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Barozi on 18 May 2014
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Conina said:
PigPen said:


My short answer is yes, digital do as much as retail.   The retail version might be cheaper now but not back then.

Let's compare the retail/digital-ratio of some newer WiiU-titles up to end of March 2014: http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/pdf/2014/140508e.pdf

  • Super Mario 3D World: 2.17m digital+retail, ~1.8m retail only = ~83% retail
  • Wii Party U: 1.35m digital+retail, ~1.1m retail only = ~81% retail
  • Wind Waker HD: 1.22m digital+retail, ~0.8m retail only = ~66% retail (high digital share due to bundles with download codes)
  • New Super Luigi U: 1.76m digital+retail, ~1.4m retail only = ~80% retail

So most Nintendo exclusives have a retail/digital ratio around 4:1... but Tropical Freeze suddenly manages a 1:1-ratio?

According to Nintendo, the total WiiU software sales (digital+retail) up to end of March were 32.28m, retail only were 22.6m (VGC data)... that's a retail/digital ratio of 7:3 (2.33:1). But this included many eShop-only games, so titles also available at retail will probably have a 3:1-ratio or higher.

Don't forget that this is shipped so it includes physical copies that haven't even been sold yet. Take that out of the equation and the physical ratio goes up to 90%-ish.

Also we know that Tropical Freeze hasn't reached a million yet, because Nintendo didn't even mention it so far.