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Media Create Sales: September 6-12
- Thread starter Chris1964
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We really need to wait for US numbers before saying this. Corruption did 1.5 - 2 million worldwide and all we know so far is that Other M is doing better in Japan but worse in the UK. Neither market make up a significant part of the Metroid audience. (Corruption sold 75k in Japan and less than 100k in the UK.)Osuwari said:
Cosmonaut X
Member
Jokeropia said:
We don't even know the UK figures for Other M - all we have are placements. It's likely that - since weekly sales are apparently fairly low across the board just now - that Other M hasn't sold as much as Corruption, but actual figures aren't there.
Still, that doesn't change the point - Other M will match or fail to match Prime numbers based on its performance in the US.
Very important information: the new 4GB 360 sold ~700 units last week.
Also, [NDS] Katekyoo Hitman Reborn! DS Flame Rumble XX - Kessen! Real 6 Chouka total is 39k by Media-Create.
http://www.m-create.com/ranking/
Also, [NDS] Katekyoo Hitman Reborn! DS Flame Rumble XX - Kessen! Real 6 Chouka total is 39k by Media-Create.
http://www.m-create.com/ranking/
BladeoftheImmortal
Member
Chris1964 said:
You think 3DS will snipe Wii's sales enough that the PS3 may maintain its lead going into the holidays? I think that is what will happen this year.
Jokeropia said:
Zero Mission is on the same boat basically with America being the deciding factor. that's why i compared to it.
but looking at the reactions, it looks like it will sell closer to ZM than mp3. ZM sold around 500k in america so it wouldn't be really a bomba but it would be worse than mp3 which i think was close to 1 million here.
_Alkaline_
Member
Boney said:
Not happening. Corruption only barely managed to get to 1.5 million and that was the final chapter of the popular Prime series.
Metroid has just never been a huge seller. Even Super didn't do that great. It's just never had the mainstream appeal of Mario and Zelda. That said, it's still one of Nintendo's more popular franchises.
It'll pull around a million worldwide, probably, and I'm sure that'll be enough for Nintendo. They won't be overly happy with it but poor sales haven't killed the franchise yet. Zero Mission, Echoes and Fusion didn't sell that hot either.
The only thing that concerns me is that Nintendo may have gone overboard with the budget and won't get the returns it's looking for. Other M looked like it cost a fair wack of money, and its marketing was pretty solid for the series too.
Anyway, as for its performance in Japan, it'll beat them all except for probaly Fusion, making it the second-best selling Metroid of the last 10 years in Japan.
Fusion sold better than Super iirc. it is the one after M1, mp1 and RoS in sales.
i believe the sales order is like this atm:
M1 > mp1 > RoS > Fusion > Super > mp3 > mp2 > ZM > Hunters > Pinball
Other M is likely above Pinball and Hunters and it depends on next NPD where it falls related to the following 3. it will need 1 million in NA to beat Fusion and Super since Super sold better in japan but worse in US than Fusion so they should be very close overall.
mp2 should be barely at 1 million overall and ZM is definitely below 1 million because it had around 500k in US. reaching higer will require a miracle since RoS is supposed to be close to 2 million and both M1 and mp1 are above it. the Trilogy doesn-t make much of a difference since it sold worse than Pinball most likely.
it looks like US is the territory that decides the sales placement since the release of mp1/Fusion. the series does about the same range in both Japan and Europe with the big numbers coming from america (mp2 had like 700k and mp3 800-900k. Hunters had something like 300-400k and Pinball was very low in the under 100k area)
having hard numbers would be way better but NPD and European trackes suck hard.
i believe the sales order is like this atm:
M1 > mp1 > RoS > Fusion > Super > mp3 > mp2 > ZM > Hunters > Pinball
Other M is likely above Pinball and Hunters and it depends on next NPD where it falls related to the following 3. it will need 1 million in NA to beat Fusion and Super since Super sold better in japan but worse in US than Fusion so they should be very close overall.
mp2 should be barely at 1 million overall and ZM is definitely below 1 million because it had around 500k in US. reaching higer will require a miracle since RoS is supposed to be close to 2 million and both M1 and mp1 are above it. the Trilogy doesn-t make much of a difference since it sold worse than Pinball most likely.
it looks like US is the territory that decides the sales placement since the release of mp1/Fusion. the series does about the same range in both Japan and Europe with the big numbers coming from america (mp2 had like 700k and mp3 800-900k. Hunters had something like 300-400k and Pinball was very low in the under 100k area)
having hard numbers would be way better but NPD and European trackes suck hard.
