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Media Create Sales: Week 47, 2013 (Nov 18 - Nov 24)

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Mokubba

Member
maabus1999 said:
FF is not that strong anymore, as seen by this weeks sales. I wouldn't count that to sell units long term in Japan.

KH3 is what....being released on PS4 right after PS5 launches? We have multiple years before we worry about that title.

MGSV I honestly don't know if it will sell or not in Japan, with the more "open world" designs being implemented. Dark horse for me.
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FF is still strong. Spinoffs and sequels obviously will sell far less than mainline FF's and FFXIII isn't exactly the highlight of the franchise so it's not the best example.

We've already seen gameplay videos of KH3 a lot sooner than Versus and FFXIII and I expect development to be easier this gen.

There are also other games that did well on the PS3 like Tales whichI didn't mention.

With third party Support I expect the PS4 to do well in Japan like the PS3
 
W

watershed

Banned
BadWolf said:
Curious as to how long Nintendo can continue to use the same IPs over and over until people just don't find them to be special any more.

Have they themselves even created a brand new IP for the 3DS or WiiU?

Vita isn't exactly on fire sales-wise but Sony is at least doing well with introducing original IPs for the thing (Gravity Daze, Soul Sacrifice, Freedom Wars, Tearaway etc.), they seem to be doing the same for PS4 as well.
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Simple research proves this argument to be completely wrong. Both in terms of how well established IPs sell (see mario kart 3ds, Animal Crossing 3ds, 3d Land, etc) and the number of new IPs released across the 3ds and Wii U.
 
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JoeM86

Member
cyberheater said:
You say that but New Super Mario Bros U and Pikmin both look like HD remakes. I know a lot of Nintendo fans could point out the differences but to the general gaming public, that's exactly what they look like.

The updated Wii Sports also looks like one of the laziest HD ports ever and yet Nintendo are still charging a premium price for it.

People are fed up with it. And this time they have decided to vote with their wallet.
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No offence but that is the most ridiculous thing I have ever seen posted here. Seriously, with logic like that, you could say that about every single new game of every single franchise on every single console. It reeks of bias.

Yes, I admit I am rather biased towards Nintendo as I am emotionally invested in them, but come on...
 
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Sendou

Member
Radec said:
No, the WiiU is.

Sure the first party games are getting there and gets better and better by the looks of it, but ever wonder why it is still selling like this? Its the console itself.

Its like most people got really turned off from what they've seen in the first year of the console and Nintendo only did a little job to try to re-gain them. Which so far haven't been a success yet.

Its like T-Mac making a comeback in the NBA last season. lol
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Hardware is only as worthy as its best piece of software in my eyes. With Wii U it's Super Mario 3D World. With PS4 it's Resogun.

The ideology that Wii U is so fundamentally flawed that no matter what software they would release for it tomorrow it still wouldn't make it sell well is quite ridiculous.

ItWasMeantToBe19 said:
Is there a chance the WiiU gets killed and replaced by a new system by like early 2015 at this point?
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See I think this is the only way Wii U can kill off Nintendo. If they would do exactly that.
 
R

Raist

Banned
I don't see how the comparison with SMG puts anything in perspective. The Wii was, what, 10M sold by then? Of coutse it wasn't going to cause a huge HW bump.

But when Wii U sales have been super low and we've heard for ages that it's because "the big guns" aren't out yet, and there's been so many posts (and articles) arguing that now thanks to SM3D, it's super worth it to have a WiiU... these results are quite pathetic.

If not even Nintendo's big IPs can boost HW sales by at least a decent amount, what will?

darkwing said:
didn't Wii Party U and Wii Fit U came out already?
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Wii Party U yes, a month ago. No one cared.

Wii Fit has only be released on the eshop so far. Retail comes in Feb (god knows why, it's out soon in EU/NA).
 
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LiberaTeExInferis

Member
Radec said:
No, the WiiU is.

Sure the first party games are getting there and gets better and better by the looks of it, but ever wonder why it is still selling like this? Its the console itself.

Its like most people got really turned off from what they've seen in the first year of the console and Nintendo only did a little job to try to re-gain them. Which so far haven't been a success yet.

