By using this site, you agree to our Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use. Close

Forums - Sales - Nintendo: Wii U Sales Beat Predecessor

Soundwave on 11 January 2013

460k in December with a new Mario game is bad.

This is just some pretty damn good PR spin by Nintendo, at $300-$350/unit of course they can say it had "higher sales" (as in raw revenue) than the Wii in 2006, because that that system was $250 fixed.



Around the Network
Mnementh on 11 January 2013

They learned from Sony's marketing. Sadly they also learned from Sony how to build a console.



3DS-FC: 4511-1768-7903 (Mii-Name: Mnementh), Nintendo-Network-ID: Mnementh, Switch: SW-7706-3819-9381 (Mnementh)

my greatest games: 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024

10 years greatest game event!

bets: [peak year] [+], [1], [2], [3], [4]

NintendoPie on 11 January 2013
Fireforgey said:
NintendoPie said:
What they need to focus on is the games. Forget all about spinning the numbers to make it seem likes it's beating the Wii and just focus on teh gamez.
I know that was a totally groundbreaking idea, nobody steal it from me! (But seriously, get on that.)

The problem is that the investors don't care about the games.  Case in point, when Nintendo revealed that it got both MH3G and MH4, stocks went down.  Nintendo always focuses on the games but it needs to show numbers so that it will continue to have the financing it needs to go forward.  I also don't think the PR market uses to many world renowned game developers that their efforts delay and prevent the release of new games.  I really don't get the relationship between the PR spin and the "gamez".

There is an obvious relation between games and sales though. In the end, it comes down to how much (good) software you have.