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[cw_sasuke]

If they can release Mario Kart, Smash and Animal Crossing WiiU next year - the system might stabilize even without 3rd Party support.

 

[JoeM86]

[B]FAMITSU HARDWARE SALES, WEEK 48, 2013 (November 25th - December 1st):[/B]

3DS - 122,126
PSV - 28,253
[B]WIU - 46,773[/B]
PS3 - 22,762
PSP - 4,198
WII - 1,258
360 - 524

Wii U's more established presence this week (it sold 27K last week) is expected considering the usual "Nintendo bump" we see during the holiday season. Unfortunately, there are still too few figures to come to any turnaround conclusions. I am getting increasingly optimistic that the Wii U will have chiseled out a new, higher baseline, though.

What the Wii U needed was exposure, and in Japan...hell, everywhere, it has started to get it. I seldom go through a sitting on TV here in the UK without at least one Wii U advert (mostly 3D World). Japan is getting similar. No idea about America.

Now it is in the public's mind, they just have to keep bringing software and it should have a higher baseline and increases with new software.

At least, that is what I hope.

 

[zhao3gold]

Shall we change that "come on Wii U horse" GIF to "come on Vita TV horse"?

 

[Mr Swine]

Fantastic numbers for 3DS!
Great numbers for Wii U!
Good numbers for Vita!
Fantastic bad numbers for Vita TV!

I'm sad to see Hatsune and Monhun 4 drop so 3 weeks of high sales right?

 

[Taurus]

Only 75% market share. When was Nintendo supposed to go 3rd party again?

 

[Metallix87]

Oh god, the Vita TV is totally going to be swept under the rug before even seeing Europe and USA, isn't it?

Oh come on, SCEA has no interest in the Vita. What made you think they'd want to push a glorified offshoot of it?

 

[Magicpaint]

Fixed.

DQX syndrome. Is going back to 20k+ numbers next week if lucky.

Yeah, the expansion pack sold WiiU's when the original game didn't. Or it could be that the holiday period is what's providing the actual bump.

 

[Sadist]

Wii U 46k? Dat Nintendo holiday bump.

GT6 still pretty strong in Japan.

 

[KillerTravis]

Like I said in the other thread:

If Nintendo had a 2nd game ready around this time like Mario Kart 8, the momentum going into 2014 could've resembled the 3DS, along with DK on February it could've meant a nice start of a turnaround. Too bad they couldn't get it ready for this year.

 

[Aostia]

That's more for gt6 than I was going to guess.

I agree, even if it's not that hot I was expecting less
Surprised also by the positive Wii U bump, and good to see Mario having some legs, while the 3DS is struggling againts itslef; or PDZ will really be a big hit, or it will fall behind last year (of course, still impressive in the JP market and all): Attack on Titans debuts well, and Inazuma see another decrese but still manages to sell decently
PSVitaTV really already dead (unexpected to me, in JP), while Vita rose its bar but still manages just decent numbers, considering how close we are at Christmas. With that and PS3 low numbers I wonder if Sony really chose the right release date for the PS4 (not in terms of copetitition: Wii U is still doing meh, so they probably are still happy this way...)

EDIT: about the holiday bump for wiiu: I'm not sure about it. I think it was DQX imho. otherwise we would have seen a significant bump also for 3DS

 

[areal]

If they can release Mario Kart, Smash and Animal Crossing WiiU next year - the system might stabilize even without 3rd Party support.

At 8k, maybe.

 

[Phazon]

Wii U holiday bump

Let's hope it will have some legs

 

[Gaiaknight]

nice to see that super mario 3d world might have some legs really hoping it can atleast sell 400-500k in japan

 

[SmokyDave]

I'm surprised at GT6 given how low the UK numbers were. Makes me think the PS4 launch did affect it to an extent.

Between Week 40 and Week 44 the Wii U sold 12,874 units (MC), and average of 3,219 per week.

In a single week last week it sold nearly 4 times that combined 4 weeks of sales.

