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Forums - Sales Discussion - Wii Fit U OPENING Week Sales = 4% of Wii Fits Opening (For NA)

darthdevidem01 on 20 January 2014
AstroGamer said:
Considering the free trial is still ongoing, you kind of have to be stupid to buy Wii Fit u right now. You can find a cheaper used balance board and get the Wii Fit meter and you'd have spent less than the game is currently retailing for

A free trial? So what happens when the trials up? It's like a subscription based service? (a bit like the Wii Sports club thing?)

What on earth made them think that was a good idea.



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ktay95 on 20 January 2014

I think the US are trying to get back to the worlds fattest country. The fitness craze they had made them lose the title.



kupomogli on 20 January 2014

Well. Looks like Wii Fit U didn't make Wii U sales explode. Just wait until.... what game releases next?



TheLegendaryWolf on 20 January 2014
darthdevidem01 said:

Wii Fit U launched to 22K in this weeks NA charts...which are about 4% of the original games opening....and about 12% of the sequel Wii Fit Plus'

Quite a contrast to WIi Fits 620K Blockbuster launch (LTD sales of 8.9 Million in NA) & Wii Fit Plus' 177K launch (LTD sales of 8.1 Million in NA)..wow the latter one had great legs!

Although this isn't a huge shock it's just sad to see such a huge potential release has come completely under the radar.

Did anyone in NA see marketing for this game?

Maybe they should've launched it in the holidays.

First Nintendo kinda screwed up capitalizing on WIi Sports for WiiU & now Wii Fit U has been mishandled.

Anyway I wonder how far up this game will go in terms of sales. Wii Fit Plus showed that the series can open lower & still climb to a similar total. Obviously no-one expects this from Wii Fit U now...but let's see...maybe 1-2 Million LTD isn't out of question.

22,801 are from one day of sales, not a week. It will atleast sell 1 million, maybe more depending on the userbase audience at the end of the Wii U's cycle.



camilosanchez16 on 20 January 2014

The weird thing, i that the Pre-Order chart, listed 48k Wii Fit U's preordered, for only 22k? (If I did any writing mistake, excuse me, I speak Spanish)



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Locknuts on 20 January 2014
darthdevidem01 said:
AstroGamer said:
Considering the free trial is still ongoing, you kind of have to be stupid to buy Wii Fit u right now. You can find a cheaper used balance board and get the Wii Fit meter and you'd have spent less than the game is currently retailing for

A free trial? So what happens when the trials up? It's like a subscription based service? (a bit like the Wii Sports club thing?)

What on earth made them think that was a good idea.

You just buy the Wii Fit meter (it was like number 57 in amazon's top 100 last I checked) and that unlocks the full game forever.

I'd say this is one reason. The other is that hardly anyone cares about Wii Fit/Sports anymore.



darthdevidem01 on 20 January 2014
camilosanchez16 said:
The weird thing, i that the Pre-Order chart, listed 48k Wii Fit U's preordered, for only 22k? (If I did any writing mistake, excuse me, I speak Spanish)

Never apologise for making a writing mistake, especially if it's not your first language. What you said is absolutely understandable btw :)

And this has happened with the pre-order chart in the past too...it has overpredicted before.



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sborwege on 20 January 2014

throwing in my two cents. That number will rise, my wal-mart hasn't even got them in yet. and its been 10 days.






 

random15 on 20 January 2014

Sigh...the casuals are gone face it.



sborwege on 20 January 2014

The more serious question is did Knack outsell it in Europe?