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Nem said:
Oh wait... wasnt it bombing? Yeah... forum trolls.


Trolls will always be trolls.



Update:

I just got a chance to take a look at the leg totals for the games so far:

ZOMBIU, aside from crossing 250k, is selling the most copies per week of any third party title; it cleared 92k in its first week, 84k in its second, and now 70k in its third.  It's showing the most legs of any third party title.

BLOPS II has indeed crossed the 120k mark and is continuing to show legs; the 26k copies cleared is still in the same range as last week's 28k. Batman is also showing legs, having sold 18k -- the same amount it sold last week. Even AC3, which didn't start out so promisingly, is still selling in the 15-19k range, with a 39.2% increase in sales in America. SONIC, too, is continuing to show legs, selling the same amount of units it sold in its first week, 22k a week. TEKKEN also sells 10k, the same pace it sold the last two weeks.

On the flip side, WiiU owners just aren't going crazy for MASS EFFECT 3. The EA published title has taken a drop in its third week sales, going from 7k to 4k. So much for the rumors of ME on WiiU.

Still, it sounds like the situation for WiiU isn't all that bad after all where third parties are concerned.



Note: Every game appears to have legs in the holidays. I'd wait for the January collapses, only the true warriors survive that one.



@JT, so yeah, you saw that Bats and AC have, I think, around 70k? I think that's really good for the situation. Mass Effect 3 was so badly handled. But I'm hopeful that the series will continue on the system as is rumored. One of my absolute favorite game series. I wouldn't buy ME3 on U, but I would start the next trilogy on it.



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TheLastStarFighter said:
@JT, so yeah, you saw that Bats and AC have, I think, around 70k? I think that's really good for the situation. Mass Effect 3 was so badly handled. But I'm hopeful that the series will continue on the system as is rumored. One of my absolute favorite game series. I wouldn't buy ME3 on U, but I would start the next trilogy on it.

At first I was a bit iffy about the total, but when I saw the sales pattern I quickly realized I was jumping to a conclusion.  It is indeed pleasing to see that those two are selling.  I bought ME3 on it anyway, just to show support.



Cobretti2 said:
BlueFalcon said:
Teriol said:

thanks Jturner. :)


I read that the controls don't work well and the game isn't very good:

http://www.gamespot.com/ninja-gaiden-3-razors-edge/

I think New Super Mario Bros. U, Mass Effect 3, Assassin's Creed 3, Batman Armored Edition are better games.  Trine 2 Director's Cut is also cool if you like that sort of gameplay.

 

gamespot isn't exactly good when it comes to good reviewers.

 

http://www.metacritic.com/game/wii-u/ninja-gaiden-3-razors-edge/critic-reviews

I say go read a few reviews. The game is not perfect by any means, but it is easily 3x better than the original efforts of team ninja on 360/ps3. Hence why they doing another version ofit onthose systems too.

If you are a ninja gaiden fan than you will enjoy this version on wiiu. If you just looking for a mature game it probably isn't the best to pickup first.

thanks all of you :) im a ninja gaiden fan, i have xbox 1 just for the first one, and all the super nes catridges.



34 years playing games.

 

Vinniegambini said:
Teriol said:
JTurner82 said:
Teriol said:
JTurner82 said:

So far in the USA, WiiU's hardware numbers stand at 705,455.  That's because the sales this week are up by 17%.  That makes it just about 23k shy of Wii's third week total.  So this is good news for the system.  The more units it sells, the better chances for third party support get.

well WiiU is going to be a beast this christmast.


And if the games continue to sell with them, then the user base can only get better.  ZOMBIU has cleared about 250k so far and based on word of mouth, it could continue to do so.

awesome, i'm going to buy my  WiiU tomorrow with ninja gaiden 3 razor edge, some critic to that game? is it good or do you recomend me a different one?

I'm expecting a +1 on Wii U sales in the US next week from ya :)

yep i  buy my WiiU today with NG3, i'm from colombia so my uncle who lives in NY is going to bring it to me  in 4 days so i still have to wait... but you can count +1 on wiiu sales from me this week :D



34 years playing games.

 

Every platform should be increasing every successive week in December up until Christmas, that goes for Vita and Wii U (provided there is sufficient supply, which seems to be the case with the Wii U).

There would be something very wrong if that wasn't the case.



Yup saw that a few days ago. I was surprised to be honest. I was expecting it to go the way of 3DS or Vita in its first few weeks. But it is the holidays so I guess I was being being pessimistic.