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Dadrik on 02 June 2014
jlmurph2 said:
Fusioncode said:
jlmurph2 said:
I thought Mario Kart was supposed to be the biggest Wii U release of the year. It got beat by PS4 and XOne Watch Dogs in UK

Those aren't WiiU releases though. 


No I'm just saying. Whenever the Wii U is brought up in sales talk, THIS is the week that everyone brings up. MK8 this, MK8 that, it all depends on how Mario Kart does. But it didnt seem to do all that much.


"Wii U console sales skyrocketed by a devilish 666 per cent this week, of which 82 per cent were the Wii U Mario Kart 8 bundle."

Orly ?

EDIT: 

And these are only the UK numbers...



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bananaking21 on 02 June 2014
Sh1nn said:
Watch_Dogs (PS4, One, PS3, 360, PC) - 389,610+ units sold.

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=114374611&postcount=17


Massive. just massive. this game is huge. 



Fusioncode on 02 June 2014
bananaking21 said:

its the next console of choice for the mass market, more people are playing on PS4 than XB1. it has the better graphics, better performance and exclusive DLC. 

I'm just saying the exclusive marketing is a major factor in the big HW boost for PS4. 



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jlmurph2 on 02 June 2014
Dadrik said:
jlmurph2 said:
Fusioncode said:
jlmurph2 said:
I thought Mario Kart was supposed to be the biggest Wii U release of the year. It got beat by PS4 and XOne Watch Dogs in UK

Those aren't WiiU releases though. 


No I'm just saying. Whenever the Wii U is brought up in sales talk, THIS is the week that everyone brings up. MK8 this, MK8 that, it all depends on how Mario Kart does. But it didnt seem to do all that much.


"Wii U console sales skyrocketed by a devilish 666 per cent this week, of which 82 per cent were the Wii U Mario Kart 8 bundle."

Orly ?

EDIT: 

And these are only the UK numbers...

Yeah 666% of like 1.6k

I just was told this was to be the savior.



bananaking21 on 02 June 2014
Dadrik said:


"Wii U console sales skyrocketed by a devilish 666 per cent this week, of which 82 per cent were the Wii U Mario Kart 8 bundle."

Orly ?

EDIT: 

And these are only the UK numbers...

it just bumped the sales by around 8~9k its not really an impressive bump. if it continues to keep wiiu sales high for a while that would be good. but the bump itself isnt all that. 



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cheshirescat on 02 June 2014

That's quite the boost for ps4 in the UK, I wonder how much of a boost it will provide in the rest of the world.

 

The wii u bump is nice too, mostly just because of the number itself, but when sales are as low as they are it's going to make the boost look bigger than it really is, but it still represents about as many units sold in the uk this week as units sold in all of europe last week.



Dadrik on 02 June 2014
jlmurph2 said:
Dadrik said:
jlmurph2 said:
Fusioncode said:
jlmurph2 said:
I thought Mario Kart was supposed to be the biggest Wii U release of the year. It got beat by PS4 and XOne Watch Dogs in UK

Those aren't WiiU releases though. 


No I'm just saying. Whenever the Wii U is brought up in sales talk, THIS is the week that everyone brings up. MK8 this, MK8 that, it all depends on how Mario Kart does. But it didnt seem to do all that much.


"Wii U console sales skyrocketed by a devilish 666 per cent this week, of which 82 per cent were the Wii U Mario Kart 8 bundle."

Orly ?

EDIT: 

And these are only the UK numbers...

Yeah 666% of like 1.6k

I just was told this was to be the savior.


Because, y'know, there's still Japan (and MK games usually do quite well there), the rest of Europe (inclunding France, where Nintendo games/consoles are doing better than in UK), and North America.



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Sh1nn on 02 June 2014

The PS4 version of Watch Dogs accounted for 49 per cent of first week sales, followed by the Xbox One edition (27%), the Xbox 360 version (13%) and the PS3 edition (9%).

http://www.computerandvideogames.com/465547/uk-chart-watch-dogs-sets-new-ip-sales-record/



Fusioncode on 02 June 2014
Dadrik said:

"Wii U console sales skyrocketed by a devilish 666 per cent this week, of which 82 per cent were the Wii U Mario Kart 8 bundle."

Orly ?

EDIT: 

And these are only the UK numbers...

Considering how low the numbers were it's really not that impressive. I mean it still fell short of PS4 and maybe XBO as well. And this is the WiiU's biggest game of the year. This would be like Halo 5 releasing for the XBO, or Uncharted 4 for the PS4. 



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jlmurph2 on 02 June 2014
bananaking21 said:
Dadrik said:


"Wii U console sales skyrocketed by a devilish 666 per cent this week, of which 82 per cent were the Wii U Mario Kart 8 bundle."

Orly ?

EDIT: 

And these are only the UK numbers...

it just bumped the sales by around 8~9k its not really an impressive bump. if it continues to keep wiiu sales high for a while that would be good. but the bump itself isnt all that. 


Even with the 666% boost its outsold by the PS4. Maybe not X1 since the Kinectless bundle is coming.