This is a surprise. Especially that it's bundled with a Capcom game.
pezus said:
Free? It's the beta and you have to purchase a console (the more expensive one) to play. Oh, you were talking about WW sales. I don't see how this is relevant to the Vita though, but oh well. |
It'll help a lot, stop being such a party pooper.
I still don't get why they first released a version of the game on a dying system that will for all intents and purposes be completely dead once the Wii U launches. You'd think Nintendo would have wanted them to make it a Wii U exclusive to push even more hardware. MH3 and DQX both online and both for Wii U... that's the sickest lineup for the Japanese audience that Nintendo has had on a console going all the way back to the SNES days.
On 2/24/13, MB1025 said:
You know I was always wondering why no one ever used the dollar sign for $ony, but then I realized they have no money so it would be pointless.
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pezus said: Millions? The game itself has sold around 600k so far on the Wii. |
My guess it's that the reason the Wii version hasn't sold more than expected is because people are waiting for the Wii U version, which makes a lot of sense imo.
Nintendo and PC gamer
| NightDragon83 said: I still don't get why they first released a version of the game on a dying system that will for all intents and purposes be completely dead once the Wii U launches. You'd think Nintendo would have wanted them to make it a Wii U exclusive to push even more hardware. MH3 and DQX both online and both for Wii U... that's the sickest lineup for the Japanese audience that Nintendo has had on a console going all the way back to the SNES days. |
Yeah, I definitely see this being a success for WiiU as well. Get this, and we'll surely get FF and other hardcore 3rd party titles from Japan as well. This is a VERY smart move on Nintendo's part; it shows just who they are targeting the system to.
| NightDragon83 said: I still don't get why they first released a version of the game on a dying system that will for all intents and purposes be completely dead once the Wii U launches. You'd think Nintendo would have wanted them to make it a Wii U exclusive to push even more hardware. MH3 and DQX both online and both for Wii U... that's the sickest lineup for the Japanese audience that Nintendo has had on a console going all the way back to the SNES days. |
The guy in charge of the series allegedly prefers to have the game be on a system that's already done well, rather than have the game be a system seller. I suppose that's why he stuck with the Wii. The Wii U edition is probably just because the Wii is pretty much dead now, all these years after the game began development.
Admittedly this is mostly inference on my part.
| pezus said: I'm only tempering unreasonable expectations. I thought he was saying this would help Wii U sell 1m+ day one in Japan. @osed: My guess is rather because it is an MMO, but also because of the Wii U version. I don't expect the Wii U version to outsell the Wii version though, but it should help the game get to 1m+ combined. |
Being a MMO could also be reason the game hasn't sold very well, and since the online on the Wii it's bad, people might wait for a more robust and better online service with the Wii U.
Nintendo and PC gamer
I think this game will do very well, cause the pad is great for it.
MMO could really shine on Wii U. Phantasy Star Online 2 getting a port is very likely, imo.
| S.Peelman said: Sony and especially Microsoft just shouldn't even bother releasing the PS4 and neXtBOX in Japan now. |
This ^^
Demand for the Premium SKU and the Monster Hunter SKU in particular is going to be bloomin insane...and that's before you even think about taking NSMB U into account.
WOW this will help WiiU a lot!!
It's like getting a launch game bundled with the WiiU & that game happens to be a mainline Dragon QUest.
SONY should get this done with a FFXIV beta & any new PS3 sold.
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