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[kinggroin]

Because it will force Nintendo to TRY HARDER.

Fuck that noise.

As a current owner who is enjoying the platform and is excited for its future software lineup, the last thing I want is them killing it.

Try harder? Well, they can do that with the mess they have at the moment. In the same fashion they did with the 3DS; by building a respectable library and giving the system a proper push.

I sincerely doubt that even IF they turn things around to say, N64 numbers at best, they would repeat the strategy they have with this platform, again.

All anyone who's genuinely interested in their work wants at the moment more than anything, is great software and support to see this thing through a normal life cycle. They can go back to the drawing board then.






As it stands in regards to sales at the moment, yeah, this system is dead as fucking dead. Fingers crossed that the software dropped by the end of the year means the console is deserving of a new lease on life.

*fingers crossed

 

[Psychotext]

It's going to be a hard, HARD summer for the Wii U.

 

[UberTag]

All those gamers ponying up for Pandora's Tower

Did Ubisoft rename the Just Dance brand when I wasn't looking?

 

[BlackJace]

I got this, using the powers of pie-chart reconstruction:

Wii U	67
Wii	91
PS3	212
X360	261

(Of course, the labeling is unsure)

According to this.....well uh, well, it sold 1k more than last month.

Pop endless bottles, Iwata.

 

[gigantor21]

Goddammit, I was just dealing with vectors and angles and shit in Physics, then I come on GAF and what do I see? XD

 

[PhantomR]

There's plenty of arrogance. It's a different kind of arrogance to the "Get a second job," that Sony portrayed, but it's arrogance still.

They bought into the idea that they're really just that much more innovative and trendsetting.
They bought into the idea that their franchises were just that much better than everyone else.
And that people would buy their $350 system because of that.

Wow. There is SO MUCH 15-year old angst in this post. Why?

Nintendo (like they always do) made a product that is unique and can play to their game design strengths to introduce different kinds of games to the industry. Are you like, offended by that or something? Is that an affront to your gaming purity?

I ask because you ALWAYS have an axe to grind with Nintendo in every thread here on NeoGAF. Just because Nintendo does what they always do when it comes to product design, doesn't mean whatsoever that they're "arrogant". That just says a LOT more about your issues than Nintendo's products.

 

[A Human Becoming]

Vita and Wii U are the modern day gba and ps3 lol

It's less funny with the consoles not being released over 5 years apart.

 

[RedSwirl]

Has anyone added "Iwata/Miyamoto/Reggie Resignation" to the Wii U thread cycle chart?

 

[jett]

Please understand.

 

[Usobuko]

Any numbers for

Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate and the split between Wii U / 3DS ?
Etrian Odyssey IV for this month?

 

[TheNatural]

So about 65K for Wii U, give or take a couple K depending on how the chart was translated. That's pretty horrible.

 

[RukusProvider]

If Vita means Life and it's dead, what does WiiU mean?

 

[shinra-bansho]

Could use Durante's numbers if people want, they might be more accurate (not sure what he means by chart reconstruction though?)

Somewhat splitting hairs though.

 

[The Abominable Snowman]

Pretty much except much worse on the software side. Dreamcast failed but games were no issue during it's lifespan from what I could recall. Some of my favorite games of all time were on that system.

The Dreamcast had a drought. A big one where there were gaping holes of decent genres for the first year. By the time software titles were damn near legendary status just one year later no one cared.

 

[Katana_Strikes]

Well WiiU better than expected, so there's that.

I mean compared to Pachters estimate. The bigger picture is that it's fucking terrible still.

 

[Nirolak]

Purple = 261K
Green = 209.5K
Red = 86.7K
Blue = 63.7K

So we're looking at the Wii U going down from 66K despite this being a 5 week month with game releases.

 

[Foffy]

If Vita means Life and it's dead, what does WiiU mean?

Wii U is purgatory. It's there, but one doesn't know when they've entered it. Just like Nintendo releasing the thing.

 

[A Human Becoming]

Hmmm I wonder who is more accurate, shinra or Durante? More people should attempt extrapolating numbers.

 

[Mihael Mello Keehl]

Has anyone added "Iwata/Miyamoto/Reggie Resignation" to the Wii U thread cycle chart?

I cant find it but I believe "Iwata should be fired" is in there..not so sure though.

 

[AniHawk]

Vita and Wii U are the modern day gba and ps3 lol

ds and wii u. the gba was the old dead handheld and the ps3 was the shiny new console.

 

[Zoramon089]

Goddammit, I was just dealing with vectors and angles and shit in Physics, then I come on GAF and what do I see? XD

Pie chart shenanigans

Around 3.75-ish blues in purple so around 69 for blue

 

[Kyoufu]

If Vita means Life and it's dead, what does WiiU mean?

Ambulance siren. It's headed to A&E.

 

[Joe Shlabotnik]

That's 12.7k a week for wii u...is that better or worse than last month?

Was February a 4-week sales month? Considerably worse if so.

 

[Dave Meltzer]

So about 65K for Wii U, give or take a couple K depending on how the chart was translated. That's pretty horrible.

Wait for Disney's Planes.

 

[Various Artists]

According to this.....well uh, well, it sold 1k more than last month.

Pop endless bottles, Iwata.

But over an exta week. Right?

