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Forums - Sales - Global HW/USA SW up - 3rd August 2013

WebMasterFlex on 10 August 2013
zumnupy10 said:
PS3 steady as usual.


Yeah. Can't wait to see Tales Of Xillia's numbers



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zorg1000 on 10 August 2013
chocoloco said:

After Picmin fails to do much for for Wii U. Are any of you seriously believing wonderful 101 will be much of a system seller either?


Nobody except for fanboys has said those games are system sellers, most have said they will give Wii U a little bit of extra momentum leading up to the big titles and holidays.

While Pikmin did a horrible job in Europe, it did give Wii U a decent boost in Japan and 4 weeks after release Wii U sales are still above pre-Pikmin levels. Its possible it could do similar in NA.

Same goes for Wonderful 101, nobody is expecting a huge boost from it but a nice little bump for 1-2 weeks.



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Conegamer on 10 August 2013
oniyide said:
Conegamer said:
To say that Pikmin released last week but U HW didn't fall at all, that's not too bad. If it stays this way then maybe we could be nudging 50k soon.


50k? Soon? whats soon? its barely doing 30k now, outside of holiday boost and Mario and maybe Zelda i dont see it doing 50k anytime soon

I was thinking WW week, actually. That's next month, right?



 

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oniyide on 10 August 2013
Conegamer said:
oniyide said:
Conegamer said:
To say that Pikmin released last week but U HW didn't fall at all, that's not too bad. If it stays this way then maybe we could be nudging 50k soon.


50k? Soon? whats soon? its barely doing 30k now, outside of holiday boost and Mario and maybe Zelda i dont see it doing 50k anytime soon

I was thinking WW week, actually. That's next month, right?

20k more for a HD rerelease of a Zelda game that wasnt that popular to begin with? nothing is impossible but thats pushing it.



tbone51 on 10 August 2013
oniyide said:
Conegamer said:
oniyide said:
Conegamer said:
To say that Pikmin released last week but U HW didn't fall at all, that's not too bad. If it stays this way then maybe we could be nudging 50k soon.


50k? Soon? whats soon? its barely doing 30k now, outside of holiday boost and Mario and maybe Zelda i dont see it doing 50k anytime soon

I was thinking WW week, actually. That's next month, right?

20k more for a HD rerelease of a Zelda game that wasnt that popular to begin with? nothing is impossible but thats pushing it.



you think WW HD wont make wiiu have over 50k sales World Wide?



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oniyide on 10 August 2013
tbone51 said:
oniyide said:
Conegamer said:
oniyide said:
Conegamer said:
To say that Pikmin released last week but U HW didn't fall at all, that's not too bad. If it stays this way then maybe we could be nudging 50k soon.


50k? Soon? whats soon? its barely doing 30k now, outside of holiday boost and Mario and maybe Zelda i dont see it doing 50k anytime soon

I was thinking WW week, actually. That's next month, right?

20k more for a HD rerelease of a Zelda game that wasnt that popular to begin with? nothing is impossible but thats pushing it.



you think WW HD wont make wiiu have over 50k sales World Wide?

i think its unlikely that would be a hell of a jump, 40-43k



tbone51 on 10 August 2013
oniyide said:
tbone51 said:
oniyide said:
Conegamer said:
oniyide said:
Conegamer said:
To say that Pikmin released last week but U HW didn't fall at all, that's not too bad. If it stays this way then maybe we could be nudging 50k soon.


50k? Soon? whats soon? its barely doing 30k now, outside of holiday boost and Mario and maybe Zelda i dont see it doing 50k anytime soon

I was thinking WW week, actually. That's next month, right?

20k more for a HD rerelease of a Zelda game that wasnt that popular to begin with? nothing is impossible but thats pushing it.



you think WW HD wont make wiiu have over 50k sales World Wide?

i think its unlikely that would be a hell of a jump, 40-43k



So only 21k-24k Japan? I say Maybe 30k-35k? But it'll certainly jump up in NoA, we love zelda here (its actually the only WiiU first party game im not getting o.O)



zorg1000 on 10 August 2013
pezus said:
zorg1000 said:
chocoloco said:

After Picmin fails to do much for for Wii U. Are any of you seriously believing wonderful 101 will be much of a system seller either?


Nobody except for fanboys has said those games are system sellers, most have said they will give Wii U a little bit of extra momentum leading up to the big titles and holidays.

