Vital Tundra
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The numbers on these Wii U games for their lifetime and just this year are insane considering the utter flop the console was. Splatoon 2 is going to explode with how well the Switch will do.
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Known worldwide sales of all Nintendo published titles during Fiscal Year 2016-2017
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Justified for the consumer?
Why are people trying to defend the company here? Why should I want to pay more?
I fully expect it to. The Switch is a far more appealing product, and then there's Japan and how they favor handheld systems.
TP HD probably is over a million bow or soon if it sells around 300k copies more in a few years time that would mean 10m total sales for TP wich would be pretty cool
and i am sure a TP/WW HD bundle will come to Switch later maybe even MM/OoT HD based on the 3ds versions.
All Zelda games on the Switch would be sick imo
and i am sure a TP/WW HD bundle will come to Switch later maybe even MM/OoT HD based on the 3ds versions.All Zelda games on the Switch would be sick imo
Dark Cloud
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He's just saying there's a reason some of these games hold a high price tag. You can wait for a price drop around 10 years or so if you want. You have that right as a consumer.
That's corporate loyalism aka fanboyism for you. People care more about seeing their favorite "team" make more profits than what actually benefits common people like them.
Personally, Nintendo should do more Nintendo Select titles. It's a good method in discounting games but also keeping the eyes on the product because Nintendo Select titles get news circulation. Also means some games will be printed again if it was more niche but performed well.
Sammy Samusu
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Luigi's Mansion 2 - 5.31 million
If you don't want to pay the price, don't buy it.
You may recognize this method as how people deal with every other consumer good ever made. You're not entitled to be able to get Mario Kart for $10.
Luigi's Mansion 2 was something I would have considered very niche but NLG made an amazing game and it did 5.3m - absolutely astonishing.
For Nintendo to take them and then put them on Metroid Federation Force and get 100k* worldwide out of that... is that the worst software mistake Nintendo has made in the past decade? From 5.3m to 0.1m from the same team? And then adding in all the bad press and fan alienation on top of that? It has to be, right?
*Last I heard, don't have a source.
For Nintendo to take them and then put them on Metroid Federation Force and get 100k* worldwide out of that... is that the worst software mistake Nintendo has made in the past decade? From 5.3m to 0.1m from the same team? And then adding in all the bad press and fan alienation on top of that? It has to be, right?
*Last I heard, don't have a source.
What The Forest Taught Me
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That is impressive!
joecanada
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Depends how the post is worded . Saying you understand why a company does something is not the same as cheerleading. Many here mistake the two
MrSaturn99
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Amazed those Wii titles are still selling.
Definitely. Loved Dark Moon and was all excited to see what their next game would be and..well...
Definitely. Loved Dark Moon and was all excited to see what their next game would be and..well...
What The Forest Taught Me
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Wii Sports Resort sold 33m copies?! Now I'm curious what the top selling peripherals for consoles are. No wonder Nintendo was confident enough to make a flagship series (Zelda) require the wiimotion+
Most popular new IP in a long time. Since the PS1 era and Gran Turismo, maybe?
I think that's probably Destiny, as it's sold in the neighborhood of close to 30 million.
Geno Breaker
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Thanks to everybody who cleared up on what I asked. Definitely not things I considered.
Also, yeah I wonder if Federation Force really is one of Nintendo's worst software mistakes. Still wonder how it was greenlit in the first place.
Also, yeah I wonder if Federation Force really is one of Nintendo's worst software mistakes. Still wonder how it was greenlit in the first place.
VeryGooster
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Wonder if it was still technically 2015-16 fiscal year when it released
But for real holy crap at some Wii stuff still selling
SinCityAssassin
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Who is still selling new copies of Wii Sports that Nintendo can track.
UnemployedVillain
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Whoops, I forgot to add, in Japan, not in general of course
Jaded Alyx
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He meant in Japan
I think of it in the inverse, actually.
What does it say about the overall industry quality if games aren't seen as being worth their original asking price on the whole, to the point where genuinely good games that are worth that money are seen as some sort of industry evil?
That's why this discussion of the "Nintendo tax" or "they're doing it because they're greedy corporations" always falls apart for me, it seems to be arguing for a continuation of moving the industry in a negative direction.
GabeTheGrouch76
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Any word of any of Retro's DKC games? (DKC Returns on Wii, its 3DS port by Monster Games, Tropical Freeze for Wii U.)
NinjaCoachZ
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http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=963700
DKCR (Wii): 6.53 million
DKCR (3DS): 1.76 million
DKCR (Wii + 3DS): 8.29 million
Tropical Freeze: 1.12 million
theclaw135
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Nintendo has not announced the Wii is or will soon be discontinued in North America.
Wow at those Mario Maker 3DS sales. Won't be surprised if it passes the U version eventually. Weren't many peeps baffled by its announcement? Yet Nintendo made mad bank with that port!
Aren't many of those older games Nintendo Selects? Meaning they've been discounted?
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Aren't many of those older games Nintendo Selects? Meaning they've been discounted?
DecoReturns
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Who the hell has copies of Diamond and Pearl in stock?
Makes me want to check out of Targets I never go to, to see if HeartGold or Platinum is hiding there (They are not).
Makes me want to check out of Targets I never go to, to see if HeartGold or Platinum is hiding there (They are not).
I have no idea about in the US, but new copies of the DS Pokemon games are still in Stock at Bic and Yodobashi.
My local Shopper Drug Mart and London Drugs in Canada sell mostly Wii games, and barely Wii U games. Some of those Wii games are selling at $30-40 a game, so thats another reason why people would rathet buy that. I feel that all casual thought Wii U was an add on. Everybody I've talked think Switch is the succesor to the Wii. Nintendo's biggest blunder was also calling your next gen console a "Wii" something
DecoReturns
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Ah, could be just Japan.
The only DS games I see here in the States is Mario games and Pokemon BW 2
A hobby can be an investment though because hobbies can be really expensive. Good resell value is also good to have for the future and a plus.
Adam Prime
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Lol and GAF always wonders why Nintendo games don't go on sale...
foxuzamaki
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when nintendo gets it right, they get it right
Version 3.0
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This information being from Nintendo, wouldn't these be retailer orders, not sales to consumers? Plus digital sales, for titles sold that way.
3D World sold better than Splatoon and almost as well as mk8.
oh yea it causes 20 million
more than one and less than it should've
wow, Luigi's mansion did a lot
oh yea it causes 20 million
more than one and less than it should've
wow, Luigi's mansion did a lot
Lord of Ostia
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No Fire Emblem numbers on that chart?
Pokemon Sun and Moon in four months sold almost as many copies as XY in nearly three and a half years. I was honestly skeptical if S/M could top XY considering the drop off from DP to BW and the fact that XY's "Pokemon in 3D" selling point was very appealing to newcomers, but Pokemon Go and the excellent pre-release marketing really connected.
Also New Super Mario Bros. 2 sold a million copies? That's one of the wilder entries on that list. I assumed everyone completely forgot about that game, especially considering the breadth of 3DS software since its release.
Also New Super Mario Bros. 2 sold a million copies? That's one of the wilder entries on that list. I assumed everyone completely forgot about that game, especially considering the breadth of 3DS software since its release.
OrbitalBeard
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Many of them are (after many years of being sold at full price).
Many of them are not.
There's a reason I used the word "reluctant", you know. Meaning, they discount software, but it's not something they do quickly.
Nintendo's favorite tree is the Evergreen.
CrimsonCrescendo
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Luigi's Mansion 2 - 5.31 million
Fuuuuuuuck. We need Luigi's Mansion 3 and more Luigi content!