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Forums - Sales Discussion - Predict Wii U Sales MK8 Launch Week and 2 Following Weeks

gatito on 17 May 2014

Opening Week: 200,000
2nd week: 120,000
3rd week: 80,000



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PigPen on 17 May 2014
JWeinCom said:
I think people are vastly overestimating this and setting themselves up for disappointment. 80K week one, 67K week 2, and 50K week three. Where it goes from there depends on a few factors. I would guess we're do for a Wii Sports Club hard copy around June-July, Bayonetta for September, X late October (Japan at least), and the flagship NFP game in October for the US. Hyrule Warriors also seems like a possible Fall title. Those should be able to keep sales at around 50K, give or take 10K a week. Holidays are kind of up in the air. It's seeming increasingly more likely that Smash may be the only huge holiday release, which would not be good.

Of course, I'll be happy to be proven wrong. Who know, maybe sales will rise to 100K per week.


I do apologize for not properly reading the thread and blasting.  You are right and I am wrong.



PigPen on 17 May 2014
Mensrea said:
PigPen said:


I should aknowledge what?  Now you are talking crazy.


I'm actually speaking english.


Riiiiight, and I am speaking turkey.



TheLegendaryWolf on 17 May 2014

Week 1: 120,000
Week 2: 85,000
Week 3: 60,000
New Average Weekly Baseline post Mario Kart 8: 40,000-50,000



chakkra on 17 May 2014

Oh what the hell. Let's see how close I can get.

Wii U

1st week  - 90k (I know it seems low but we're talking about a 200% increase here)

2nd week - 65k

2rd week  - 50k

And I think it will stabilize at around 40k for a couple of months until something happens (or nothing happens thus making it go back to 30k)

MK8

1st week  - 450k

2nd week - 300k

2rd week  - 200k



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JWeinCom on 17 May 2014
PigPen said:
JWeinCom said:
I think people are vastly overestimating this and setting themselves up for disappointment. 80K week one, 67K week 2, and 50K week three. Where it goes from there depends on a few factors. I would guess we're do for a Wii Sports Club hard copy around June-July, Bayonetta for September, X late October (Japan at least), and the flagship NFP game in October for the US. Hyrule Warriors also seems like a possible Fall title. Those should be able to keep sales at around 50K, give or take 10K a week. Holidays are kind of up in the air. It's seeming increasingly more likely that Smash may be the only huge holiday release, which would not be good.

Of course, I'll be happy to be proven wrong. Who know, maybe sales will rise to 100K per week.


I do apologize for not properly reading the thread and blasting.  You are right and I am wrong.

No big deal.  It happens.



2Ultra on 17 May 2014

1st Week: 300k
2nd Week: 350k
3rd Week: 250k

My numbers are probably way off, but I am willing to wager Mario Kart 8 has much more pull than Titanfall and other popular games did here recently.



sidmeiernintifan on 17 May 2014

what boost did the wii u get from Mario 3D World? wansn't it like 50.000 more than the previous week? Mario Kart Wii sold like 3 times what Galaxy 1 sold, and like 5 times what Galaxy 2 sold.
But then, Mario Kart 3DS and Mario 3D Land are pretty much tied.
The boost could be either identical to the 3D World one, 3 times that, or even more if hype and the free game works.



DucksUnlimited on 18 May 2014
PigPen said:
DucksUnlimited said:

Oh, but it is. Your prediction is awful.


Your opinion is awful.  So I'm suppose to agree with you now?  lol

That comeback was almost as good as your prediction. I can tell already you're going to become one of my new favorite users on this site.



Azhraell on 18 May 2014
DucksUnlimited said:

Your opinion is awful.  So I'm suppose to agree with you now?  lol

That comeback was almost as good as your prediction. I can tell already you're going to become one of my new favorite users on this site.

lol same here

OT: W1 110k

W2:80k

W3:65k and then it will stabilize between 50-55k till the next game. And for the record I do think MK8 will sell 700k worldwide in its first week.