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Forums - Nintendo Discussion - 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......

Galaki on 15 November 2012

I can explain this.
People are actually trying to buy them thinking they are Wii games.



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Veknoid_Outcast on 15 November 2012

If a big percentage of these reservations are from hobbyist gamers (as many here propose), then this system could sell like crazy going forward as those less inclined to play video games become more aware of it.



CCFanboy on 15 November 2012
BenVTrigger said:


Dont know what hes talking about it is a launch title


In europe they have delayed it until january :(

I kind of understand where they are coming from by spreading the games out. Launching all at once tends to see a platform lays dry until the big games come out during the christmas period 1 year later.



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JEMC on 15 November 2012
Viper1 said:
JEMC said:
@Vinniegambini and Viper1: We'll see.

I know that the attach rate will only increase over time, but (and I hate to brig this matter here) I think that we are forgetting that many "casuals" will buy it this X-mas, and most of them will have enough with NintendoLand and Super Mario for a while. Will the rest buy enough to compensate them?

As I said. We'll see.


Considering the pre-order figures and that fact that most are the 32 BG deluxe model, I'm not so certain a big portion of Wii U buyers this holiday are casual.

And to further that, The Wii is as casual as it gets and has practically the exact same software ratio as the PS3.  So the casual factor doesn't drop sales as much as people think.

I can't comment about the second part of your post because I don't know the numbers.

About the first part, let's not forget that we are talking about pre-orders. How many casuals will have pre-ordered it? Not too many. Most of them will wait until Black Friday or until Christmas to get it.

And yes, the 32GB model is the most reserved of both, but that's not because of "hardcore" gamers but for a few other factors aswell like the fact that the Basic console + NintendoLand cost the same or more than Premium console (which includes the game), some people prefer the black colour, or because Nintendo makes more money from this model so they are shipping more quantities of this one rather than the basic one.



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superchunk on 15 November 2012

I only have ZombiU pre-ordered through NewEgg because I had a $25 giftcard there. However, on I'll get a couple other games on launch day. Just don't see a need to pre-order them.



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Heavenly_King on 15 November 2012

500K consoles first week?



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TheLastStarFighter on 15 November 2012

There's already 500k consoles sold first week from Gamestop pre-orders alone.



sethnintendo on 15 November 2012

Something that might be skewing the data a little could be people that are on the waiting list (the list after the pre order list) that went ahead and pre ordered games even though they aren't on the pre order list. I am number 1 on the wait list after the pre orders are filled. Still not sure if I am going to get one considering money situation. I might get a loan from my roommate.



archbrix on 15 November 2012

If there are going to be at least 500,000 WiiU units (including pre-orders) available in North America on day one, we'll almost certainly have a new console champion of first day revenue in NA:

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread.php?id=149778&page=1#



happydolphin on 16 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.

I agree with this, and I believe the casuals have gone through shortages in the past and want to secure one for their families. I also think the core support is stronger this time around as well, leading to overall better numbers.