The Grim Reaper
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The first two days captures the Nintendo hardcore fanbase who are currently propping up the Wii U.
While Nintendo titles have legs, they tend to have a long tail. Repeating launch performance is unreasonable.
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NPD Sales Results for May 2015
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The first two days captures the Nintendo hardcore fanbase who are currently propping up the Wii U.
While Nintendo titles have legs, they tend to have a long tail. Repeating launch performance is unreasonable.
darkside31337
Tomodachi wa Mahou
Honestly considering it is a Wii U game it doesn't seem that great.
Wii U has seen a total of 3 new retail releases this year. I figured Nintendo being on the name and the fact there is literally nothing else would have pushed it even more. Still its not terrible and yeah it could have some good legs.
Welfare
Member
Gotdatmoney
Member
Splatoon launch is tough because it was only 2 days of sale. I dont picture a game like this being exceptionally front loaded. But I think 136k is pretty solid for a start. If it gets over 200k for june I would say solid chance it can have legs.
theprodigy
Member
But ZSaberLink told me Splatoon would give Wii U a MoM boost!
Oh yes... our pie... thanks cream.
Aye. My friend went to see Jurassic World and was greeted by a full video about Splatoon and its features. It wasn't just some 30 second ad.
Imperfected
Member
I don't know what the actual numbers for Splatoon are, but I'm relatively certain that 214k + 136k != 450k.
Damn Sony, gotta push PS4 harder, this is getting out of hand.
I expected as much. June will be interesting for me to see how well the PS4 performs with a good bundle.
vinnygambini
Why are strippers at the U.N. bad when they're great at strip clubs???
Well... it's not Xbox One alone that had a bad month.
1st Course
Member
PS4 152K
XB1 139K
Wii U42.5K
XB1 139K
Wii U42.5K
KuwabaraTheMan
Banned
Bear in mind that Pikmin 3 had a full month of sales for its first month (it released August 4th), whereas Splatoon is only two days. And while some games can still do a lot of their business even in the first couple of days, Splatoon is a new IP and seems to be having good legs in Japan, at least.
I would think it should have a much smaller drop than Pikmin 3 for that reason.
KillerSloth
Banned
Poor numbers, save us Batman....Some of Ps4 sales though will be in june but still weak all around. PS4 needs a price drop this year.
BuffetChamp
Banned
No numbers eh? Must have been a close month then. Which is good for Sony/Microsoft. Don't wanna see any of them running away with this in America. A close race means good things. Wish Nintendo were doing better.
(Edit) Ahh I see the numbers now. Another close month then. Preseason football can be fun when its close like this, SuperBowl comes this Fall.
(Edit) Ahh I see the numbers now. Another close month then. Preseason football can be fun when its close like this, SuperBowl comes this Fall.
Yeah, I overestimated by a lot. I had 170K, 150K and 50K, thats a difference of whopping 37K without the DS.PS4 bombed too
Gotdatmoney
Member
Kirby essentially doubled its first month at 50k or so. I dont see how Splatoon is limited to at best 50k. What are you basing that on?
Obliterator
Member
Poor hardware results all around. Damn
PS4 bombed too
The infamous Summer blues. At least E3's right around the corner...
Maybe they were including a couple of months of Wii U console sales in the equation?
ethomaz
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The Grim Reaper
Banned
I believe that Splatoon (like Pikmin 3) is more attractive to the Wii U hardcore than an evergreen like Mario Kart 8, and is therefore more front-loaded.
But you're right---I may be over-relying on that assumption. I don't think we can directly compare the North American and Japanese markets in this unique situation.
Yeah, because this is what I said.
I don't know, maybe it's time to start laughing at your predictions first?
edited: I took out one of the links after further discussions
Those are numbers for Splatoon.
Welfare
Member
Some stats!
XBO MoM drop was 26%
YoY rise is 81%
Weekly average
April: 187k / 4 weeks = 46,750
May: 139k / 4 weeks = 34,750
PS4 MoM drop was 13%
YoY drop is 23%
Weekly average
April: 174k / 4 weeks = 43,500
May: 152k / 4 weeks = 38,000
Wii U MoM drop was 2%
YoY drop is 31%
Weekly average
April: 43k / 4 weeks = 10,750
May: 42k / 4 weeks = 10,500
XBO MoM drop was 26%
YoY rise is 81%
Weekly average
April: 187k / 4 weeks = 46,750
May: 139k / 4 weeks = 34,750
PS4 MoM drop was 13%
YoY drop is 23%
Weekly average
April: 174k / 4 weeks = 43,500
May: 152k / 4 weeks = 38,000
Wii U MoM drop was 2%
YoY drop is 31%
Weekly average
April: 43k / 4 weeks = 10,750
May: 42k / 4 weeks = 10,500
It's kinda expected imo. Witcher isn't going to move consoles.
Next month again will be interesting to see how much the PS4 sells. They are essentially giving Batman away with the purchase of a PS4. That may get people to jump. How much it'll sell remains to be seen.
I still think PS4 gets a price drop later this year.
Joeshabadoo
Member
June will certainly be the more telling month for spamoon
theprodigy
Member
And it did fuck all for hardware in the US, so...congrats?
Also you do realize other games continue to sell right...
vinnygambini
Why are strippers at the U.N. bad when they're great at strip clubs???
NOOTALPS amiibo cream?
I think he meant for this:
over 1.35 million worldwide for Splatoon? damn that's bold
Anyway, Splatoon did what it did. Tremendous success in Japan, followed by a moderate launch in NA. Let's see if June will keep up those numbers.
I think he meant for this:
over 1.35 million worldwide for Splatoon? damn that's bold
Anyway, Splatoon did what it did. Tremendous success in Japan, followed by a moderate launch in NA. Let's see if June will keep up those numbers.
darkside31337
Tomodachi wa Mahou
Its kind of crazy that as bad as the PS4 is struggling right now... its still doing way better than both the XB1 and Wii U. Yeesh.
That would be interesting. And Witcher 3 too.
KillerSloth
Banned
That is obvious, they are lower YOY it is time for a drop sometime this fall. There are a lot of people who will not buy a console at 399.
Those legs by the Wii U. *clap*
Fox Mulder
Member
I don't see how they can coast a year or more until the next console, or whatever follows the wiiu.
Obliterator
Member
Hardware sales all year are pretty weak. These consoles don't seem to be gaining all that much steam. We need price drops and important software ASAP or the market might stagnate quite a bit
Will drop 50% or more.
The Grim Reaper
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I realize that it only had two days of tracking. As aforementioned, I believe that it's a title that has limited appeal outside of the Nintendo hardcore in the North American market, who purchase the title on day-one.
Final Verdict
Member
looks like i was overly optimistic this month with my predictions. About 36k over with the three console predictions combined.
Hopefully 3DS will be a bit more on point.
Hopefully 3DS will be a bit more on point.
KillerSloth
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Tha'ts not how it works....game sales are very front loaded. Most coming from the first 2 days.