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[FiggyCal]

No.

But Wii U > Xbox One is possible, right?

 

[The Wheel of Fortune]

Well, this is good. It pleases the Nintendo fan in me and it tells me we may get a Watch_Dogs sequel with an actually good protagonist later on.

 

[Lexxism]

175k? I've been waiting for this.

That's a lot of crow.

 

[BrokenIcarus]

Damn. It seems like the friends effect is already in full force. If the gap is near 1 million around the holidays, it's going to start to look like the 360/PS3.

There's a real chance that the Wii U outsold the X1? This thread is going to go wild if that's true.

I think it's highly unlikely WiiU outsold the xbone with 140k when they said they doubled their sales from May. Would be a well deserved break for Nintendo though, if true.

 

[Rozart]

Tomodachi Life! Really tempted to get it now.

 

[x-Lundz-x]

September could be 400k+ vs. 120k or something like that.

Now that's a thread I want to read if that happens.

 

[Tom Nook Sawyer]

He said either. The GameCube was cheaper, but it came out later. The PS2 was nearly at the GameCube's lifetime total sales by the time the GameCube came out.

Either means one or the other. So yes, I understood it correctly.

 

[TTOOLL]

Momentum is a thing, you realize? Microsoft lost the mind-share; it's doubtful they can gain it back. Regardless of whether or not the policies have been resolved, the storm that resulted hasn't--and may never--fully clear.

Even if Microsoft's hardware were more powerful, I would put forth it wouldn't matter in the slightest.

Ok dude, let's just agree to disagree, shall we?

 

[AniHawk]

Can we finally agree that Mario Kart is a system-seller now?

it is unquestionably so. i doubt anything else will give it the same boost, even smash bros.

 

[ThisOne]

Tomodachi Life! Really tempted to get it now.

Because it sold well? Hmm...why does that make the game more attractive to you?

it is unquestionably so. i doubt anything else will give it the same boost, even smash bros.

We'll never know since Smash Bros. will release around the holiday when sales will inevitably be higher anyway.

 

[TaiKH92]

Lmao, alright man I'm done.
Ps4 @ #1 again. What does MS have to do? I'm starting to feel sad.

Make the Xbox One free

 

[ShockingAlberto]

That's not TECHNICALLY true, next week on the 25th Wii Sports Club is getting a retail release which might have some casual appeal.

Man

Even at my most optimistic I don't think anything of Wii Sports Club.

I actually think it would make a whole lot of sense if it came out a month ago and was $20 and there were inserts in Mario Kart 8's case telling people about it. Anything else is just a pointless endeavor.

 

[SeanR1221]

Bold prediction...

Xbox 1 bundle with Halo MCC this fall....along with a price drop for Black Friday.

 

[marc^o^]

It even gets it up into Xbox One territory.

I was mocked for predicting that, based on how Wii U's perception changed after the OS update, MK8 and E3.

Nintendo has no new big game rill september. But the more MK8 sells, the more local multiplayer sessions are played, which will lead to more Wii U sales. I believe they can maintain steady sales from now on.

 

[IAmRandom31]

it is unquestionably so. i doubt anything else will give it the same boost, even smash bros.

Zelda U month will be massive

 

[yayaba]

Not bad for Wii U. The 3DS is kind of having a halo effect on me at the moment. I may dip into the Wii U at some point either later this year or early 2015.

 

[B.O.O.M]

curios on vita numbers

if I'm not mistaken the supplies for the system had dried up again in the NA...we could have had an abysmal sales of around 30k I would imagine otherwise but instead we will now get around 20k lol

 

[maxcriden]

So Sales Gurus (Aquamarine and Nirolak I'm looking your way!), how good of news is this for Nintendo? Just okay, or actually pretty good...?

 

[Asd202]

Holy shit I forgot about GTAV which has a marketing deal with Ps4. Sony really nailed it with the marketing deals for the third party titles this year. Watch Dogs, Destiny and GTAV. Wow.

October could be even more brutal then September as DriveClub drops too

IMO September NPD will be a bomb to behold.

 

[Raist]

But Wii U > Xbox One is possible, right?

If it's not #2 and yet > XB1, then whatdo you think would be #2? PS3? 360? Above 150k?

 

[lefantome]

I'll give you the multiplat games, but I can see Wii U putting up a fight though. Good holiday bundles plus Smash Bros should keep it going for a little while.

it depends on how sony and ms will spend their marketing money.
Smash is big in the us but not as much as MK8.

I don't expect great numbers at all, maybe something decent, maybe worse.

 

[Speevy]

Wii U sales are..not horrible.

Wow. Has that happened before?

 

[big_z]

I would imagine Nintendo will use the massive eshop dump/refresh that's rumored to fill the software gap coming up.... And hopefully fatal frame 5.

 

[ascii42]

Either means one or the other. So yes, I understood it correctly.

Then why did you say this statement was not true: "They were all either cheaper or launched earlier,"

The PS2 was not cheaper but did launch earlier. Therefore that statement was true.

 

[schuelma]

it is unquestionably so. i doubt anything else will give it the same boost, even smash bros.