Its like T-Mac making a comeback in the NBA last season. lol
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Apart from a price drop, which has already been in effect in Europe and USA, i would say that the safest way to attract people to buy your console are games, games with GOTY quality..Apparently that is not happening, but I think that Mario 3d world per se, as a game, should be left out of any accusations..
 
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Nirolak

Mrgrgr
All right, I'm going to be less professional for a moment.

01./00. [PS3] Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII <RPG> (Square Enix) {2013.11.21} (¥7.770) - 277.082 / NEW
02./00. [WIU] Super Mario 3D World <ACT> (Nintendo) {2013.11.21} (¥5.985) - 99.588 / NEW
WIU | 21.002
PSVTV | 7.868
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Roflmao, well here's a week of deserved bombs.

Lightning Returns: "Well, FFXIII had a toxic reaction, and we tried to follow up with a better game in the same style and it largely tanked. Let's double down again, but this time, apply a universe people don't like to a game design that our technology is basically incompatible with! I'm sure this won't make the product look unappealing at all." I'd normally suggest doing something different, but frankly I'm not sure they can actually pull it off outside of the MMO arena. Obviously the development cycles of games like FFXV are totally untenable, so maybe their problems are just intractable.

Mario/Wii U: "Well, Mario and casual games didn't work at launch, so let's try more casual games and a less popular style of Mario." What's the next major Wii U game? 2D Platformer Donkey Kong? I'm sure tripling down on the same strategy will work.

Vita TV: "Let's make a product that turns our handheld into a console and only launch it in the region where consoles are dying. Also let's act bizarre surprised when people are confused that it's not launching in the regions where handhelds are struggling instead." Not that I think this thing will perform all that great in the West, but at least it goes in the direction of the market instead of diametrically against it.
 
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The_Lump

Banned
This is what happens when you leave your console to die for a year and then release your biggest IP at the same time a new PlayStation is coming out. What did people expect? I mean honestly?

Edit: Sorry, forgot no PS4 yet - even worse then!

Nintendo really can't ignore the alarm bells much longer. I don't think they're "dooomed" or any of that nonsense, but this kinda thing will really make some shareholders sweat if there isn't a miraculous sales spike before Christmas.
 
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DaBoss

Member
Smiles and Cries said:
3DS is keeping them alive but the thing is I don't play the thing as much as I play my Wii U

Animal Crossing New Leaf kept me on it for about 5 months

Animal Crossing U should be coming winter 2014 or early 2015

maybe having the same account on both platforms will help me use my 3DS more but every time I see a game I want to play on 3DS I wish I had access to it on my gamepad too

everyone is focused on Wii U failure not 3DS success so people say Nintendo is doing badly I am so tempted by the Zelda gold/black 3DS right now if I make that trip to TARGET it would be my 3rd 3DS so really don't take me all that seriously as if I hate the platform it is just not where I would like to play my games
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So this is some personal thing? OK.
 
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Deleted member 125677

Unconfirmed Member
Maedhros said:
I hope Nintendo released a Metroid... for 3DS. I won't hope for a Metroid on Wii U, since it'll bomba anyways. At least on the 3DS, it'll sell better.
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I don't get it? Are you hoping for a good game, or for something that sells well?

Or are you just hoping on behalf of Nintendo?


Anyway: As I see it, Wii U has some great games, and plenty of great games to come in 2014. So as an owner I'm very happy.

3D World is universally critically acclaimed, and when it can't move consoles there the problem must be (as I see it):

1) Most people don't like Wii U as a piece of HW, it's not appealing.
2) Japan don't particularly like to buy home gaming consoles anymore.
 
S

Sendou

Member
The_Lump said:
This is what happens when you leave your console to die for a year and then release your biggest IP at the same time a new PlayStation is coming out. What did people expect? I mean honestly?
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New PlayStation? Do you mean like Vita TV a week ago?
 
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maabus1999

Member
zomgbbqftw said:
Surely the people who did that earlier this year have learnt their lessons after the record breaking PS4 and largest ever Xbox releases.

The Wii U is undesirable and it will not recover anywhere. PS4 does not face the same issue in Japan. PS3 will reach 10m and with 12m Wii sales for the generation there are console buyers out there. Even a reduction in the home console market by a third will leave 14m potential sales, a 40% increase on PS3.

