Thank you.
Yeah, Super Circuit still will be the worst selling Mario Kart when everything is said and done.
I agree with you about Double Dash. I don't think MK8 will beat that game.
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Yeah, Super Circuit still will be the worst selling Mario Kart when everything is said and done.
I agree with you about Double Dash. I don't think MK8 will beat that game.
Lucky Europe
Wait, does Super Mystery Dungeon suck? Aw man, I was looking forward to it.
Wait, does Super Mystery Dungeon suck? Aw man, I was looking forward to it.
I'm not a fan of Dungeon games. It's one of the better Dungeon games, that's for sure, but still has the horrific mechanics that make me hate the Dungeon series
happy days WOOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Oh. Well, if it's as good as Explorers of Sky then I'll be happy.
I'm pretty sure that's actually higher than the past two years.
Mario Kart 8 now at 54.8% attach rate lifetime, 61% this quarter. That's crazy.
Wii U is up YOY.
2015 = 1,530,000
2014 = 1,430,000
Wii U is up YOY.
2015 = 1,530,000
2014 = 1,430,000
how so? MK usually beats SSB.
GC was kind of an anomaly but on N64 and Wii, MK sold much more than SSB.
3D Mario is more up in the air but on N64 it sold much more than SSB and on Wii they were really close.
SSB4 still has the advantage of being newer so it can catch up to SM3DW.
CaviarMeths
Member
Sure, but Apr-Sep is always a pretty horrific sales period. It should still be up YoY, in line with Nintendo's projections.
Been like that since they announced the delay.
Well the release date has yet to be disclosed, so it's not wrong.
You really shouldn't worry about a 2016 release
Not yet (almost!):So, Mario Kart 8 - 5.87 million
So is it still the worst selling Mario Kart? It has probably beaten Super Circuit by now
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/subscription.php
EDIT:
Beaten like a dead horse.
kuroneko0509
Member
Pretty much the same as what in the Q1 report
Who is this new CEO? Never heard of him before.
Good point. I forgot that MK64 and (especially) MK: WIi were absolute monsters. Melee was indeed the exception rather than the rule.
Good point. I forgot that MK64 and (especially) MK: WIi were absolute monsters. Melee was indeed the exception rather than the rule.
Palette Swap
Member
They finally passed that milestone of having sold more units than Dreamcast.
Yay!
the main difference has always been not in sales, but in "financial" landscape. I've recently read "Rise and fall of Sega", and maaaan, what a financial mess they were at that time when they released (almost successfully in the US) that wonderfule console
So WiiU surpassed Game Gear (10.62M) this quarter.
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=981407
Wii U passed Dreamcast one year ago.
Nintendo's Halo is Mario. That's fact.
Palette Swap
Member
I went by Wikipedia's 10.6m units shipped figure, but honestly that's kind of moot to the overall point as the simple fact Dreamcast sales are somehow a bar is the point.
To the surprise of no one, with the possible exception of Nintendo itself, digital sales continue to grow.
The six-month total nearly doubled from 10.7 billion yen last year to 21 billion yen this year. I'll update my graphs later, but honestly Nintendo should have always been so much more aggressive with digital sales.
Edit: For the single quarter, digital sales went from 6.7 billion yen last year to 9 billion yen this year, a YOY increase of 34%.
The six-month total nearly doubled from 10.7 billion yen last year to 21 billion yen this year. I'll update my graphs later, but honestly Nintendo should have always been so much more aggressive with digital sales.
Edit: For the single quarter, digital sales went from 6.7 billion yen last year to 9 billion yen this year, a YOY increase of 34%.
Danke. Lots of interesting info that I've been missing out on. Specifically this:
This makes me rather curious. He's stepping down from a managerial role, and only doing an advisory role on the BoD, so what's he focusing on? Or is this a sign that he's about to...retire? D:
CaviarMeths
Member
Mario is a universally appealing character that could sell anything. Consoles, handhelds, playing cards, underoos, you name it.
But Halo and Master Chief is a brand that sell specifically to the core audience of Xbox. I see Splatoon as being more directly comparable to that in the future.
TheSlySoul
Member
Was thinking it was close to 11 million. About 4-5 software per Wii U.
Edit: Seems MK8 will outsell Super Circuit. Polygon egg on face.
Mihael Mello Keehl
Banned
Honestly... how long have you been out of the loop haha?
this just kinda amusing to me
Jaded Alyx
Member
Honestly... how long have you been out of the loop haha?
this just kinda amusing to me
He should change his name to Oblivious.
It's discussed in the thread (ofcourse) - if I remember the general idea is that it makes place for Takahashi in a bigger management role (to maybe become CEO in a few years).
Honestly... how long have you been out of the loop haha?
this just kinda amusing to me
Pretty far out, sadly. Used to frequent the gaming side every day. Nowadays...not so much, so yeah I'm catching up on a lot, haha.
I just learned recently there's a Halo 5 now, too. :O
Splatoon helped with this... a lot.
Very good quarter. Now on to the most important quarter!
Seems the attach rate for the 3DS and Wii U are improving. Good ol evergreen title sales.
And to remind everyone that the listed titles on their site is the best selling software, not just those over 1mil in sales, which should be obvious.
Seems the attach rate for the 3DS and Wii U are improving. Good ol evergreen title sales.
And to remind everyone that the listed titles on their site is the best selling software, not just those over 1mil in sales, which should be obvious.
Iriscomeback
Member
I bet/fear next time we hear about Zelda is E3 2016....
They are thinking as businessmen, not as game developers.
KratosEnergyDrink
Member
So income, sales, etc. are all way up year-over-year.
More than most analysts expected.
More than most analysts expected.
Nintendo always puts these on TBD as long as there is no new release date announced. The earliest they will revise that TBD is in their april report or in their release schedule after E3.
It's rare we get release schedule/new title announcements out of these Q2 earning reports. At most you'll get a confirmation of a delay in a certain territory.
Graphics Horse
Member
MK8 shall sell more than MKDD, it shall! Christmas should easily get it within half a million I think.
I thought it was already like that. Doubt they'll update until they have a new info dump on it. The delay didn't really sound like it was going to be brief but I guess they have late 2016 in mind now.
I thought it was already like that. Doubt they'll update until they have a new info dump on it. The delay didn't really sound like it was going to be brief but I guess they have late 2016 in mind now.
http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/pdf/2015/151028e.pdf
They spent 28 billion yen in the first half of this fiscal year on R&D (compared to 29 billion next year). Forecast is to spend 65 billion yen for the full year, so their R&D spending is ramping up quite a bit in the 2nd half.