I hope you are right Sandfox and Daingurse is wrong. I must continue to have my Pikmins
Hell I hope I'm wrong about Nintendo in-general, haha. I really want them to prove me wrong.
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April 2013 NPD Sales Results [Up3: Xbox 360 Top Platform, NSMBU LTD, Lego 3DS, Luigi]
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Hell I hope I'm wrong about Nintendo in-general, haha. I really want them to prove me wrong.
Delusibeta
Banned
One game doesn't maketh a platform. Vita has more and better exclusives than the WiiU currently available.
...That really isn't saying much.
WiiU has its NSMBU and ZombiU. 2 decent games. It also got Monster Hunter.
Things are bad now but I expect next year around the same period that the hardware sales will be significantly higher for the wiiU given Mario kart, 3D mario, and hype of bayonetta 2, zelda, etc will be rolling.
I'm more concerned of the Vita's long term future given the lack of forward software support hasn't been announced yet.
If anyone needs a relaunch its the Vita.
It's not a card - it's the truth and an explanation. That doesn't mean that WiiU sales aren't extremly bad or excusable.
Plinko
Wildcard berths that can't beat teams without a winning record should have homefield advantage
I have one! It's apparently a rare collector's item.
UberTag
Member
StreetsAhead
Member
Game & Wario is the first major game! Damnit!
*cries*
I hope Pikmin sells. Awesome trailer in the ND that goes viral and it manages 2M WW?
I am aware of my delusion. Let me enjoy them
H_Prestige
Banned
I want to see Vita discontinued so Sony stops wasting time and money on handhelds. Whether they want to or not, stores will stop carrying it soon enough.
Wii U being discontinued would suck since Nintendo would probably go handheld exclusive. I hope it at least pulls gamecube numbers so we can get some decent games this gen, and not just a sea of scripted bro shooters.
My god, I hope this fucking system doesn't fucking suicide bomb the Pikmin franchise forever. I am seriously concerned
I fear so, so many impending Pikmin ghosts... purple and red and blue oh nooo
Don't worry. There's still a chance that they release something like Mario's Space Trip. Mario crashes with his space ship on some planet. The player needs to collect the different parts of his space ship in the game and uses a bunch of small Toads to carry them and to fight against Goombas and Koopas.
Also possible: Wii Strategy, where you play as your Mii.
Duxxy3
Member
Uncharted sells well in the west.
An uncharted bundle with a memory card, headphones and soft case at $199 would pick sales up considerably.
That's assuming that Sony even wants the system to survive the next 6 months.
TheUnknownForce
Member
Expect pricedrops all around in June (save Wii U I suspect :/ )
Also, Wii U will certainly have its worst month between now and September, probably May or July. Nintendo must think they can keep the console in near death for half a year to try and save it in the second half...if they can't pull it back by the end of the fiscal year, bye Iwata and bye Wii U by 2015.
On a side note, NSMBU had 700k+ sales in US? That's like 70-80% attach rate. If anything, it proves that NSMB is a seller but not a SYSTEM seller. People bought NSMBU because they had a Wii U, but Nintendo kinda wanted the opposite (people to buy Wii U for NSMBU). They better have been in panic mode since March if we're going to see anything before it goes completely dead. Nintendo's Q1 is going to be BAD for Wii U everywhere.
Also, Wii U will certainly have its worst month between now and September, probably May or July. Nintendo must think they can keep the console in near death for half a year to try and save it in the second half...if they can't pull it back by the end of the fiscal year, bye Iwata and bye Wii U by 2015.
On a side note, NSMBU had 700k+ sales in US? That's like 70-80% attach rate. If anything, it proves that NSMB is a seller but not a SYSTEM seller. People bought NSMBU because they had a Wii U, but Nintendo kinda wanted the opposite (people to buy Wii U for NSMBU). They better have been in panic mode since March if we're going to see anything before it goes completely dead. Nintendo's Q1 is going to be BAD for Wii U everywhere.
metalslimer
Member
lol, I feel for you man. Not even Nintendo deserves to be this fucked even with their bad decisions. I feel even worse for the developers whose hard work will be squandered. Bayonetta and W101 are doomed. Sorry Amirox.
Sure selling 30k would be 100% increase. It still means no one cares. The market does not want Vita and outside of giving them away nothing will change where hte market is headed.
