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Wii U UK Sales Rose Almost 125% Last Week
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Green Biker Dude
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NINTENDO IS BACK BABY
CHOCOLATE MILK AT MY HOUSE TONIGHT
CHOCOLATE MILK AT MY HOUSE TONIGHT
Phoenician_Viking
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Woah. New games mean increased sales.
Errrr
You forgot the most important element here.
Pachterballs
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this
TheDrowningMan
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That's not really a full blooded campaign though - few parents are going to rush out and drop £250 for a console plus game - more a relatively inexpensive way of promoting a new release that appeals to that market.
Later this year, they need to dust off the cringe worthy celebs when Mario Kart + the official price cut hits and run them on ITV, etc.
Miles Quaritch
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What's the source of the image?
Smells like Chartz.
michaelius
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Certain banned site
Mihael Mello Keehl
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da chartz?
LiquidMetal14
hide your water-based mammals
Found this on another board, are these legit numbers for prior week?
better than 1-3k suggested, but still bad, if true. Would put it roughly around 15k?
Smells like something from banned site.
TreasureHunterG
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Found this on another board, are these legit numbers for prior week?
better than 1-3k suggested, but still bad, if true. Would put it roughly around 15k?
Man, bad choice of source...
not sure, the board I got it from doesnt mention the source. Though comments says Chartz, which means BS numbers, but Im not sure how they deduced this comes from chartz...but does seem likely.
LFMartins86
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Found this on another board, are these legit numbers for prior week?
better than 1-3k suggested, but still bad, if true. Would put it roughly around 15k?
That´s the Europe numbers, not just the UK ones.
good point, hopefully MonHun, has the same effect in every region.
michaelius
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That site is known for pulling numbers out of it's owner ass
Altrough since they adjust to data from more credible sources like financial reports it can be used as not bad agregator of past data for hardware.
Altrough since they adjust to data from more credible sources like financial reports it can be used as not bad agregator of past data for hardware.
frankie_baby
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Found this on another board, are these legit numbers for prior week?
friendly warning, get that deleted before a mod sees it
lol, done, but already quoted
frankie_baby
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they deduced it because it looks exactly the same as the stuff on bollockschartz website
Miles Quaritch
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Sammy Samusu
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The legendary Monster Hunter impacts the west once again!
thats what I figured, but I dont really go there, so wasn't aware.
The Abominable Snowman
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(Recalls Xbox in Japan)
MOMENTUM!!!!
Well... I wonder how sustainable this will be.
MOMENTUM!!!!
Well... I wonder how sustainable this will be.
Refreshment.01
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Didn't the console had like an over 100 pounds price drop in there? 125% is not really encouraging then, even less considering how low the numberes were.
140 plus zombiu, but that was unofficially on friday, and officially this monday, so perhaps not much of an effect to this percentage.
Miles Quaritch
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£140 price drop on the premium with a copy of Zombiu.
frankie_baby
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its had a £100 drop + a free game, but in one shop only, a shop that is currently bankrupt and has already closed half its branches so its not as easy as it could be to get hold of at that price
frankie_baby
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£100 plus free zombi u
The default GAF response to Wii U sales numbers no matter what.
I wondered how long this would take.
This was at one retailer having a "going out of business" sale.
SpinningBirdKick
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I picked one up last weekend from HMV.
£199 for Wii U Premium + Nintendoland + Zombie U
It was close enough to the magic £200 impulse buy point for me and I'll get enough mileage out of the system at that price on the Nintendo titles alone during it's lifespan.
Figured it would take a while for the Premium system to get down to £130 so it seemed like good enough value.
The sales figures aren't great and there's still the Nintendo drought to contend with but at that price I can't really grumble as I don't get much free time for games these days.
£199 for Wii U Premium + Nintendoland + Zombie U
It was close enough to the magic £200 impulse buy point for me and I'll get enough mileage out of the system at that price on the Nintendo titles alone during it's lifespan.
Figured it would take a while for the Premium system to get down to £130 so it seemed like good enough value.
The sales figures aren't great and there's still the Nintendo drought to contend with but at that price I can't really grumble as I don't get much free time for games these days.
velvet_nitemare
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A price drop of the premium to $200 would see me jump in.
I have a feeling a good amount of people are waiting for the price drop, as well as games obviously. I think it will come around the holidays/next gen release...if new games aren't enough.
zomgbbqftw
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HMV did not take a loss on this sale.
It's no coincidence that Nintendo had this big meeting with UK retailers then a week later a sale appears with the Wii U premium at a very attractive price point.
frankie_baby
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theres certainly some unknown dates for key games but hopefully the drought is over with at least some games coming regularly now
frankie_baby
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i thought the 'big meeting' hadn't happened yet?
radioheadrule83
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Do you think they might be testing this price to make it more permanent, or was it a one off to help the administrator shift inventory?
except the statement said they'd meet and show plans in the next few weeks.
as anecdotal as this is, and im pretty sure the guy wasnt on the same thread as me, HMV staff guy said he knew they were selling it at a loss (unclear if he meant he knew nintendo were, or hmv). also think you'd have similar moves elsewhere as well.
zomgbbqftw
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Nintendo have been testing price points since launch given the tepid response to the current ones.
An administrator wouldn't take a loss like this (£100 per unit based on current trade prices), it would go against everything they stand for. They are there to salvage a businesses, not drive it further into the red.
I was under the impression they had already started having them.
Mystic_Wanderer
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frankie_baby
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perhaps they are, i only briefly read the reports/thread thought it said it'd be in a couple of weeks time
electroshockwave
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unsure how credit works in retail, but having stock in warehouses isnt worth anything if you cant shift it, so theres logic for selling something for a loss just to liquidate stock and get any return out of it you can (which helps the administator by having a bit more revenue/cash in hand to play with)
metalslimer
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When the numbers are still this pathetic its deserved
frankie_baby
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as far as i'm aware most of hmv's more recently acquired stock (so i'd assume that includes all wii u stuff) doesnt actually belong to them
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or i could be completely wrong
Wickerbasket
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They would do it if they thought it was their best chance of recouping the cost, practically everything is one sale at HMV right now.
The Wii U stock obviously hadn't been selling well and they might just be looking to liquidate what Wii U stock they have before other shops try to.
zomgbbqftw
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The administrator is said to have a deal in place with Hilco, so the inventory value is worth more to the creditors.
Indeed. Their Nintendo and Sony stock is on appro from what I have read.
Sarcasm? Maybe? You know?
Percentages are worthless unless you know the numbers. Which, in any case, isn't very good.