While Pikmin did a horrible job in Europe, it did give Wii U a decent boost in Japan and 4 weeks after release Wii U sales are still above pre-Pikmin levels. Its possible it could do similar in NA.

Same goes for Wonderful 101, nobody is expecting a huge boost from it but a nice little bump for 1-2 weeks.

I beg to differ.

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=5002327

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=5001997

Sure, expectations have changed quite a lot since then, but the examples are there. I have also seen W101 being mentioned as one reason for WiiU sales increasing in the second half of the year, but I don't have examples on hand.

Neither of those posts were talking solely about Pikmin. That was when Rayman, Lego City, Wii Fit, Game & Wario, Pikmin, Wonderful 101 were all scheduled as launch window games which is a whole different situation since Wii U wouldnt have lost all its momentum it established at launch and had multiple exclusives planned in a short period. 5 out of 6 of those game were delayed.



When the herd loses its way, the shepard must kill the bull that leads them astray.

oniyide on 10 August 2013
tbone51 said:
oniyide said:
tbone51 said:
oniyide said:
Conegamer said:
oniyide said:
Conegamer said:
To say that Pikmin released last week but U HW didn't fall at all, that's not too bad. If it stays this way then maybe we could be nudging 50k soon.


50k? Soon? whats soon? its barely doing 30k now, outside of holiday boost and Mario and maybe Zelda i dont see it doing 50k anytime soon

I was thinking WW week, actually. That's next month, right?

20k more for a HD rerelease of a Zelda game that wasnt that popular to begin with? nothing is impossible but thats pushing it.



you think WW HD wont make wiiu have over 50k sales World Wide?

i think its unlikely that would be a hell of a jump, 40-43k



So only 21k-24k Japan? I say Maybe 30k-35k? But it'll certainly jump up in NoA, we love zelda here (its actually the only WiiU first party game im not getting o.O)

Oh i know we love Zelda over here, its my fav Ninty franchise and in my top 5 franchises in gaming. But do we love playing old rereleases? especially when they are retailing for MORE than they had originally cost? OOT for 3DS did pretty good, WIi u is no 3DS and WW is sure as hell no OOT. Do we love it enough to pluck down 350+ to play a game we already played? Im not going to answer that for an entire region only for myself and a few others. Hell. No


oh i know we love Zelda over here, but do we love old rereleases of the games we already played? OOT did pretty good for 3ds, but WIi U is no 3ds and WW is sure as hell no OOT. Do we love Zelda th



zorg1000 on 10 August 2013
pezus said:
zorg1000 said:
pezus said:
zorg1000 said:
chocoloco said:

After Picmin fails to do much for for Wii U. Are any of you seriously believing wonderful 101 will be much of a system seller either?


Nobody except for fanboys has said those games are system sellers, most have said they will give Wii U a little bit of extra momentum leading up to the big titles and holidays.

While Pikmin did a horrible job in Europe, it did give Wii U a decent boost in Japan and 4 weeks after release Wii U sales are still above pre-Pikmin levels. Its possible it could do similar in NA.

Same goes for Wonderful 101, nobody is expecting a huge boost from it but a nice little bump for 1-2 weeks.

I beg to differ.

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=5002327

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=5001997

Sure, expectations have changed quite a lot since then, but the examples are there. I have also seen W101 being mentioned as one reason for WiiU sales increasing in the second half of the year, but I don't have examples on hand.

Neither of those posts were talking solely about Pikmin. That was when Rayman, Lego City, Wii Fit, Game & Wario, Pikmin, Wonderful 101 were all scheduled as launch window games which is a whole different situation since Wii U wouldnt have lost all its momentum it established at launch and had multiple exclusives planned in a short period. 5 out of 6 of those game were delayed.

It lost its momentum almost immediately. It didn't take months. It took a week, maybe two, after the holidays. 

Yes this is true but if those six games came out in Q1 like originally planned, lets Jan-Wii Fit & Pikmin, Feb-W101 & Rayman, Mar-Wario & Lego City then I can imagine weekly sales averaging 60-70k. Also thosr games could have made the baseline sales for Q2 slightly higher, something like 35-40k

As you can see I dont think sales woulf have been huge, just better. And yes I pulled these numbers out of nowhere but they are realistic numbers.



When the herd loses its way, the shepard must kill the bull that leads them astray.