It is now up to Sony to convince third parties that they should move over to PS4 development to capitalise on a growing western installed base with much less competition for sales and with a larger proportion of hardcore buyers who will beore interested in Japanese titles.

They also need to seriously restructure their first party development. Puppeteer should have been a PS4 launch title for Japan to be released in Feb. It was wasted on PS3.
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The Wii U had a great "launch" too...then 3 months later....

Don't be praising the newest consoles until at least Mar 2014. If they can sustain sales then, then they passed the test.

Plus, like everywhere else, people usually have to choose where their "entertainment time" goes and in Japan at the moment it is mobile. I just don't see the PS4 changing that social dynamic quickly. Will it sell good at first ? Yes. Will it pull people's "entertainment time" away from mobile/handhelds in Japan? I doubt it.

And Japanese game developers know this.
 
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batbeg

Member
Waluigilicious said:
Did Nintendo really expect 3D world to save the woo u when it already has a 2D Mario game, a game that sold much much more on the Wii? (NSMBWii compared to Galaxy)
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Well didn't 3d land outsell new super Mario Bros 2? I hope word of mouth does good things for 3d World :(
 
Metallix87

Metallix87

Member
JoeM86 said:
No offence but that is the most ridiculous thing I have ever seen posted here. Seriously, with logic like that, you could say that about every single new game of every single franchise on every single console. It reeks of bias.

Yes, I admit I am rather biased towards Nintendo as I am emotionally invested in them, but come on...
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Agreed.
 
M

michaelius

Banned
maabus1999 said:
The Wii U had a great "launch" too...then 3 months later....

Don't be praising the newest consoles until at least Mar 2014. If they can sustain sales then, then they passed the test.

Plus, like everywhere else, people usually have to choose where their "entertainment time" goes and in Japan at the moment it is mobile. I just don't see the PS4 changing that social dynamic quickly. Will it sell good at first ? Yes. Will it pull people's "entertainment time" away from mobile/handhelds in Japan? I doubt it.

And Japanese game developers know this.
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Japanise developers also know that handheld games sell like crap in west.
So any company with ambitions to do more than milion sales has to be on PS4/XBONE
 
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Peff

Member
November NPD is December 12th, right? If the Wii U sells another five digit number I think it's safe to say it's as good as dead. Mario Kart would be a catch 22: if things are bad to the point where everything depends on Mario Kart, then that's too large a burden for Mario Kart to carry alone. They should certainly be looking into the GamePad-less bundle right now, though.
 
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NuclearSpy

Member
I know I might not be the only one to think this, but does anyone else feel that Mario will die with our generation of gamers? It feels kind of sad thinking that Mario won't be a game that continues and is relevant to the next generation of gamers. (I am talking about the age group)
 
Z

zroid

Banned
The Wii U is just making me angry, at this point. It's like it's beyond the point of no return now, where not even software can improve its sales. And as a result these amazing games which historically should perform well are simply bombing. It's entirely depressing to me as a fan of Wii U games.
 
cyberheater

cyberheater

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braves01 said:
I think there's got to be a better explanation than Wii u titles look like HD remakes to joe consumer. If they did, then ps4 and Xbone would've sold horribly too since most of those games look iterative HD+ upgrades.

I think tablets and mobiles are just seriously eating into what was formerly Nintendo's piece of the pie at this point.
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Or worse. That folks simply have moved on from Mario.

JoeM86 said:
No offence but that is the most ridiculous thing I have ever seen posted here. Seriously, with logic like that, you could say that about every single new game of every single franchise on every single console. It reeks of bias.

Yes, I admit I am rather biased towards Nintendo as I am emotionally invested in them, but come on...
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But from the general gaming public. That's exactly what they look like.

BTW. I know I've been highly critical of Nintendo due to WiiU but I'm a Nintendo fan too. I've bought all there consoles and enjoyed everyone one of them. I even recently bought a 3DS XL which makes the absolute failure of WiiU so hard to bare which is why I'm so vocal against Nintendo's upper management and the decisions they made towards the launch of WiiU and the lack of ambition relative to the consoles power.
 
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JoeM86

Member
cyberheater said:
Or worse. That folks simply have moved on from Mario.



