| think-man said: No Wii U title was able to crack the top 10 in its first weekend on sales, according to GfK Chart-Track. |
This article is a beat-up. That is, they're trying to create a story where none exists.
GfK's charts don't specify the platform from which a game comes from - the Black Ops II listing includes all versions of BO2, including the Wii U version. Same with FIFA (in 3rd), Assassin's Creed (in 5th), Just Dance 4 (in 6th, and likely mostly due to Wii), and Skylanders Giants (in 9th).
Of course, it is highly unlikely that Black Ops II sold more copies on Wii U than Nintendo Land... but the point to be made here is that it's not clear which titles might be into the top 10 purely due to being available on so many platforms.
After all, watch what happens when we do the same thing with the US charts from the previous week (note: only using numbers that are accessible)...
Black Ops II: 1,222,453
AC3: 746,199
Kinect Adventures: 483,609
Hitman Absolution: 459,505
Just Dance 4: 412,812
Halo 4: 397,755
NSMB U: 316,344
Nintendo Land: 299,731
Madden NFL: 273,305 (using 24,760 and 11,813 for Wii and Vita versions as average for last three weeks, as exact numbers after week 10 aren't available - likely to be higher)
Considering that the Wii U had much more stock available (per capita) in the US than the UK, and you see my point - combining of versions from different platforms makes the GfK chart unreliable as a measure of system success. Then consider that the Wii U had only been out for 2 days at the time of that chart, whereas it released on the first day of the chart-week in the US.
Far more interesting, to me, is the other bit of information made available in that article... the position of ZombiU. It came in 17th. That's a pretty good showing for a new IP at system launch. On the (version-split) US chart, it came in 28th. It has been the best-selling Wii U title other than NSMB U and Nintendo Land in both regions (unless BO2, AC3, FIFA, Just Dance 4, or Skylanders Giants did better than it in the UK and the version-combining hides this result).
