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Splatoon has surpassed 1 million sales world wide
- Thread starter James Scott
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Jawmuncher
Member
Confirmed for Smash, as if there was ever any doubt. He'll I'm eating crow from the last thread. Didn't expect this high in sales,
foxuzamaki
Doesn't read OPs, especially not his own
Yeah, same, I thought they would have been at 1 million for a while now, unless its possible they were just sitting on announcing this for a while.
Well-deserved, even with the launch day complaints about lack of content. Their methodology may be a little divisive, but the continuous rollout of new weapons and stages has given a new reason to return every couple of days, if not sooner. I imagine the legs will be decent, particularly once the August update hits with added friend-play options. Trying to aim without the gyro controls is going to feel extremely strange the next time I feel I need to. 
Not up to the level of other games that easily break a million within a week or less, but for a brand-new IP on the Wii U, it's a really encouraging sign, both for Splatoon and Nintendo's garage initiative in general.
Not up to the level of other games that easily break a million within a week or less, but for a brand-new IP on the Wii U, it's a really encouraging sign, both for Splatoon and Nintendo's garage initiative in general.
Staaay fresh.
Haven't you seen the NPD thread?!?!?! Everyone expects Splatoon to crater and completely fall of the charts when June NPD data is released.
I wouldn't be surprised if Splatoon matched or outperformed its May performance this month in US.
victreeb3l
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OuterLimits
Member
Great news. Good numbers especially since the Wii U will be killed soon by Nintendo.
Both my wife and love the game. She doesn't usually play video games much, but is already level 19, while I finally just managed to get to level 10. Lol. Single player is damn fun also, especially the boss battles.
Looking forward to the new game modes and maps. The Rainmaker mode sounds especially fun.
Nintendo has made many blunders with the Wii U. Which is a shame because their first party games have been fantastic on the system. Splatoon may be my favorite or a close second to Pikmin 3.
Both my wife and love the game. She doesn't usually play video games much, but is already level 19, while I finally just managed to get to level 10. Lol. Single player is damn fun also, especially the boss battles.
Looking forward to the new game modes and maps. The Rainmaker mode sounds especially fun.
Nintendo has made many blunders with the Wii U. Which is a shame because their first party games have been fantastic on the system. Splatoon may be my favorite or a close second to Pikmin 3.
abstract alien
Member
What a glorious wall that is.
Dice//
Banned
ThatRandomCliff
Member
A million I dare say.
SatoAilDarko
Member
Interesting to compare this to Codename Steam the other new Nintendo IP. That launch with like only 30,000 US sales in a month. It's Japan debut was worse than the Wonderful 101 and the worse Nintendo published games since the GBA.
New IP's are great but these two games so that they're still a gamble that you can win big on.
New IP's are great but these two games so that they're still a gamble that you can win big on.
timetokill
Banned
Crooooow! Get yer crow here!
Theognosis
Member
Congratulations! This is my Game of the Year. What an amazing concept executed to perfection!
Japan would probably be around 300k up to this week and US who knows at this point but I can't see them doubling sales past the initial two launch days. So the rest of the markets would have to be putting up numbers equivalent to US+Japan which seems highly unlikely.
Sweet News! I was worried a little just because it's on the Wii U and all, so how well could it really do? Hope this guarantees a sequel on the NX!
Plush Amiibo. Just printing money with these ideas.
Plush Amiibo. Just printing money with these ideas.
Portugeezer
Member
God damn, I never would have expected that.
James Scott
Banned
Yeah, it's unfortunate. We could've seen more risky projects more often if it wasn't for CNS. Oh, well, Splatoon likely shows Nintendo that it's a good idea to expand their audience and their library of IPs
No. Originally, people hated to pay for content that is on-disc. But then they associated their negative sentiment with the term "on-disc dlc." Now people who haven't put a modicum of thought equivocate previous paid "on-disc dlc" with splatoon's content.
They are so jaded that they think Nintendo is shadily trying to create good PR by saying its "free dlc." when it was on disc content all along.
GameGuru59
Banned
Outstanding. Great job Nintendo.
It pretty much is all but confirmed. Also Inkling will be a newcomer in Smash 5 that's for sure.
BassForever
Member
Or it's done very well on the digital market which is plausible considering they had a discount deal in the PAL region if you pre-ordered during the testfire. We know physical between those two markets it's done 500k, I feel digital US + Japan and all of PAL physical and digital it could have just eeked by 1 million worldwide.
Dat arrogance. All of them.
victreeb3l
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Stone Ocean
Member
Well I'll be damned if I'm not eating crow right now
I saw that and then closed the thread as I was getting a headache from it just like the "Will Splatoon Bomb?" thread.
Entryhazard
Banned
Aside some grating posts that deserve mockery, it's more a wall of crow than a wall of shame
Werewolf Jones
Gold Member
What about Inkling Amiibo sales?
Yea it's possible there is a digital component, we'll probably have to wait for the investors stuff for a better picture.
Sakura
Member
According to Famitsu numbers for June 8 to June 14, Splatoon was already at 298k, with a drop of only 26% from the week before. If sales dropped another say 30% for the following week, that would still put it at 340k for just Japan alone.
Add sales in the US for May and you've got 476k. Do you honestly not believe Splatoon sold even just 24k in the US for all of June so far?
And again, this isn't even taking into account digital sales for the two countries.
cooljeanius
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Don't forget about Code Name: S.T.E.A.M.! And, I suppose if you're going back as far as Pushmo, don't forget about Dillon's Rolling Western, either!
DizzyCaffeine
Member
Splatoon is my GOTY thus far, so this is wonderful news.
And_Gignac
Member
Nintendo normally doesn't report shipped figures when they talk about software sales. This number is probably sold to consumer. All the data we have points towards that direction.
wat
I would say with digital sales, Japan might be close to 400K sold right now.
DeuceGamer
Member
Glad to see it's selling despite the Wii U's poor sales. Can't wait to see what the future holds for this IP.
I also hope this shows Nintendo that new IP can be successful.
I also hope this shows Nintendo that new IP can be successful.
Indeed. I think a few avatar bets had been made in the May NPD thread over Splatoon's June performance as well. I look forward to June's NPD thread.
nailbombxx
Member
Great news.
The Inklings in Smash are inevitable, the question is when. Either Smash 4 DLC or Smash 5.