I know that but still... a 5% ST even for a long legged title like Taiko is awful...
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Media Create Sales: Week 46, 2013 (Nov 11 - Nov 17)
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I know that but still... a 5% ST even for a long legged title like Taiko is awful...
Aquamarine
Member
Oh wow...Super Mario 3D World is very low at 20%, but Taiko no Tatsujin's 5% first-day sell-through is outright abysmal.
StreetsAhead
Member
Do we know the Mario shipmet?
Its bad, but in the end i believe it will sell well. An 20-30k opening would be great. Lets see if it can manage. Being a title like taiko makes first day sell through more meaningless, since no one expects it to sell most of it on its release.
Mario also very low, but being so close to holidays makes me a little more complacent about it. I also think it will do well, just like taiko, but i dont know if it gots the same leg power as it.
opticalmace
Member
How many days of sales is that Mario figure? Thanks.
Well obviously not. It's obviously a bomb after the first day sell through despite Mario games having legs, selling at weekends and usually high Nintendo shipments.
Aquamarine
Member
It's first-day sell-through, from the usual source.
StreetsAhead
Member
That's the day 1 sell through from yesterday (Thursday)
"Bomb" is not an objective term. Even if the game sells well compared to the vast majority of games on the market, it can still perform badly compared to our expectations and the other games in the series.
I hope it's something close to 20 millions :O
After the first day sell through of a game you don't know the shipment of?
1st Course
Member
20% first day sell-through is absolutely terrible for Mario. I 'm expecting a 130-140k FW personally.
shinra-bansho
Member
A great field of nominees.
But the bomba goes to:
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You're right, the shipment is obviously a bajillion. 20% of a bajillion is heaps.
As I can see here shipment for FF13-2 was 850k.
Does +500k shipments for 3D world sound reasonable? I just can't imagine the game selling less than Pikmin and Wii Party U. I know about the bundles, but still.
NeoGAF told me the Vita was twelve months ago.
1st Course
Member
Vita is indeed done in Japan. Everyone here already accepted that it will never reach the heights of the PSP.
PhoenixDawn
Member
Damn. Unless Mario 3D shipped an insanely high amount (possible, but unlikely, I'd say), Wii U is completely dead in Japan, even more so than it previously was.
I'm not actually being sarcastic. One of the few instances I'm serious on GAF.
I didn't have much hope anyway but safe to say I have no hope now.
StreetsAhead
Member
At 20% that would be more sales than there are Wii U consoles though, haha.
I'm still expecting 150K to 200K for the first week though. We'll see, maybe I'm naive.
RurouniZel
Asks questions so Ezalc doesn't have to
Sadly I second this sentiment. Nintendo can't afford to pull the plug, but they'd better have a successor by 2016 at the latest.
So not hitting 20,000,000 sales now equals done?
I don't it'll sell less than Wii Party U first week.
Admiral Bone to Pick
Banned
I think "done" is the wrong word to use, but neither the Vita or the Wii U has great prospects looking forward.
theprodigy
Member
it won't hit 10 million either, but if you're going to use the half-dead Vita as an example of a Wii U turnaround then LOL
When did I say it will turn around? I merely pointed out the absurdity of objectively stating that it can't.
Saying its a bomba when we dont even know its first sales numbers is tough, but lets not get carried away and act like its a normal thing. Its bad.
Anyway, 23 is a holiday. It may sell well on the following days.
metalslimer
Member
=( 3D World looks so damn good. DAMN YOU WIIU!!! Hope it at least has a 120k opening. And holy crap at Taiko...
Even with legs a 5% sell through is awful. We're probably looking at a sub 10k week?
Vita looks much healthier going forward. I would like to see Wii U at least have disappointing prospects going forward
Even with legs a 5% sell through is awful. We're probably looking at a sub 10k week?
Vita looks much healthier going forward. I would like to see Wii U at least have disappointing prospects going forward
1st Course
Member
I would be surprised if it managed even half that. Anyway back to the Wii U, the Wii U so far:
- Tracking about 1/4 what the Wii was doing.
- Haven't even outsold its last year YTD yet.
- 3rd party SW sales are absolutely abysmal
- One of its biggest cards is no longer an exclusive (Smash)
To expect it to make a come back at this point is just asking too much.
Well, like i said, theres a holiday this week, so chances are it will keep selling. I dont think we will have a week so bad, specially since its shipments are probably high.
A sub 10k would be awful and back to the days where the series was whored on the ps2. God, i hope not.
Also, hiska, the blog makes a mention if its just the bundle, the software only or both?
The Abominable Snowman
Member
Weather in Tokyo from yesterday
Nov 20 8:30 AM Sunny. Cool. 52 °F (11 °C) Low 62°F (16.5°C) High Winds 10 mph Direction East 41% Humidity 29.83 "Hg
Nov 21 8:30 AM Passing clouds. Cool. Passing clouds. 54 °F (12.2 °C) Low 61°F (16.5°C) High 8 mph Direction Southeast 35% Humidity 29.98 "Hg N/A
Someone please tell me how this may have affected first day sellthrough for yesterday. Is it Finals time?
Nov 20 8:30 AM Sunny. Cool. 52 °F (11 °C) Low 62°F (16.5°C) High Winds 10 mph Direction East 41% Humidity 29.83 "Hg
Nov 21 8:30 AM Passing clouds. Cool. Passing clouds. 54 °F (12.2 °C) Low 61°F (16.5°C) High 8 mph Direction Southeast 35% Humidity 29.98 "Hg N/A
Someone please tell me how this may have affected first day sellthrough for yesterday. Is it Finals time?
Those are some poor sell-through numbers apart from LR. I imagine Mario and Taiko will get a bump over the weekend though. Presumably the Mario shipment was pretty healthy, retailers would still order good quantities of it even on a failing system based on brand name alone.
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theprodigy
Member
StreetsAhead
Member
It is a holiday on Saturday but it is not a long weekend, so it won't have a huge effect I imagine.
jeremy1456
Junior Member
Always panic.
Yeah, i know. But at least its something that makes me believe that taiko has a chance.
Aquamarine
Member
Here's a post I made a while ago about the subject:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=89250070&postcount=76