Wii U Japan sales 2013 vs 2014 vs 2015

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tak13 on 04 June 2015

Slarvax said:
Eeeegh... Too many numbers. My eyes can't comprehend

2013 was actually a very good year (compared to 2014 and 2015) for Wii U in Japan. Wii Party U and front loaded sales were most of the reason. 2014, even though had the 2 main sellers for the system, was handled very bad by Nintendo. Mario Kart 8 bundle released like 4 months after the release of the game, and it should've had a price cut when SSBU came out.

Wii party u bundle was a killer bundle,1340% boost(3k->40k),insane,wii u had killer bundles in 2013(I mean with great offerings which were meaning considerable money saving!)Mario kart 8 bundle came after 6 months of the release of the game and get wii u up from 3k to 15k and generally help it to have a decent holiday perfomance,but there were no shop deals in 2014 like in 2013 and this didn't happen just in Japan...

Of course If shop deals of a specific extent were implying money loss,then it was for good that it hadn't any in 2014!:P

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Skullwaker on 04 June 2015

uran10 said:
True, I'm hoping for the best with them. Bayo 2 did help out the hardware, not by much but it did provide a 1, 2 punch with FFV bringing it up to 8k then to almost 10k before it fell back. It was a small boost but it still was a boost. I'm just looking to see which is game is gonna have the better lasting power.

Pikmin 3 kept Wii U above 10 for a month, might as well say weeks since it went back up to 12k on week 6 and only dropped to 9950, MK8 did the exact same thing except week 6 dropped to 9961. If splatoon can hold out as long as these 2 then it'll flow right into Yoshi.

Pikmin 3 6 week boost: 79887

MK8 6 week boost: 76656

I really hope splatoon can come close to the impact these guys had.

I think it will. It's surprisingly popular in Japan, and it's being marketed like crazy. It should definitely last longer than Pikmin 3 in Japan due to its strong multiplayer component.

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Goodnightmoon on 05 June 2015

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uran10 on 05 June 2015

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uran10 said:
I'm expecting it to beat last year. The main issue with last year was its holiday season, it was terrible in Japan. If SMTXFE along with everything else slated for this year along with the extra surprises that its bound to get I'm sure it should be able to out pace 2014 and hopefully beat 2013 as well.

Yeah I mean if we look at the releases for the rest of the year side by side we have...

Smash vs SMTxFE - arguably the two big releases, the latter has more system selling potential imo. The former is a big software mover.

Bayonetta 2 vs Devil's Third - honestly will probably have the same impact.

Yoshi vs Captain Toad - Yoshi is definitely a bigger and more recognized IP, so it should do more.

Hyrule Warriors vs Mario Maker - I'm not sure about this. HW underperformed in JP, but I'm not sure if the Japanese will care about a level creator. I'll say this is even.

Fatal Frame V vs Star Fox - FFV didn't do much for hardware. Star Fox is just a bigger IP (even in Japan), it should do better.

And of course, that's not even counting titles we don't know about. Like you, I predict 2015 will be better than 2014. Let's just hope Splatoon carries the Wii U until July.

This one, Hyrule warriors did provide the Wii U with a pretty good bump. It did 18k Launch week. I do think Mario maker week will be the best week outside of holiday but that's because i'm expecting a 30th anniversary mario edition Wii U bundled with the game. I know nintendo usually sucks at these but this one I really feel is gonna happen.

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Ryng on 05 June 2015

Definitive WU will not sell like in 2013.
But i didn't expect that the 2014 VS 2015 gap was so small honestly... only 4% down YOY.
Well, considering WU will most likely hit a pricedrop this holidays, and we can have a Animal Crossing game this year, i think the WU can easy be up YOY this year in Japan... depend on Nintendo.