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Moren on 02 December 2013

Try to give the "legs" spin, but this is horrible. Being outsold by Knack? That is embarrassing for Nintendo.

There are some people who are having pleasure from these news ("hardcore" gamers) but this is indeed a disaster of colossal proportions.



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Metallicube on 02 December 2013

Wow, there truly is no justice :/



freebs2 on 02 December 2013
JGarret said:
I hope we´ll not be seeing the worst selling Marios, Smash, Mario Kart, Zelda, etc. ever because of the system.

Well it's sad, but It's what will happen most likely.



crissindahouse on 02 December 2013

well, the maybe 300k ps4 buyers had to choose between only a few games and when you buy on average 2.5 or something like that on release, chance isn't low that you will also buy knack.

still sad to see. nothing against mark cerny and whoever worked on knack but if a game which looks like a master piece sells worse as a game which looks like someone had to work on something in short time without time to really think about good ideas, it isn't so great to see.



Mummelmann on 02 December 2013
Licence said:
One view is that Mario is really doing badly, being outsold by the mediocre Knack...

... but another way of looking at it is that hundreds of thousands of PS4 buyers have such a lack of choice that a sizable proportion of them have to buy a mediocre game simply to do something with their machine.


I prefer the second one. I really don't understand why anyone bothers to purchase console day one or week one. I have a hard time justifying getting one in the first year, most times.

PS: Mario has legs, Knack will be a in wheelchair before long, the end result will look very different.



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Aerys on 02 December 2013

Huge flop for mario in europe ?

I told them it was not a good idea to release the game at the same time, they didnt want to listen



Predictions for end of 2014 HW sales:

 PS4: 17m   XB1: 10m    WiiU: 10m   Vita: 10m

 

Ninjahound101 on 02 December 2013

Knack was bundled with most PS4's it is also a launch title. but it will drop off quickly
Here's a bet if Knack stays ahead of 3D World for a month in UK I will put your victory statement in my sig and vice versa



bet with ash3336 he wins if Super Mario 3D World sells less than Mario Sunshine during the first three years, I win if 3D World outsells Sunshine's first 3 years. Loser get sig controlled for 3 months (punishment might change)

Do you doubt the WiiU? Do you believe that it won't match the GC?

Then come and accept this bet

Nintendo eShop USA sales ranking 2/12/2013 : http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread.php?id=173615

Aerys on 02 December 2013

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Predictions for end of 2014 HW sales:

 PS4: 17m   XB1: 10m    WiiU: 10m   Vita: 10m

 

MikeRox on 02 December 2013
Ninjahound101 said:
Knack was bundled with most PS4's it is also a launch title. but it will drop off quickly
Here's a bet if Knack stays ahead of 3D World for a month in UK I will put your victory statement in my sig and vice versa


Where? KillZone was the game bundled with most PS4s. I don't even think there was a Knack bundle. It is however cheaper than other PS4 games in some shops which might influence "2nd/3rd game" purchasing decisions.



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ethomaz on 02 December 2013

Knack bunlde was the less popular PS4 bundle in UK.