it's about the same in america. there were only eight vita games released between january and june in america, and twelve for the wii u in that same time period. it gets really lopsided because of lego city undercover and monster hunter. if you take those two away, then wii u third party releases pretty much equal vita third party releases in the first half of the year (less than 100k).
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Media Create Sales: Week 34, 2013 (Aug 19 - Aug 25)
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it's about the same in america. there were only eight vita games released between january and june in america, and twelve for the wii u in that same time period. it gets really lopsided because of lego city undercover and monster hunter. if you take those two away, then wii u third party releases pretty much equal vita third party releases in the first half of the year (less than 100k).
Fixed.
Yeah, but Captain Rainbow opened at 6,361 and did 22,682 LTD by Famitsu.
I would argue that despite being made by Nintendo, that was also an audience mismatch.
It's kind of like some of the Kinect games Microsoft made or almost all of the Move games from Sony. Even though they were first party, they weren't a good match for their demographics.
Another example would be something like Banjo 360.
FreedomFighter
Member
Holy fuck at Wonderful Bomba...!
What a shame. Kamiya and Wii U deserved better.
What a shame. Kamiya and Wii U deserved better.
Lambda Pie
Banned
haha, what a fuckin nuclear bomba. stop giving Platinum money, publishers.
test_account
XP-39C²
I dont understand how The Wonderful 101 could sell this little. I guess it would maybe be a few thousand higher if it released on Thursday (as most games do) instead of Saturday though, but still.
Also, i guess either the percentage sellthrough on the 1st shipment numbers for Conception II are wrong? It was reported that the 1st shipment for the 3DS version was 30k, but Famitsu says this:
Conception II: Shichisei no Michibiki to Mazuru no Akumu <RPG> (Spike Chunsoft) {2013.08.22} (¥6.279) - 5.432 / NEW <40-60%>
40% of 5.432 isnt close to 30k.
Also, i guess either the percentage sellthrough on the 1st shipment numbers for Conception II are wrong? It was reported that the 1st shipment for the 3DS version was 30k, but Famitsu says this:
Conception II: Shichisei no Michibiki to Mazuru no Akumu <RPG> (Spike Chunsoft) {2013.08.22} (¥6.279) - 5.432 / NEW <40-60%>
40% of 5.432 isnt close to 30k.
michaelius
Banned
If anything it will convince Nintendo that they should have added some Mario to all new games.
Oh. I see what you mean.
Perhaps, it's high time Miyamoto was dragged away from the boardroom and into a dev room...
DragonSworne
Banned
Time to retire Iwata. Wasting your company's money on titles lile W101 is not smart business.
It definitely conviced me to not buy the game. It's very well made and I see the appeal, but it's not for me.
Exactly, problem is not the price, it's demand.
Aquamarine
Member
Code:
[U][B]Wii U Games With The Highest Debut Week:[/B][/U]
WIU New Super Mario Bros. U Nintendo 2012-12-08 170,563
WIU Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate Capcom 2012-12-08 110,149
WIU Pikmin 3 Nintendo 2013-07-13 102,188
WIU Nintendo Land Nintendo 2012-12-08 78,461
WIU Dragon Quest X: Mezameshi Itsutsu no Shuzoku Online Square Enix 2013-03-30 36,454
WIU New Super Luigi U Nintendo 2013-07-13 27,312
WIU Game & Wario Nintendo 2013-03-28 23,995
WIU LEGO City Undercover Nintendo 2013-07-25 18,077
WIU ZombiU Ubisoft 2012-12-08 11,226
WIU Resident Evil Revelations Capcom 2013-05-23 8,179
[B]WIU The Wonderful 101 Nintendo 2013-08-24 6,663[/B]
WIU Fist of the North Star: Ken's Rage 2 Koei Tecmo 2013-01-31 6,241
WIU Warriors Orochi 3 Hyper Koei Tecmo 2012-12-08 6,184
WIU Tank! Tank! Tank! Bandai Namco 2013-02-21 5,513
Ultimadrago
Member
Yes, this I completely agree with.
pieatorium
Member
The gap will close a bit next week, week 35 last year was miku and vita never went below 9k till week 40 after that with some other minor bumps in between.
Still should be a decent enough gap between them by the time mario3d comes out for it not to come close to crossing though.
FreedomFighter
Member
Awesome gif! Truly outrageous.
