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Media Create Sales: Week 1, 2013 (Dec 31 - Jan 06)
- Thread starter Chris1964
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metalslimer
Member
Yeesh, but I guess I was mainly talking about heading to sub 10k pretty quickly if NSMBU can't keep it above 30k for at least a few weeks.
If this happens gaf will explode
DR2K
Banned
Misery loves company.
It'll happen. Then we'll get a Nintendo Direct. Then my wish of downloading Bayonetta: Climax Edition (after 11pm) before Bayonetta 2 hits, will come true.
You mean bayonetta 2 sigma edition will ship before bayonetta 2
It's tough cuz common sense dictates nintendo will do something about lagging sales. Of course they will! They have a precedent for this!!
But at the same time, the exact same thing was said about the vita. No way Sony lets that ship sink! No way they go down without a fight! They've got SOMETHING planned! CoD Vita is just the tip of the iceberg! Right...
To be fair cod vita did ship
pieatorium
Member
like 14 hours from now
jeremy1456
Junior Member
No... it won't. At least not for the first few years. I mean, Wii U sales will get that low this summer, but I really cannot see any possible scenario where Vita outsells it outside of the week Soul Sacrifice launches.
jeremy1456
Junior Member
Sony's situation with the Vita isn't so much that they 'should' do something and aren't, more like they can't do anything.
I think Soul Sacrifice is all they've got - I don't think that, with the PS4 coming soon, they can afford to moneyhat third parties.
"No..." to what though? The Vita > Wii U numbers? Nintendo Direct?? Or my dreams of Bayo on the eShop before Bayo2 hits??
test_account
XP-39C²
I think there is a very little chance that they make a remake/re-release of Bayonetta 1 after Bayonetta 2.
jeremy1456
Junior Member
No to Vita > Wii U numbers. I expect the Wii U to go below 30k pretty soon. Not in the numbers we get this week, but soon.
Nintendo will of course do a bunch of directs. I would be shocked beyond belief if Bayo 1 became available on the Wii U in any form.
jeremy1456
Junior Member
This kind of stuff is crazy talk considering the Wii U will undoubtedly have software still on the chart, and the Vita probably will not.
It's as if the typical New Year bump made people start throwing out random ass numbers.
The chance of a sigma 2 release is much higher than a rerelease of bayonetta 1
Well you have three possible explanations. Either Sony is deliberately being apathetic towards the platform (unlikely), they sincerely believe that they've done all they can to secure top quality software like assassin's creed and CoD and are subsequently boggled by the lack of consumer interest (possible), or they have decided that given the lean state of the company, they would rather not spend the requisite cash to fund more 3rd parties to create key software for the platform (also possible).
If it's the 2nd one, it indicates incompetence. If it's the 3rd, it makes me wonder how much money they're going to be willing to spend to promote PS4. But then again, it's likely they view their console branch as being far more important than their handheld division.
test_account
XP-39C²
Sigma 2 is Ninja Gaiden, right? Just asking to make sure i'm not thinking of another game.
It could also be a general problem sony has. Their financialnrating is at junk level. Loans from banks now require intersest rates of over 10% p.a.
I am referring to a possible bayonetta sigma 2 on ps360
But yeah ninja gaiden is the precedence (ms publishing ninja gaiden 2 and a bit later sigma 2 comes out with superior content)
MasterSheen
Member
Vita higher than Wii U, Wii getting a random bump, and 3DS dropping below 100k? Those certainly won't happen.
Those two points are not corollary.
Next week guesses:
3DS - 150K
PS3 - 50K
WII U/PSP - 35K
PSV - 15K
Wii/360/PS2 - doesn't matter
jeremy1456
Junior Member
Is there some huge piece of software that came out for Vita last week that I don't know about which makes these Vita > Wii U predictions make any sense whatsoever?
While Soul Sacrifice does look like a pretty cool game, I don't know how much of a push it will really give the Vita in order to make it a decently competitive system in Japan, especially considering the 3DS lineup for next year.
They may not be serious predictions?
jeremy1456
Junior Member
After all of the Wii U doomed threads I learned not to give GAF the benefit of the doubt anymore.
test_account
XP-39C²
Ah ok, like that. Yeah, i agree that might see more likely indeed. Depends on what the deal between Nintendo and Sega says about Bayonetta 2
No. There might not necessarily be years before we see Vita outselling the WiiU in one week though. Potential price drop for Vita and Soul Scarfice + small upcoming WiiU lineup makes it a plausible senario within the next months.
Well isn't it now that the sales will go down like mad after Xmas and new year?
Well I think it will happen, if not then its a miracle! A MIRACLE I TELL YOU!!
I've seen this kind of thinking around a lot recently, but is this really going to happen?
How likely is it that Nintendo, after experiencing a massive failure with the Wii U, starts doing what the 'gamers' want? I understand the reasoning that Nintendo might change its ways after experiencing a failure, but is that likely to benefit us?
Where's the precedent for a company turning around from failure to become what everyone wanted? There are certainly precedents for companies going from failure to failure without recovering and eventually folding.
I don't know, maybe I'm focusing too much on the negative, but I don't really remember a lot of turnarounds. The only one I can think of is the Wii itself, but that didn't really work out well for the 'gamers'.
jeremy1456
Junior Member
New Super Mario Bros. U is showing no sign of leaving the charts anytime soon.
I agree that if the Vita gets a price drop the same week Soul Sacrifice comes out there might be a chance.
DragonSworne
Banned
Nah, WiiU will still be the second best selling system.
While it will do 30-40k, everything else will drop considerably as well allowing it to maintain it's second place position.
I'm not sure how it's exactly the same thing about the VITA.... Nintendo doesn't have to rely on 3rd party to release "system sellers"...
Smiles and Cries
Member
Let me put it this way. I don't think that the Wii was satisfying to those who want the Wii U to fail.
I sent an email to MC asking for the top 50, and here's the answer they gave me:
I guess they didn't understand me, next time I'll try to write in engrish, maybe I'll have a better chance.
electroplankton
Banned
And don't forget
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lunchwithyuzo
Banned
Not even close.
Joseph Flemming
Member
I'm seeing all kinds of crazy predictions in here... IDK what happened in this thread, but i'll take whatever you guys are on.
smbu2000
Member
Animal Crossing is still pretty much sold out all around me. Occasionally I'll see it unstick, but soon after it's sold out again.
I've seen Fantasy Life in stock one time and that was at my local Bic Camera. When I checked again a day or two later it was sold out.
Both titles should do alright I'm guessing. Depending on how much stock Nintendo/L5 can get out there.
StreetsAhead
Member
When I was in Osaka, the store didn't have physical copies of Fantasy Life, Animal Crossing, or Paper Mario. It was like they never existed...except for all the advertising around them. This was a week ago though.
Wii U will be 47,000!! Peace out!