I feel indifferent but thanks for asking about my feels. It's holidays, of course it will have a better FW than Y/X, but it's just smoke. It won't have even half of the legs of the antessessor.

If Smash is 10k lower than Brawl's UK debut, I wouldn't call that a flop. Black Friday week is hardly a typical week at UK retail. It's obvious titles that would otherwise chart fairly highly (OR/AS charting 3 or 4 places lower than X/Y's debut despite 15-20% higher unit sales) have been impacted by Black Friday. I think Black Friday is a far bigger reason behind Smash being 13th than stock shortages, the solus edition of Smash is readily available.

More concerning about Nintendo's strategy in the UK/Europe was the complete absence of bundling or discounting this week. There were some great Wii U basic bundles recently and coming in the near future (Basic plus Captain Toad plus 4 games for £220ish on Zavvi in January), surely a Wii U basic/Smash day one bundle at an aggressive Black Friday price couldn't have gone amiss? Sure, I get they need profit, hence no price cut, but temporary, one day discounts could have shifted quite a few units, got Smash into more homes and got more people buying amiibos and Wii U software in the next few weeks.

Beating the first week of a Platinumgames' game 4:1 with the boost of one of the biggest weeks of the year is something a multi-million selling franchise shouldn't be proud of.

News say the opposite!However,i don't care for this,I didn't use it as an excuse!I don't try to justify something that satisfies me!

From the Charts and the Tweet, I think it's pretty obvious that X360 won the week in the UK.

I know, it's just painful to see them both not start too well. Hopefully they both have legs carrying them well after the holiday season!

Okay since he says Xbox by that he means Xbox One and 360(obviously ) but then he doesn't say Playstation didn't win, he says PS4 didn't, any slight chance PS3 is the winner here? Or dare I say it...Vita :0

brute said: Okay since he says Xbox by that he means Xbox One and 360(obviously ) but then he doesn't say Playstation didn't win, he says PS4 didn't, any slight chance PS3 is the winner here? Or dare I say it...Vita :0

lol we were just going to believe you too!.. .until we saw Vita :-p

I dont know if thats a good thing or a bad thinng for smash, but its one of nintendos trump card, and from my perspective it doesnt look effective.

no. he already confirmed, that xb1 and ps4 were the best selling consoles the last week