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Arius Dion on 24 September 2013

I think this game will be like Mario U to a lesser extent, meaning it will continue selling throughout Wii U's lifetime. So I'd say 5-7m. They should bundle this game with Mario U imo.



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chidori-chan2 on 24 September 2013

Donkey Kong Country Returns 6.02 M

Donkey Kong Country 9.30 m

Donkey Kong 64 5.27 m

Donkey Kong is a massive system seller and ... will appeal to allot of youngsters and sell systems , wich is a good thing for Nintendo.

My prediction: 5. 00 m lifetime.




Kasz216 on 24 September 2013

1.5 Million to 2 Million.

Feeling really pessimistic on it.

If it does better... i'd be happy for them.

Though I feel like the DK brand has been on a decline, Wii U userbase sales aren't too high at the moment and that it will end up being overshadowed by various Mario like things.



FarleyMcFirefly on 24 September 2013
melbye said:
Considering it felt like it was a kick in the balls when it was announced i hope not much


For you maybe.  I was hyped as hell.  I love me some more Donkey Kong! Retro will continue to do amazing things with the series.



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hiimnew on 24 September 2013

I'll be bold and say 7m. It is releasing at the right time both for sales and the games theme, winter.



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Dr.EisDrachenJaeger on 24 September 2013

I went to best buy and all people could talk about was damn DK.

That shit sells.



yoshidino on 24 September 2013

Probably 1 million by the end of the year (I hope more) and 3, or 4 million lifetime depending on Wii U success.

 

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Dr.EisDrachenJaeger on 24 September 2013

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zorg1000 on 24 September 2013
Kasz216 said:
1.5 Million to 2 Million.

Feeling really pessimistic on it.

If it does better... i'd be happy for them.

Though I feel like the DK brand has been on a decline, Wii U userbase sales aren't too high at the moment and that it will end up being overshadowed by various Mario like things.

That seems like a very lowball number, even the Gamecube titles were able to sell close to that and they were spinoffs that used unpopular bongo peripherals. A mainline traditional Donkey Kong on Gamecube would have probably sold 3-4m. Donkey Kong also seems to be a series that doesnt rely too heavily on install base, DKC, DKC2, DK64, DKC Returns all sold over 5 million and thats on consoles with install bases of 33-100m. DKC3 is the only one to sell less than 5m.

Just out of curiousity what makes u think Donkey Kong is declining? Wii U lifetime sales would have to be like 10m in order for Tropical Freeze to sel that low.



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Kasz216 on 24 September 2013
zorg1000 said:
Kasz216 said:
1.5 Million to 2 Million.

Feeling really pessimistic on it.

If it does better... i'd be happy for them.

Though I feel like the DK brand has been on a decline, Wii U userbase sales aren't too high at the moment and that it will end up being overshadowed by various Mario like things.

That seems like a very lowball number, even the Gamecube titles were able to sell close to that and they were spinoffs that used unpopular bongo peripherals. A mainline traditional Donkey Kong on Gamecube would have probably sold 3-4m. Donkey Kong also seems to be a series that doesnt rely too heavily on install base, DKC, DKC2, DK64, DKC Returns all sold over 5 million and thats on consoles with install bases of 33-100m. DKC3 is the only one to sell less than 5m.

Just out of curiousity what makes u think Donkey Kong is declining? Wii U lifetime sales would have to be like 10m in order for Tropical Freeze to sel that low.

Donkey Kong Returns only did 3 Million on a giant Wii userbase with a lot of momentum.  They just went to long without "good" Donkey Kong games... for reasons I can't completely fathom.

The Wii U userbase is in the exact opposite situation.

It is a lowball number, but that's what happens when you think things lean towards a worst case scenario.