_Alkaline_
Member
Busaiku said:
I wouldn't think so.
It's still more popular than Donkey Kong, Mother, F-Zero, Fire Emblem, Kirby, Pikmin, Punch-Out, and Star Fox.
Donkey Kong being the debatable one there but I'm going by its recent performances rather than the successful Country series.
KuwabaraTheMan
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_Alkaline_ said:
Donkey Kong has been mismanaged for years, but I think DKCR will sell well, and Kirby is pretty popular. It's definitely more popular than the rest of their stable, however. Metroid certainly does well enough for Nintendo, even if it isn't a huge blockbuster franchise.
i'd say Metroid is among the lower popular series that still get major budgets. Kirby, DK and even the Mario RPGs alone sell better most of the time. the only other series that do lower are niche stuff like Fire Emblem, Advance Wars and Wario.
the big three are easily Mario/Pokemon/Wii _____
then comes SSB/Zelda/Kirby + stuff like AC
then comes DK/Metroid/Wario and other comparable games
then comes Fire Emblem/Advance Wars and other niche titles that get made often and get enough sales to profit.
i don't know how Metroid got the perception that it was a big series since it has never sold that good. Mario Kart Wii alone has probably sold more than the entire series combined.
the big three are easily Mario/Pokemon/Wii _____
then comes SSB/Zelda/Kirby + stuff like AC
then comes DK/Metroid/Wario and other comparable games
then comes Fire Emblem/Advance Wars and other niche titles that get made often and get enough sales to profit.
i don't know how Metroid got the perception that it was a big series since it has never sold that good. Mario Kart Wii alone has probably sold more than the entire series combined.
_Alkaline_ said:
of those, only Mother, FE, Pikmin and Punch out have sold worse than the best selling Metroids. the first F-Zero had better sales than any Metroid but then the series had a horrible fall off and is now dead.
DK was massive in the DKC days and later DK64. Kirby Sells millions with each release in several territories. Star Fox was massive also in the SNES and N64 days and, like DK, was mismanaged since then but a new main game would probably smoke any recent Metroid game easily.
I always assumed the "big 3" was more or less referring to quality and prestige, not necessarily sales. Mario, Zelda, and Metroid are by far the best 3 series in terms of quality, and they have been around the longest.
I hope Metroid doesn't do really poorly, it wouldn't exactly look great for the series if the Metroid game with biggest budget and marketing bombs. I mean wasn't Nintendo disappointed with the sales of the Prime series, and Other M was supposed to be a game that sold significantly more?
I hope Metroid doesn't do really poorly, it wouldn't exactly look great for the series if the Metroid game with biggest budget and marketing bombs. I mean wasn't Nintendo disappointed with the sales of the Prime series, and Other M was supposed to be a game that sold significantly more?
Dengeki Sales, Sep 06 - 12, 2010:
01 / 00 [NDS] One Piece: Gigant Battle! (Bandai Namco) - 133,967 / 133,967
02 / 01 [PSP] Monster Hunter Diary: Poka Poka Airu Village (Capcom) - 54,090 / 440,932
03 / 02 [WII] Wii Party (Nintendo) - 44,353 / 952,304
04 / 05 [PSP] Ace Combat X2: Joint Assault (Bandai Namco) - 12,475 / 97,794
05 / 03 [WII] Metroid: Other M (Nintendo) - 11,472 / 57,816
06 / 06 [WII] Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Nintendo) - 9,282 / 832,430
07 / 00 [PSP] Sengoku Efuda Yuugi: Hototogitsu Tairan (Irem) - 8,535 / 8,535
08 / 10 [PSP] Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G (PSP the Best Reprint) (Capcom) - 8,294 / 439,717
09 / 08 [NDS] Art Academy DS (Nintendo) - 8,006 / 182,302
10 / 12 [NDS] Taiko no Tatsujin DS: Dororon! Yokai Daikessen!! (Bandai Namco) - 7,989 / 214,364
11 / 04 [PSP] Bleach: Heat the Soul 7 (SCE) - 7,522 / 30,767
12 / 09 [PS3] Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 [reprint] (Square Enix) - 7,333 / 16,480
13 / 00 [PS3] UFC 2010 Undisputed (Yuke's) - 6,661 / 6,661
14 / 13 [NDS] Inazuma Eleven 3: Sekai e no Chousen!! Spark (Level 5) - 5,200 / 464,510
15 / 15 [NDS] Inazuma Eleven 3: Sekai e no Chousen!! Bomber (Level 5) - 5,167 / 399,742
16 / 14 [PS3] Sengoku Basara 3 (Capcom) - 5,147 / 388,564
17 / 11 [PSP] Hatsune Miku: Project Diva 2nd (Sega) - 5,138 / 346,654
18 / 18 [NDS] Tomodachi Collection (Nintendo) - 4,994 / ?