Fuck you if you want to pretend this week's number was likely.

Little bit OTT there.

 

[JoeM86]

System | This Week | Last Week | Last Year
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
| WIU | 48.762 | 28.518 | 308.142


dat 1 year drop.

That drop was the launch week -_-

 

[Shinriji]

Good hold for the Vita.

 

[FreedomFighter]

-GO Wii U!!!
-3DS falling further behind YOY, but great numbers this week
-PSV nice numbers even if VitaTVDead

 

[Frillen]

so GT6 sold 204k in 2 days, not bad.

It's actually pretty bad. Selling less than half of GT6.

 

[daripad]

WiiU WiiU WiiU WiiU

*Challanger aproaching*

WIU - 46,773


Edit: Wait, isn't the 3DS selling less than we expected this holiday season?

 

[watershed]

Well the holidays have arrived. And I guess the hardcore DQ fans are digging the mmo.

 

[Road]

I doubt DQX had little to do with it, this is just an expansion. The increase is higher than expected, though:

		GC				WII U

2002-10-28	15,697		2013-10-28	40,118
2002-11-04	17,191		2013-11-04	14,060
2002-11-11	15,965		2013-11-11	14,006
2002-11-18	32,099		2013-11-18	20,177
2002-11-25	30,341		2013-11-25	27,325
2002-12-02	39,849		2013-12-02	46,773
2002-12-09	44,902		
2002-12-16	66,410		
2002-12-23	60,290		
2002-12-30	71,945		
2003-01-06	13,526		
2003-01-13	11,142

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Wasting my time on GAF when I should be a graphics designer.

 

[Doczu]

Fixed.

DQX syndrome. Is going back to 20k+ numbers next week if lucky.

So an expansion to a game which didn't sell consoles is selling consoles?

 

[allan-bh]

Wii U- 48.762

Wow... Impressive

 

[StoppedInTracks]

Wii U is getting there, yes.

 

[Sakura]

3DS will end year down on last year's total. I think we can say that with confidence now.

Vita TV is a mega bomba in Japan. Sony should bring it to the west.

Inazuma 11 just seems exhausted, another franchise driven into the ground by L5.

Vita will end the year as the second best selling platform. Whelp.

Wii U benefiting from Nintendo's strong holiday performance, would be interesting to see how it compares to the Gamecube in it's first real holiday season.

Really? Even with titles like PDZ and Zelda coming out? That's too bad.

 

[Foshy]

That drop was the launch week -_-

 

[Nibel]

Shall we change that "come on Wii U horse" GIF to "come on Vita TV horse"?

No need to be so vile

We can start singing some old-ass British football anthems and celebrate this short moment before it vanishes..

..vanishes, like VitaTV from the 5-digits-space

 

[Celine]

DQX expansion did wonderfully the first week.
Wonder what's the current userbase for this MMORPG.

BD for the sequel did also nicely IMO.

Yes!!!

 

[shinra-bansho]

Fuck you if you want to pretend this week's number was likely.

I like that you felt the need to post this in both Media Create threads...

Why are you getting so worked up over good Wii U numbers?

 

[urfe]

Anyone saying Wii U selling this well was expected is lying, plain and simple.

Edit: and I also said something similar in the other thread.

 

[Morfeo]

How is the Bravely Default sequel sales? Looks pretty terrible right?

 

[Metallix87]

I'm surprised at GT6 given how low the UK numbers were. Makes me think the PS4 launch did affect it to an extent.

I'm not at all surprised. I told people it needed to be a PS4 launch title. Sony really blew a golden opportunity by putting it exclusively on PS3.

 

[JoeM86]

It's GAF in a thread discussing Nintendo. Can you blame me for not considering it a joke?

 

[BlackJace]

Wii u used Raise.

 

[Relaxed Muscle]

Yeah, the expansion pack sold WiiU's when the original game didn't. Or it could be that the holiday period is what's providing the actual bump.

I thought it contained the base game + expansion, I was wrong. Still I think it will go back to 20k numbers.

