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Seece said:

It's been ok, this suggests the boost was around 48k in the US (60k overall launch week) rather than the 78k we posted.

So we're looking at

US - 60k
UK - 12k
Japan - 19k
France - 20k
Total - 111k

Rest of the world - 46k according to VGC

Just "ok", Seece? A console that no one wanted before, for good reason, gets a huge boost from one game that also sold a large amount in one week. I would say that it's done very good. Weeks following not-with-standing. 



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well we wont know so if the wii u is undertracked here then its good if it isnt 

thats not bad but still would like to see a bigger boost



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NintendoPie said:
Seece said:

It's been ok, this suggests the boost was around 48k in the US (60k overall launch week) rather than the 78k we posted.

So we're looking at

US - 60k
UK - 12k
Japan - 19k
France - 20k
Total - 111k

Rest of the world - 46k according to VGC

Just "ok", Seece? A console that no one wanted before, for good reason, gets a huge boost from one game that also sold a large amount in one week. I would say that it's done very good. Weeks following not-with-standing. 

Just "one game", NintendoPie?



Great! That marketing campaign must have been expensive though... I mean, there's a reason why companies don't always go all out on advertising. It's gonna show in the quarterly figures.

Still the right move IMO, and I hope they'll discover it was worth it.



sundin13 said:
Lets just wait until NPD comes out before getting in a tizzy about percentages :P

I agree. It'll also be interesting to see the comparison with XBO and PS4 vs VGC. Those XBO numbers for W_D week still seem low.



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just one game train wreck just one game :)



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fleischr said:
If I recall correctly (and correct me politely if I'm wrong), NPD had higher numbers for the WiiU for the last few months than what VGC had.

Given that Nintendo's confirmation 1.2 million games were sold and assuming the 18% attach rate is consistent worldwide(not just NA), that actually puts WiiU total hardware in the neighborhood of 6.6-6.7 million LTD -- possible confirmation that WiiU is undertracked?

No. We know sales before MK were at around 6.1m, hardware hasn't risen 500k to 600k in the last week.



 

Train wreck said:

Just "one game", NintendoPie?

Um, yes. One game, Train wreck. Mario Kart 8, to my knowledge, is the only game that came out for Wii U in that week.



I'm sure the big 3 have their May numbers in hand, Nintendo not claiming any type of victory means that the system most likely placed 3rd to the Xbox and PS4 but we will find out soon enough.



that was one month ago i checked so early may so we dont know :P



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Raichu's First Series:

First RPG?

First Fighter?

First Racer?

First Shooter?

First MMO?

First Horror?

Official Ni No Kuni Fanboy:

Familiars Captured:37

Game Beaten: 2 times almost

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