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Forums - Sales Discussion - Japan Sales 01/06/14 - Mario Kart 8 Week! (>325k SW, 19k HW)

Xenostar on 04 June 2014

Yeah seems like its over for Wii U, can always hope that this has good legs for hardware sales i suppose.



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melbye on 04 June 2014

8th gen home console-sales continue to be disappointing. MK didn't boost WiiU as much as needed and PS4 is beat by PS3



Gammalad on 04 June 2014

I think Hyrule Warriors will move more Wii U's in Japan



"I think it will be the HDS"-Me in regards to Nintendo's next handheld.

Anfebious on 04 June 2014

That's it? That's all you could do Mario Kart 8? Lame.



"I've Underestimated the Horse Power from Mario Kart 8, I'll Never Doubt the WiiU's Engine Again"

Aerys on 04 June 2014
drake_tolu said:
Only 19K Wii U?
Bad... in UK have a 666% and in Japan "only" 120%...


Well,  it's pretty much the same thing, +10k



Predictions for end of 2014 HW sales:

 PS4: 17m   XB1: 10m    WiiU: 10m   Vita: 10m

 

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fleischr on 04 June 2014
Conegamer said:
fleischr said:
kowenicki said:
That is not a very impressive boost for the WiiU is it?

19k sold? Poor imo, and ps4 down to sub 7k?

Jesus, those hardware numbers are poor all round. Really poor.


How is hardware going up over 100% not an impressive hardware boost??

When you look at the SW sales, the boost in the UK and the predictions of those here, it's a fairly uninspired boost. 

Prior to MK8 launch, the UK WiiU situation was pretty bad. Even worse than in Japan. There was already a LOT of room for improvement there.

And while Japan Wii U sales have been low, they've had a reasonably steady baseline.

Are we sure that the console wasn't supply constrained that week?



I predict NX launches in 2017 - not 2016

FATALITY on 04 June 2014
drake_tolu said:
Only 19K Wii U?
Bad... in UK have a 666% and in Japan "only" 120%...


ha ha ha u r joking right?



”The environment where PlayStation wins is best for this industry” (Jack Tretton, 2009)

fleischr on 04 June 2014
Xenostar said:
Yeah seems like its over for Wii U, can always hope that this has good legs for hardware sales i suppose.


Supply constraints?



I predict NX launches in 2017 - not 2016

FATALITY on 04 June 2014
fleischr said:
kowenicki said:
That is not a very impressive boost for the WiiU is it?

19k sold? Poor imo, and ps4 down to sub 7k?

Jesus, those hardware numbers are poor all round. Really poor.


How is hardware going up over 100% not an impressive hardware boost??

just let it go dude

seriously



”The environment where PlayStation wins is best for this industry” (Jack Tretton, 2009)

Conegamer on 04 June 2014
fleischr said:
Conegamer said:

When you look at the SW sales, the boost in the UK and the predictions of those here, it's a fairly uninspired boost. 

Prior to MK8 launch, the UK WiiU situation was pretty bad. Even worse than in Japan. There was already a LOT of room for improvement there.

And while Japan Wii U sales have been low, they've had a reasonably steady baseline.

Are we sure that the console wasn't supply constrained that week?

That may be but you expect one of the biggest (if not the biggest) games of the year to push more than it did. Sure there was more room for improvement in the UK, but the same can be said for Japan; known as "Nintendo Land" after all.

Also pretty sure the system wouldn't be supply constrained. Nintendo knew this was coming and would have prepared.



 

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