tbone51 said: outlawauron said: tbone51 said: outlawauron said: Well, I expect the Wii U to definitely get a boost because it's getting a new game. I just don't think the game is big enough to believe it had a pre-release boost. Well how do we kno it didn't? Looking at Hardware sales last week, WiiU is the only one with a major boost. 3DS had 2 new game releases that makes sense for being up 3-4k, but WiiU had DQ which is another re release and didn't sell well at all. Yes i believe the holidays had an effect but i think a little thanks goes to HW. Wasnt WiiU Increasing Week over Week for 2-3 weeks as well? If WiiU sales are over 20k i think its safe to say HW had a help in with pre release week sales :)  The matter of the fact is we all just have opinions but unfortunately no real facts :-/ For the reasons I gave earlier. It's unreasonable to believe so because nothing supports it. Which is why I said believing it did is wishful thinking. See, I don't how a larger boost supports your theory. If the HW boost was spread out, then you'd think there'd be a smaller one since HW isn't a big game.  How about pikmin 3?

What about it? Wii U did 6.5k, then 7.5k, then 21k. That 1k increase is largely pointless in the scheme of things. Even if you want to attribute it to Pikmin 3, it's a such a small number that isn't worth mentioning.

outlawauron said: How about pikmin 3? What about it? Wii U did 6.5k, then 7.5k, then 21k. That 1k increase is largely pointless in the scheme of things. Even if you want to attribute it to Pikmin 3, it's a such a small number that isn't worth mentioning.

It is worth mentioning and it increased the userbase week by week, even if only a little.

5.3k ⇒7.0k ⇒ 8.2k ⇒ 22k: Pikmin 3 Launch

No wiiu game or anything that could of helped (bundles/price drops/etc) released in that month.

Its definitely not wishful thinking for WiiU to go up week over week due to a game thats just about to release. Obon helped but it definitely could of been an effect of HW too.

outlawauron said: People are talking about the DQX All-In-One bundle that just released. It's all the expansions,etc. released so far.

I though it was a Hardware bundle, not just a new game, but indeed that game could move a few units, maybe not the 4k-5k that the console improved, but maybe 1k-1.5k.

Mario Kart 8 / Wii U Media Create (famitsu has it higher but we'll use this)

Week 22 - 325.892 (-78%) - 19.312
Week 23 - 73.051 / 398.943 (-79%) - 13.766
Week 24 - 42.261 / 441.205 (-42%) - 12.249
Week 25 - 28.112 / 469.316 (-33%) - 10.715
Week 26 - 23.520 / 492.837 (-16%) - 10.653
Week 27 - 19.386 / 512.223 (-18%) - 9.961
Week 28 - 15.143 / 527.366 (-22%) - 8.658
Week 29 - 14.992 / 542.358 (-1%) - 8.209
Week 30 - 18.129 / 560.487 (+21%) - 9.429
Week 31 - 18.067 / 578.554 (+0%) - 9.646
Week 32 - 20.860 / 599.414 (+15%) - 13.598

add to the fact we kno it has 30k in digital sales at least, the game sits at 630k in japan. Legs are great too. Looks like maybe 1mil unbundled sales is possible! Imagine with a bundle!! 1.5mil? 2mil?

tbone51 said: Mario Kart 8 / Wii U Media Create (famitsu has it higher but we'll use this) Week 22 - 325.892 (-78%) - 19.312 Week 23 - 73.051 / 398.943 (-79%) - 13.766 Week 24 - 42.261 / 441.205 (-42%) - 12.249 Week 25 - 28.112 / 469.316 (-33%) - 10.715 Week 26 - 23.520 / 492.837 (-16%) - 10.653 Week 27 - 19.386 / 512.223 (-18%) - 9.961 Week 28 - 15.143 / 527.366 (-22%) - 8.658 Week 29 - 14.992 / 542.358 (-1%) - 8.209 Week 30 - 18.129 / 560.487 (+21%) - 9.429 Week 31 - 18.067 / 578.554 (+0%) - 9.646 Week 32 - 20.860 / 599.414 (+15%) - 13.598 add to the fact we kno it has 30k in digital sales at least, the game sits at 630k in japan. Legs are great too. Looks like maybe 1mil unbundled sales is possible! Imagine with a bundle!! 1.5mil? 2mil?