19 / 20 [WII] Wii Fit Plus (Nintendo) - 4,960 / ?
20 / 23 [WII] New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Nintendo) - 4,807 / ?
Other software (first week / LTD):
2007-07 One Piece: Gear Spirit (Bandai Namco) - 30,000 / 81,000
Notes:
1) Sell-through
- [NDS] One Piece: Gigant Battle! ~70%
2) April(?) to August 2010 (compared to last year)
- Overall software:
-- 21.26 million units (-7.7%)
-- 110.2 billion yen (-6.9%)
http://ascii.jp/elem/000/000/555/555091/
Aug 30 - Sep 05
Aug 23 - 29
Aug 16 - 22
Aug 09 - 15
Aug 02 - 08
Jul 26 - Aug 01
Jul 19 - 25
Jul 12 - 18
Jul 05 - 11
Jun 28 - Jul 04
Jun 21 - 27
01 / 00 [NDS] One Piece: Gigant Battle! (Bandai Namco) - 133,967 / 133,967
02 / 01 [PSP] Monster Hunter Diary: Poka Poka Airu Village (Capcom) - 54,090 / 440,932
03 / 02 [WII] Wii Party (Nintendo) - 44,353 / 952,304
04 / 05 [PSP] Ace Combat X2: Joint Assault (Bandai Namco) - 12,475 / 97,794
05 / 03 [WII] Metroid: Other M (Nintendo) - 11,472 / 57,816
06 / 06 [WII] Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Nintendo) - 9,282 / 832,430
07 / 00 [PSP] Sengoku Efuda Yuugi: Hototogitsu Tairan (Irem) - 8,535 / 8,535
08 / 10 [PSP] Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G (PSP the Best Reprint) (Capcom) - 8,294 / 439,717
09 / 08 [NDS] Art Academy DS (Nintendo) - 8,006 / 182,302
10 / 12 [NDS] Taiko no Tatsujin DS: Dororon! Yokai Daikessen!! (Bandai Namco) - 7,989 / 214,364
11 / 04 [PSP] Bleach: Heat the Soul 7 (SCE) - 7,522 / 30,767
12 / 09 [PS3] Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 [reprint] (Square Enix) - 7,333 / 16,480
13 / 00 [PS3] UFC 2010 Undisputed (Yuke's) - 6,661 / 6,661
14 / 13 [NDS] Inazuma Eleven 3: Sekai e no Chousen!! Spark (Level 5) - 5,200 / 464,510
15 / 15 [NDS] Inazuma Eleven 3: Sekai e no Chousen!! Bomber (Level 5) - 5,167 / 399,742
16 / 14 [PS3] Sengoku Basara 3 (Capcom) - 5,147 / 388,564
17 / 11 [PSP] Hatsune Miku: Project Diva 2nd (Sega) - 5,138 / 346,654
18 / 18 [NDS] Tomodachi Collection (Nintendo) - 4,994 / ?
19 / 20 [WII] Wii Fit Plus (Nintendo) - 4,960 / ?
20 / 23 [WII] New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Nintendo) - 4,807 / ?
