I hope the Wii U holds its ground until TW101, maybe these games will help:
Sniper Elite V2 - 18 July
Lego City Undercover - 25 July
Yakuza 1+2 HD Collection - 8 August
The Wonderful 101 - 24 August
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Media Create Sales: Week 29, 2013 (Jul 15 - Jul 21)
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I hope the Wii U holds its ground until TW101, maybe these games will help:
Sniper Elite V2 - 18 July
Lego City Undercover - 25 July
Yakuza 1+2 HD Collection - 8 August
The Wonderful 101 - 24 August
slaughterking
Member
I blame Sticker Stars. That game sold way, way more than it deserved and Mario & Luigi has to suffer for it.
I would say it's basically shifting back towards Pikmin 1's sales instead of Pikmin 2's, but they weren't majorly different overall.
It might be harder to keep up legs in the long run, but it will be a while before we can tell if that holds true.
Didn't expect the Wii U to stay above 10,000. Not anything spectacular but better than I expected.
Also weren't there ALOT more people with DS's in Japan when BIS came out? There aren't as many people with 3DS's in Japan so I'd expect the numbers to be lower than BIS. Didn't expect them to be below 100,000 but I didn't expect it to sell better than BIS at launch.
Also weren't there ALOT more people with DS's in Japan when BIS came out? There aren't as many people with 3DS's in Japan so I'd expect the numbers to be lower than BIS. Didn't expect them to be below 100,000 but I didn't expect it to sell better than BIS at launch.
Mario & Luigi starting less than half as well as the third game.
The install base for DS was way bigger when ML3 came out?
Not a great start for M&L but still solid. Maybe Paper Mario portable contamination is affecting it a little?
Good second week for YWatch, considering that (if I'm not wrong) the cross-promotion (anime-manga) isn't start yet. It could see a boost once the other media will be released (not as strong as Inazuma, of course, but still...the first IE game had a worst debut if I remember correctly).
After Fantasy Life maybe L5 found another good franchise.
Even LBX (is this the old game right? not the new exclusive one, right?) is not yet dead.
Lower drop for Pikmin and Wii U than expected, but still...it's evident that the console (and consequently the games) has problems.
EDIT: Just noticed this:
12./13. [3DS] Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon <ACT> (Nintendo) {2013.03.20} (¥4.800) - 9.366 / 834.392 (+2%)
The 1 million milestone probably is reacheable for real
Good second week for YWatch, considering that (if I'm not wrong) the cross-promotion (anime-manga) isn't start yet. It could see a boost once the other media will be released (not as strong as Inazuma, of course, but still...the first IE game had a worst debut if I remember correctly).
After Fantasy Life maybe L5 found another good franchise.
Even LBX (is this the old game right? not the new exclusive one, right?) is not yet dead.
Lower drop for Pikmin and Wii U than expected, but still...it's evident that the console (and consequently the games) has problems.
EDIT: Just noticed this:
12./13. [3DS] Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon <ACT> (Nintendo) {2013.03.20} (¥4.800) - 9.366 / 834.392 (+2%)
The 1 million milestone probably is reacheable for real
They did, so more like revive it; Tomato Adventure which is M&L before M&L for the GBA.
Would ADORE a 3DS sequel with Dream Team's engine. :O
I actually liked the original Tomato Adventure
Surprised by the fact that it didn't get the Western release, until they made M&L from it.
It sold in line with the first two weeks of the first entry which was a new IP with large enough legs to make it past 500k. Pikmin 3 is lagging a considerable distance behind Pikmin 2, and won't be catching up. Look at that third weekend for Pikmin 2 that Nirolak posted. The game went on to post sales over 20k for 4 additional weeks after that.
airmangataosenai
Member
People will use the userbase excuse but that doesn't work with Pikmin as the Gamecube userbase was less than half the size relative to when both games came out.
pikmin 3 sales won't be close to neither of the previous two games, you'd better start worrying again if you believe otherwise.
Man-is-Obsolete
Member
This is the problem. The perception of Pikmin had become the beacon of the start of the Wii U's turn around and a lot of unfair expectations were put onto Pikmin 3. Now targets are going to be aiming squarely at Wonderful 101, fair or not.
Interceptor
Banned
These kind of threads really need digital numbers. I bet Pikmin and Mario & Luigi have a pretty high percentage of digital sales as well.
Pikmin 3 should have been a 2008 Wii Game.
I hope people aren't seriously running hopes on The Wonderful 101.
That doing well would be a real out-of-left-field event.
Brainiac 8
Member
Godzilla
The gamecube also didn't allow digital downloads, the same with the DS.
Is Nintendo still advertising Wii U in Japan? Is there any Lego City Undercover commercials on the TV?
True. It wouldn't hurt if Nintendo released a PR about its digital sales, would it?
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Ok, maybe it would...
True. It wouldn't hurt if Nintendo released a PR about its digital sales, would it?
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Ok, maybe it would...
Yeah unless Nintendo has a great marketing plan cooked up I don't see it.
Brainiac 8
Member
Pretty much this.
It's a game by Platinum, a studio that is pretty much doomed to low sales.
Nintendo has a lot of ads out, including Lego City, but I have no clue how much they are airing. IIRC Vinnk said he wasn't seeing many before Pikmin released.
