GameStop says consumers have reserved 1.2 million Wii U titles, or double the number of Wii games in 2006! Gamasutra says 2.4 games per console reservation......

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Vinniegambini on 15 November 2012

RolStoppable said:

sales2099 said:
Maybe it has something to do with WiiU actually having core appeal games......

Probably not, unless you want to insist that Twilight princess isn't a "core appeal game".

The actual reasons are that more and more people started to preorder games over the years and that the Wii U is the follow-up to a successful console (the Wii), unlike the Wii which followed the GC. That's why you have significantly more people securing their consoles and games with preorders than six years ago.

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HOLY SHIT WiiU will start with a BANG!!

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osed125 on 15 November 2012

Viper1 said:

spurgeonryan said:
Seems reallly low actually. How many wii's were pre-ordered back in the day?

Keep in mind that thesea re pre-orders just from GameStop.

Include other retailers and we could be looking at damn near 1 million units on launch day.

Can't imagine being that many consoles on day 1. I sure hope it is, but it seems unreal...

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spurgeonryan said:

Turkish said:
HOLY SHIT WiiU will start with a BANG!!

What will it go out on?

That my friend, is a question for the future. You don't want me to predict.

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Viper1 said:

spurgeonryan said:
Seems reallly low actually. How many wii's were pre-ordered back in the day?

Keep in mind that thesea re pre-orders just from GameStop.

Include other retailers and we could be looking at damn near 1 million units on launch day.

Yeah, it's almost too good to be true. What's Gamestop's market share in the US? I know there's a good chance Gamestop is just talking about their preorders but what if they are just quoting Nintendo's estimates? That would be a 500k shipment, a very nice and round number.

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osed125 said:

Viper1 said:

spurgeonryan said:
Seems reallly low actually. How many wii's were pre-ordered back in the day?

Keep in mind that thesea re pre-orders just from GameStop.

Include other retailers and we could be looking at damn near 1 million units on launch day.

Can't imagine being that many consoles on day 1. I sure hope it is, but it seems unreal...

Gamestop makes up about half of the market in the US. If they have 500k in pre-orders (provided pre-orders and allottmen are 1:1), then it's not beyond the math to suggest that total.

I agree it seems too much. But that's also why I jumped on Spurgeonryan for suggesting it was low.

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fighter on 15 November 2012

And if we integrate the pricing difference of games between the two systems ?

Anyway, the wiilingness-to-pay (or perceived value) for WiiU looks quite promising

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sales2099 on 15 November 2012

RolStoppable said:

sales2099 said:
Maybe it has something to do with WiiU actually having core appeal games......

Probably not, unless you want to insist that Twilight princess isn't a "core appeal game".

The actual reasons are that more and more people started to preorder games over the years and that the Wii U is the follow-up to a successful console (the Wii), unlike the Wii which followed the GC. That's why you have significantly more people securing their consoles and games with preorders than six years ago.

You named the exception

Your logic is flawed in that casuals are fickle and are not loyal to any particular product. My take: the core gamers are coming back because WiiU has core games.

Xbox: Best hardware, Game Pass best value, best BC, more 1st party genres and multiplayer titles.

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CCFanboy on 15 November 2012

I recall hearing amazon actually ran out of preorders for mario. I have preordered 5 games. I was hoping ninja gaiden 3 would make launch but no such luck :(

I still haven't preordered aliens, pikmin, monster hunter, need for speed or bayonetta 2 yet. Nintendo are going to bleed me dry with this.

One more thing to complete my year = senran kagura localization =D

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spurgeonryan said:

CCFanboy said:
I recall hearing amazon actually ran out of preorders for mario. I have preordered 5 games. I was hoping ninja gaiden 3 would make launch but no such luck :(

I still haven't preordered aliens, pikmin, monster hunter, need for speed or bayonetta 2 yet. Nintendo are going to bleed me dry with this.

That is strange. Especially since IGN already reviewed it.

Dont know what hes talking about it is a launch title

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