Other software (first week / LTD):
2007-07 One Piece: Gear Spirit (Bandai Namco) - 30,000 / 81,000
Notes:
1) Sell-through
- [NDS] One Piece: Gigant Battle! ~70%
2) April(?) to August 2010 (compared to last year)
- Overall software:
-- 21.26 million units (-7.7%)
-- 110.2 billion yen (-6.9%)
Code:
Hardware | This Week | Last Week | YTD | LTD
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NDS | 40,535 | 38,060 | 1,792,849 | 30,760,656
PSP | 32,382 | 36,333 | 1,560,342 | 14,968,679
PS3 | 18,110 | 19,684 | 1,114,347 | 5,601,628
WII | 14,699 | 15,874 | 1,151,663 | 10,697,473
360 | 2,096 | 2,017 | 182,935 | 1,391,823
PS2 | 1,316 | 1,264 | |
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Total | 109,138 | 113,232 |Aug 30 - Sep 05
Aug 23 - 29
Aug 16 - 22
Aug 09 - 15
Aug 02 - 08
Jul 26 - Aug 01
Jul 19 - 25
Jul 12 - 18
Jul 05 - 11
Jun 28 - Jul 04
Jun 21 - 27
21. / 34. [PSP] Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker (Konami)
22. / 24. [WII] New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Nintendo)
23. / 19. [PSP] Hatsune Miku: Project Diva 2 (Sega)
24. / 15. [WII] Dragon Quest: Monster Battle Road Victory (Square Enix)
25. / 23. [NDS] Harvest Moon: Twin Villages (Marvelous Entertainment)
26. / 10. [PS3] Another Century's Episode R (Bandai Namco)
27. / 28. [NDS] Fire Emblem: New Mystery of the Emblem - Hero of Light and Shadow (Nintendo)
28. / 29. [NDS] New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo)
29. / 22. [NDS] Metal Max 3 (Kadokawa Shoten)
30. / 25. [NDS] Tetris Party Deluxe (Hudson)
31. / 36. [PSP] Corpse Party: Blood Covered - Repeated Fear (5pb.)
32. / 27. [PSP] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 2010 (Konami)
33. / 31. [NDS] Pokemon Heart Gold / Soul Silver (Pokemon Co.)
34. / 21. [PS3] Super Dimensional Game Neptune (Compile Heart)
35. / 00. [PSP] Sengoku Basara: Battle Heroes [PSP the Best Reprint] (Capcom)
36. / 30. [NDS] Tokimeki Memorial: Girl's Side 3rd Story (Konami)
37. / 00. [PS3] Split/Second (Disney Interactive)
38. / 26. [PSP] Tales of Phantasia: Narikiri Dungeon X (Bandai Namco)
39. / 20. [PSP] Hakuouki: Zuisouroku Portable (Idea Factory)
40. / 32. [NDS] Kamen Rider Battle: Ganbaride Card Battle Taisen (Bandai Namco)
41. / 37. [NDS] Tamagotchi no Pichi Pichi Omisecchi (Bandai Namco)
42. / 35. [NDS] Heart Catch PreCure! Oshare Collection (Bandai Namco)
43. / 33. [PS3] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 2010 (Konami)
44. / 38. [PS3] Assassin's Creed II: Special Edition (Ubisoft)
45. / 44. [PSP] Phantasy Star Portable 2 [PSP the Best] (Sega)
46. / 39. [WII] Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo)
47. / 41. [PS2] Persona 4 [PlayStation 2 the Best] (Atlus Co.)
48. / 00. [WII] Taiko Drum Master Wii 2 (Bandai Namco)
49. / 47. [PSP] Pop 'n Music Portable [Best Selection] (Konami)
50. / 00. [PS3] Resident Evil 5: Gold Edition (Capcom)
00. / 00. [ALL] Weekly Software Sales (All Publishers) - 678.266 / 37.429.903 (-5%)
NDS - 15
PSP - 15
WII - 10
PS3 - 9
PS2 - 1
360 - 0
22. / 24. [WII] New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Nintendo)
23. / 19. [PSP] Hatsune Miku: Project Diva 2 (Sega)
24. / 15. [WII] Dragon Quest: Monster Battle Road Victory (Square Enix)
25. / 23. [NDS] Harvest Moon: Twin Villages (Marvelous Entertainment)
26. / 10. [PS3] Another Century's Episode R (Bandai Namco)
27. / 28. [NDS] Fire Emblem: New Mystery of the Emblem - Hero of Light and Shadow (Nintendo)
28. / 29. [NDS] New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo)
29. / 22. [NDS] Metal Max 3 (Kadokawa Shoten)
30. / 25. [NDS] Tetris Party Deluxe (Hudson)
31. / 36. [PSP] Corpse Party: Blood Covered - Repeated Fear (5pb.)
