Locked: Splatoon outsold The Wonderful 101 by 30:1 first week in Japan.

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biglittlesps on 04 June 2015

Goodnightmoon said:
How could this indie game with no hype and no marketing do that?

This game had marketing just like Mario kart.

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biglittlesps said:

Goodnightmoon said:
How could this indie game with no hype and no marketing do that?

This game had marketing just like Mario kart.

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TheVoraciousFox on 04 June 2015

Cloudman said:

TheVoraciousFox said:

Splatoon was affected by the curse of being made by Platinum games. :/

Seriously though, Splatoon had a much stronger marketing campaign behind it so It's not surprsing.

O: Doncha mean Wonderful 101?

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curl-6 on 04 June 2015

Mummelmann said:
Isn't that kinda like doing a heavier benchpress than you r4-year old kid?

There was a user here who predicted sales "on par with Wonderful 101", a claim that has since become something for those who disagreed to poke fun at. ;)

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Slarvax on 04 June 2015

This is similar to the time when Bayo2 FW was compared to W101

Almost every game ever will outsell W101, no need for this threads for a claim one guy did.

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teigaga on 04 June 2015

If we extrapolate that then we have 9m LT confirmed :p

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teigaga on 04 June 2015

Off topic but why didn't W101 sell?

The premise was very marketable, as an almost isometric action game its appeal was a tiny bit limited but I'm still confused by it. Poor timing? Would it have sold signifcantly better if it was released today?

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curl-6 on 04 June 2015

teigaga said:
Off topic but why didn't W101 sell?

Because there was no market for it.

Too "kiddy" for the dudebros, too technical and intimidating for the casuals, mixed reviews, and a no-name IP to boot.

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Mnementh on 04 June 2015

RolStoppable said:
Like gergroy said, Splatoon will have a better launch, but about the same legs.

Do you/gergroy mean absolute or relative? W101 had more sales second year than first.

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curl-6 said:

Mummelmann said:
Isn't that kinda like doing a heavier benchpress than you r4-year old kid?

There was a user here who predicted sales "on par with Wonderful 101", a claim that has since become something for those who disagreed to poke fun at. ;)

There was one user saying "So much for being a system seller." in the thread we could see WiiU doubling sales in Japan.