DQ did 33k and G&W sold 22k, and Wii U HW jumps to >20k. Are we still going to pretend that SW isn't helping?

It's obvious you silly. It is a Nintendo-console we talk about. If some different console has a similar sales jump on software released and pricecut, it's obvious the software helped. But clearly not for a Nintendo-console. That's simply stupid to assume a Nintendo-console starts selling if software arrives. Nintendo-users never buy software, you know. If you don't know what I'm talking about, look at the statement of this one mod that commented on something different, it shows that I'm right although he never said anything about this. And by the way, it is OK to come in every thread with positive news about Nintendo to spin it into negativity, but it is never OK to compare Nintendo-consoles to non-Nintendo-consoles.

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Those sales honestly aren't that impressive.

For a Japanese Dragon Quest, I'd say that's pretty disappointing even given the circumstances. 33k for DQX is considerably lower than MH3G port for the Wii U at launch and DQX had a hardware bundle. Game & Wario just flat out bombed.

I think Nintendo will look at these sales as largely a dissapointment. 

Seriously guys, stop arguing and going off topic- thanks

Lego City Stories is a major original project for once by TT, and is published by Nintendo themselves, making it a First Party release. That's not exactly small time.

And Monster Hunter is enormous is Japan. And it's getting more popular in the states as well. Also not what I'd call a "2nd or 3rd tier release", unless of course you only count Marios and Zeldas as "1st tier".

edited: On second thought, nvm.  I'll respect Radish's wishes and not continue the argument.  

The launch sales are irrelevent to its future sales potential.  If we could just extrapolate then the Wii U should have done 2.6 million in these first three months of 2013 because it was ahead of the PS3's launch by 80% in 2012.  It is a fact that Wii U 2013 is trailing PS3 2007 by a huge margin.  I don't know how you can say it is false.

In order to do 3 million in Q2 and Q3 it will need to average more than 115k per week.  If it does about 60k with game releases, how is it going to average nearly double that for all those weeks with nothing?  After a week in the UK Monster Hunter dropped out of the top 40 and so did Nintendo Land after its brief reappearance.  What will be the next game to increase sales?  Pikmin or Wii Fit U?  Neither of which have release dates yet, but let's say they come out in June.  Even if the Wii U somehow manages to maintain 60k a week until June, that would mean it would need to average 145k a week for the next four months.  If it drops back down to 30k it would need 161k a week.

The PS3 did 2.17 million in calendar Q2/3 2007.  In that period of time it dropped below 60k twice, and only one of those weeks was lower than what the Wii U did with Monster Hunter and Lego City.  What leads you to believe the Wii U will be 38% higher?  The PS3 dropping to 60k is not equivalent to the Wii U rising to 60k on new releases.

This seems reminiscent of the 3DS and DS comparisons where people thought that because the 3DS was ahead it would stay ahead regardless of sales trends for both systems.  Of course now the DS is far ahead and increasing the lead by hundreds of thousands weekly.

Content is king... word of mouth by existing owners enjoying the new games on their system generates the interest in "others" to also consider getting the new console. That's how Wii Sports ruled... and once the Wii U has something of that broad and immediate appeal... the price people are willing to pay will go up (price is also always a factor)

Content sells only when quality content is available.

Look at the release schedule for the Wii U through this Fall and compare it with upcoming games for the 360 and Playstation 3. Then take a gander at the PS4 launch releases.

WHERE ARE YOUR SALES GODS NOW, WII U OWNERS?

ahem, I mean, where are your games. bring em out, bring em out.

The DQX numbers aren't that bad; it sold about 60-80% of its stock. Now granted its sales are not great by any means, but they're certainly not as bad as they seem.  Still, it's great that both it and G&W boosted WiiU's hardware sales.