DragonSworne
Banned
With these sales for M&L4 and NSLU, hopefully Nintendo puts to rest the silly notion of making Luigi the star.
Pikmin 3 is performing pretty badly given that last week was only 2 days. I wonder why Nintendo delayed the game so much, it would have done much better closer to launch.
Pikmin 3 is performing pretty badly given that last week was only 2 days. I wonder why Nintendo delayed the game so much, it would have done much better closer to launch.
Very far from that, it won't sell its initial shipment before a while.
What would be the closest *similar* game that performed well in Japan?
StreetsAhead
Member
Wii U's announced 'Rest of the Year' in Japan:
July:
Lego City Undercover (25th - tomorrow)
August
Yakuza 1&2 HD for Wii U (8th)
The Wonderful 101 (24th)
September
Sniper Elite Black List (5th)
LoZ: Wind Waker HD (26th)
Disney Epic Mickey 2 (26th)
Romance of the Three Kingdoms With Power Up Kit (26th)
October
Sonic Lost World (24th)
November
Assassin's Creed 4 (28th)
2013:
Batman Arkham Origins
Super Mario 3D World
Wii Fit U
Wii Party U
Rayman Legends
End of list.
July:
Lego City Undercover (25th - tomorrow)
August
Yakuza 1&2 HD for Wii U (8th)
The Wonderful 101 (24th)
September
Sniper Elite Black List (5th)
LoZ: Wind Waker HD (26th)
Disney Epic Mickey 2 (26th)
Romance of the Three Kingdoms With Power Up Kit (26th)
October
Sonic Lost World (24th)
November
Assassin's Creed 4 (28th)
2013:
Batman Arkham Origins
Super Mario 3D World
Wii Fit U
Wii Party U
Rayman Legends
End of list.
ShockingAlberto
Member
I do sort of wonder if there's Luigi overload this year.
Bowser being the star of M&L3 was new and fresh (and was also on a massive DS userbase at the time). Maybe people are just Luigi'd out after Luigi's Mansion and NSLU.
pieatorium
Member
Dragons crown this week
It sold <20% of the stock in the first day and amazon.jp is selling the game with a 35% discount already (20% is the usual discount)
While chances are it not taking off at all, a lot of the current hype that's directed towards the game in western territories should be directed towards Japan. The game has the potential to be big there, they love their super sentai.
DragonSworne
Banned
Wii U launched with more games than that...
Dragon's Crown
Hero of Legend
Member
You're missing at least Skylanders (JP exclusive Wii U version of the original).
Hope the Fall Conference announces the goods.
Edit: DK as well.
ShockingAlberto
Member
Sentai is big with kids and adults who geek out about things like that, the former not really having a ton of buying power in August and the latter don't care about the Wii U.
A game that is similar in theme to, I don't know, My Little Pony but lacked its license would not set the charts on fire in America, either.
Mostly late ports and most of those games are better quality than most launch titles.
Sammy Samusu
Member
It's a third-party seller, not Amazon itself.
Man-is-Obsolete
Member
This is what happens when software releases are scarce. People start pinning hopes onto anything that just comes out. Believe me as a Vita lover I know.
They do this when shipment is quite bigger than the demand.
It's been said over 400K copies are already shipped.
No piracy on 3DS should be taken into account, but I see your point.
shinra-bansho
Member
Reasonable hold for both Pikmin and the Wii U.
I wouldn't expect miracles from Lego City or W101.
Lego Star Wars was released by Eidos in Japan apparently. Did 5.5K launch week, LTD ended up ~20K.
I wouldn't expect miracles from Lego City or W101.
Robotic comparison (Famitsu)
[PSP] Little Battlers eXperience (Level 5) - 163.834 / 324.204 / 50,53% 16/06/11
[PSP] Little Battlers eXperience: Boost (Level 5) - 59.448 / 187.883 / 31,64% 23/11/11
[3DS] Little Battlers eXperience: Baku Boost (Level 5) - 55.614 / 180.873 / 30,75% 05/07/12
[PSP] Little Battlers eXperience W (Level 5) - 84.041 / 155.877 / 53,91% 18/10/12
[PSV] Little Battlers eXperience W (Level 5) - 16.489 / 20.178 / 81,72% 18/10/12
[3DS] Little Battlers eXperience W: Ultra Custom (Level 5) - 27.361 / 27.361 / 100,00% 18/07/13
[PSP] Little Battlers eXperience (Level 5) - 163.834 / 324.204 / 50,53% 16/06/11
[PSP] Little Battlers eXperience: Boost (Level 5) - 59.448 / 187.883 / 31,64% 23/11/11
[3DS] Little Battlers eXperience: Baku Boost (Level 5) - 55.614 / 180.873 / 30,75% 05/07/12
[PSP] Little Battlers eXperience W (Level 5) - 84.041 / 155.877 / 53,91% 18/10/12
[PSV] Little Battlers eXperience W (Level 5) - 16.489 / 20.178 / 81,72% 18/10/12
[3DS] Little Battlers eXperience W: Ultra Custom (Level 5) - 27.361 / 27.361 / 100,00% 18/07/13
Thanks!