So an expansion to a game which didn't sell consoles is selling consoles?

I see you guys are getting out from your covers, NPD is coming take care. Though it had the base game too, my bad.

 

[Mpl90]

How is the Bravely Default sequel sales? Looks pretty terrible right?

It's an expansion that can be bought by original owners of the game on eShop for a discounted price, its debut was very good actually.

 

[SaintMadeOfPlaster]

Great numbers for Wii U, but it still feels funny knowing that Iwata says it'll sell 9 million (worldwide, but still) by April.

 

[urfe]

How is the Bravely Default sequel sales? Looks pretty terrible right?

Anyone who bought the original will go for the cheaper eShop upgrade. These are all first timers.

Edit: beat

 

[StreetsAhead]

I'm surprised at GT6 given how low the UK numbers were. Makes me think the PS4 launch did affect it to an extent.


Little bit OTT there.

I'm just saying, people going 'Oh, it's just the holiday bump' should remember how poorly the system was doing just a few weeks ago. And I don't think a holiday bump was guaranteed after the system didn't jump that much with Mario or the bundle's release and Vita's performance last year proving it was possible to go through the entire season without rising very much.

 

[marc^o^]

I like that you felt the need to post this in both Media Create threads...

Why are you getting so worked up over good Wii U numbers?

The irony is you felt the need to answer twice to him in both threads

 

[cw_sasuke]

At 8k, maybe.

Cant expect much more for home console in Japan anyway nowadays...just look at the last PS3 years, were it was the only console getting noteworthy releases.

 

[Cosmo Clock 21]

Really? Even with titles like PDZ and Zelda coming out? That's too bad.

ALBW likely won't do much, and PDZ is a bit of a wild card still. Speaking of which, anybody know the initial shipment for PADZ?

 

[mclem]

Vita TV is a mega bomba in Japan. Sony should bring it to the west.

I still don't quite comprehend why it exists.

One theory I have is that Sony wanted to have *some* new home gaming product on the market this Christmas even if they couldn't bring the PS4 over in time. Which... still seems somewhat nuts.

 

[Bundy]

Only 75% market share. When was Nintendo supposed to go 3rd party again?

They can't "live" from japan alone.
That's their problem!

 

[jj984jj]

Let's hope it will have some legs

There's still no software to keep this up, this is an anomaly.

 

[SaintMadeOfPlaster]

I'm just saying, people going 'Oh, it's just the holiday bump' should remember how poorly the system was doing just a few weeks ago. And I don't think a holiday bump was guaranteed after the system didn't jump that much with Mario and Vita's performance last year proving it was possible to go through the entire season without rising very much.

It's SmokyDave and you're celebrating a Nintendo success (in before he quotes me saying that it hardly counts as a success)...Just ignore it.

 

[shinra-bansho]

The irony is you felt the need to answer twice to him in both threads

How is that remotely ironic?

 

[Principate]

3DS will end year down on last year's total. I think we can say that with confidence now.

Vita TV is a mega bomba in Japan. Sony should bring it to the west.

Inazuma 11 just seems exhausted, another franchise driven into the ground by L5.

Vita will end the year as the second best selling platform. Whelp.

Wii U benefiting from Nintendo's strong holiday performance, would be interesting to see how it compares to the Gamecube in it's first real holiday season.

Still have the million seller in likely in puzzle and Dragon so it's not over yet.

 

[Deleted member 74300]

Wasting my time on GAF when I should be a graphics designer.

 

[Yoshi]

Fixed.

DQX syndrome. Is going back to 20k+ numbers next week if lucky.

Do you think that? Who would buy a new console for an expansion pack of an MMO that in itself was not interesting enough to justify buying the console? I doubt that many people are buying a Wii U solely for the expansion pack. If people were, they'd also need to buy the base game, but that's nowhere to be seen, so I guess a drop next week should be 11,337 units max (assuming DQX exactly matches the unit sales of the last entry of the chart)?