Global HW/USA SW up - 3rd August 2013

[zorg1000]

pezus said:

zorg1000 said:

chocoloco said:

After Picmin fails to do much for for Wii U. Are any of you seriously believing wonderful 101 will be much of a system seller either?

Nobody except for fanboys has said those games are system sellers, most have said they will give Wii U a little bit of extra momentum leading up to the big titles and holidays.

While Pikmin did a horrible job in Europe, it did give Wii U a decent boost in Japan and 4 weeks after release Wii U sales are still above pre-Pikmin levels. Its possible it could do similar in NA.

Same goes for Wonderful 101, nobody is expecting a huge boost from it but a nice little bump for 1-2 weeks.

I beg to differ.

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=5002327

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=5001997

Sure, expectations have changed quite a lot since then, but the examples are there. I have also seen W101 being mentioned as one reason for WiiU sales increasing in the second half of the year, but I don't have examples on hand.

Neither of those posts were talking solely about Pikmin. That was when Rayman, Lego City, Wii Fit, Game & Wario, Pikmin, Wonderful 101 were all scheduled as launch window games which is a whole different situation since Wii U wouldnt have lost all its momentum it established at launch and had multiple exclusives planned in a short period. 5 out of 6 of those game were delayed.