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Bye Vita TV, you were a neat idea, but introducing you first in Japan was a terrible plan

I'm really surprised at the small Wii U bump, nothing new this week ? I was certain it would be a small decrease this week

 

[Atram]

seems like VitaTV will be the PSPGo of these Generation.

 

[Magicpaint]

At least WiiU hardware didn't drop.

 

[RE lover]

WiiU is up? well, xmas are getting closer after all

 

[Frodo]

Gibson at it again !!!

What? Wii U went up?

 

[Shengar]

Wow at Wii U's bump. I guess it will stay at that level or at least slightly above 10k for the rest of the year yes? Vita is steady above 20k, I hope it stay like that until new year too.

 

[cacildo]

WiiU has 3 titles in the Top 10 in Japan last week - #5 Super Mario 3D World, #7 Wii Party U and #10 New Super Mario Bros U

I think thats the biggest news here. New wiiU owners buying a year old game

 

[TheZjman]

Wow, a lot better than expected for Wii U. A glimmer of hope. (not really)

Interesting that it had the same bump this week as last week despite no new releases. Wii Party and NSMBU holding well.

 

[cafemomo]

Lightning Returns #3 55k

:')
3rd place is still better than 4th place

 

[Magicpaint]

Wow at Wii U's bump. I guess it will stay at that level or at least slightly above 10k for the rest of the year yes? Vita is steady above 20k, I hope it stay like that until new year too.

I'd hope both would at least stay that way with the holidays approaching. Hell, if they both don't see a significant bump in the next couple of weeks that'd be pretty damning.

 

[Frodo]

I think thats the biggest news here. New wiiU owners buying a year old game

Them legs, son...

 

[QaaQer]

I'm personally guessing Puzzle and Dragons won't have too much issue reaching 1 million, in sales considering how consistent it's been at or near the top of pre-order charts for a while. I wonder if it sees significant success if they'll be an influx on popular smartphone games on the 3DS or handhelds in general.

I mean if you really think about it there's no reason there shouldn't be. Angry birds despite being ridiculously cheap on smartphones is still the most popular third party game on the 3ds outside of Japan. Considering how much higher the revenue on the 3DS is in comparison to a sale on smart phones there's no way rovio didn't laugh all the way to the bank on that venture.

Chances theres significant overlap between smartphones and handheld devices especially in Japan. Smart phone games and handheld games really aren't all that dissimilar. I think there's a lot of profit to be made from selling premium versions of their smartphone games on handhelds, a market trained to spend a lot more up front on a single game.

Does the 3ds version have the same microtransactions as the free2play version?

 

[michaelius]

Start of holiday season bump ?

 

[Napalm_Frank]

Holiday season starting? Wii U bumb and Vita steady without releases.

 

[hongcha]

I think thats the biggest news here. New wiiU owners buying a year old game

Isn't it just the hardware bundle sales? Every new Wii u has both party U and nsmbu bundled in.

 

[Yoshi]

Bye Vita TV, you were a neat idea, but introducing you first in Japan was a terrible plan

I'm really surprised at the small Wii U bump, nothing new this week ? I was certain it would be a small decrease this week

End of the year sales period starting and kids wanting to play the Mario games might be a reason? Only hope for SM3DW to get to a respectable number overall, I'd say .

 

[Yoshi]

I think thats the biggest news here. New wiiU owners buying a year old game

That's bundled with the console for free. This is the one and only reason NSMBU and Wii Party U perform so well. However, NSMBU might be a good incentive to pick up a Wii U (together with SM3DW).

 

[L~A]

Isn't it just the hardware bundle sales? Every new Wii u has both party U and nsmbu bundled in.

Yup, which means they are working. Kinda surprised by that Wii U bump, are people already starting their Christmas shopping? Super Mario 3D World word of mouth, maybe? Looks like Wii U's christmas should be ok.

