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DevilRising on 17 July 2013

Pikmin 3 shall save the world!



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Mythmaker1 on 17 July 2013

So the Game sold quite a few units, but the amount it boosted sales is about in line with DQX. I don't think we can call it a "system seller" just yet.



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riderz13371 on 17 July 2013
NintendoPie said:
RolStoppable said:
Sounds like it's time for the Wii U's Vita moment.

And what is that? To go up and then back down?

Better than just staying down lolz



Nyleveia on 17 July 2013
MDMAlliance said:
Nyleveia said:
tbone51 said:
Nyleveia said:
way to rehash the first position on tsutaya news without any actual numbers.



What>? Are you regretting your prediction already I didn't say this ( Pikmin 3 Proves Itself As a Wii U System Seller… In Japan ), i just posted it, if your mad then thats on you! Srry


Sorry are you taking that comment personally? if was regarding the linked article.

 

But let me make it crystal clear for you.

Game ranking from a store that is primarilly used for rental in japan, is no indicator of country-wide game sales, and is certainly not, without any solid numbers, any indication of a particular game assisting with increasing the weekly hardware sales, as such the title is massively preemptive and potentially massively wrong too.


Either way, you were wrong as hell and you should stop trying to cause trouble where you clearly don't belong.

Oh noes, a nintendo circle doesnt want me around because i dont worship nintendo! its a forum buddy, i will post wherever i have post access :)

I guess using common sense is only permitted when it supports your delusion, "omg pikmin will outsell call of dutys entire multi platform franchise!" is what you want to hear, "how about we wait for solid numbers before baking the celebratory cake" on the other hand, however sensible, doesnt gel with your personal requirements.



Soundwave on 17 July 2013

20-22k is kinda of a mediocre bump for hardware considering this might be Nintendo's third biggest release of the year and was in development for 3 years. The Vita got a 30k+ bump from Toikuden.

The software sales are better though 90-100k is solid for a console userbase that isn't even at 1 million yet. That said, it's probably going to be the lowest selling Pikmin game in the series and the most expensive one in terms of development cost.

The GameCube model of having a small userbase but selling primarily Nintendo franchises may not work out so well when the HD games cost so much more to develop.

Nintendo mentioned it would take 700k for a Wii U Fire Emblem to profit, so I'm guessing they need 1+ million to make a profit on Pikmin 3.

I feel bad for Platinum Games though. Wonderful 101 will probably do about half of Pikmin 3 as it's a new IP without a fanbase. There's just not enough Wii U's out there to drive sales of games like 101 and even Pikmin 3 sadly. Nintendo Land and NSMBU really failed in terms of moving hardware. Nintendo in general let down the Pikmin and W101 teams IMO ... these games are going to suffer now as a result of bad planning on the management's part.



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Lonely_Dolphin on 17 July 2013
Soundwave said:

20-22k is kinda of a mediocre bump for hardware considering this might be Nintendo's third biggest release of the year and was in development for 3 years. The Vita got a 30k+ bump from Toikuden.

The software sales are better though 90-100k is solid for a console userbase that isn't even at 1 million yet. That said, it's probably going to be the lowest selling Pikmin game in the series and the most expensive one in terms of development cost.

The GameCube model of having a small userbase but selling primarily Nintendo franchises may not work out so well when the HD games cost so much more to develop.

Nintendo mentioned it would take 700k for a Wii U Fire Emblem to profit, so I'm guessing they need 1+ million to make a profit on Pikmin 3.

I feel bad for Platinum Games though. Wonderful 101 will probably do about half of Pikmin 3 as it's a new IP without a fanbase. There's just not enough Wii U's out there to drive sales of games like 101 and even Pikmin 3 sadly. Nintendo Land and NSMBU really failed in terms of moving hardware. Nintendo in general let down the Pikmin and W101 teams IMO ... these games are going to suffer now as a result of bad planning on the management's part.



I think it's still too early to say where Pikmin 3's final sales will end up. Only one week in one region afterall, and from what I've seen, Japan sales are generally lower than the other regions. It could potentially launch at 150k in Europe, and 200k in NA, putting it at halfway to a million worldwide already. Plus the Wii U will likely have a larger install base than the GC if only because this gen might last longer. There may also not be a sequel to hinder it's sales (which would be unfortunate tbh).

zorg1000 on 17 July 2013
Soundwave said:

20-22k is kinda of a mediocre bump for hardware considering this might be Nintendo's third biggest release of the year and was in development for 3 years. The Vita got a 30k+ bump from Toikuden.