Serious question, are you expecting WiiU to beat Cube in japan? cuz I remember Double Dash sold well below 1m. I haven't been following japan sales lately and I don't know how is wiiu tracking.

btw sao is showing some legs due 2nd season of the anime :^) thats good and GTAV could be a million seller there too :o

leyendax69 said: tbone51 said: Mario Kart 8 / Wii U Media Create (famitsu has it higher but we'll use this) Week 22 - 325.892 (-78%) - 19.312 Week 23 - 73.051 / 398.943 (-79%) - 13.766 Week 24 - 42.261 / 441.205 (-42%) - 12.249 Week 25 - 28.112 / 469.316 (-33%) - 10.715 Week 26 - 23.520 / 492.837 (-16%) - 10.653 Week 27 - 19.386 / 512.223 (-18%) - 9.961 Week 28 - 15.143 / 527.366 (-22%) - 8.658 Week 29 - 14.992 / 542.358 (-1%) - 8.209 Week 30 - 18.129 / 560.487 (+21%) - 9.429 Week 31 - 18.067 / 578.554 (+0%) - 9.646 Week 32 - 20.860 / 599.414 (+15%) - 13.598 add to the fact we kno it has 30k in digital sales at least, the game sits at 630k in japan. Legs are great too. Looks like maybe 1mil unbundled sales is possible! Imagine with a bundle!! 1.5mil? 2mil? Serious question, are you expecting WiiU to beat Cube in japan? cuz I remember Double Dash sold well below 1m. I haven't been following japan sales lately and I don't know how is wiiu tracking. btw sao is showing some legs due 2nd season of the anime :^) thats good and GTAV could be a million seller there too :o

TBH, no. Its tracking below GCN, but Sales of MK8 should indeed beat both Double Dash+Super Circuit (GBA)

190,604 more sales needed to outsell Double Dash and 302,885 more sales needed to outsell Super Circuit.

Currently - Mario Kart LTDs so far via Famitsu

Super Mario Kart - 3,820,000

Mario Kart 64 - 1,711,661

Mario Kart Super Circuit - 938,175

Mario Kart Double Dash - 825,894

Mario Kart DS - 4,002,914

Mario Kart Wii - 3,701,492

Mario Kart 7 - 2,290,104

Mario Kart 8 - 635,290 (including downloads)

 

It has a fighting chance if only MK8 is bundled to beat MK64.  Every MK is a beast!!!

tbone51 said: TBH, no. Its tracking below GCN, but Sales of MK8 should indeed beat both Double Dash+Super Circuit (GBA)   190,604 more sales needed to outsell Double Dash and 302,885 more sales needed to outsell Super Circuit.     Currently - Mario Kart LTDs so far via Famitsu Super Mario Kart - 3,820,000 Mario Kart 64 - 1,711,661 Mario Kart Super Circuit - 938,175 Mario Kart Double Dash - 825,894 Mario Kart DS - 4,002,914 Mario Kart Wii - 3,701,492 Mario Kart 7 - 2,290,104 Mario Kart 8 - 635,290 (including downloads)     It has a fighting chance if only MK8 is bundled to beat MK64.  Every MK is a beast!!!

Oh thanks, and looking the numbers I agree. Super Mario Kart was such a beast :O

PS4 still not doing well in Japan, not that it matters at this point.

Sorry, sorry, I'm late to the party!

There was so much to be done on a great day as yesterday. Rather than writing a giant posts here and there I made a blog post to sum up my thoughts on this whole affair.

http://ryuz4ki57inenglish.wordpress.com/2014/08/13/senran-kaguras-failed-return-on-3ds/

OT : I don't think SK2 bombed. Bombing would be in the 30K range and it's near 50K, so I think "underperforming" applies here. But as I tweeted to Takaki just after the figures went public, it's nonetheless the final and decisive evidence that SK fans want the series on Vita (or at least multi platform so everyone can be happy). Takaki and Marvelous have to face the truth before their eyes and start giving information about Estival Versus instead of covering up their shady deals on SK2. Costumers should come first in management decisions.

Really sad for Lost Dimension...

Looks like MK8 has already reached 600k in Japan! Not bad at all!