 

[watershed]

While all Nintendo products (Wii U and 3ds, new and old games for both) will get a good holiday bump, its not gonna be enough to change the outlook on the Wii U. I don't think the holidays will create enough momentum for the Wii U to ride into the new year.

 

[blankempathy]

While all Nintendo products (Wii U and 3ds, new and old games for both) will get a good holiday bump, its not gonna be enough to change the outlook on the Wii U. I don't think the holidays will create enough momentum for the Wii U to ride into the new year.

Which is why they hopefully have more games lined up early this year including the big hitters smash and mk8. Dk is coming in February so if we get one of those other games in April at least and another by June hopefully the momentum stays higher then it was last year where it really bottomed out due to the launch window games being pushed to august+

 

[airmangataosenai]

Considering that the Famitsu numbers were higher for Mario last year that's actually a pretty big drop considering how low the first week sales were. I'm pretty curious to see the MC numbers.

If nothing else it appears that the Wii U will be beating Vita 2012 sales though. It's still close but I'd lean towards it happening now.

 

[marc^o^]

its not gonna be enough to change the outlook on the Wii U. I don't think the holidays will create enough momentum for the Wii U to ride into the new year.

Either that, or people have finally enough reasons to buy a Wii U, and Nintendo will keep momentum with big games next year.

 

[StreetsAhead]

Sonic & Mario comes out today right?

Which is why they hopefully have more games lined up early this year including the big hitters smash and mk8. Dk is coming in February so if we get one of those other games in April at least and another by June hopefully the momentum stays higher then it was last year where it really bottomed out due to the launch window games being pushed to august+

That's in the US. At the moment, DK has no month for Japan. My guess is March since the Western releases from Retro and Monster tend to be ~1 month late, however, they may bring it to launch close to PS4 on the 22nd to try and steal some thunder, since PS4's line-up is pretty meh (at the moment, for launch, in Japan). Wii Fit U is like February 1st at retail.

Mario Kart is listed for Spring, and I imagine they'd love to have it out in March to give a final push to their FY numbers BUT they may prefer it in April or later (presuming it's ready for March, but delayed) to try and give the new year a positive spin and push off some momentum for the new year.

Of course, given Nintendo's predilection to have 1 retail game per month, I imagine the start of next year will go:
Jan: Nothing
Feb: Wii Fit U
March: Donkey Kong
April: Mario Kart

But that, to me, is almost a worst case scenario.

 

[JoeM86]

Either that, or people have finally enough reasons to buy a Wii U, and Nintendo will keep momentum with big games next year.

We can but hope

 

[airmangataosenai]

Either that, or people have finally enough reasons to buy a Wii U, and Nintendo will keep momentum with big games next year.

Last year the Wii U entered Week 1 with a 67k unit debut and fell to below 10k by Week 8. I would be shocked if it can manage more than half of that for Week 1 this time around and as with Nintendo having the biggest boost during the holidays, they also have the biggest drops after. The system will drop below 10k before DKC releases.

 

[Sammy Samusu]

#1 - Mirai 2 - 85k
#2 - Pokemon X/Y - 61k
#3 - Lighting Returns - 55k
#4 - Assassins Creed 4 - 50k
#5 - Super Mario 3D World - 39k
#6 - ?
#7 - Wii Party U - 30k
#8 - ?
#9 - ?
#10 - New Super Mario Bros U - ?

3DS - 100k
Wii U - 27k
PSV - 23k
TV - 5k

http://www.capcom.co.jp/ir/sp/english/news/html/e131204.html

What's the highest selling Monster Hunter to date? At this rate it just sounds like MH4 will take that title within 12 months.

MHP3 with 4.8 million.

 

[StreetsAhead]

Last year the Wii U entered Week 1 with a 67k unit debut and fell to below 10k by Week 8. I would be shocked if it can manage more than half of that for Week 1 this time around and as with Nintendo having the biggest boost during the holidays, they also have the biggest drops after. The system will drop below 10k before DKC releases.