Keep dem bottles chilled.

 

[Aquamarine]

So about 65K for Wii U, give or take a couple K depending on how the chart was translated. That's pretty horrible.

GameCube: 111,236 in March 2002 (5 week reporting period), or 22,247 per week.

So 65,000 for the Wii U in March 2013 (5 week reporting period), or 13,000 per week, is pretty horrible.

 

[Miles X]

Could use Durante's numbers if people want, they might be more accurate (not sure what he means by chart reconstruction though?)

Somewhat splitting hairs though.

Could you do the handheld chart based on the 245k 3DS number (which may or may not be true)

 

[Yopis]

250 wouldn't even be so bad for the Vita if it wasn't for the memory card pricing

That and lack of a second wave of games hurt. People are not that cheap but you gotta be all in, and Sony, to this point is not. The biggest Fps was one of the worst rated games on the system. So many mistakes. Oh well back to Soul Sacrifice demo. Nintendo lost me after N64 but I don't want to see any of these companies fall. Less companies means less variety for us.

 

[opticalmace]

That's 12.7k a week for wii u...is that better or worse than last month?

February's NPD thread puts the Wii U at 66k. 16.5k per week, pretty significant drop-off for the Wii U.

 

[benny_a]

According to this.....well uh, well, it sold 1k more than last month.

Pop endless bottles, Iwata.

NPD in February was a 4 week timeframe. So it sold 1k more in one more week.

Edit: beaten like <insert joke about Wii U's performance>

 

[TheUnknownForce]

Well WiiU better than expected, so there's that.

I mean compared to Pachters estimate. The bigger picture is that's is fucking terrible still.

Indeed. Allow me to call it now:

March>April>May for Wii U sales. It won't be a profitable Q2 for Nintendo on the console front, definitely.

 

[Delusibeta]

While I won't be booking the funeral yet, sub-13k/week for America is pretty dreadful. Certainly, it's going to need a price cut and a pile of new games, and we know that the games aren't going to arrive Q2. Essentially, this year's E3 is about as important to the WiiU as last year's E3 was to the Vita, except that the Vita didn't have the PS4 and the next Xbox showing off and distracting from Nintendo's wares.

 

[Santiako]

Mohun numbers please mr.sugar

 

[TheNatural]

GameCube: 111,236 in March 2002 (5 week reporting period), or 22,247 per week.

So 65,000 for the Wii U in March 2013 (5 week reporting period), or 13,000 per week, is pretty horrible.

Yikes

So much for the "in the same time period it sold more than 360!" shit that was going on a couple months ago. Those people sure have shut up.

 

[Calamari41]

Then it will bomb and we get no handheld at all, it would be a terrible idea.

If we're talking Wii U+ level graphics three years from now, I don't see why it would have to break the bank. Luigi's Mansion isn't exactly giving Crysis 3 a run for its money, but everybody seems to be quite happy with the game. In my mind the other option seems to be for Nintendo to just go handheld only. Of course anything can happen and Wii U could rise from the Grave and start killing it... but right now it is selling at unprecedentedly low levels.

 

[Y2Kev]

Mohun obviously kills sales

 

[Busaiku]

So the 3DS figure are probably unit sales then.

 

[mothball]

If Vita means Life and it's dead, what does WiiU mean?

They call it the Wii U because when you see it you do a U-turn and walk away.


Okay, that was terrible.

 

[Dysun]

Ouch at those per week Wii U sales, and that was with new games! It's gonna get uglier

 

[Sho_Nuff82]

Mohun obviously kills sales

Yo damn

 

[Miles X]

If that drop holds up next week it's gonna fall to 9k a week x 4, 36k for April?

 

[AniHawk]

So we're looking at the Wii U going down from 66K despite this being a 5 week month with game releases.

fortunately there will be less game releases in the future, so maybe sales can soar back up to the high 60ks once again.

 

[Durante]

Good enough for government work:

(67 actually fits better than 68, changed that after taking the picture)

 

[shinra-bansho]

Could you do the handheld chart based on the 245k 3DS number (which may or may not be true)

Assuming 3DS = 245K
PSV = 32.4K
NDS = 89.3K
PSP = 6K

 

[Blueblur1]

Yikes

So much for the "in the same time period it sold more than 360!" shit that was going on a couple months ago. Those people sure have shut up.

Well, the numbers have stayed super long so yeah, that argument is no longer valid.

 

[jabuseika]

GameCube: 111,236 in March 2002 (5 week reporting period), or 22,247 per week.

So 65,000 for the Wii U in March 2013 (5 week reporting period), or 13,000 per week, is pretty horrible.

Where's the Nintendo spin force, it surely can't be that bad./s

 

[Scum]

fortunately there will be less game releases in the future, so maybe sales can soar back up to the high 60ks once again.

 

[Zoramon089]

Yikes

So much for the "in the same time period it sold more than 360!" shit that was going on a couple months ago. Those people sure have shut up.

Yeah but it did so I don't know why the fact it's no longer changes that...

 

[Nirolak]

Mohun obviously kills sales

See Sammy. It's a sales vacuum!

 

[Miles X]

Assuming 3DS = 245K
PSV = 32.4K
NDS = 89.3K
PSP = 6K

Thanks, although bad for Vita I was somehow expecting under 20k.