John Harker
Definitely doesn't make things up as he goes along.
Your sarcasm hurts
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NPD January 2013 Sales Results [Up7: Wii U 57K (CNET), Vita ~35K, PS3 201K]
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Your sarcasm hurts
Maybe he's thinking of the DS version of Ninokuni and then mistakenly thinking it adds to the 3DS third-party sales list?
UberTag
Member
He must have thought Ni No Kuni was a 3DS game.
But because it was mentioned:
- Top selling Vita Western third-party games = COD Declassified, Assasin's Creed III: Liberation. Both > 600K.
- Top selling 3DS Western third-party game = Angry Birds < 500K.
Whoot! Go Vita Go!
Revised to make joking nature of post more obvious.shinra-bansho
Member
Good for Ni no Kuni. But is that good for SW sales in general, as it's 7th on the individual SKUs.
John Harker
Definitely doesn't make things up as he goes along.
I wouldn't mistake global shipment numbers as NA sell thru numbers
This is a photoshop? What was the original?
So much disingenuity in this post. You're using worldwide shipped numbers, including bundles, to compare to non-bundled U.S. only sell-through numbers.
It didn't get much marketing, huh. I assumed it got a bit because I don't remember anybody lumping it in with Allstars and Sly (with all the recent talk of Sony's lack of marketing on podcasts).
I guess breaking a 100k is quite a feat, in that case.
UberTag
Member
Sure... spoil my fun.
I thought the comment at the end would have made it clear I was joking.
metalslimer
Member
The industry is not looking good right now even if you ignore Nintendo's fuck ups. You can blame it on generation fatigue, but if MS actually goes through with this used games mess we could be headed for a crash or a least the death of many more studios.
GraveRobberX
Platinum Trophy: Learned to Shit While Upright Again.
What Games?
They have nothing to show for
E3 is in June... they will announce all the heavy hitters (hopefully), but then how long until those come out
From now till E3, there's jack shit coming out for it
lightcrisprefreshing
Member
Were the 3DS and PS3 numbers posted?
Version 3.0
Member
If Microsoft (and maybe Sony) goes through with the rumored stuff, I'll be hoping for a crash. For them to have a successful console would be far worse.
What's really sad is, if they do, and they deservedly go down in flames, I don't think a lesson will be learned. They, the publishers, and all the analysts, etc will probably just chalk it up to phones and tablets stealing the market.
A spoilered "
" would've worked better.
PS3+WII = ~300K
Nothing on 3DS, though.
Palette Swap
Member
I'm honestly surprised so many people would buy a game called Ni no Kuni.
They probably knew it was an RPG using Ghibli Studios animation for the gameplay.
English superiority? Lots of people from non-english speaking countries buy english named games (like call of duty).
Bruno MB
Member
A spoilered "
PS3+WII = ~300K
Nothing on 3DS, though.
Surprising strong PS3 sales considering how poorly it did last month.
ni no kuni is published by namco bandai. it just happens to be exclusive to the ps3 (in the us. there is a ds version as well)
No. We know it's > 100K, just not by how much.
I'm curious how Wii did. Wal-Mart is directly included in the numbers now, and the Wii is $110 there for the gameless version. Wii might've had a decent January, for some reason.
The one thing I don't like about generation fatigue is that it basically means that people are tired of playing/buying the games coming out now outside of certain established IPs(which aren't safe either) and even if we get better graphics that doesn't really mean that the games are going to be any more fun. I don't see sales going up in the long run simply because we have new consoles.
Didnt DS outsell 3ds for a long time?
It's real.
Was the DS as dead as the Wii is in terms of software when 3ds released...?
UberTag
Member
The DS wasn't dead at that point, though. It was still being propped up by Pokemon releases until late last year.
The only thing propping up the Wii right now is Just Dance.
yeah, but the ds hadn't been dead an entire year.
edit: well, i see this subject has been covered.
Yes but was the DS a dead platform for 2 years prior?
A Human Becoming
More than a Member
And there's the difference farnham.
EDIT: Beaten faster than the Vita's LTD sales.
Petrae
Member
I'm not sure that we're looking at a case of arrogance here. Maybe ineptitude... or a lack of preparedness... but arrogance?
