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NPD Sales Results for May 2014 [Up1: Wii U Hardware]
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Relaxed Muscle
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We're talking, probably, about Nintendo biggest IP. I think is a bit early to call it a change of tide in the Wii U consumers. Other, less popular IP's and production, will be the key here, let's see how Bayonetta 2 does...
Randolph Freelander
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Not much of a bump that first weekend for Wii U. I don't expect June to be much different.
PS4 version sold really well.
OldKingDoran
Banned
why the hell would you need $1000 to get all the figurines?
If Nintendo was trying to "save" the Wii U like that they would probably be throwing a lot more money at it.
Insane Metal
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Ninja Scooter
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Luigi Death Stare gonna save the Wii U now lol? Is that even a thing outside of GAF/Reddit?
Jimmyfenix
Member
He is right about people being more satisfied for keeping their 360
Arkam
Member
If thats what you want to believe cool.
The rest of us will live in reality. You should join us, we have games that are fun to play.
People still seem to be ignoring this. Quoting again for the new page.
Ok but that literally makes no sense. I just spend like 10 minutes gathering numbers from prior GAF NPD threads.
YTD at this point last year was 260.3k (roughly speaking.)
If the YTD thus far would be 90% up it would be roughly 494k
When subtracting this year's results so far that would give the Wii U this month would be over 240k. I don't suggest for a second that the Wii U sold that much, but the percentages are off somewhere.
7DollarHagane
Banned
Why would they have to give vita numbers if they gave PS4? Is that a rule somewhere?
Handy Fake
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Probably having difficulty tracking down a supply of very, very large graph paper to go with their very, very pointy pencils.
You should be expecting June to be different considering Mario Kart was out for two days in May.
StarlordDial
Member
Nice of MK8 to be there , very deserving .
So by estimate if ever they do release the numbers for hardware sales for PS4 and XB1 this month what could the ratio be ?
Seems the gap is widening it seems ?
So by estimate if ever they do release the numbers for hardware sales for PS4 and XB1 this month what could the ratio be ?
Seems the gap is widening it seems ?
DAREALGUMMY
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illmatic22
Banned
Luigi was being shown the NPD in that shot
True the effect of 399.99 will be seen in June
May was the uuuuh lets wait til the price drop
month.
So Smash Bros is meaningless?
SwiftDeath
Member
Dat 1%
Dr. Black Jack
Member
It's not a defense; it's common sense. You aren't going to see a huge hardware bump off of two days at the tail end of May because a game launched on an established system. The first week maybe, but not the first two days FFS.
I also expect that Nintendo's great E3 showing will help out, too.
I may have misunderstood it, but it seemed in the last earnings report that they would lose little money making the WiiUs they expected to sell this FY (ending March 2015) meaning they had almost that many (3.6 million) in stock.
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7DollarHagane
Banned
Not really, especially this E3 because so much was end of 2014 and mostly 2015.
No one will buy a console now for a game that comes out in 6-12 months, simply because of deals and bundles at holiday.
Nothing1016
Member
I was curious as well... Are we missing something? Is this 90% YTD growth compared to 2013 WW or US only?
This; it's quite telling.
If Microsoft had high NPD numbers, they'd boast about it just like with Xbox 360.
True, but most people want the next gen version.
Chezzymann
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Yeah its low wii u numbers but I'm surprised it was that low. Ah well, Mario Kart was only out for 2 days, I have a feeling june will be higher. Probably not a whole lot higher but at least 70K I bet
It was big all around. The video has almost 5 million views. Nintendo itself even referenced it.
It was big all around. The video has almost 5 million views. Nintendo itself even referenced it.
June is gonna be real rough for a lot of folks.
Don't like it. Just like GCN (Game Cube Nintendo).
Just keep WiiU -_-
Graphics Horse
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I'm seeing this on my phone and damn it almost looks like a real picture. ND about to make bank this Gen. Also, did we get Wii U numbers yet? I thought Reggie said they saw an increase by a factor of 4.
I waited until last week to buy the Kinect-less sku, was going to buy in May until they announced I could get it without the camera I don't want.
so MS sold at least 1 Xbone in June.
Mass Effect
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shinra-bansho
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Oh software sales were up for the first time forever! (And no one seems to care) Watch_Dogs, MK8 and MLB effect I guess. Probably nothing of note last year.
Seems too high for PS4. I'm going to say around 160-180k
Time to update the chalkboard!
I liked the Luigi Stare, but it got overused faster than the Banderas gif.
Jimmyfenix
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What a freaking bully
SwiftDeath
Member
Bah no more numbers yet. Debating about going back to watching my show :\
Ninja Scooter
Member
That's surprising but do you really think that kind of thing gets people to spend $300, or do they just laugh at it on their facebook feed and move on with their lives?
7DollarHagane
Banned
They might have to dig deep and find some kind of "best selling connected entertainment home device with an HDMI passthrough" type bullshit in order to position themselves as #1 for press to reprint.
Seriously I think it'll just be radio silence because the numbers are probably around 20k. Nobody would buy one with the drop/kinectless around the corner, not that they were really buying them before in droves.
Katana_Strikes
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Relaxed Muscle
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PR talk is PR talk....
It was never created as a Nintendo console for only Nintendo games for only Nintendo fans, Nintendo declarations and estimates said otherwise during his launch and months later, the YoY increase is clearly not enough to reach their estimate numbers this year either. That's what matters, YoY is a pretty irreleavnt number without the full picture, specially knowing May 2013 releases....
I said Damn...... This really is the first month they haven't provided numbers or PR early. SO is it possible it's under the Wii U numbers or ~70k?
Maybe they don't have enough stats for spinning this month
