Splatoon the #1 Selling Console game of the generation has now SOLD 1.7mil in Japan!

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ArchangelMadzz on 29 December 2016

1.7m is the best selling home console game in Japan?

Wow.

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think-man on 29 December 2016

Congrats! I got my copy free with a bundle but traded it in before playing it, it's good to see a new ip do well.

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tbone51 on 29 December 2016

Kai_Mao said:
It's incredible that, despite the doubts, that a new IP like Splatoon, a Wii U game that is a third person, online mutiplayer shooter, was able to capture the hearts and minds (and wallets) of people in Japan when so much of the gaming landscape has changed (and where the shooter genre hasn't been the most popular). Now we see merchandise, Callie and Marie concerts, tournaments, etc. for such a game. A great story and one game the Wii U can absolutely get credit for. It's pretty interesting that Splatoon may possibly outsell juggernaughts such as Persona 5, FFXV, MGSV, KH3, DQXI (PS4 only, I mean) etc. LT in Japan.

Its not. Its fact at this point. P5/FFXV/MGSV already are known at this point. KH3 wont come close and only DQXI and FF7R HAve a chance but one is multiplat and the other is an unknown factor at this point. Could sell 300k? Could sell 2mil? I dunno as of yet

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Soundwave on 29 December 2016

It would have hit 2 million+ most likely if the Wii U wasn't effectively killed off by Nintendo this year.

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Hooray, the sales potential for Splatoon 2 is simply amazing!

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Pavolink on 29 December 2016

Tbone. You should mention that not only it is the highest homeconsole seller this gen in Japan, but also the one that moved more consoles.

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Kai_Mao on 29 December 2016

tbone51 said:

Kai_Mao said:
It's incredible that, despite the doubts, that a new IP like Splatoon, a Wii U game that is a third person, online mutiplayer shooter, was able to capture the hearts and minds (and wallets) of people in Japan when so much of the gaming landscape has changed (and where the shooter genre hasn't been the most popular). Now we see merchandise, Callie and Marie concerts, tournaments, etc. for such a game. A great story and one game the Wii U can absolutely get credit for. It's pretty interesting that Splatoon may possibly outsell juggernaughts such as Persona 5, FFXV, MGSV, KH3, DQXI (PS4 only, I mean) etc. LT in Japan.

Its not. Its fact at this point. P5/FFXV/MGSV already are known at this point. KH3 wont come close and only DQXI and FF7R HAve a chance but one is multiplat and the other is an unknown factor at this point. Could sell 300k? Could sell 2mil? I dunno as of yet

Well yeah the first three games I've mentioned already showed their potential sales and fell short and all. Just thinking that ALL of these games could potentially be outsold by this new IP astounds me since they're established and popular in Japan. Despite the PS4's popularity in Japan, none of the big exclusive titles can match a Wii U exclusive. Who would've thought something like this could happen?

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Goodnightmoon on 29 December 2016

Great!

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Congratulations.
Btw, no gyroscope is the best set for the controls.

Nah that's only you and your obsession to shit about anything WiiU related, there is a clear reason why +80% of the players use the gyro, because is the most intuitive, quick and fun way to play.