WW HW and SW Up 11th January 2014

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pezus said:

superhippy420 said:
I actually thought the Wii U drop would be greater considering it consistently sold about 20k - 33k per week from January to October of last year. SM3DW really has given it a bump, the problem is that interest and sales were so low, due to a lack of software that a 80 percent bump just brings sales from horrible to not very good. It's Nintendo's own fault though. If Donkey Kong and Mario Kart were out right now, it would be doing atleast 140k per week. I'm also very interested to see how good/bad the launch in Japan is for the PS4. I'm just not sure the software will be there that is going to pull in 300k+ in week one sales, and I think Sony knows that too, which is why as a Japanese company they launched in the U.S. and Europe first.

Last year's sales were around 48k. So not really a bump to speak of.

PS4 will surprise you and others when it launches in Japan, I'm sure.

Wii U has sold 1.4 million consoles since SM3DW's launch and, it's all going to depend on where sales stabilize now.  If they settle at 40+k per week, then SM3DW is the only reason for that bounce, because its litterally the AAA game to come out for the Wii U in a year. I love Pikmin and Wind Waker, but Niche and Remake titles were never going to do jack squat for the console.     I honestly would'nt be shocked either way when the PS4 comes out in Japan.  It's more curiosity because these strong launches in the U.S. and Europe make sense to me.  Call of Duty was the strongest console seller last gen in the U.S., Fifa was the strongest in Europe.  It launched with both, so it's really no shock that demand is so high.   In Japan though it was carried by Final Fantasy,Resident Evil, and Dynasty Warriors.   They are getting a Dynasty Warriors 8 complete edition but the one on PS3, didnt exactly sell that great in the 1st place.  We will just have to wait and see, I could see it being huge or having a slow start over there.