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Media Create Sales: Week 15, 2013 (Apr 08 - Apr 14)
- Thread starter Chris1964
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Tomodachi bundle next week.
Pie and Beans
Look for me on the local news, I'll be the guy arrested for trying to burn down a Nintendo exec's house.
Back below 10k for WiiU, hopefully a while until Vita shares the same fate.
Not surprised by Luigi really. Nintendo fanbase worldwide needs something to play, and brother, this is it.
Not surprised by Luigi really. Nintendo fanbase worldwide needs something to play, and brother, this is it.
I'm pretty sure I see people say before release that it wouldn't sell more than 300k. That's long been blown to pieces.
*shrugs* It's got Tomodachi Collection, Pokemon X and Y, and Monster Hunter 4 coming for it this year, plus a billion supporting titles. I'm not worried.
Father_Brain
Banned
Read that post again. And for what it's worth, the incorrect prediction you're referring to was actually sub-15K by the end of March.
Gianni Merryman
Member
Tomodatchi collection + new colours/bundles incoming?
Mine is only a guess, btw I expect it to sale better in the next weeks, that is as soon as some games release.
BronsonLee
Member
HAH! Nice.
Was that Brain's initial prediction? If it was, eh. Predictions don't usually get hit right on the nose anyway.
Every week the Vita drops, I'd assume. I don't know who said it would stabilize at 30 though... That's way too high, especially with no games in the future
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I'd probably round it out at 10.
This looks to be a repeat of last week, IMO. Luigi doing Luigi, hardware taking a dive all around
metalslimer
Member
Unless FFXHD, god eater, or anything worth mentioning comes out soon, vita and wiiu will be failure buddies once again
Who said anything about being worried
Opus Angelorum
Member
Are you are saying the price drop was a success because it hasn't dropped below 10k yet?
Best in hardware specs? Yes.
Best as a gaming machine? That's subjective, and people are are voting with their wallets.
chickdigger802
Banned
Oh yeah, forgot Luigi was done by americans (or was it canadians?). When was the last game made by westerners that did this well in japan?
FreedomFighter
Member
It will finish out the year well above 2012 totals. This is a false alarm.
Sammy Samusu
Member
I wouldn't call it a failure, price cut pushed games and hardware. It ain't no revival for damn sure, but it never looked like one to begin with.
Before or after March, 9k or 14k... what's the difference?
Canadians. I hope next level gets to do another Luigi game in the future. Such a cool studio name too...
Donkey Kong Country Returns did well.
Napalm_Frank
Member
Why are people amazed that Luigi is doing good? I mean it's a ''Mario game'' on 3DS. Wouldn't it be news if it DIDN't do good?
And I don't believe for a second if someone argues with it being a western game.
And I don't believe for a second if someone argues with it being a western game.
Couldn't resist stealing this from the ND thread
Who's arguing? It's a fact. As for perception, that's a completely different issue. But a Western-developed game designed to appeal to gamers in all territories remains developed in the West.
Who's arguing? It's a fact. As for perception, that's a completely different issue. But a Western-developed game designed to appeal to gamers in all territories remains developed in the West.
Next week it will probably be even lower, followed by a bump for Golden Week.
After that is the problem though.
Weak software lineup and fading price-cut effect, combined with "slow" weeks.
Animal Crossing just won't let go. Amazing.
Good for Weegee too holding strong on the top.
I guess ~15k is a better baseline than the sub 10k it was before price cut for Vita, but was wishing it would hold at least around the 20k mark... Oh well... We know now is not dead and as long as games keep on coming out it may still be a viable platform. Let's wait and see if Sony does that.
Good for Weegee too holding strong on the top.
I guess ~15k is a better baseline than the sub 10k it was before price cut for Vita, but was wishing it would hold at least around the 20k mark... Oh well... We know now is not dead and as long as games keep on coming out it may still be a viable platform. Let's wait and see if Sony does that.
michaelius
Banned
System | This Week | Last Week | Last Year | YTD | Last YTD | LTD |
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| PSV | 14.112 | 19.328 | 8.250 | 369.499 | 219.685 | 1.500.324 |
The first one only sold 348,918 units (Famitsu), and LM2 looks like it's going to double that.
metalslimer
Member
Sony's making much less money now heading below 10k. Its a failure because if Sony had the choice now they probably would have left it alone
Magicpaint
Member
Check GAFs predictions. No one predicted it to do as well as it's doing. It being a sequel to an over 10 year old game that sold around 300k probably added to that.
Yeah, it's pretty far from the DS standards, but it's not like it's unhealthy or anything. I think in Q1 2012 also, the 3DS was coming off a greater momentum with the trinity software lineup and a somewhat steadier stream of software/bundles. Will be interesting to see what Tomodachi does next week.
Dude, I'm wearing an L hat, it is the hashtags thing, at least I hope that's the case.
I don't know if I should laugh or feel sorry for paper mario.
Napalm_Frank
Member
Yeah but that was for fuckin gamecube!
chickdigger802
Banned
whats the next 'big thing' for vita? I remember there are a few monhun clones (that are also hitting psp so probbably not gonna push hardware).
Why would you feel sorry? Paper Mario got 200k sales too many. Game sucks.
Pie and Beans
Look for me on the local news, I'll be the guy arrested for trying to burn down a Nintendo exec's house.
When Nintendo's corporate campaign has pretty much an entire sub-section of GAF donning their avatars in a green cap, its pretty unsurprising to see them popping fireworks over its sales success. There hasn't been much in that world to celebrate as of late!
Hey I had my Vita Christmas, who am I to begrudge Luigi Hanukkah! Looks like a great game, glad its selling well. Rather it than some slop like NSMB.
metalslimer
Member
#bitterness
Luigi's sales in context are pretty incredible disregarding the stupid fanboy whining
Magicpaint
Member
You should feel happy for Luigi. Paper Mario Sticker Star is the series best seller in Japan.
It's doing better than almost every other Mario spin-offs and the last time Luigi got a game for himself was over 10 years ago. And it didnt do nearly as good as this.
"King of second bananas", the colonel said.
Actually, it's basically doing like the last two home 3D Mario entries, if not better.
Gianni Merryman
Member
Are you implying that all Mario universe games are bound to sell shedloads just based on the names?
I don't think that's easy like that.
Someone sounds upset.
lazybones18
Banned
Is the
in the Famitsu charts supposed to represent sell-through?
Yes.
I'd say yes.