For Wii U it is.
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NPD Sales Results for September 2015 [Up2: Nintendo Numbers]
- Thread starter Nirolak
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For Wii U it is.
I'm expecting they'll just cycle the generation by 2019. This gen seems to have moved sales significantly earlier in the generation as the people buying consoles have a lot more disposable income and the consoles are relatively more affordable.
Cross-gen helps a lot with earlier launches and adoption as well.
Katana_Strikes
Member
Definitely for October but November will be harder to tell.
It will help no doubt especially with the bundles Sony have this year. There was a peculiar lack of anything last year outside of a couple of bundles. Sony are ready this year.
Mario Maker sold 455,000 in 23 days.
Mario Kart sold 415,000 in 2 days.
Smash also sold 490,000 in NA first 2 days.
StrongBlackVine
Banned
Install base will pushing at least 35 million by the time SFV and Uncharted 4 launch, maybe more.
Agreed. Install base is plenty healthy.
roninwarrior92
Banned
because here at GAF patience is a virtue, let's *vaguely* talk about October.
Sony has UC bundle coupled with the fact that they just cut the price to $350 versus a $500 Halo 5 bundle. Considering it's Oct 9 vs Oct 27, do we just move the Halo impact to November?
Sony has UC bundle coupled with the fact that they just cut the price to $350 versus a $500 Halo 5 bundle. Considering it's Oct 9 vs Oct 27, do we just move the Halo impact to November?
Katana_Strikes
Member
Definitely more. They will be on the cusp on 30million soon and have November/December at a cheaper price with some killer bundles.
Mister Megative
Banned
Wait, what? Horrific? How so? Last September saw a HUUUUGE release with Destiny. That bundle drove massive sales. Did anyone really expect this year would be anywhere CLOSE to that? It's a normal September. I mean, a combined 550k probably swings low 300s for PS4, mid 200s for X1, which is EXACTLY in line with the majority of GAF predictions.
For God's sake people, have some perspective. The doom and gloom crap has officially reached critical mass.
Gotdatmoney
Member
The sales are still rather good. Its finally viable for nintendo to launch decently big IPs on WiiU it seems. Too bad its getting replaced next year haha.
Splatoon and Mario Maker have done very well for Nintendo. They must be very happy.
jhmtehgamr20xx
Banned
Funny that Wii U was the only one out of the three to see an increase YoY.
It's happening.gif.
Plus it only did 1.2 or so then b/c it did terribly the rest of the year. It's been quite better MoM this year compared to last.
It's happening.gif.
Yeah, it's not selling 1.2 million this November. I'd say between 700k-800k for both November and December. The PS4's a whole different beast this holiday season.
Plus it only did 1.2 or so then b/c it did terribly the rest of the year. It's been quite better MoM this year compared to last.
thelastword
Banned
Ehhh...that confirms it then....
I dunno man the hardware for both consoles are so weak compared to PC. Consumers just have so many other options now to game. These consoles had to impress big time and they're not.
I know a lot of people underwhelmed by the consoles this gen even though i enjoy the hell out of my xbone.
test_account
XP-39C²
The tracking period for October will probably be to 30th October. Halo 5 will open strong, so a big part of the sales will be done that. It might sell good in November too of course, but we will see good numbers in October too.
Katana_Strikes
Member
Well when you are selling at the bottom of the barrel, the only way is up from there
ethomaz
Banned
YoY increase over zero is... lol just kidding.
THEAnderson21
Member
Dat Wii U Disney Infinity...
Please god no.
Games. The One and PS4 have had one big new franchise after three years. Destiny. About it.
Also, for the record, Splatoon sold 165,000 firsts 2 days... but it's legs are becomed insane, and still are.
Gotdatmoney
Member
If they had cut the price they may have done some decent numbers this holiday for hardware.
Good post, and may the force be with you.
Charted in August IIRC.
With Mario Maker, I felt 100 could do be doable, but eh.
I'm more curious on numbers for games like Splatoon, and a Mario Party/Kirby/Smash update...
Swass
Member
Imagine what 2k could do if they could get the NFL license again..
M1ch04c4n0
Banned
*Looks at the data*
*Ponders, "is this what my hobby has become?"*
*Single tear sheet for a hobby denied of its future*
*Ponders, "is this what my hobby has become?"*
*Single tear sheet for a hobby denied of its future*
KANYE WEST
Banned
Console gaming gonna die
You seem to be forgetting that the X1 dropped $150 last year alone. The PS4 launched at $400 and held its lead against a console that was the same price for five months and cheaper for almost 11 months, so there was no imperative for Sony to drop the price right away. Both consoles have been outselling their predecessors by a considerable margin since they launched, so there's really no cause for concern.
get2sammyb
Member
Quite surprised that, among all of the doom and gloom, only a couple of people have stopped to ponder whether last year was just abnormally big. Downward trends are rarely a positive thing, of course, but Destiny was absolutely massive for the PS4 last year.
xaosslug
Member
this is what happens when you put out a quality product that's in demand. The main reason COD and Madden continue to decline is that WOM is either mixed or negative, so it's left to true die-hards. Also why MLB: The Show continues to grow in popularity.
Mikey Jr.
Member
You are ignoring the rest of the world, lol.
Plinko
Wildcard berths that can't beat teams without a winning record should have homefield advantage
Is 2K on a upward swing? I thought I heard 2k15 was bad or something.
So far:
-3DS up YOY by near 25%
-Mario Maker ~455k
Not bad all considering. Now, come on Inklings.
I'm really curious to know how much Rare Replay has sold by now. It has been about 2 1/2 months, so I wonder if it has pushed close to or surpassed a million units yet. Probably not as I'm thinking that it will be a "long-tail" selling title for Microsoft, as long as they continue to ship it.
3DS is really quite an old price of hardware at this point. Any increase is really quite brilliant.
Thank you Kanye
People need to stop with the gloom and doom talk. This is a single month of pretty standard sales that might even look good if it wasn't compared to the destiny launch last year. Next month will have a great increase in sales year over year with Halo 5 and ps4 price cut. I'm not saying that we should ignore this month and only look at next month though. To have a clear picture we have to wait until December NPD to compare the entire year.
theprodigy
Member
to be fair, they said 3DS was up 30% YoY last month, and knowing they'd be down on a month-by-month basis makes predicting 25% easy
Suspect globally we'll see hardware significantly down. I don't thibk that's a hugely negative thing. Just a statement of the reality the industry is going in.
xaosslug
Member
the review thread paints a picture that makes me want to play the game, and I don't play basketball games! LOL