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Soundwave on 10 December 2012
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JTurner82 said:
Soundwave said:
JTurner82 said:
Soundwave said:
VGKing said:
These numbers don't really mean anything....just look at the Vita launch, its was pretty good but look how its doing now.

Anyway Japan shows the same trends as USA and EU....3rd party isn't selling.


I dunno I'd say that Monster Hunter attach rate is pretty good, given that it's basically just an up-resed 3DS game slapped together for launch. Basically just free money for Capcom. 

Things like Tekken are just dying franchises unfortunately, they bombed on the PS3 in Japan, and the Wii U wasn't going to save them with a newborn sized userbase. 

Yeah, the success of that title SHOULD ensure that WiiU's 3rd party support in Japan will gradually get better, despite what the opening launch week says.

I think you'll see a fair bit of PS3-Wii U multi-plats in Japan for a while. It's too bad most Japanese franchises have gone down the toliet even in Japan things like Tekken, Ridge Racer, Street Fighter, Tales, Silent Hill, aren't what they used to be and Final Fantasy has declined massively too. Monster Hunter will probably always stay handheld centric. 

But Nintendo should have some ammo to make some kind of deal with a Japanese third party. 

Yeah, this will DEFINITELY ensure that most of those titles will at least make an appearance on WiiU.

RIDGE RACER is a probability because of Namco's partnership with Nintendo.  TALES may take a while, but I'm sure we'll see it eventually despite what Hideo Baba says.  STREET FIGHTER seems a given, while SILENT HILL could go either way.  FINAL FANTASY may have lost its luster, but I still think Nintendo WiiU WILL get the franchise, especially since S-E and Nintendo are on good terms now.

MGS SHOULD be on WiiU, but that will ultimately depend on whether Konami thinks it'll be worthwhile.  It COULD happen, though.  We'll see.

Either way, this first week sales in Japan is very promising.


It's an OK first week, it's not neccessarily "lets pop the champange" type of first week. It's decent. 

Nintendo's problem is what they're going to have for January-June of next year, they better be sitting on some pretty big games, because Pikmin and Wii Fit U is not going to cut the mustard. I think Wii Fit is going to decline massively from the original ones because it's an idea that's had its day, much like Brain Training and Nintendogs did virtually nothing for the 3DS. 

Japan is a market where if you don't have games, your sales are going to plummet and fast, the 3DS has Dragon Quest VII and Monster Hunter 4 for the first half of next year, Wii U could very quickly get lost in the 3DS' shadow if it's relying on the Raymans and Pikmins of the world to carry the load.