I thought squids genetically do have them.
But seriously how the legs will be would depend on now Nintendo keep pushing this by marketing.
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Media Create Sales: Week 21, 2015 (May 18 - May 24)
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I thought squids genetically do have them.
But seriously how the legs will be would depend on now Nintendo keep pushing this by marketing.
OrbitalBeard
Member
I think you meant to quote me but I kind of agree with you even though I wasn't really speaking in terms of quality. STEAM is a pretty deep, rewarding experience but I was speaking more about games that have a large appeal. A game like Code Name STEAM really doesn't and a lot of Nintendo's newer IPs are the same way. That's not a bad thing for me personally, but I'm happy to see Splatoon receiving a big push from Nintendo, because it's an IP that absolutely can appeal to a large audience.
Well well, let's not get carried away.
It will have tons of tentacle for sure.^_^
Confirm selling billion now as it is marketed toward CoD and all gritty fanboy.
Seems to be a lot of optimism for Splatoon sales in this thread. I think it'll do about 200~250K lifetime in Japan, but I hardly consider that to be "fantastic" (it's pretty good for a Wii U game without Mario in the title, however). I don't think it will move hardware beyond its launch week, and I certainly do not expect it to be an evergreen title like Minecraft or Youkai Watch. I am hopeful it does well enough for Nintendo to consider more new IPs, instead of continually rehashing the same old same old.
I wonder if Nintendo missed the boat by not preparing a Splatoon hardware bundle, perhaps with some cool paint job on the gamepad and/or console. I mean, even XCX got a hardware bundle. Seems a bit odd to me that they wouldn't do this, especially considering they have advertised the game so much.
I wonder if Nintendo missed the boat by not preparing a Splatoon hardware bundle, perhaps with some cool paint job on the gamepad and/or console. I mean, even XCX got a hardware bundle. Seems a bit odd to me that they wouldn't do this, especially considering they have advertised the game so much.
Ah, good.
Surprised Downtown Nekketsu Jidaigeki didn't get a worse start.
Ohh yiissssss!!!!! Also Amazon expects a new shipment on May 30th!
Woot Splatoon
1 million + is a lock WW
That'd be great.... hopefully we get some sort of PR next week, but that'd mean 800k for the first days in EU/NA... seems excessive.
What's the highest-selling FPS/TPS on consoles in Japan?
Is one of the COD games at around 400k when you combine subbed + dubbed verisons?
I do wonder if the amount of resources thrown at the game was slightly contingent on its reception since E3 last year. As a fledgling title without any reliable hook from Nintendo's usual lineup, I have a sneaking suspicion that it might have been a rather more low-profile title had it not been so well-recieved.
weeeeeeeeell, let's see how it will actually debut. Ok first-day ST and first week projections seems positive, but they are still not "firm" numbers.
Splatoon had a large dedicated floor space at E3. They may have knew they had something special.
Shame about Tribe Cool Crew. I heard it's an amazing game.
PSMobile's death is just an end of a revenue stream (however small) for them. I imagine the Appli Archives games were included in their bankrupt developer digs. Most of what Hamster does is simply re-release content from dead pubs.
As for Azito, it doesn't look expensive.
It should be around 500K worldwide first week (my guess), at worst the week after. 1M doable this year.
1m should be doable this quarter.
DXB-KNIGHT
Member
The craze over Splatoon is insane, really didn't expect that at all.
SolicitorPirate
Member
I'm genuinely amazed that even after numbers are posted, there are still people who insist Splatoon will underperform.
May be a bit of both really. Nintendo probably put in some stake that "brand new online shooter IP from Nintendo" would be somewhat a huge deal alone but the big floor space seems mostly like it'd have only been a necessity due to the game needing 8 players to be demoed.
No way. But with Smash, Mario Kart and Splatoon, I feel like Nintendo now has its trinity.
test_account
XP-39C²
Just wondering, underperform compared to what?
Honestly, It wouldn't surprise me and I was cautious. I already wrote I was expecting at least 1.5/2M ww ltd.
Kresnik258
Member
Ok, let's not get crazy.
fredrancour
Member
"Underperform" as in "Wonderful 101 levels of utter sales failure."
Hellraider
Member
Why stop there? It's WiiU's pokemon RGB!
Trinity of games to port to NX?
CaviarMeths
Member
Wow, Splatoon! I'm having a blast with it, and it's nice to see a new IP come out so strong, especially for a genre Nintendo doesn't really produce on a system that doesn't really produce.
Hitting a million WW this year would be fantastic.
EDIT: So basically Splatoon's first week in Japan could be 2852% higher than The Wonderful 101's.
Hitting a million WW this year would be fantastic.
EDIT: So basically Splatoon's first week in Japan could be 2852% higher than The Wonderful 101's.
Splatoon will save WiiU.
Obviously I mean the game will outsell Witcher 3 two and a half times over in it's first week.
test_account
XP-39C²
A Splatoon 2 looks more and more likely to happen, indeed =)
I dont think he was referring to that. He mentioned 200k-250k, which is ~10 times more than what The Wonderful 101 sold in Japan.
A lot of people said Splatoon would sell the same as W101, so it's a little joke.
We have someone stating it will only do 200-250K LTD in Japan when it's likely already at least done over 50% of that number in its first day on sale, ahead of the weekend, and apparently with a healthy re-stock.
So... compared to the reality of the numbers we have available, I guess?
Nintendo apologised for the Splatoon shortages, more shipments next week. amiibo also scarce in stores.
Source
So... looks like Chris won't get his 200k FW for Splatoon, it seems. He was right about the "if enough stock" part.
Source
So... looks like Chris won't get his 200k FW for Splatoon, it seems. He was right about the "if enough stock" part.
Nothing1016
Member
Why stop there?
Its WiiU's Wii Sport! Its the PSP's Monster Hunter! The one game to rule them all.
Smiles and Cries
Member
Smash Wii U?
I think he means a new IP.
not a new IP.
Aren't shipment numbers usually determined by what stores want to order in advance of the release date? Or is there some sort of a cap that they put on production of the discs for launch week?
I mean, Nintendo would likely have to be the one to apologize for the shortage regardless, but... I'm not 100% up to speed on how this works.
All that said, looks like we'll have a near-complete sell-through rate.