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Wyrdness on 03 June 2015



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Spade on 03 June 2015

Someone give me some crow

I'll get it over with faster if I wolf it down fast.



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small44 on 03 June 2015

I predicted low first week sale but high lifetime sale



PS4 - over 100 millions let's say 120m
Xbox One - 70m
Wii U - 25m

Vita - 15m if it will not get Final Fantasy Kingdoms Heart and Monster Hunter 20m otherwise
3DS - 80m

super_etecoon on 03 June 2015
spurgeonryan said:
super_etecoon said:
What happened to a world when people could quietly and confidently accept success without requiring other people to feast on nearly inedible birds? This would be like me gloating if the Raiders were to beat the Patriots or something. Accept the small victory and hope for more...or else you'll be eating that same dish over and over and over again.


I would actually enjoy crow. Very smart bird and a major menace where I come from.

I'm just really not sure there's enough meat on the bones to justify all that prep and cooking.  Like the only reason you'd be eating it would be to punish it for all the cawcawing and harrasing of cats they do.  Which is fine...but it's not really going to be aware and your victory will be hollow, unsatisfying, and just done to spite the damn thing.  

Regarding PwrlvAmy's statement that the internet is full of those two kinds of people...I see your point, but I think the internet is comprised of much more than that.  Most just don't have the care to voice their opinions, or they don't fit into the neat boxes we try to put them in.

Regarding TBone suggesting that this is a SOFTWARE thread...fine...I'll buy that...but the overall tone of anything WiiU or Nintendo- based is on the HARDWARE, whether we like it or not.  I see you changed your thread title which definitely simmers down the content.  It's definitely worth a celebration, I just hope Nintendo has something just as epic planned for this E3.  It's certainly wonderful to see a product go from nowhere to hype to great sales.  At least they are recognizing their audience and giving them something fresh.

 



EricFabian on 03 June 2015
super_etecoon said:
spurgeonryan said:


I would actually enjoy crow. Very smart bird and a major menace where I come from.

I'm just really not sure there's enough meat on the bones to justify all that prep and cooking.  Like the only reason you'd be eating it would be to punish it for all the cawcawing and harrasing of cats they do.  Which is fine...but it's not really going to be aware and your victory will be hollow, unsatisfying, and just done to spite the damn thing.  

Regarding PwrlvAmy's statement that the internet is full of those two kinds of people...I see your point, but I think the internet is comprised of much more than that.  Most just don't have the care to voice their opinions, or they don't fit into the neat boxes we try to put them in.

Regarding TBone suggesting that this is a SOFTWARE thread...fine...I'll buy that...but the overall tone of anything WiiU or Nintendo- based is on the HARDWARE, whether we like it or not.  I see you changed your thread title which definitely simmers down the content.  It's definitely worth a celebration, I just hope Nintendo has something just as epic planned for this E3.  It's certainly wonderful to see a product go from nowhere to hype to great sales.  At least they are recognizing their audience and giving them something fresh.

 


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Ryng on 03 June 2015
small44 said:
I predicted low first week sale but high lifetime sale

That's true. :D



gabzjmm23 on 03 June 2015

I expect low sales especially Japanese gaming isn't that good but the reception of the Japs with this new IP is really good. And good HW sales for the Wii U too.

I've said a few times on other Splatoon thread that I'm not buying this game but after the test fire I wanted to play more and it is really addicting. My daughter and wife loves to play the battle dojo and my wife is getting better each time. So +1 sales in NoA



MikeRox on 03 June 2015

Very nice Japanese sales!

I see it also reached No2 in the UK behind Witcher 3 which is higher than I expected, though Eurogamer did say considering the marketing push they may be disappointed with failing to beat 2nd week sales of another title.

I'm not sure 1m will be as fast as OP anticipates. But it's certainly a very well received new IP. And, the game could continue to exceed my expectations which would be nice, as it will hopefully push Ninty towards more new IPs in different genres.



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tbone51 on 03 June 2015
MikeRox said:
Very nice Japanese sales!

I see it also reached No2 in the UK behind Witcher 3 which is higher than I expected, though Eurogamer did say considering the marketing push they may be disappointed with failing to beat 2nd week sales of another title.

I'm not sure 1m will be as fast as OP anticipates. But it's certainly a very well received new IP. And, the game could continue to exceed my expectations which would be nice, as it will hopefully push Ninty towards more new IPs in different genres.


Good post!



WhiteEaglePL on 03 June 2015

ITS TOO APPEALING & fun & unique not to deserve sales of AT LEAST 3m LT imho.

I think we can see 1.5m of it happen by end of the year. maybe even 2m.