LordOcidax
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Donkey Kong Country Returns on Wii sold around a million on Japan. With an bigger install base. So i expect >100k first week. And not a significant bump on Wii U sales.
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Media Create Sales: Week 6, 2014 (Feb 03 - Feb 09)
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Sammy Samusu
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With three new releases, I really did not expect Vita to drop to 16k. Oh and there's nothing launching this week, so it will either drop even further or stay flat.
1 week and 3 days till PS4......
1st Course
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DK games have slow start but strong legs.
I don't expect a big bump for Wii U next week.
I'm thinking more like 50k FW.
I don't expect a big bump for Wii U next week.
I'm thinking more like 50k FW.
Lol DK next week is going to be hilarious, 45k, and I will be in heaven, fu Nintendo for making Retro waste their talent on a uprez DKR that no one asked for in the first place, dat David Wise tho.
DQM didnt do much for 3DS, nice hold for Vita and lol@WiiU.
Next week WiiU bump will be amazing from 8k to 11k.
DQM didnt do much for 3DS, nice hold for Vita and lol@WiiU.
Next week WiiU bump will be amazing from 8k to 11k.
ZeDorguinha
Banned
wiiu is dead.
Donkey Kong Country Returns sold 970k on Wii
And, if Comgnet numbers are reliable, things don't look so good. Even if I'm convinced it'll have a good launch, but then...
Psycho_Mantis
Banned
#championisdead
What the fucking bollocks?
cyberheater
PS4 PS4 PS4 PS4 PS4 PS4 PS4 PS4 PS4 PS4 PS4 PS4 PS4 PS4 PS4 PS4 PS4 Xbone PS4 PS4
What?
Psycho_Mantis
Banned
I think its safe to say after all the fucking DK threads, that many are disappointed that Retro's secretive game was DK.
Interceptor
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metalslimer
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With NSMBU+LU packed into the box and 3D World just being released, a 3rd platformer in the mix seems like a terrible idea. I still think it will sell 200k eventually though.
Magicpaint
Member
To continue selling at least 4.5m a year when even the DS couldn't sustain that level? I don't think any reasonable Sales-Ager would expect that, no.
You don't think falling from 8670 to 8608 is holding well? Almost no drop at all.
And DKCR will be big.
Failure.
LordOcidax
Member
Really... nice Vita hold??? its down more than the Wii U in % compare to last week. So is a bad week all around.
If Retro were working on any other game it probably would've sold a lot less than 45k tbqh.
Holy cow the Vita aplogists... at least give it some fun like Dave with the champion song/hashtag 
Anybody knows why Sony doesn't lower the PS3 price? Is because it's still expensive to manufacture? At this price it's not going to sell much more in any territory (and much less the 20 million to "win the generation").
Wii U won't even be >10.000 next week and 3DS seems like it won't repeat another 4-5 million year.
Sad times indeed
Anybody knows why Sony doesn't lower the PS3 price? Is because it's still expensive to manufacture? At this price it's not going to sell much more in any territory (and much less the 20 million to "win the generation"
).Wii U won't even be >10.000 next week and 3DS seems like it won't repeat another 4-5 million year.
Sad times indeed
Thanks. FWIW, I can't imagine a new Metroid would be any bigger of a seller in Japan than a new DK.
metalslimer
Member
Well this is not true. Nintendo has many other IPs that would have sold better.
ahaha. I haven't searched it but it must very close graphically to Returns with so many mixing the 2 games.
I meant games that Retro would realistically be working on.
Palette Swap
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Super Heroine Chronicle looked like a stinker but it really cratered, didn't it?
Anybody knows why Sony doesn't lower the PS3 price? Is because it's still expensive to manufacture? At this price it's not going to sell much more in any territory (and much less the 20 million to "win the generation"
Money probably, people wanted them to slash the price with the release of the new slim but they didn't and ended up with more profit since the price was the same while the model was cheaper to make.
There is also the release of the PS4 to take into account.
Quality of sales threads have taken quite a dive ever since the stupid WiiU-Vita "fanboyism" started :|
PS4 must help itself first. I checked launch titles and they are pathetic.
I'm curious: What are "not so good" numbers for you on release?
Well, it was a joke.
I even said failure at the end. It was supposed to be BIG... failure. I expect it to do the same LTD as Taiko Wiiu. Maybe a little more. 200k at the very best.
Infernal Monkey
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I asked for it. I personally wrote Iwata a letter asking for it. I sealed it with a kiss.
LordOcidax
Member
True. And considering that DK series is a little bigger franchise than Pikmin in Japan. (Just a little)
metalslimer
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I don't know, did anyone really see them on DK even 5 years ago?
1st Course
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The DK Gamecube games did about that FW. I expect the same from DKCR.
DK games are all about legs.
metalslimer
Member
Which is what was said about the Pikmin series to explain away Pikmin's low first few week sales and in the end their was a huge decline from the Gamecube.
How the PS4 does in Japan will be interesting for sure and will determine Japan's presence on the world stage I think in terms of development.
If they reject the system then console gaming is dead there and that is that. They will keep moving towards handhelds and mobile and paint themselves into an obscurity of sorts.
There will be some developers that continue to fight the good fight like Capcom, Square, KojiPro etc. but that will be about it.
If they reject the system then console gaming is dead there and that is that. They will keep moving towards handhelds and mobile and paint themselves into an obscurity of sorts.
There will be some developers that continue to fight the good fight like Capcom, Square, KojiPro etc. but that will be about it.
Spieler Eins
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If Retro and others would have made different projects, the WiiU wouldn't be a redundant replication of ,,Wii/3DS greatest hits'' and sell better in general.
RurouniZel
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DQ looks like the only decently selling game this week.
Wii U continues to attempt seppuku against Nintendo's will.
Wii U continues to attempt seppuku against Nintendo's will.
I think we all know thats just pr bs from both parties
I disagree, a new high budget triple A IP would do wonders, especially helping those WiiU install base numbers. As it is DK will do absolutely nothing for the system.
Damn you!
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.
Ah, hadnt seen Famitsu had Vita at 16k. Thats pretty crappy, and quite a difference to MC.
Yeah, I think Japan's console industry can now certainly be considered in real and genuine trouble. Even dedicated handhelds are going to be down and not picking up the slack anymore and once juggernauts like Square, KojiPro, and Capcom are dragging their heels even still after taking what feels like half a generation on holiday apiece.
Yeah, I think Japan's console industry can now certainly be considered in real and genuine trouble. Even dedicated handhelds are going to be down and not picking up the slack anymore and once juggernauts like Square, KojiPro, and Capcom are dragging their heels even still after taking what feels like half a generation on holiday apiece.
Even if the Japanese market collapses, the PS4 seems to be doing good enough in US and EU. The 360 was a great success without selling anything in Japan too.
Similar thing for GTA, even though it's doing well in Japan, it's only a drop in the bucket when you consider WW sales.
Another Metroid would probably sell less than 45K first week in Japan.
The is one of the biggest points to take away from last gen, Japan is not needed for a system to succeed.
Still, for the most part Japanese games is still where its at for me so to see even less output from them would be terrible.
It's true about the legs, but I believe Tropical Freeze has more appeal than DK Gamecube games.
Magicpaint
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Definitely. The IP is dead in Japan. But the problem with DK is that it's serving to an audience well satisfied on the WiiU atm and so can't really move extra systems. This is where Retro doing something really new would have been possibly worthwhile but Nintendo preferred to play it safe.
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Jesus Christ, what is this?
gamergirly
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Looks like everything dropped but the 3DS....