They won't. It will only result in bumps only to fall on it's face until Zelda or another big game.
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NPD Sales Results for November 2013 [Up3: Zelda, Pokemon, Mario, 3DS, Wii U]
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They won't. It will only result in bumps only to fall on it's face until Zelda or another big game.
AHA-Lambda
Member
Updated my graph
Why don't you align the launch dates?
Exactly, because it's new
metalslimer
Member
I viewed it as a sign of more games to come, and more 3rd party games and collaborations which unfortunately never showed up.
Castef
Banned
They won't do that. They will keep trying to lift the system as they have some big hitters coming next year. There's always a chance, no matter how slim, that they can get a little momentum so I think they will keep going for it. If it ends up a GC 2, then they'll probably be happy they survived and made some profit and try again with something insane like the they did with the Wii.
Your turn next, boys.
Make iwata proud
lol
Kabuki Quantum Lover
Member
- Not surprised at Wii U numbers. Nintendo is fucked with that platform.
- Am surprised by the 'average' 3DS numbers (especially with the three flavours on the market). This doesn't bode well.
- LOL at Major Nelson's shitty spinning. The Xbox did well, but don't kid yourself.
- The Dreamcast is doing okay.
Mikey Jr.
Member
Uhhh, you are fucking with me, right? Please tell me that you are.
Graphics Horse
Member
NO, it's much worse.
The 9 million was only for the financial year period of April 2013 to April 2014. It's closer to 2 million a month needed.
Dat hyperbole. Wii U alone isn't going to sink Nintendo.
-MD-
Member
The controller made it an unplayable console for me. I hated everything about the wand.
Version 3.0
Member
Sooner? You must be kidding. Mobile was supposed to kill the 3DS before it even arrived. Every single story about the 3DS was either a flat statement that it couldn't succeed, or a loaded question: "Can the 3DS compete with mobile? Over a billion phones were sold in the last quarter!".
There are things they can do going forward and it could very well be something we don't see coming.
ultratruman
Banned
Absolutely. Sony's nimble marketing has been phenomenal, and without a doubt contributed to this hard-fought success. The Sony execs capitalised on every misstep the Microsoft camp made.
E3 was like a public evisceration of old, complete with baying crowds and an axe-wielding executioner.
The casual audience has, for the most part, left consoles. The problem here is that Nintendo has made a console that doesn't appeal to the core gamer, the ones who are still out there buying consoles left and right. There's a HUGE console market out there still, as PS4 and XB1 sales has proven, but Nintendo is making a console instead for a bygone demographic. They SHOULD have had a fleshed out online feature set that appealed to core gamers. They SHOULD have fleshed out and expanded their IPs to include those more "mature" audiences who, like it or not, buy and play console games. They should have had increased media functionality with local media playback and Blu-Ray/DVD playback. They should have gotten rid of Miis and, more importantly, the Wii name. The Wii name is for a demographic that no longer wants consoles.
I still WANT Mario games, and Pikmin games, etc. But Nintendo NEEDS to realize that their IPs need massive expanding. The third parties aren't coming, so MAKE a great mature action adventure game in the vein of Uncharted, MAKE a great first-person shooter with fleshed out online play and a great campaign, MAKE some great sports games. I just WISH Nintendo understood this stuff.
I still WANT Mario games, and Pikmin games, etc. But Nintendo NEEDS to realize that their IPs need massive expanding. The third parties aren't coming, so MAKE a great mature action adventure game in the vein of Uncharted, MAKE a great first-person shooter with fleshed out online play and a great campaign, MAKE some great sports games. I just WISH Nintendo understood this stuff.
zeopower6
Member
Why bring the Vita into this? >(
Jokes apart, they need their new Wii Sports. And they need it really fast.
No, they need to make as much as they can, they can't know what will be the next big hit.
I predicted, like many did earlier in the year, that the Wii U would make an incredible rebound this holiday season and really turn it around with Mario, Pikmin 3, etc... and it would ultimately play out much like the 3DS sales. I was wrong, I admit that now. With these numbers, I'm ready to prepare myself for the death of the Wii U. If they didn't do any better than that this holiday season then I don't think anything major will happen over the next year.
At this point I expect fewer and fewer third party games/exclusives, and I expect the Nintendo first party titles to slow down even more than they have been already. It wouldn't shock me if they start to prepare to convert titles that are in the early stages of development from the WIi U to whatever they may decide to come up with next. There sill still be games for the Wii U, and I'll buy most of them and enjoy the hell out of them, but any visions I had of it truly turning around at all are now dead.
I'm going to enjoy what the system has already given me, and enjoy the titles that are to come, and nothing more and nothing less.
I'm shocked Nintendo didn't do some sort of ambassador program for the Wii U. If one of the two Nintendo systems needed something like that to say thanks to their loyal customers, it was the Wii U. As a huge Nintendo fan, a lifelong fan, this really hits me right in the gut.
