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animegaming on 28 October 2014

Hyrule Warriors meets sales expectations in Japan, above expectations overseas

Posted under News, Wii U 
October 28, 2014 by Brian (@NE_Brian) 

Koei Tecmo seems to be pleased with the performance of Hyrule Warriors. During the company’s latest financial earnings Q&A, Koei Tecmo couldn’t say if the game surpassed the 500,000 target since Nintendo handled publishing in the west. However, Hyrule Warriors’ Japanese sales are in line with what was expected, and overseas sales are above expectations. There are hopes for even higher sales outside of Japan with more shipments in the second half of the fiscal year.

 

http://nintendoeverything.com/hyrule-warriors-meets-sales-expectations-in-japan-above-expectations-overseas/



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curl-6 on 28 October 2014

Some people will still try to paint is as a flop, just watch.



Metallox on 28 October 2014

Disappointing, Bayonetta 2 deserved 1000 times more those sales.



My bet with The_Liquid_Laser: I think the Switch won't surpass the PS2 as the best selling system of all time. If it does, I'll play a game of a list that The_Liquid_Laser will provide, I will have to play it for 50 hours or complete it, whatever comes first. 

Zekkyou on 28 October 2014

While this is good news, anything that has "'exceeds'/'fails to meet' expectations" in the title isn't particularly useful without knowing what they were actually expecting, and the context of those expectations. Similar to how "[x] has sold out" is rather meaningless without knowing how many were on offer.



KLXVER on 28 October 2014
Zekkyou said:

While this is good news, anything that has "'exceeds'/'fails to meet' expectations" in the title isn't particularly useful without knowing what they were actually expecting, and the context of those expectations. Similar to how "[x] has sold out" is rather meaningless without knowing how many were on offer.


I think they expected 1M LTD...



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curl-6 on 28 October 2014
Zekkyou said:

While this is good news, anything that has "'exceeds'/'fails to meet' expectations" in the title isn't particularly useful without knowing what they were actually expecting, and the context of those expectations. Similar to how "[x] has sold out" is rather meaningless without knowing how many were on offer.

If I recall correctly they were hoping for 1 million lifetime, worldwide.

EDIT: Ninja'd! XD



MoHasanie on 28 October 2014

Their overseas expectations must have been very low.



    

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Wagram on 28 October 2014

When I purchase a Wii U i will be picking up a copy!



Maraccuda on 28 October 2014

They probably expected 600k in the West.

Good on the game for passing expectations BUT I am not sure if I really want a sequel. I enjoy Warriors games but too many in such a short time is bad.
Maybe add on packs in years time that adds a full games worth of content?
Or a sequel in no earlier than 2 years.



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Zekkyou on 28 October 2014
KLXVER said:
Zekkyou said:

While this is good news, anything that has "'exceeds'/'fails to meet' expectations" in the title isn't particularly useful without knowing what they were actually expecting, and the context of those expectations. Similar to how "[x] has sold out" is rather meaningless without knowing how many were on offer.


I think they expected 1M LTD...

I meant more in reference to the specific regions they were mentioning, and the time frame :p Though if their LT WW target is 1m, then HW shouldn't have too much of an issue exceeding that.

It's quite a reasonable target actually. Accounts for the potential benefit of having the Zelda brand attached, but doesn't assume said brand will somehow leads to countless sales (not that i'd ever imply any developers/publisherS would set unrEasonable sales expectations).