You don't think the Wii U can have a bigger than 33.5K Week 1 when it's selling 27K in Week 48?

 

[Ratrat]

Wow at Wii U's bump. I guess it will stay at that level or at least slightly above 10k for the rest of the year yes? Vita is steady above 20k, I hope it stay like that until new year too.

Vitas getting new colors/bundles on the 5th.

 

[hongcha]

Vitas getting new colors/bundles on the 5th.

The colours are not new, but the bundles are.

 

[Interceptor]

We should rename it the Nintendo Phoenix.

 

[Striek]

Woah, go Wii U!

I assume there was a bundle or something this week to explain NSMBUs rise?

 

[Aostia]

I tought that Vita TV could have done good in Japan. Instead it seems to struggle. What's GAF perception of it? Could it see a bump with the release of the PS4 or will PS4 make Vita TV life even harder?

 

[D_prOdigy]

We should rename it the Nintendo Phoenix.

Nintendo Jack Harkness.

 

[Ratrat]

The colours are not new, but the bundles are.

Ah, you are right. Pretty good value so I wonder what kind of effect it'll have.

 

[BlackJace]

��Wii U on the rise, fuck them other guys��

Meh week aside from the 3DS.

 

[lefantome]

Wii u is still doing bad as does Vita.

 

[KingSnake]

It's a good sign that Wii U sales grew for last week without any major release. And it's quite early for the holidays, as new year is the most important for the shopping season and it's still one month to go.
Might be also some good word of mouth for Mario 3d World that helped also the console.

If it's the first case the sales should steadly grow until the end of the month. If it's because of Mario it might stabilize or even decrease a little before holiday effect steps in. Although Mario&Sonic launch might also have an impact.

 

[cw_sasuke]

So how much did the first Mirai title ? Rember it selling also around 80k FW.

 

[daxgame]

Wii u is still doing bad as does Vita.

phew, thanks for the reality check mate

 

[1st Course]

MHP3 with 4.8 million.

I don't think this figure include sales from "the best" version. Portable 3rd was @ 4.7m by June 2011 (before the best version was released).

 

[airmangataosenai]

You don't think the Wii U can have a bigger than 33.5K Week 1 when it's selling 27K in Week 48?

Not really no, although I probably did overstate my certainty I'll admit. I feel that this week's results are somewhat padded with the close proximity to a major release and the normal holiday bump combining together, I don't think it's going to dramatically climb every week as we'd normally see.

 

[liger05]

Wii U didnt go down. Good to see.

Vita TV approaching that early grave.

 

[Celine]

http://www.capcom.co.jp/ir/sp/english/news/html/e131204.html



What's the highest selling Monster Hunter to date? At this rate it just sounds like MH4 will take that title within 12 months.

From Capcom site, MHP3 with 4.8M
http://www.capcom.co.jp/ir/english/business/million.html

 

[Zalman]

Wow, what a shame about Vita TV.

 

[Sammy Samusu]

So how much did the first Mirai title ? Rember it selling also around 80k FW.

88k vs 85k.

I'm super happy! Mirai dropped to 14k second week, I can see Mirai 2 holding a bit better thanks to the holiday season.

 

[cw_sasuke]

88k vs 85k.

I'm super happy! Mirai dropped to 14k second week, I can see Mirai 2 holding a bit better thanks to the holiday season.

Not bad, considering the "real" Miku was already released on PSV and the upcoming title wll be released in spring. Project Mirai is here to stay.

 

[Cosmo Clock 21]

Does the 3ds version have the same microtransactions as the free2play version?

Nope, it's more a traditional RPG. Also seems to be marketed towards kids more, who'd be the demographic least likely to spend IAP on the smartphone version.

 

[Opus Angelorum]

I guess no matter how you sell it, a Vita is still a Vita.

 

[LudwigB]

Go go Wii U, I hope the trend continues to go up. Super Mario 3d World is too good to miss out on.

 

[Lexxism]

I lol'd at VitaTV.