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Cold-Flipper on 07 February 2013
JWeinCom said:
KHlover said:
bananaking21 said:
KHlover said:
Glad to see WiiU slightly better (if I remember the numbers of last week correctly), let's hope it won't drop again.


its up 10% this week in usa. no software releases though. word of mouth maybe? advertising push?

It'll be interesting to see if Rayman Legends and Lego City Undercover will be able to push sales^^


Legends... not much.  Lego though, I think is going to be bigger than people expect.  Hopefully, Ninteno will have Wonderful 101 out a few weeks after that, Wii Fit U a few weeks after that, Game and Wario a few weeks after that, and Pikmin 3 a few weeks after that.  If all those games come out in succession, the Wii U will do alright till E3 where they'll hopefully show off some true system sellers.

Games sell systems together though. New Super Mario Bros. U will end up selling 10 Million+ and people will call Mario Kart U or Super Mario U the "true" system sellers because when they released systems picked up. It will be a combinations of many games and if MK was the launch game it would be the same situation. Wii Fit U, Lego City, TW101, G&W, and Pikmin 3 will all help sell systems😃



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JWeinCom on 07 February 2013
Cold-Flipper said:
JWeinCom said:
KHlover said:
bananaking21 said:
KHlover said:
Glad to see WiiU slightly better (if I remember the numbers of last week correctly), let's hope it won't drop again.


its up 10% this week in usa. no software releases though. word of mouth maybe? advertising push?

It'll be interesting to see if Rayman Legends and Lego City Undercover will be able to push sales^^


Legends... not much.  Lego though, I think is going to be bigger than people expect.  Hopefully, Ninteno will have Wonderful 101 out a few weeks after that, Wii Fit U a few weeks after that, Game and Wario a few weeks after that, and Pikmin 3 a few weeks after that.  If all those games come out in succession, the Wii U will do alright till E3 where they'll hopefully show off some true system sellers.

Games sell systems together though. New Super Mario Bros. U will end up selling 10 Million+ and people will call Mario Kart U or Super Mario U the "true" system sellers because when they released systems picked up. It will be a combinations of many games and if MK was the launch game it would be the same situation. Wii Fit U, Lego City, TW101, G&W, and Pikmin 3 will all help sell systems😃

Oh that's most definitely true.  Lots of games factore into the decision to buy a console, but some games factor in more than others.  Like, I think there are probably a lot of people out there who'd like to try Nintendo Land and NSMBU, but Wii Fit U will be what pushes them over the top and gets them to slap 350 on the table.



maverick40 on 07 February 2013

dat Vita, Wii u comb!



Euphoria14 on 07 February 2013
bananaking21 said:

ohh if its an online sale then they probably didnt count it

Yeah, they had a NiNoStarter program last year in the summer. Got up to level 2+, which is why it came with so many extra goodies.



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monkeymonk65 on 07 February 2013

Wii U managed to outsell the Vita in Europe this week. Not bad. Another great hold for the 3DS. I'm thinking that the 3DS will remain at around that number until some big software releases.



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Cold-Flipper on 07 February 2013
JWeinCom said:
Cold-Flipper said:

Games sell systems together though. New Super Mario Bros. U will end up selling 10 Million+ and people will call Mario Kart U or Super Mario U the "true" system sellers because when they released systems picked up. It will be a combinations of many games and if MK was the launch game it would be the same situation. Wii Fit U, Lego City, TW101, G&W, and Pikmin 3 will all help sell systems😃

Oh that's most definitely true.  Lots of games factore into the decision to buy a console, but some games factor in more than others.  Like, I think there are probably a lot of people out there who'd like to try Nintendo Land and NSMBU, but Wii Fit U will be what pushes them over the top and gets them to slap 350 on the table.

Yeah, I don't understand how people say a specific game is a "system seller" on its own. Certain games push people to be more interested and when there are enough games that they want to play it will push them to buy the system. For example, I've always been a big Pikmin fan but when Pikmin 3 releases, I still won't buy a Wii U. When I buy a Wii U, it will likely be a game such as Super Smash Bros. 4. That will be the game to get the credit as the "system seller" when in reality Pikmin 3 would be the bigger push in my situation. Mario isn't enough for most people but it is a bigger factor. I'm a big believer of the library's sell system not individual games theory. 

Anyway, I also expect Wii Fit U to push a good amount of systems!



SnowPrince on 07 February 2013

It is really awkward that the numbers of ps3 sold in Europe equalls the amount of xbox sold in America and Vice Versa..
Everything else seem to be unsurprising !



tbone51 on 07 February 2013

Damn Vita??? (Japan only), Didn't it just release like 3 major Titles??? Hardware didn't push! Oh well, Wii U increased from last week, overall still suckz (sales), PS3 continues as #2 while 3DS is #1!



the2real4mafol on 07 February 2013

Slow week, but PS3 gains yet another 30,000 lead on Xbox. All is good



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Maris on 07 February 2013

Well at least the Wii U is er... holding.. sorta?