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Media Create Sales: Week 50, 2012 (Dec 10 - Dec 16)
- Thread starter Chris1964
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Wait, Wii U had a better second week than the Wii and PS3? Really?
gamergirly
Member
All around good for Nintendo. No comment on Vita..
What a week for 3DS hardware. Software is doing great as well, damn that AC is beastly just pushing forward.
Wii U drop-off not bad, but i hope we see better software sales in the future. These are still somewhat okay due to the small install base.
Vita... a whole year of failure, that has to be some achievement. If Sony ever puts that ship afloat, they should never be praised, we would just have to admire their luck.
Wii U drop-off not bad, but i hope we see better software sales in the future. These are still somewhat okay due to the small install base.
Vita... a whole year of failure, that has to be some achievement. If Sony ever puts that ship afloat, they should never be praised, we would just have to admire their luck.
Famitsu comparison
[N64] Paper Mario (Nintendo) - 55.725 / 174.046 ( released on August 11th, 2000)
[GCN] Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo) - 59.427 / 197.177
(released on July, 22nd 2004)
[WII] Super Paper Mario (Nintendo) - 83.448 / 239.503 (released on April, 19th 2007)
[3DS] Paper Mario: Sticker Star (Nintendo) - 79.063 / 209.072
Judge me after the holiday season, oh wait...
mugurumakensei
Member
Majmun
Member
Wii had massive shortages, if I remember correctly.
Holy shit at 3DS and Animal Crossing! 3DS continues to sell crazy good. Now if only NoA gave a shit about it...
The fact Super Paper Mario is the best selling game in the series (in Japan) is really depressing.
Graphics Horse
Member
Wii U after 2 weeks is the same as Wii, 435k
God damn 3DS is killing it. Vita sales are absolutely pathetic for the week leading into one of the last holiday shopping periods. I just don't see how any publisher can really think of even planning any new titles for the system at this point in time.
Very respectable Wii U numbers.
Very respectable Wii U numbers.
These two sentences in direct sequence just made me chuckle.
Opus Angelorum
Member
Indeed.
First two weeks of December (3DS) > entire year (PSVita).
And if the 3DS manages to sell over 340k for the next two weeks, that will equal PSVita life sales. Incredible.
Just PR talk.
They didn't do anything worth mentioning in Japan for this holiday to warrant any sort of bump in sales.
No price cut, no attractive bundles, nothing worth mentioning in terms of game releases.
Can't blame them either, whatever they would have done would have just been overshadowed by the continued rise of the 3DS and the launch of the WiiU.
I'm looking to next year for them to start making moves with the Vita.
Wow, going to be an exciting few weeks.
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As for other impressions, I would've been surprised Bravely Default wasn't riding this wave as well... until I picked it up myself. It's so incredibly niche, and not the mainstream old-school RPG I thought it was.
WiiU software (the big three at least) are doing great. I've been thinking about my purchase, and I really want a white one. The only issue is I'll need something for DQX (and I'll buy stands separately). I'll probably skip on NSMBU and go for Nintendoland. Thinking about picking up a starter kit as well and put my Wii upstairs to play VC games on a SDTV. All of it really adds to the price. Sucks Japan gets ripped off.
I'm asking my wife for the download card of Layton vs AA for Christmas. Hope it continues to sell!
kobashi100
Banned
3DS cannot be stopped!
Vita sales are pathetic.. Dead machine!!
Vita sales are pathetic.. Dead machine!!
Pie and Beans
Look for me on the local news, I'll be the guy arrested for trying to burn down a Nintendo exec's house.
You of course realise the bias yelps swing both ways?
Looks like WiiU has a far healthier future in Japan than it does in the rest of the world at least.
Not sure what can be done with Vita. Sony should have locked MonHun the fuck down somehow I guess, but hindsight and all that.
Castor Krieg
Banned
3DS is Japan's main console.
Graphics Horse
Member
The last word is chuckle inducing already.
Exterminieren
Banned
I was looking for them to start making moves at some point this year, personally.
Still looking.
Majmun
Member
That's what it usually does though.
Piling bias on bias - always a good strategy.
Opus Angelorum
Member
That's been the case for the last three weeks.
Smiles and Cries
Member
shinra-bansho
Member
Wii second week was 109K (Famitsu) or 85K (MC). Launch aligned LTD are similar for MC (436K), but Famitsu has Wii higher (481K). This was the severely supply constrained Wii, however.
Canis lupus
Member
January and february are gonna be horrible for Vita, any significant release before Soul Sacrifice?
Exterminieren
Banned
I've bee saying its the PSP's fault but no one is listening
I'd believe you if the PSP was putting up healthy enough numbers to account for both.
Wasn't the Wii a lot more supply constrained?
mugurumakensei
Member
That's pretty much it. Still, it certainly seems, as far as home consoles go, the Wii U will take hold in Japan. What's bad for Sony is they're giving Nintendo a year to grow the base. The 360 successor's launch and the continued Wii U presence in the west will take away a lot of launch power from Sony as well. They're not in an enviable position.
The Wii U had 90% sellthrough first week which was roughly the same as the Wii. The Wii U just has a larger number of shipments going out to make sure stock doesn't drop too far.
Daaaaamn.
3DS will easily top one million units sold. Vita will need a miracle reaching 100k
yup. people like cheap shit, that's why ios games are killing handhelds in the west.
Pie and Beans
Look for me on the local news, I'll be the guy arrested for trying to burn down a Nintendo exec's house.
Ha ha ha, so defensive. You guys should really learn to not let all this back and forth define your every post.
Hows Yakuza 5 doing in comparison by the way peeps? Franchise fatigue signs, or is it doing pretty good?
Majmun
Member
Nirolak just said next week has always been historically bigger than this one... so what you claim to be incredible is pretty much a given, isn't it?
but yeah, incredible.
And the whole year. PSP YTD is around 10% higher than Vita YTD
Practice what you preach good sir! lol
Discussing sales is more relevant to the thread anyway.
kobashi100
Banned
COD, AC and NFS:MW was there content and they didnt do much. Cant wait to see what he comes out with after christmas!!