Media Create Sales: Week 21, 2014 (May 19 - May 25)

[mclem]

What happened to 3DS..?

Note that LL's split from the base 3DS, so it's actually top of the charts when you combine them.

 

[ILoveBish]

Anything less then 40k was going to be bad, to be below 20k tho, ggpo.

 

[wrowa]

According to post from another tracking site initial sales report for Wii U for the last week is over 200k worldwide, so i expect 70-100k or more for Wii U in Japan.

That "another tracking site" is banned for good reason on GAF.

 

[michaelius]

According to post from another tracking site initial sales report for Wii U for the last week is over 200k worldwide, so i expect 70-100k or more for Wii U in Japan.

Reminds me of good old times when ***** had more Wii sold that Nintendo shipped

 

[CassSept]

1:5 attach rate for MK8 after first week is not too bad I guess.....

Didn't even break 20k, damn

 

[KtSlime]

Ouch, those numbers are heart breaking.

 

[vinnygambini]

Great software numbers. Hardware.....

 

[L Thammy]

I think this goes to show what Shinra was saying. People bought their Wii U's for Mario Kart, but they did it earlier than this week.

 

[sphinx]

disastrous.

nothing else needs to be said.

 

[Tiops]

Get out that chalk board. Another week of depressing numbers, all around.

We need a chalkboard for console gaming in Japan.

 

[Roboleon]

Luigi = MK8
Waluigi = all japanese hardware

 

[DaBoss]

I expected that most people who would buy MK8 would already have a Wii U. It is the long run we're going to have to wait and see.

But I did not expect it to only be bumped up by ~10K. That's quite the disappointment.

I guess next week is probably more important to look at now.

Essentially what's the drop, and where will it settle?

I think it will drop slowly for a long period of time with some small upticks when games come out. It seems they will have a game a month from July onwards.

 

[Kandinsky]

Expected tbh.

Smash it's where it's at.

 

[rokero]

what a disappointment

 

[Xater]

Ok had to check the numbers here to see if 19k is anything good but doesn't look that way. If they can#t even sustain that number at all consoles are pretty much dead in Japan.

Since the software numbers are pretty good it seems like the Nintendo faithful are buying the game. The rest not so much.

 

[Captain Smoker]

Expected a slightly bigger bump.

All hardware numbers are quite bad though.


Mario Kart 8 good.

 

[marrec]

We need a chalkboard for console gaming in Japan.

Might as well preemptively cross off "Video Games" from that list.

 

[BassForever]

So console gaming continues to be confirmed dead in Japan?

 

[cw_sasuke]

WTF at Yokai Watch selling even more....

 

[OverturePT]

Yea, was expecting something like this. I do expect these numbers to continue into next week though (not the MK8 but the Wii U numbers).

 

[FourMyle]

Expected tbh.

Smash it's where it is.

lol

 

[Smiles and Cries]

Media Create:

Wii U 19,312
3DS LL 18,776
Vita 12,859
PS3 6,922
PS4 6,508
3DS 4,957
PSP 1,421
Vita TV 1,098
Xbox 360 225

shit could not even reach my 23k

just a 10k bump

 

[Anth0ny]

Famitsu:

Mario Kart 350,749
Wii U 19,031

Wii u saved

 

[Kresnik258]

Software better than I expected; hardware worse than I expected. Meh.

Hardware all round is abysmal this week.

 

[BlackJace]

WTF at Yokai Watch selling even more....

It can't be stopped

 

[L Thammy]

Wii u saved

From the closet, but not the shelf

 

[Kandinsky]

lol

Been saying this for a long time, even before both were revealed mang, like a boss.

 

[shinra-bansho]

I think this goes to show what Shinra was saying. People bought their Wii U's for Mario Kart, but they did it earlier than this week.

Yeah; the question now remains, how many people who need Mario Kart still haven't bought the system for Mario Kart now that it's out.

And what will it take to get them to buy it (What's the next tipping point title?).

 

[Roboleon]

PS4 selling half of the Vita is also pretty damn terrible

On a side note

 

[Jamix012]

I have crow to eat, Christ that's pretty bad for the Wii U. MK 8 on the other hand outdid my expectations.

 

[Spiritreaver]

Every week is better than the last. I can't get enough of the drama.