Franchise fatigue, the second game on PSP also had a bundle with the first one inside, only the ones who have bought the 2nd episode bought the third one and some of them probably weren't on PSV and didn't want to play it on home consoles.
It has nothing to do with 3D models (the two previous episodes were 3D too)
This.
Naw, just a troll. As bad as fanboys can be, at least they are genuine.
Meccanical
Member
People probably didnt buy it because at first glance it looks like pikmin, and they already have pikmin.
Oh well.
RIP
Oh well.
RIP
pretty done
Member
Game & Wario debuting and selling better is the last straw. Why? How?
Relaxed Muscle
Member
Again, talking about Japan here.
DMC4 sold 245K in the first week. And it's the biggest IP in the genre in Japan (If we don't count MGR which obviously was helped by the fact is a MGS spin off), Bayonetta, a new IP in the same genre did 200k+. How is that a failure?
DmC barely passed 100k in the first week...
If Bayo 2 was cancelled was mostly because Sega faced a huge restructuring and dropped any console development that wasn't their most succesful and fail safe IP's. It probably didn't do lot of money or maybe even Sega lost money in the end, but the game "in Japan" did quite well, considering the market.
W101 is an utter bomba in comparisson.
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
Pikmin isn't really an action game, though. Completely different audiences.
SolarPowered
Member
Holy crap the W101 bombed to hell and back.
Almost makes me want to pick up a Wii U just to buy it when it hits American shores. Really shows the kind of audience Nintendo has built over time.
Almost makes me want to pick up a Wii U just to buy it when it hits American shores. Really shows the kind of audience Nintendo has built over time.
silver.tongue
Member
I feel bad because of Bayonetta 2.
DragonSworne, pls. :lol
He' deserves plenty of blame but if anything, Iwata should go "Yamauchi" on his Board and retire them instead. He's needs to surround himself with ideas from Young Members on the Board and not the old bunch of gits he has now.
well kinda, yeah. they should have been holiday titles at or shortly after launch. the wii u did have a pretty good launch in japan though, so it's hard to criticize that. nintendo was better off saving the likes of game & wario and pikmin 3 for some holiday blitz instead of this one game a month thing.
DragonSworne
Banned
Trying to revive the Wii U is a lost cause. Personally, they need to seriously consider not releasing SSB4 and the next Zelda on Wii U and think about converting the Zelda game and make it a launch game for their next system.
Yet, when people take a quick glance, they think it is like Pikmin. That doesn't help those that already have Pikmin3.
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Deleted member 125677
Unconfirmed Member
G&W sold over 3x more than W101 in the first week: time to start reflecting on the big questions in life
MrCookiepants
Member
Flop developer plus flop console. What were you guys expecting?
W101 sells better than Conception 2 on 3DS... that's a small consolation.
And also not the worst first week on WiiU! Within striking distance from RER!
EDIT:
double negative should get us a positive
And also not the worst first week on WiiU! Within striking distance from RER!
It's a wonderful world we live in!
EDIT:
double negative should get us a positive
I think it's better then mad world I believe.
Man-is-Obsolete
Member
At this point I am not so sure about the sales impact of 3D Mario World or Donkey Kong. Could be a lot worse for the Wii U than many thought. I mean isn't the install base the same or better than Vita? Yet they are not very active at all. It's like people bought Wii U's and now don't even use them.
DragonSworne
Banned
I completely agree. Get rid of Miyamoto and Takeda.
They should be nowhere near a board room making business decisions.
phosphor112
Banned
I called it!
Wii U (and consoles specifically) are dying in Japan.
If a Kamiya game can't boost Wii U sales, or even get high up on the charts... then it's in deep shit.
Also, Target is giving me an advert for Xbox 1 on the top of my page....
>_>....
Wii U (and consoles specifically) are dying in Japan.
If a Kamiya game can't boost Wii U sales, or even get high up on the charts... then it's in deep shit.
Also, Target is giving me an advert for Xbox 1 on the top of my page....
>_>....
Principate
Saint Titanfall
That would destroy any all third party relations Nintendo has. It's suicide. Wii U needs to survive this gen, Nintendo does not went to enter another console cycle with worst third party relations than it started this one with. Might as well leave the console business all together. Regardless how the wii u sales Nintendo needs to at least make sure some third parties are reasonably ok in developing for their system.
Raonak
Banned
Maybe platinum should invest in a dynamic difficulty system for their future games.