You Mario is doomed when outselling Knack is considered a thread-worthy accomplishment.

Because no one actually cares about how well Knack sells. It reviewed poorly and had very low expectations. The fact it's outdoing a GOTY candidate is where the posts come from. It's sad and people troll because of it.

So is that 4.7m Wii Us in total sold correct..? 0.8m sold worldwide over Christmas..? That can't be right, can it..?

This has nothing to do with the other console  but with the other consoles userbase. I wont go into details :)

LOL why are people only bringing up the UK? One region, seriously? Mario will, for a fact, outsell Knack lifetime. Why is this being questioned?

http://www.vgchartz.com/game/71544/knack/UK/

http://www.vgchartz.com/game/73166/super-mario-3d-world/UK/


Not anymore

Front page shows 5.0 million as of dec 21st.  Looks like my low end prediction of 5.5 by January 1st 2014 will come true (week ending dec 28th + 1/2 of week ending Jan 4th numbers).

That means Nintendo will need to sell 7.5 million more before their fiscal year ends if they hope to meet their prediction for the fiscal year.  In other words, it's going to be a blood bath.

"Nintendo previously announced that it's aiming to sell 9 million Wii Us worldwide during its 2014 fiscal year (which concludes on March 31, 2014). Nintendo sold160,000 systems in the first quarter and 300,000 units in the second quarter. Added to this new 222,000, this means Nintendo would need to sell an additional 8.3 million Wii Us before the end of March in order to reach its goal, or between 2.0-2.1 million consoles per month in December, January, February and March." http://ca.ign.com/articles/2013/12/13/nintendo-has-to-sell-11-million-wii-us-a-month-to-reach-its-goal

Since the Wii U has failed to sell 500,000 a week through December, that means that now the Wii U needs to sell closer to 550,000 a week for the next three months straight.

Because certain people just tend to focus on whatever region their preferred console is doing well in.  Knack has sold 1/3 of what Super Mario 3D World has with an extra week (albeit without Japanese sales, but I dounbt that will make too much of a difference).  Knack is selling slightly above Pikmin 3.  Like 70k more than Lego City.  About 60% of what Kid Icarus Uprising sold.  60K less than Wind Waker (not counting bundles/digital).  If we want to compare launch titles to be fair, then it's about 1/3 of what NSMBU did.  

Super Mario 3D World is selling 3x faster than Knack, is dropping slower, and is on its way to be a multimillion seller.  Knack is selling on par with third tier Nintendo franchises and might hit 1.5 million with some luck.  No need for discussion comparing the two.  

Well, since it was only ever outselling SM3DW in the UK, it's worth noting that week ending Dec 28th Knack is once again outselling SM3DW in the UK.

The reason why Knack was doing so well is simple...
If your going to fork out 400.00 on a new system you want games to play on it.

I bought an xbox one and i purchased games i would not normally have purchased so i could have something to play on it because of all the money i spent on the system.

Launch games generally tend to have a higher attach rate at or soon after launch...likely for that exact reason.
Watch the attach rates of most games to fall on both the xbox one and the ps4 even if overall sale numbers increase (because the number of systems increases).

Mario games in general have better attach rates and part of that is Nintendo just knows how to make games you want to play (being a franchise people know obviously also helps). I tend to sell games from most publishers once they are beaten...except Nintendo's....and the reason for that is i still get play time out of them after beating them. They just have more replay value.