32. / 27. [PSP] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 2010 (Konami)
33. / 31. [NDS] Pokemon Heart Gold / Soul Silver (Pokemon Co.)
34. / 21. [PS3] Super Dimensional Game Neptune (Compile Heart)
35. / 00. [PSP] Sengoku Basara: Battle Heroes [PSP the Best Reprint] (Capcom)
36. / 30. [NDS] Tokimeki Memorial: Girl's Side 3rd Story (Konami)
37. / 00. [PS3] Split/Second (Disney Interactive)
38. / 26. [PSP] Tales of Phantasia: Narikiri Dungeon X (Bandai Namco)
39. / 20. [PSP] Hakuouki: Zuisouroku Portable (Idea Factory)
40. / 32. [NDS] Kamen Rider Battle: Ganbaride Card Battle Taisen (Bandai Namco)
41. / 37. [NDS] Tamagotchi no Pichi Pichi Omisecchi (Bandai Namco)
42. / 35. [NDS] Heart Catch PreCure! Oshare Collection (Bandai Namco)
43. / 33. [PS3] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 2010 (Konami)
44. / 38. [PS3] Assassin's Creed II: Special Edition (Ubisoft)
45. / 44. [PSP] Phantasy Star Portable 2 [PSP the Best] (Sega)
46. / 39. [WII] Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo)
47. / 41. [PS2] Persona 4 [PlayStation 2 the Best] (Atlus Co.)
48. / 00. [WII] Taiko Drum Master Wii 2 (Bandai Namco)
49. / 47. [PSP] Pop 'n Music Portable [Best Selection] (Konami)
50. / 00. [PS3] Resident Evil 5: Gold Edition (Capcom)
00. / 00. [ALL] Weekly Software Sales (All Publishers) - 678.266 / 37.429.903 (-5%)
NDS - 15
PSP - 15
WII - 10
PS3 - 9
PS2 - 1
360 - 0
you are listing the least popular franchises of nintendo and claiming that metroid is one of the most popular franchises ? :lol :lol_Alkaline_ said:
the most popular franchises are wii___, Mario, Mario Kart, Pokemon, Nintendogs, Brain Training and maybe Zelda
Also Kirby is way more popular then Metroid. It is a constant million seller in japan.
_Alkaline_
Member
I said one of the more popular franchises. FFS. I didn't say it was among the most popular.
Cosmonaut X
Member
cvxfreak said:
Fixed ;-)
As for the Metroid discussion, it's clear that it isn't among Nintendo's biggest sellers, but it has a decent niche fanbase and it is a prestige title that fills a gap in Nintendo's line-up. If Other M really underperforms in the US it may be retired for a while, but it's not going to disappear.
These were September estimates.Chris1964 said:
09/09/10 [NDS] One Piece: Gigant Battle (Bandai Namco) - 180.000
16/09/10 [PS3] Front Mission: Evolved (Square Enix) - 70.000
16/09/10 [360] Front Mission: Evolved (Square Enix) - 30.000
22/09/10 [PSP] Black Leopard: A New Tale of Yakuza (Sega) - 240.000
30/09/10 [PSP] K-On! After School Live!! (Sega) - 160.000
30/09/10 [NDS] Okamiden (Capcom) - 120.000
30/09/10 [PS3] Dead Rising 2 (Capcom) - 80.000
30/09/10 [360] Dead Rising 2 (Capcom) - 30.000
Parmenides
Banned
I guess everything is relative.cvxfreak said:
Too early to tell.PlayStation Move wont be the new Wii,but...noobie said:
perfectchaos007
Member
YTD
PS3 1.017.094
Wii 1.015.473
Could THIS be the year of the PS3? it has to hang on with the lead till December 31 to count
PS3 1.017.094
Wii 1.015.473
Could THIS be the year of the PS3? it has to hang on with the lead till December 31 to count
FINALFANTASYDOG
Member
Chris1964 said:
Azalyn is interesting in that his actual store is incredibly small, anything he says about what is going on in his store is basically worthless info. However he seems to have very good connections and relationships with wholesalers and a great overview of the market, sense that makes his predictions spot on. Anyway This weeks predictions from him:
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Front Mission - Both systems 50% sell-through. 60,000~
Yugio - 50% sell through. more of a weekend seller type(also it's a 3 day weekend) game so 70-80,000 is possible
Halo reach - 60%上~ over 40,000
Blue roses - Sales are really split between good and bad stores, 15,000 as a hopeful prediction
It's definitely not more popular than Kirby._Alkaline_ said:
Super Star Ultra in Japan alone probably managed to do more than what Echoes, Zero Mission, or Fusion did worldwide. Though Japan is Kirby's strongest area, it certainly is no slouch in the US (though Europe's kinda weaker), and does almost as well here.