The software sales are better though 90-100k is solid for a console userbase that isn't even at 1 million yet. That said, it's probably going to be the lowest selling Pikmin game in the series and the most expensive one in terms of development cost.

The GameCube model of having a small userbase but selling primarily Nintendo franchises may not work out so well when the HD games cost so much more to develop.

Nintendo mentioned it would take 700k for a Wii U Fire Emblem to profit, so I'm guessing they need 1+ million to make a profit on Pikmin 3.

I feel bad for Platinum Games though. Wonderful 101 will probably do about half of Pikmin 3 as it's a new IP without a fanbase. There's just not enough Wii U's out there to drive sales of games like 101 and even Pikmin 3 sadly. Nintendo Land and NSMBU really failed in terms of moving hardware. Nintendo in general let down the Pikmin and W101 teams IMO ... these games are going to suffer now as a result of bad planning on the management's part.

Id say Nintendo Land and NSMBU did there job, which was to sell consoles at launch. Its kinda unrealistic to expect those two games to sell consoles on there own about 8 months after launch. Game delays are hurting Wii U, had Pikmin 3, W101, Rayman, Wii Fit U been released in the first half of the year as originally planned then sales would be much better.



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MDMAlliance on 17 July 2013
Nyleveia said:
MDMAlliance said:
Nyleveia said:


Sorry are you taking that comment personally? if was regarding the linked article.

 

But let me make it crystal clear for you.

Game ranking from a store that is primarilly used for rental in japan, is no indicator of country-wide game sales, and is certainly not, without any solid numbers, any indication of a particular game assisting with increasing the weekly hardware sales, as such the title is massively preemptive and potentially massively wrong too.


Either way, you were wrong as hell and you should stop trying to cause trouble where you clearly don't belong.

Oh noes, a nintendo circle doesnt want me around because i dont worship nintendo! its a forum buddy, i will post wherever i have post access :)

I guess using common sense is only permitted when it supports your delusion, "omg pikmin will outsell call of dutys entire multi platform franchise!" is what you want to hear, "how about we wait for solid numbers before baking the celebratory cake" on the other hand, however sensible, doesnt gel with your personal requirements.

/facepalm

The tsutaya charts tend to be more or less correct on placement and you were going on about how it's probably shit wrong.
I am not the delusional one, I never said anything close to "Pikmin will outsell call of duty."  I never even said that Pikmin 3 was going to be a million seller.
However, YOU went to the pikmin FW thread and said it would only sell 27k.  If anyone's delusional here, it's you.



Nyleveia on 18 July 2013
MDMAlliance said:
Nyleveia said:
MDMAlliance said:
Nyleveia said:


Sorry are you taking that comment personally? if was regarding the linked article.

 

But let me make it crystal clear for you.

Game ranking from a store that is primarilly used for rental in japan, is no indicator of country-wide game sales, and is certainly not, without any solid numbers, any indication of a particular game assisting with increasing the weekly hardware sales, as such the title is massively preemptive and potentially massively wrong too.


Either way, you were wrong as hell and you should stop trying to cause trouble where you clearly don't belong.

Oh noes, a nintendo circle doesnt want me around because i dont worship nintendo! its a forum buddy, i will post wherever i have post access :)

I guess using common sense is only permitted when it supports your delusion, "omg pikmin will outsell call of dutys entire multi platform franchise!" is what you want to hear, "how about we wait for solid numbers before baking the celebratory cake" on the other hand, however sensible, doesnt gel with your personal requirements.

/facepalm

The tsutaya charts tend to be more or less correct on placement and you were going on about how it's probably shit wrong.
I am not the delusional one, I never said anything close to "Pikmin will outsell call of duty."  I never even said that Pikmin 3 was going to be a million seller.
However, YOU went to the pikmin FW thread and said it would only sell 27k.  If anyone's delusional here, it's you.

Tell you what, how about you go on my profile and read my short exchange with tbone?



MDMAlliance on 18 July 2013
Nyleveia said:
MDMAlliance said:

/facepalm

The tsutaya charts tend to be more or less correct on placement and you were going on about how it's probably shit wrong.
I am not the delusional one, I never said anything close to "Pikmin will outsell call of duty."  I never even said that Pikmin 3 was going to be a million seller.
However, YOU went to the pikmin FW thread and said it would only sell 27k.  If anyone's delusional here, it's you.

Tell you what, how about you go on my profile and read my short exchange with tbone?

Honestly, that doesn't make much sense.  You do not have to create an outlier to counter another outlier.  This isn't a thread about averaging, this is a thread about your honest opinion on how much it will sell FW.