At this point I expect fewer and fewer third party games/exclusives, and I expect the Nintendo first party titles to slow down even more than they have been already. It wouldn't shock me if they start to prepare to convert titles that are in the early stages of development from the WIi U to whatever they may decide to come up with next. There sill still be games for the Wii U, and I'll buy most of them and enjoy the hell out of them, but any visions I had of it truly turning around at all are now dead.
I'm going to enjoy what the system has already given me, and enjoy the titles that are to come, and nothing more and nothing less.
I'm shocked Nintendo didn't do some sort of ambassador program for the Wii U. If one of the two Nintendo systems needed something like that to say thanks to their loyal customers, it was the Wii U. As a huge Nintendo fan, a lifelong fan, this really hits me right in the gut.
Projectjustice
Banned
I dont get everyone stating that the Wii U is dead. Its not, Nintendo will continue to operate and support the console for another 3 years at least. The worst thing Nintendo could do is pull a Saturn on the console. It would damage their brand forever.
The top 10 is terrible, this industry is so commercialize now. Im glad I have a Wii U for the different type of games it offers.
The top 10 is terrible, this industry is so commercialize now. Im glad I have a Wii U for the different type of games it offers.
Fenderputty
Banned
The Wii targeted a market, and did so really we'll. Who's the Wii U targeted at?
BigDaddyFatSack
Banned
Holy sh** at Dreamcast/Wii U comparison. Nintendo is finished. They need to cut their losses with Wii U, go back to the drawing board, and come up with a new device soon.
Sadly he is not.
Nightstick11
Banned
Man, seeing the low 3DS+Wii U figures juxtaposed with that utterly garbage top 10 list is disgusting. What has this industry become.
Needless to say, 3DS sales were disappointing but the Wii U is abominable. I don't get it. 220,000 for the one company that isn't trying to monetize every menu command.
Well, as they say, if that's what the market wants, that's what it wants, however foolish it may be. The Wii U probably won't get prematurely killed, so those of us who have one won't get fucked.
For the next generation I am thinking Nintendo will come out with some kind of bizarre hybrid streaming unit thingie.
Keys to a Comeback:
1. Open 5-10 more studios solely in North America and Europe;
2. Buy or revive old first-party/third-party IPs;
3. Enough fucking Mario and Donkey Kong;
4. Open the fucking vaults for a proper VC.
Needless to say, 3DS sales were disappointing but the Wii U is abominable. I don't get it. 220,000 for the one company that isn't trying to monetize every menu command.
Well, as they say, if that's what the market wants, that's what it wants, however foolish it may be. The Wii U probably won't get prematurely killed, so those of us who have one won't get fucked.
For the next generation I am thinking Nintendo will come out with some kind of bizarre hybrid streaming unit thingie.
Keys to a Comeback:
1. Open 5-10 more studios solely in North America and Europe;
2. Buy or revive old first-party/third-party IPs;
3. Enough fucking Mario and Donkey Kong;
4. Open the fucking vaults for a proper VC.
Your turn next, boys.
Make iwata proud
They don't look very optimistic.
Wii U 220K: Road to 9 million.
Just in one region. Overall, it outsells the Wii U according to Nintendo.
Just in one region. Overall, it outsells the Wii U according to Nintendo.
anexanhume
Member
Keep in mind that those are pretty much the only multiplats to show up on the new consoles too, making it tough for a console exclusive on ps4 or xb1 to beat a title that's on 5 or 6 platforms.
Hcoregamer00
The 'H' stands for hentai.
Cygnus X-1
Member
Come on. Casual people do not know this core stuff and perception. Simply Wii U is being rejected by the market because it's not an interesting product. And 2DS/3DS is being assaulted by the smartphones floods. But it's not about being produced by Nintendo or whatever.
Gaming Industry has basically become Hollywood but much worse:
And Need For Speed and WWE had releases as well this year, but they didn't end top ten.
Did you just start gaming last week or something?
lol
I'm guessing you never looked at a top 10 chart for the PS2 or the like? It was also full of whatever was mainstream at the time.
Agreed.
I honestly cannot stand seeing Mario's face anymore.
Maybe if they came out every couple years.... but... how many Mario games and games with Mario came out in the last 5 years? Yeesh.
It makes more sense to compare across the same months?
Relaxed Muscle
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Kazuma Kiryu
Member
Your turn next, boys.
Make iwata proud
They look so sad. Probably because they know they're heading for a cliff.
Keep telling yourself that.
It is a terrible launch lineup.
The first party titles reviewed mediocre and the rest is third party...
freenudemacusers
Member
I guess I don't understand the objection, or how it's 'kicking the dreamcast while it's down'.
