[UPDATE!] Nintendo Digital Practice is becoming a major success.

[Suke]

FatedReality said:

Suke said:

http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/198393/Nintendos_new_strategy_for_the_3DS_seems_to_be_working.php

 

Nintendo digital sales have been a huge success, starting off with Fire Emblem: Awakening, the digital version sold more then the retail version at launch. Then when Animal Crossing: New Leaf was release, that's where eShop lift off, managing to sale over 500k on the first week in the US. As the Wii U tend to have a week sale per quarter, it eShop sales says other wise. Nintendo manage to gain impressive sells of the Wii U eShop thanks to game like Earthbound.

If Nintendo is able to make a deal with Activision and have Cod: Ghost be release digitally, making it ten dollars cheaper, but still having that next gen engine running on the Wii U same with the PS4 and Xbone, it'll be a better value and make the Wii U look a bit more attractive. Plus, (though its not the best) free online on the Wii U version.

Ummmm if games are selling this well digitially why dosent Nintendo invest more into online? Had no idea nintendo titles sold so well digitially

Pretty much what everyone criticise Nintendo about, their heads are still in the ninties. Look at the reason why Smash Bros isn't getting a story mode. Maybe this big Autume update that's suppost to optimize and add tons of features will fix all of that. Rumor that the next big update for the Wii U and 3DS will finally connect one another. Sort of similar to the PS Vita and PS3 or PS4. Finally the eShop account will be connected to.

Hopefully with the crap load of money their going to make with Super Mario 3D World and Pokemon X and Y, they can use that money to improve their online service and built a better version of the Gamepad and Pro controller. :P