I think Smash+toys+holiday could work out very well..especially if Nintendo can get down to $250.

 

[miDnIghtEr20C]

wow Tomodachi did great.

It outsold TitanFall, Infamous and MLB The Show. It did better than great.

 

[Foshy]

Hell yeah good Wii U numbers.

(via)

wouldn't exactly call them "good". yeah, it's probably as "good" as you can expect for the wii u, but in absolute terms it's not really a healthy number.

for perspective: http://i.imgur.com/93JSIC5.png

 

[RyanPierre]

None of this is surprising, except the Wii U numbers. This will be the standard for the next five years.

I thought the Watch Dogs 360 version outselling the XB1 version was very surprising, personally.

 

[Spieler Eins]

Feels good seeing the king back return. We missed the Sony dominance

What I miss is a good software output like on PS1-2 and not sales numbers, so I'm not feeling so good honestly.

 

[phanphare]

I would imagine Nintendo will use the massive eshop dump/refresh that's rumored to fill the software gap coming up.... And hopefully fatal frame 5.

deetz?

 

[FinalStageBoss]

September is gonna be a bloodbath with that white destiny console

 

[Toki767]

If it's not #2 and yet > XB1, then whatdo you think would be #2? PS3? 360? Above 150k?

We already know the 3DS is at around 150K, above the Wii U.

 

[ambientmystic]

Wii U sales are..not horrible.

Wow. Has that happened before?

Last "good" month was December 2013 (~480k).

 

[CosmicQueso]

Wii U sales are..not horrible.

Wow. Has that happened before?

November and December of 2012.

 

[Jamix012]

They where over 7 million back in April

Yeah, that's why I said i doubt it's over 9. It's slowed down a bit since then and it was taking over a month to do 1 million anyway. I'd probably guess around 8.5 million.

 

[Aquamarine]

Wii U sales are..not horrible.

Wow. Has that happened before?

Highest non-Holiday month outside of this month's 140K is September 2013's 95K.

 

[AndrewDean84xX]

I think outside of gaming circles it's viewed as doing fine, and at the end of the generation sales wise it'll be a similar split to the PSX gen, where PS4 is by far the most sold, XBO a decent gap away but still respectable in terms of sales and Wii U just scraping by.

Agreed. Some places demand that one wins and one loses. Rather than one is doing extremely well and another is doing just fine.

 

[IAmRandom31]

IMO September NPD will be a bomb to behold.

Will be Sony's biggest month since launch no doubt. Hope Sony has those white Ps4s and bundles stockpiled

 

[schuelma]

I would imagine Nintendo will use the massive eshop dump/refresh that's rumored to fill the software gap coming up.... And hopefully fatal frame 5.

?? what are you referring to?

 

[BananaSprinkles]

If it's not #2 and yet > XB1, then whatdo you think would be #2? PS3? 360? Above 150k?

The 3DS.

 

[noobasuar]

I wonder how close system sales between all three this month.

PS4 was at like 199K last month, right? Is it supposed to be higher this month?

 

[rokkerkory]

Dat minecraft $$$

 

[FiggyCal]

If it's not #2 and yet > XB1, then whatdo you think would be #2? PS3? 360? Above 150k?

I didn't see the order of consoles in the OP, so I assumed it was the 3DS was #2.

 

[Boke1879]

PS4 is unstoppable. Sold better in Titanfall month, sold better when Xbone went down to $400.

What is even more worse for MS... July, August and September will be firmly in PS4's corner. But MS will have a chance to win November and December [when they inevitably throw ungodly amount of money on marketing and promotions].

Don't underestimate the power of the PS4 Destiny bundle.

 

[coldone]

Maybe they should use that fat marketing budget to keep MK8 in people's minds for the rest of the summer.

Also, good for the WiiU; not a bad number for a half-dead console.

They should give us some DLC. 2 Tracks + 4 Karts would do wonders this holiday season. Smash + Kart is a great combo.

 

[HI. BILLY MAYS HERE]

Highest non-Holiday month outside of this month's 140K is September 2013's 95K.

You really believe they haven't sold 2 million consoles WW in 3 months ? c'mon son

 

[FZZ]

it is unquestionably so. i doubt anything else will give it the same boost, even smash bros.

I suspect with Nintendo's advertising of Smash and how they're appeasing to the core fan base of Smash coupled with Amiibo and releasing in the holidays Smash Bros. will have a greater impact than MK8.

Also expecting two holiday bundles this year, one with Smash and one with MK8.

 

[3rdamention]

Yeah, but we knew that already. They did say doubled*

Yeah, they did say "doubled*"



Then at the bottom of the press release, the asterisk said "*- Internal data based on retail calendar and sold through numbers"



So yeah, they basically told us it was "internal data"

 

[BananaSprinkles]

Wii U sales are..not horrible.

Wow. Has that happened before?

Fifth month (both previous november and december) it's been above 100k units sold (got close last september with 95k).

 

[AniHawk]

Zelda U month will be massive

i personally doubt it. mario kart appeals to everyone, even ps4 and xbox one owners. zelda only appeals to those people and whatever select few wouldn't have a wii u by then who were just waiting only for zelda.