But... *sigh*... but I suppose it doesn't pay to be delusional either
Being a rational Nintendo fan stings these days. 3DS having Smash oh lord, it's like Nintendo doesn't want me to buy a Wii-U. If that game has any parity with the console version, welp there goes my incentive in buying a Wii-U.
I'm not expecting the game to bomb since its not exactly the biggest seller but I can see it being a title that most Wii U owners and people planning on getting one around the holiday season will want to pick up.
....Yeah. No comment.
Let's be honest, it sells well but its no Halo or Mario.
I think it would be wiser to bundle Killzone and announce a pricedrop for the regular SKUs while putting the Killzone bundle at $199.
Just so you know, Wii U, you're creating six different timelines.
It sucks for everyone. Microsoft is just the king of losers.
Wickerbasket
Member
It's mostly just the Wii U and VITA that are fucked.
I wonder if Sony are going to give up on handhelds after VITA.
I don't know if I'm who you're referring to, but I probably echoed that sentiment back then, and would today. Yes, sales are horrible now. Yes, they have been since January. Of course they have been - what games have been released yet?
I am as critical of Nintendo as anyone. I think they've been horribly mismanaged. But I'm not completely ready to rule out them pulling a rabbit out of their hat this E3. Epic Fall Release Schedule + Pricedrop + Sony and Microsoft Both Overpricing Machines = Nintendo Rise to Heaven? I'm not saying it will happen - I'm just saying, it's still in the realm of the possible (and not just the wishful thinking).
A lot of people seem to gloss over the fact that Nintendo is still, right now, in first place in the Next Gen console race. They might get passed by this Christmas - and we can write the obituaries then. But it's not over, yet.
MikeE21286
Member
Lol why would anyone buy that bundle when uncharted is free on PS+? That bundle is not going to do anything.
just to defeat any sense of mystery, here is what is going to happen.
the wii u will fold after the next holiday season. nintendo may fizzle the 3ds out and they focus on one piece of hardware to merge the two businesses into one. i suspect the next console zelda will just get moved to this new machine, and might serve as a launch title.
after that, you can get all your nintendo games in one place. it'll be sorta like the dreamcast with sega focused on one machine. just lots of games. that's the good news. the bad news: it won't be the games you want. it will be past franchises all day every day, and only the ones that sell a lot. no pikmin, no sin & punishment, no f-zero.
the wii u will fold after the next holiday season. nintendo may fizzle the 3ds out and they focus on one piece of hardware to merge the two businesses into one. i suspect the next console zelda will just get moved to this new machine, and might serve as a launch title.
after that, you can get all your nintendo games in one place. it'll be sorta like the dreamcast with sega focused on one machine. just lots of games. that's the good news. the bad news: it won't be the games you want. it will be past franchises all day every day, and only the ones that sell a lot. no pikmin, no sin & punishment, no f-zero.
Duxxy3
Member
No, it's not mario. Sony's only franchise that is close to mario or halo is gran turismo.
I agree with you about a killzone bundle.
Some consumers are generally ignorant of PS+. I don't think it will exactly shift many units but its better than having nothing besides a CoD and AC bundle right now.
I personally would prefer a Killzone bundle, as its the newer game.
metalslimer
Member
I expect to be able to pick up a Wii U for sub 200 and a Vita for sub 150 by next year if I can even find Vitas on the shelves. Maybe import one from Japan if need be.
Uncharted is not a big deal. In the thread where Ubisoft listed the top 20 franchises of the Wii/Ps3/360 generation, Uncharted was nowhere to be seen.
Noooo! Someone convince me this is all a horrible dream and this system is not going to pile drive Bayonetta AND Pikmin into an early grave at the same time! Oh the humanity!
StreetsAhead
Member
I just hope they manage to get all the software out they have promised for the end of the year, with no delays and continue to improve the OS. It's not going to suddenly be doing 500K a month, but it might go a long way to increasing the baseline, even to 100K.
Still $100 too much.
Skiesofwonder
Walruses, camels, bears, rabbits, tigers and badgers.
Yeah, that's pretty much what I see happening as well. Nintendo has already started preparing with the new building they built to allow developers to better "share" assets and whatnot.
Duxxy3
Member
Uncharted won't always be free on PS+.
Syphon Filter
Member
gears J sold bad,glad since it wasn't that great.
I think for a generally new ip this generation locked to one platform (until the Vita version) it did alright.
Obviously it didn't gain enough attention as Assassin's Creed but that was a multiplatform release.