita lol
Just someone who believes there's still a chance to turn things around sales-wise. Well meaning folk who just love Nintendo too much to see the forest for the trees.
themagicalkitsune
Member
Expected but good to see, Nintendo are basically pulling out their big guns with these two games.
Smash was considerably bigger on the GC than MK, so eh, theres not enough data to support your statement.
orthodoxy1095
Banned
What. How?
From what I can see, Melee and Double Dash actually sold pretty close to each other.
didn't Nintendo just release earnings which said they have profited again?
Oh, Ha. Didn't even read the article. Yeah, technically it'll "help". Heh.
Yeah, it was a preemptive post. Ok, I get that.
Side note: What is the Vita's situation? We know NPD and Japan. In UK, one of Wii U's worst places, its software sales are way below Wii U, which is a clue I suppose. But the quarterly shipments/sales are way higher than the Wii Us (unless the PSP is still doing numbers). It just seemed weird to me, unless ROTW is comparitively destroying...
Smash sold 50% more in the US. Ie. One million units more.
theprodigy
Member
2x last year?
not seeing it, it barely managed this with Mario Kart 8 over the dead summer months of 2013 (by which I mean May-September)
GameGuru59
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nckillthegrimace
Member
At this point, turning the Wii U around seems irrelevant, anyway. Nintendo isn't Sony, and it has pretty clearly communicated that it's committed to supporting its failing console through at least next year. There's like twelve first party games for next year. If someone's a Wii U hardliner or whatever, that should be fine because they presumably like Nintendo's games. Third party games aren't coming back unless they're based on Lego or downloadable, so give up on that dream.
I'm not optimistic here.
Mario Kart wasn't a game you would expect a store to be out of, so I didn't bother preordering it and just randomly decided to pick it up a couple days after it launched.
Smash on the other hand had a bundle. I expected that bundle to be out of stock real easy and impossible to find on launch day, so I preordered it because I wanted a new Gamecube controller. I have a feeling since there was a thread about it being sold out around these parts, a lot of other people did the same thing.
I love my Wii U and all, but even if it started selling like hot cakes I don't think you'd get 3rd parties back at this point.
Mario Kart wasn't a game you would expect a store to be out of, so I didn't bother preordering it and just randomly decided to pick it up a couple days after it launched.
Smash on the other hand had a bundle. I expected that bundle to be out of stock real easy and impossible to find on launch day, so I preordered it because I wanted a new Gamecube controller. I have a feeling since there was a thread about it being sold out around these parts, a lot of other people did the same thing.
I love my Wii U and all, but even if it started selling like hot cakes I don't think you'd get 3rd parties back at this point.
Yes, and I want them to keep profiting. As long as they stay alive and keep pumping out amazing games I will be there to buy them.
It's still gonna outsell the WiiU version. I'd be shocked if the WiiU version managed to pass the 3DS version in sales.
Well, it will. By a lot.
I totally 100% agree. Wii U is a rad Nintendo game system. I'm quite happy at this point, next year's title will be icing. Really excited for Splatoon and Xenoblade.
Going by worldwide sales, they are still both around 7 million (Melee being a tad bit over and DD being a tad bit under).
edit:
Wait, lol, scratch that. Polygon was using bum data to get their figure for Double Dash's sales.
Not surprised at all. Like Melee on the Gamecube, Smash will be bigger than Kart on the Wii U. That's the audience this console is attracting.
Nintendo has also been pushing Smash WAY harder than Kart. Invitational tournaments, daily pics, Smash Bros Directs, Amiibos... the list goes on.
Nintendo has also been pushing Smash WAY harder than Kart. Invitational tournaments, daily pics, Smash Bros Directs, Amiibos... the list goes on.
vinnygambini
Why are strippers at the U.N. bad when they're great at strip clubs???
man Zelda ain't making out in 2015, i don't believe
but god I hope so. I hope so SO BAD
Stilton Disco
Member
That's nice.
Makes sense given the loss of the casual market, as the GameCube sales seeming to point toward Smash being the more popular of the two amongst the Nintendo hardliners.