But from the general gaming public. That's exactly what they look like.
BTW. I know I've been highly critical of Nintendo due to WiiU but I'm a Nintendo fan too. I've bought all there consoles and enjoyed everyone one of them. I even recently bought a 3DS XL which makes the absolute failure of WiiU so hard to bare which is why I'm so vocal against Nintendo's upper management and the decisions they made towards the launch of WiiU and the lack of ambition relative to the consoles power.
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Again, with that logic, Call of Duty Ghosts is just Black Ops 2. GTA V is just GTA IV. Gran Turismo 6 is just Gran Turismo 5. Killzone Shadowfall is just Killzone 3.

Nintendo need to sort things out, yes, but your statements are nonsensical.
 
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Soul_Pie

Member
The other thing about the 3DS and the WiiU relationship is that from a hardware perspective they are both selling fairly similar ideas in terms of dual screen and touch screen gaming. The WiiU is offering the option of portability with the streaming, naturally that's the territory of the 3DS. Of course to those of us who follow the console closely we know that there are differences in terms of what each can offer, but it seems like from the hardware/control side of things there is a huge crossover in terms of what they're selling.

So not only do you have a handheld that is offering the kind of experiences that only a Nintendo console used to be able to provide from a software perspective (3d Mario, 3d Zelda, Smash Bros) it's also offering a very similar experience in terms of the hardware properties that are supposed to be the selling point for the WiiU.
 
cyberheater

cyberheater

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JoeM86 said:
Again, with that logic, Call of Duty Ghosts is just Black Ops 2. GTA V is just GTA IV. Gran Turismo 6 is just Gran Turismo 5. Killzone Shadowfall is just Killzone 3..
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The difference is (and I've said this in my initial post) and that these games are sequels to popular console/PC franchises. They do not look like up ports of handheld games nor the fact that some of them look like HD remakes of Wii games. None of that helps to gain any sort of enthusiasm from the general gaming public for what Nintendo are currently offering.
 
Y

Y2Kev

TLG Fan Caretaker Est. 2009
Can anyone take the iwata coffin gif and reverse it? I love the female mattrick's facial expression.
 
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JoeM86

Member
cyberheater said:
The difference is (and I've said this in my initial post) and that these games are sequels to popular console/PC franchises. They do not look like up ports of handheld games.
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That's not a difference at all, and nor do the Nintendo titles. You're clinging to a point that makes absolutely no sense except "lol Nintendo bad, everyone else good". Mario 3D World is a sequel to a popular franchise, you know...
 
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Glass Rebel

Member
Roboleon said:
It's getting old, chap
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It's my way of coping with it
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seriously though, how long will people continue saying that the thing isn't dead? Practically every game they will release on it won't sell shit. The only benefit Nintendo might see from these Wii U games is that their developers get more experience with HD-level hardware, nothing else.
 
Mato

Mato

Member
What worries me is that SM3DW's apparent failure in Japan greatly diminishes the incentive for Nintendo to put resources into developing big-budget titles for Wii U. Nobody wants to spent time and money on games that are destined to sell so very little. It's illogical to continue developing next-generation Zelda or Metroid for release on the Wii U. Maybe they should bring out a budget-priced Wii U, similar to what the 2DS is to the 3DS. Something that has no gamepad, better branding and a much, much lower price. If they:


-Further streamline their 1st party software development process to improve output rate, quality and decrease development costs.
-Improve their network infrastructure.
-Invest more on online gaming, dynamic and/or persistent game-worlds.
-Price their games more flexibly on a per game basis. Not all games are worth the same price.

...then it might go somewhere. But right now people are already far too detached from the traditional home-console/retail sales model and there's no way to make that work again.

Finally, I think maybe the most important thing is that Nintendo further works on their e-shop to define it as their main Steam-like hub and central node between all their current and future platforms, services and games. If Nintendo is to survive in this fast changing world then they need to become very computer-network oriented. They are a gaming-software company of the highest-possible caliber but that might not be enough anymore.
 
cyberheater

cyberheater

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JoeM86 said:
That's not a difference at all, and nor do the Nintendo titles. You're clinging to a point that makes absolutely no sense except "lol Nintendo bad, everyone else good". Mario 3D World is a sequel to a popular franchise, you know...
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Okay. Why don't you explain why the world has close to zero interest in anything WiiU related or any of the WiiU games that Nintendo are offering?
 
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