It definitely isn't arrogance. Ineptitude sounds about right.
The Dutch Slayer
Member
Whhaaaaaaaa 55k? Wow did not expect that at all :O
Thunder Monkey
Banned
HOLY FUCK WiiU!
I thought it would be a little further into the year before we saw numbers this bad.
I concede Ani. WiiU may actually have a worst first year than the PS3 did.
I thought it would be a little further into the year before we saw numbers this bad.
I concede Ani. WiiU may actually have a worst first year than the PS3 did.
bigtroyjon
Member
I wouldn't mistake the US for NA but for whatever reason it seems like just about everybody does.
shinra-bansho
Member
If Microsoft and Sony both pursue preventing used games, perhaps.
If Sony prevents a viable alternative then use of used games will simply become a USP. If people care enough they'll take the alternative.
Perhaps in the assumption that "second screen/tablet/off-screen/asymmetric" would be the new motion control. Although that could be ineptitude rather than arrogance.
Pikmin 3 is the only game that could push the WiiU sales slightly over 100k until august/october (what was the release date for WW HD again)?
I would love to see the hands+controller while those combos were being made :O
A Human Becoming
More than a Member
I think you're giving Pikmin too much name recognition.
Alcibiades
Member
Wind Waker HD is slated for Fall, which means October at the earliest.
Arrogance is definitely involved. Nintendo thought they could pull another Wii (minimum effort, maximum profit) just on brandname and another gimmick alone.
Good to see that this attempted rip off backfired heavily.
Rocket Punch
Member
Holy shit! Wii U is Dreamcasting! or... Virtua Boying!
Nintendo is screwed. They'll limp along and probably hold off the big games save a few until sony and MS release their new consoles. Can they afford to di anything else at this time?
They can probably do with a price cut and maybe they should. They console was overprices from the start. And no fucking software. "We learned the 3DS lessons" my ass.
Sony and MS would be wise to look at these numbers if they're thinking their own launches are gonna go smoothly. The market has changed.
Nintendo is screwed. They'll limp along and probably hold off the big games save a few until sony and MS release their new consoles. Can they afford to di anything else at this time?
They can probably do with a price cut and maybe they should. They console was overprices from the start. And no fucking software. "We learned the 3DS lessons" my ass.
Sony and MS would be wise to look at these numbers if they're thinking their own launches are gonna go smoothly. The market has changed.
Maybe i was a bit optimistic here but i think pikmin 3 could sell at least decently if they combine it with a price cut and some marketing.
Pikmin 3 until october it is then.
i was thinking x could honestly do the trick. x is probably at least a year out, though.
game & wario is probably april, wii fit u in may, and pikmin in june, july, or august. who knows if they have anything else ready.
Ninokuni doing more than 100k in less than 2 weeks is very good (out on Jan., 22nd, datas through Feb., 2nd. It could be a very good sign for Fire Emblem too (even if FE is still suffering shortages :lol)
Wii U is a freaking nightmare. What's really surprising is the giant drop compared to December. Imho, consumers have become much more impatient and frenetic: they don't have time to buy a console at that price for future content announced, but with unknown release periods, they want content as soon as possible. Otherwise, there are many other alternatives right now much more valuable than Wii U, and so people don't care about it. In the past, we would have never seen such big drops for suffering consoles, but consecutive drops month after month. PS4 / Durango need to bring appealing content since the launch, otherwise they'll really crater after launch. Not in the same way as Wii U, that'e impossibile...otherwise the market is fucked
Wii U is a freaking nightmare. What's really surprising is the giant drop compared to December. Imho, consumers have become much more impatient and frenetic: they don't have time to buy a console at that price for future content announced, but with unknown release periods, they want content as soon as possible. Otherwise, there are many other alternatives right now much more valuable than Wii U, and so people don't care about it. In the past, we would have never seen such big drops for suffering consoles, but consecutive drops month after month. PS4 / Durango need to bring appealing content since the launch, otherwise they'll really crater after launch. Not in the same way as Wii U, that'e impossibile...otherwise the market is fucked
I think they should´ve squeezed some HD ports in here and there, Donkey Kong Country Returns is released on the wrong platform. Don´t know if they could get anything ready in a few months though.