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jlmurph2 on 02 June 2014
Ucell said:
Fusioncode 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...

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. 

GT7 would be a bigger release for the PS4 than Uncharted 4.


If we're going from GT5's numbers then yeah, but UC3 had a bigger release than GT6. Granted GT6 was overshadowed by PS4's EU release week



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LordPhil on 02 June 2014
celador said:
Watch Dogs PS4 boost greater than Titanfall's X1 boost, very impressive given the massive difference in outlay from the two companies. Just imagine what Destiny is going to do


Destiny is going to be huge on the PS4 and it doesn't hurt that it's coming out during the holiday season. 



jlmurph2 on 02 June 2014
DerNebel said:
So WD PS4: 190k!!!
WD X1: 105k
105k> MK8 > 50k


Holy crap PS4 owners love Watch Dogs. Thats almost 3x Infamous Second Son's 1st week



Ucell on 02 June 2014
jlmurph2 said:
Ucell said:
Fusioncode 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...

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. 

GT7 would be a bigger release for the PS4 than Uncharted 4.


If we're going from GT5's numbers then yeah, but UC3 had a bigger release than GT6. Granted GT6 was overshadowed by PS4's EU release week

Your'e making it seem as if PS4's EU release and not too old NA release were small events. I bet if UC3 was released in place of GT6 it would have been a massive flop. You can't just ignore the sales of GT 1-5 just because GT6 didn't sell well on a console whose sucessor released in the previous week in the game's biggest market.



cheshirescat on 02 June 2014
spadesrole said:
cheshirescat said:
jlmurph2 said:
Dadrik said:
jlmurph2 said:

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.


Windwaker HD got a bigger boost than Mario Kart in UK though. Did you not expect more?


I think the wii u was only selling in the triple digits at the time in the uk, but yeah.

why would it be selling better now? 

Because it is, not gangbusters certainly, but better than triple digits, so mk8's 600%+ boost represents a larger jump in units sold than windwaker's.  That's all I'm saying.

 

Just looking at the numbers here wii u sold 719 wii u's in the uk the week before ww dropped, last week it sold 1655.



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jlmurph2 on 02 June 2014
Ucell said:
jlmurph2 said:


If we're going from GT5's numbers then yeah, but UC3 had a bigger release than GT6. Granted GT6 was overshadowed by PS4's EU release week

Your'e making it seem as if PS4's EU release and not too old NA release were small events. I bet if UC3 was released in place of GT6 it would have been a massive flop. You can't just ignore the sales of GT 1-5 just because GT6 didn't sell well on a console whose sucessor released in the previous week in the game's biggest market.

Why are you getting defensive? I was just going by both franchises latest releases. GT6 wasn't recieved as well as UC3 was. I honestly believe PS4 owners and non-PS4 owners are more excited for another Uncharted than another Gran Turismo.



celador on 02 June 2014
Locknuts said:
Is it my imagination or do UK gamers buy whatever is advertised the most at the time? Other places seem to be a little more discerning in their tastes.


You expecting any country in NA or Europe not to have Watch Dogs as number 1 this week?  Advertising works for this very reason, it's why companies spend so much money on it



Locknuts on 02 June 2014
Ucell said:
Locknuts said:
Is it my imagination or do UK gamers buy whatever is advertised the most at the time? Other places seem to be a little more discerning in their tastes.

Its not your imagination. Its the Nintendo fan inside you speaking.

But is he speaking the truth? Aliens Colonial Marines says YES!



spadesrole on 02 June 2014
cheshirescat said:
spadesrole said:
cheshirescat said:
jlmurph2 said:
Dadrik said:
jlmurph2 said:

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.


Windwaker HD got a bigger boost than Mario Kart in UK though. Did you not expect more?


I think the wii u was only selling in the triple digits at the time in the uk, but yeah.

why would it be selling better now? 

Because it is, not gangbusters certainly, but better than triple digits, so mk8's 600%+ boost represents a larger jump in units sold than windwaker's.  That's all I'm saying.

 

Just looking at the numbers here wii u sold 719 wii u's in the uk the week before ww dropped, last week it sold 1655.

the problem with vgchartz number is there not really reliable, with out knowing the actual numbers we don't really know, epecially when your talking about such a small number to begin with the margin of error could be huge.



AnthonyW86 on 02 June 2014
bananaking21 said:
DerNebel said:
So WD PS4: 190k!!!
WD X1: 105k
105k> MK8 > 50k


man is PS4 dominating. WD PS4 is close to double the XB1 version.

Yeah and this is the UK, just think about what the numbers for mainland Europe will look like.