Media Create / Famitsu hardware & software sales (10/20 – 10/26)

[Mummelmann]

uran10 said:

Mummelmann said:
3DS holding very well! Wii U half of PS4, will it dip into the same lows as last year around this time (3k and just below)? If so, then we're basically back to square one after MK, Bayo 2, Hyrule and other things that were to ensure good momentum for Q4.

Xbox One; nothing much to say, when I said it would perform worse than the 360 a long time ago, I can honestly say that it is the most confident I have ever been in a prediction in my entire life. Fish out of water.

Evil Within did okay, let's see how it holds though. MK 8 on track for a ridiculous attach rate and lifetime sales as usual...

Do I seriously need to point out that a bundle was announced which caused sales to tank? Its sales will go back up from november 13th... sheesh

How does that change the fact that numbers are headed in the same direction as last year, the October sales are looking almost exactly like 2013, only slightly above in the figures. My point is that the market reality for the Wii U seems to remain largely unchanged. There were bundles announced last year at the same time as well, that is not really an argument. A healthy gaming product should not take sales dips this large simply due to bundle announcements.

Of course the sale will rise in November, they would have regardless of bundles; we're going into the holiday season! I remember arguing with a user last year, he claimed that holidays didn't affect Japan sales at all since they don't celebrate traditional christmas like us, he attributed the entire sales rise to bundles and marketing genius.