MK's also probably expanded the user base since its release too though, which of course has a knock on affect, and obviously the proximity to Christmas can't be dismissed. It'll be interesting to see where they both end up sales wise next year certainly.
I also fully expect this year to be the Wii U's high water market sales wise, so hopefully this translates to a decent hardware bump too.
Makes sense given the loss of the casual market, as the GameCube sales seeming to point toward Smash being the more popular of the two amongst the Nintendo hardliners.
MK's also probably expanded the user base since its release too though, which of course has a knock on affect, and obviously the proximity to Christmas can't be dismissed. It'll be interesting to see where they both end up sales wise next year certainly.
I also fully expect this year to be the Wii U's high water market sales wise, so hopefully this translates to a decent hardware bump too.
coulda woulda shoulda bullshit.
Well, most of NIntendo's team have completed moving to their new offices so all things should release on schedule, plus they can tell some folks from Retro to stop working on Wii Fit U2 for a while, tie them to a radiator and force them to make assets.
vinnygambini
Why are strippers at the U.N. bad when they're great at strip clubs???
They should be able to make that date as per their IR report, but last year they mentioned Xenoblade X was a 2014 title ;.;
They must have a holiday game, and Zelda fits that bill.
This are excellent news! This means more people online and more people who have the chance to play Bayonetta 2!
But hardware will sell and we will continue having top quality 1st party titles so it's all good. We know 3rd parties are not coming back to the console so the less we can do now is enjoy the 1st party stuff wich is really good.
But hardware will sell and we will continue having top quality 1st party titles so it's all good. We know 3rd parties are not coming back to the console so the less we can do now is enjoy the 1st party stuff wich is really good.
Gaiaknight
Member
I think it will make it into 2015 skyward sword came out in 2011 by the the time they release this in november 2015 it will have been 4 years which is enough time to make a zelda game.
makingmusic476
Member
God, I Hope the 3DS version didn't fuck up any potential lift for Wii U in Japan.
While that's undisputed since MK sells like a necessity (lol), from what I knew Smash since Melee has always enjoyed much better launch sales than Mario Kart franchise. So in a way it's not really that surprising to see a bigger pre-sales for Smash than MK.
Nintendojitsu
Banned
Agreed. A slight bump from it's usual abysmal sales but good nonetheless.
I hope I'm proven wrong and they're really great tho.
foxuzamaki
Doesn't read OPs, especially not his own
If you know about dev time, also ignoring that sakurai was knee deep in kid icarus, and htat they just cant start development on a game in a day just because they want it out early(theres pre-development where they have to work out ideas and sketches and such before they can even get down to the programming) then why are you still saying this.
Next-gen development takes longer. HD assets take more time. And Nintendo was having trouble with next-gen development early in Wii U lifespan they admitted.
Xenoblade X could be a holiday game in NA/EUR. And they still have a shitload of other Nintendo games next year they could spread out. Doesn't have to be Zelda.
Shikamaru Ninja
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1 - A decent amount of gamers purchased Wii U during / after Mario Kart 8 released.
2 - Smash Bros. is releasing during Holiday season.,
Mario Kart has outsold Smash Bros. quite easily every generation. It be hard to see otherwise.
2 - Smash Bros. is releasing during Holiday season.,
Mario Kart has outsold Smash Bros. quite easily every generation. It be hard to see otherwise.
Mario Kart was bigger on the Wii, smaller on the 'Cube and bigger than the N64 Smash (which, tbf, was the first in the series and had less brand recognition.) I think with a lot of the Wii crowd gone, it was going to be close between the two (If it hadn't been for the 3DS version, I reckon Smash would've easily been bigger.)
Nah.
vinnygambini
Why are strippers at the U.N. bad when they're great at strip clubs???
Nintendo always release their multi-million seller properties in Q3 - Pokemon, Mario, Zelda, and Animal Crossing - fit that bill.
One will most likely see Xenoblade X as a October 2015 game, then Zelda Wii U in late Nov (before Black Firday).
I hope for Nintendo's sake this is what is planned
DeuceGamer
Member
Not sure I could handle Xenoblade X in Oct and Zelda in Nov, but I'd sure like to find out