Then there's Mario (with spin-offs like Mario Party, Mario sports, Paper Mario, Mario Kart, and Mario & Luigi all being bigger as well), Pokemon (with Pokemon Ranger and Pokemon Mystery Dungeon being bigger too), Zelda, Wii games, Brain Age/other training games, Nintendogs, Animal Crossing, Super Smash Bros, and maybe another series or two that I can't think of.
And the Layton games have also sold more than the any GC/GBA/DS/Wii Metroid in the regions Nintendo handled it, but you can't really consider that a Nintendo franchise.
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
_Alkaline_ said:
I'm pretty sure Fire Emblem beats Metroid's sales in Japan.
Also, you forgot Pokémon (OMG IT'S TOMORROW).
Nintendo's biggest problem with Wii in Japan right now is that there aren't many things they can do.
Even when they make some smart moves they fail to follow them.
New Play Control series: For the budget and purpose they had they were definetely succesful and helped Nintendo to fill some gaps with Wii's empty release schedule.
Dead since June 2009.
Media Create:
11/12/08 [WII] New Play Control! Donkey Kong: Jungle Beat (Nintendo) - 25.266 / 108.805
25/12/08 [WII] New Play Control! Pikmin (Nintendo) - 49.731 / 169.036
15/01/09 [WII] New Play Control! Mario Power Tennis (Nintendo) - 56.509 / 205.070
19/02/09 [WII] New Play Control! Metroid Prime (Nintendo) - 7.215 / 21.519
12/03/09 [WII] New Play Control! Pikmin 2 (Nintendo) - 28.706 / 137.653
11/06/09 [WII] New Play Control! Chibi-Robo (Nintendo) - 11.202 / 39.847
11/06/09 [WII] New Play Control! Metroid Prime 2: Echoes (Nintendo) - 2.342 / 7.216
These titles at least helped Wii the first half of 2009. Second half of 2009 had very strong at releases, NSMBW gave to the system some of its lost glory, Iwata said they had learned from their mistakes and then comes the first half of 2010.
The only ''big'' title released for the first 5 months was Resident Evil: Darkside Chronicles, until Galaxy 2 arrived at the end of May.
As expected all the NSMBW hype was gone and Wii was again where it was at June 2009, waiting again for a strong second half (more like strong last quarter) to cover some of the lost distance.
Another mistake: Everyone's Recommendation Selection series that played (somehow) the role of New Play Control series this year look to be discontinued although many of the games they included did respectable sales.
The situation for Wii the last 2 years (that is the same for 2010) is: Nintendo releases the big guns at second half of the year, gets big hardware and software sales from them.
They know they will have almost zero third party support to help them fill the release schedule at first half of next year so they hope that the year end tiles alone will keep the moment.
When the time comes this doesn't continue they start releasing games hoping again for big hardware and software sales at the end of the year and the cycle goes on.
Without third party support this won't change. They don't have unlimited resources and development teams must also work for 3DS, DS and Wii 2 at some point.
So they are stuck and this starts to look the scenario for 2011. Empty first half, one or two big releases for summer and the big guns at the end of the year.
The only title right now that will come out somewhere in Jan-June 2011 (Golden Week?) will be Inazuma Eleven Strikers.
Nintendo conference after 2 weeks will be important for Wii's future (Q4 2010-Q4 2011 I mean).
Even when they make some smart moves they fail to follow them.
