Scott Moffitt: Splatoon has had a fantastic start worldwide and is driving sales.

[OfficerRaichu15]

midrange said:

OfficerRaichu15 said:

On Splatoon’s success/new IPs…

Moffitt: You’re probably right. That could have been under Mario. We love the fan response to Splatoon. It’s gotten off to a fantastic start worldwide. It’s driving console sales for us. It’s generated Wii U momentum, and that’s momentum we’re going to carry through to Super Mario Maker, Star Fox, Animal Crossing, Amiibo Festival, and beyond.

Can we actually get worldwide numbers for this if it is so splendid. Not trying to belittle splatoon, but I want to know if it even made over 400k first week. Compared to the moderate boost mario kart 8 gave last year, saying that it drives console sales without actual numbers to compare to last year does not say much.

Likewise, I am also concerned on what they're using to "carry momentum" until super mario maker since they literally have no retail release over the summer. Batman however is releasing soon on everything else, which seems concerning for the wii u's image.

We will probably here #s in the investor's meeting next Thursday.