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Otakumegane on 13 March 2013

No idea.

There's just too little information.



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gigantor21 on 13 March 2013
Screamapillar said:

Why is this only for Nintendo fans? We should be a big tent. Sony and MS fans are just as capable of making objective predictions about hardware sales.

Depends on what you mean by heavy-hitters, though.  I don't think Game & Wario qualifies as a system-seller, nor do I think Wii Fit U will have much of impact this time around.

Pikmin will help move some units, as will LEGO City and Monster Hunter. 

Beyond that, maybe W101 will move some decent numbers and help system sales in the summer.  But really, Wind Waker HD, 3D Mario, and Mario Kart are needed this holiday season to make it competitive with other systems.

Because the PS4 and the NextBox aren't out yet? Because I just wanted to focus on the Wii U? WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM ME!? XD

And yeah, by heavy hitters, I'm talking stuff like Mario, Zelda, Smash Bros., and so forth.



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Conegamer on 13 March 2013

When Mario Kart, 3D Mario, Zelda and a price cut come, so we're saying this time next year?

Above the PS4, 720 and this generation certainly. Probably around 100-150k a week.



 

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Screamapillar on 13 March 2013
gigantor21 said:
Screamapillar said:

Why is this only for Nintendo fans? We should be a big tent. Sony and MS fans are just as capable of making objective predictions about hardware sales.

Depends on what you mean by heavy-hitters, though.  I don't think Game & Wario qualifies as a system-seller, nor do I think Wii Fit U will have much of impact this time around.

Pikmin will help move some units, as will LEGO City and Monster Hunter. 

Beyond that, maybe W101 will move some decent numbers and help system sales in the summer.  But really, Wind Waker HD, 3D Mario, and Mario Kart are needed this holiday season to make it competitive with other systems.

Because the PS4 and the NextBox aren't out yet? Because I just wanted to focus on the Wii U? WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM ME!? XD

And yeah, by heavy hitters, I'm talking stuff like Mario, Zelda, Smash Bros., and so forth.

I was merely suggesting that we invite all VGChartz members to come and make predictions.  It's your thread, you can of course proceed as you wish.



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JGarret on 13 March 2013
pokoko said:
Through Spring and Summer, I don't see anything that's going to provide a sustained push to hardware. It would surprise me to see the Wii U climb above 50k on any given week. There is just nothing really compelling releasing in the short-term. When does Pikmin 4 release, by the way? I keep reading different things.

Post E3, I don't know. It's going to depend on how the major releases stack up.

I think we should expect Pikmin 4 in 2020 or so :)

But if you mean Pikmin 3, last I heard it was Q2...either April or May or June.



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cbarroso09 on 13 March 2013

Average week: 60 -80k



pokoko on 13 March 2013
JGarret said:
pokoko said:
Through Spring and Summer, I don't see anything that's going to provide a sustained push to hardware. It would surprise me to see the Wii U climb above 50k on any given week. There is just nothing really compelling releasing in the short-term. When does Pikmin 4 release, by the way? I keep reading different things.

Post E3, I don't know. It's going to depend on how the major releases stack up.

I think we should expect Pikmin 4 in 2020 or so :)

But if you mean Pikmin 3, last I heard it was Q2...either April or May or June.

Er, yes, that one.  That's like the third time I've called it Pikmin 4, though I caught one of the previous mistakes myself.  Maybe by the time Pikmin 4 comes out, they can pair it up with the next Team Ico release.



JGarret on 13 March 2013
pokoko said:
JGarret said:
pokoko said:
Through Spring and Summer, I don't see anything that's going to provide a sustained push to hardware. It would surprise me to see the Wii U climb above 50k on any given week. There is just nothing really compelling releasing in the short-term. When does Pikmin 4 release, by the way? I keep reading different things.

Post E3, I don't know. It's going to depend on how the major releases stack up.

I think we should expect Pikmin 4 in 2020 or so :)

But if you mean Pikmin 3, last I heard it was Q2...either April or May or June.

Er, yes, that one.  That's like the third time I've called it Pikmin 4, though I caught one of the previous mistakes myself.  Maybe by the time Pikmin 4 comes out, they can pair it up with the next Team Ico release.

I wonder if Sony will keep Team Ico after TLG (hopefully) is released.



kitler53 on 13 March 2013

hard to say. the gamecube had all the same heavy hitters that have been announced for wiiU to little effect hardware wise. there are a lot of variable to why a product is popular or not. i don't think we'll truly understand the wiiU until after the games are released and we see how the market responds.



Salnax on 13 March 2013

Define "Heavy Hitter." Does The Wonderful 101 apply? Or do you mean the likes of Mario Kart?

Anyhow, I can imagine sales rising to a more typical 40,000 or so a week after March, thanks to minor titles, and raising to over 100,000 a week once we get at least one huge game.



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