New Play Control series: For the budget and purpose they had they were definetely succesful and helped Nintendo to fill some gaps with Wii's empty release schedule.
Dead since June 2009.
Media Create:
11/12/08 [WII] New Play Control! Donkey Kong: Jungle Beat (Nintendo) - 25.266 / 108.805
25/12/08 [WII] New Play Control! Pikmin (Nintendo) - 49.731 / 169.036
15/01/09 [WII] New Play Control! Mario Power Tennis (Nintendo) - 56.509 / 205.070
19/02/09 [WII] New Play Control! Metroid Prime (Nintendo) - 7.215 / 21.519
12/03/09 [WII] New Play Control! Pikmin 2 (Nintendo) - 28.706 / 137.653
11/06/09 [WII] New Play Control! Chibi-Robo (Nintendo) - 11.202 / 39.847
11/06/09 [WII] New Play Control! Metroid Prime 2: Echoes (Nintendo) - 2.342 / 7.216
These titles at least helped Wii the first half of 2009. Second half of 2009 had very strong at releases, NSMBW gave to the system some of its lost glory, Iwata said they had learned from their mistakes and then comes the first half of 2010.
The only ''big'' title released for the first 5 months was Resident Evil: Darkside Chronicles, until Galaxy 2 arrived at the end of May.
As expected all the NSMBW hype was gone and Wii was again where it was at June 2009, waiting again for a strong second half (more like strong last quarter) to cover some of the lost distance.
Another mistake: Everyone's Recommendation Selection series that played (somehow) the role of New Play Control series this year look to be discontinued although many of the games they included did respectable sales.
The situation for Wii the last 2 years (that is the same for 2010) is: Nintendo releases the big guns at second half of the year, gets big hardware and software sales from them.
They know they will have almost zero third party support to help them fill the release schedule at first half of next year so they hope that the year end tiles alone will keep the moment.
When the time comes this doesn't continue they start releasing games hoping again for big hardware and software sales at the end of the year and the cycle goes on.
Without third party support this won't change. They don't have unlimited resources and development teams must also work for 3DS, DS and Wii 2 at some point.
So they are stuck and this starts to look the scenario for 2011. Empty first half, one or two big releases for summer and the big guns at the end of the year.
The only title right now that will come out somewhere in Jan-June 2011 (Golden Week?) will be Inazuma Eleven Strikers.
Nintendo conference after 2 weeks will be important for Wii's future (Q4 2010-Q4 2011 I mean).
it will beperfectchaos007 said:
if not 2011 will be
look at TGS there were no games announced for wii. the japanese game development community has abandoned the wii in favor to PSP, 360 and PS3.
I expect some Nintendo games but 0 thirdparty announcements. Wii is dead thirdpartywise. Sad thing that no one even tries to speak to the 10 million audience the wii has sold to. But it looks like third parties think that a 6 million userbase (PS3) is superior to that.Chris1964 said:
i dont know did anyone try to release something on the wii ?Spiegel said:
last time i remember someone doing that was MHTri and Tales of Graces.
while one was a miserable failure the other one did sell at least some copies.
also why dont they try to make games that are actually selling on wii. (aka casual or kids games)
wasnt this one a pure 3DS conference though ?Chris1964 said:
Chris1964 said:
I think that the limitation of the Mario 25th Anniversary pack is also a big mistake
they should sell this normally and not only for a certain period of time in limited numbers. it could be a million seller but they are blowing that despite the need of a high selling evergreen title.
Why would you think that the conference is of any importance for Q3 and Q4 2011? I doubt that Nintendo will make any announcements for the second half of 2011. They never used their fall conferences for those. It's much more probable that they will announce their line-up for that time at E3 again - like they are doing it every year. See: the announcements of Kirby and Donkey Kong for this year's holiday.Chris1964 said:
Actually, I don't think that Nintendo are going to show much or any Wii stuff this year, let alone new announcements. The fall conference is essentially the 3DS conference this year and they will absolutely focus on that. With luck we will get some new trailers for Wii's year-end line-up and maybe some info on their games for the first half of next year.
You are forgetting about Mario Sport Mix and Zelda btw. Both titles (especially the Sport Mix) have decent chances to be released in the first half of 2011. Their is a decent chance that Last Story slips into the first half of 2011 too.