 

[Mpl90]

Gaaah, I was expecting much better from Wii U this week
We'll have to see if there's an increased base for hardware sales in the next weeks; I mean, if it goes from 6-7k for week to 13-15k for week, it'd still be better than before. Still very bad, but also better.
Mario Kart 8 first week is great, so that's why I think that there's a possibility of that happening.

 

[Phamit]

Hardware sales are all around not very good

 

[spyroflame0487]

I think the real test here is going to see what next week's is. If MK can continue to sell pretty good and continue to sell consoles (especially going into E3) well, then I don't see too much of a problem.

 

[Interfectum]

Japan has welcomed their mobile overlords with open arms.

 

[Nirolak]

Yeah; the question now remains, how many people who need Mario Kart still haven't bought the system for Mario Kart now that it's out.

And what will it take to get them to buy it (What's the next tipping point title?).

This is why I've been hesitant on the Wii U recovering in general.

Basically everything announced is a title you could have easily assumed from day one of the console and picked up as soon as something like Mario 3D World or NSMB U came out.

Given Mario 3D World appeals to much of the really core Nintendo enthusiast audience, I would suspect that picked up a pretty large chunk of them.

 

[Yagharek]

I guess now we wait and see if it goes back to 6k next week or if this is a sustained increase.

 

[phanphare]

ouch

well hopefully the baseline will increase for Wii U...hopefully

 

[BassForever]

So when are we gonna start seeing smart phone sales tracked? Clearly then we'll see impressive hardware numbers

 

[Darksol]

Ouchies.

 

[BlackJace]

I guess we have to look at the drop next week. Even a base increase to 12-15k is an improvement based on how shitty things have gone.

Still, the opening was fantastic.
I think that's what makes the hardware numbers sting even more.

 

[Scum]

Yeah; the question now remains, how many people who need Mario Kart still haven't bought the system for Mario Kart now that it's out.

And what will it take to get them to buy it (What's the next tipping point title?).

A steady stream of games, like the Vita had for the last four(?) months.

...

:-(

 

[Darius]

WiiU outselling PS3 and PS4 individually by 3:1 and PSV heading back to its previous disastrous sales trajectory.

 

[Smiles and Cries]

Japan is screwed up right now I would not be down on WiiU bump when PS3 outsold PS4
Japan is not loving us

 

[OverturePT]

I think the real test here is going to see what next week's is. If MK can continue to sell pretty good and continue to sell consoles (especially going into E3) well, then I don't see too much of a problem.

I'm expecting it. These are numbers from the 29th to the 1st of June (Wii U and MK8), only three days, I'm expecting the game and system to still sell quite a bit (hoping for a decent steady number for the Wii U).

 

[Scum]

This is why I've been hesitant on the Wii U recovering in general.

Basically everything announced is a title you could have easily assumed from day one of the console and picked up as soon as something like Mario 3D World or NSMB U came out.

Given Mario 3D World appeals to much of the really core Nintendo enthusiast audience, I would suspect that picked up a pretty large chunk of them.

It won't recover. I can see more MK8 situations though - good software sales and rubbish bumps. Here's hoping NCL keep all the WiiU titles alive on the next hardware.

 

[Nirolak]

It won't recover. I can see more MK8 situations though - good software sales and rubbish bumps. Here's hoping NCL keep all the WiiU titles alive on the next hardware.

Right, I mean "recovering" as in "recovering in even the slightest" like a... I don't know what would recovery be at this point? Staying above 10K?

Even that is looking ridiculously laughable.

 

[prag16]

Pretty good MK8 software sales.

Very bad Wii U hardware sales (and all other hardware for that matter). I'll stop short of calling it "disastrous" for the Wii U until we see what kind of legs the bump has. If it holds above 15k next week, and then ends up with a new baseline around 12k for awhile, that wouldn't be disastrous. But if it ends up back in the PS3/PS4 6000 club in 2 weeks, we can definitely slap on the "disastrous" title..

 

[RiggyRob]

This is why I've been hesitant on the Wii U recovering in general.

Basically everything announced is a title you could have easily assumed from day one of the console and picked up as soon as something like Mario 3D World or NSMB U came out.

Given Mario 3D World appeals to much of the really core Nintendo enthusiast audience, I would suspect that picked up a pretty large chunk of them.

Nintendo need to get on the NFC train with Pokemon/Yokai Watch/something similar and do it fast. That's the only thing I can see helping the Wii U recover in Japan.

 

[gigantor21]

Welp, Double Dash 2 status confirmed.