Sammy Samusu
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Nintendo is making some EASY money with Switch, holy shit.
Two Wii U ports and both broke records.
Smash is next.
Two Wii U ports and both broke records.
Smash is next.
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NoA PR - Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is Fastest-Selling Mario Kart in Franchise history
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wild wild rice
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I'm still kind of stunned that Wii U was such a massive roadblock for people that we are seeing basically the same piece of software in a different plastic box just absolutely crushing it.
The birth of a new meme.
If they're smart, they certainly should learn from it. I was afraid Zelda wouldn't have been enough to carry the launch alone yet it did
somebody make a gif with a Mario cap on her.
Mariah the new switch Meme slaying nay-sayers one at a time.
Interfectum
Member
The hybrid nature of the Switch is a huge selling point and will continue to be one going forward, even for third party games.
'This is not that impressive. It will be one of the better selling games for the system, probably this generation, but it's not that impressive.'
Can't tell if this is a joke or not.
blackMamba1187
Member
lol
It's a copypasta. Don't worry.
Skittzo0413
Member
Holy crap to that day one number! I myself didn't buy it until day two, I wonder how many more of us are out there.
But the numbers in that PR are indeed pretty strange. We know they sold 906k Switches in March, and if 459k MK8D's equate to a 45% attach rate, that means there are 1.02m Switches in the US total, which would mean 114k sold in April. That seems mightily low considering how many are being sold weekly in Japan. But I guess that's possible due to severe supply issues?
That would be a fairly disappointing month 2 to be honest unless my math is very bad.
EDIT: Or their own hardware numbers aren't up to date?
But the numbers in that PR are indeed pretty strange. We know they sold 906k Switches in March, and if 459k MK8D's equate to a 45% attach rate, that means there are 1.02m Switches in the US total, which would mean 114k sold in April. That seems mightily low considering how many are being sold weekly in Japan. But I guess that's possible due to severe supply issues?
That would be a fairly disappointing month 2 to be honest unless my math is very bad.
EDIT: Or their own hardware numbers aren't up to date?
captmcblack
Member
Damn, Nintendo eating like a king right now.
If only third parties could get on board more legitimately and help move the chains...
If only third parties could get on board more legitimately and help move the chains...
OrbitalBeard
Member
Good LORD
Nintendo's about to have one hell of a year.
Nintendo's about to have one hell of a year.
This is probably brilliant
It's a joke. A copypasta, in fact
NOLA_Gaffer
Banned
Console owners starved for software buy Nintendo's biggest-selling franchise in droves.
Not terribly surprising.
Not terribly surprising.
Or they only have internal "official" numbers until a certain periode?
Sales are well deserved. Portable Mario Kart is always great. A proper battle mode seals the deal.
For all the issues the Wii U had the marketing was always one of the biggest if not THE biggest issue it had from the very start. The marketing for that system was horrible at worse and questionable at best. You can see in even the pro-Wii U threads there. You'd be hard pressed to find Wii U owners and fans that felt Nintendo were doing a good job marketing the system or the games. While the Wii U wouldn't have been a success I think if marketing was different it would mean the difference between it ending life in the 13 million vs ending life in the low 20 million range.
Having must have titles at the start to drive sales also plays a big part. Build that install base first and then worry about third parties. Though the Switch has an easier time on this front though because it's the second HD system and not the first for Nintendo.
For all the issues the Wii U had the marketing was always one of the biggest if not THE biggest issue it had from the very start. The marketing for that system was horrible at worse and questionable at best. You can see in even the pro-Wii U threads there. You'd be hard pressed to find Wii U owners and fans that felt Nintendo were doing a good job marketing the system or the games. While the Wii U wouldn't have been a success I think if marketing was different it would mean the difference between it ending life in the 13 million vs ending life in the low 20 million range.
Having must have titles at the start to drive sales also plays a big part. Build that install base first and then worry about third parties. Though the Switch has an easier time on this front though because it's the second HD system and not the first for Nintendo.
As some have stated, the US Switch unit number seems really low: 45% attach rate means that there would be about 1020k, compared to the 906k sold after March, this is really low (only 114k in a month?). I have a hypothesis: the 1020k number they reference in the PR could be the total number of units shipped to the US as of the end of March. This number is different from the 906k because the final shipment that was sent in the closing days (allegedly the remaining 114k) was not yet available for sale within March, therefore it didn't show up in NPD. The Switch number, in line with the 2.7 million number in the PR, is therefore referring to March information so as not to give away information about Switch hardware sales from beyond the previous fiscal year. What do you guys think?
Waluigilicious
Member
I wonder if MK8+MK8D would have sold more than MKwii when all is said and done.
This is like Jonneh's, but sadder because not a joke
Jonneh3003
Banned
Can't take credit, I think AntiHawk used it first:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=235257388&postcount=78
Your math is fine - I would argue your premise is off. See my post (#219) for what I think is going on there.
MKWii is a god-tier beast. Unless MK8D goes bananas, no Mario Kart can beat that. I want to be proven wrong though.
Yeah it is odd. If it's that bad then Nintendo really needs to get their stock situation together
LegendofLex
Member
Or they are only telling us what the attach rate is to the publicly-revealed install base numbers.
Strong
Skittzo0413
Member
Could be, added that in an edit thanks.
Yeah something weird is up with the numbers. It seems weird that they'd even cite the attach rate if the hardware numbers weren't current but I guess you never know.
But again the hardware number they've shared publicly is 906k, not 1020k, right?
Like clockwork
Even the mod bots are posting duplicates from this news lol.
Congrats to Nintendo. Great game.
Again: they had to fly in more stock due to supply constraints. When you make decisions like that, the numbers seem quite believeable. Not sure how they could let stock get that low, but it seems possible.
Robottiimu2000
Member
April NPD will be VERY low for Switch
On some market they didn't ship ANY stock until Mario Kart , unlike Japan when they shipped less but more regularly
DecoReturns
Member
I think it's sarcasm.
But everyone is saying the same sarcastic jokes I can't tell anymore
giancarlo123x
Banned
Sadly, yes.Lol...is this real?
Interfectum
Member
It should be sarcasm but it's not. It's damage control.
I got you fam.
Polygon's magnum opus.
UnemployedVillain
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RichiRamjag
Member
I brought it because I like Mario Kart, not because I was dying for something to play. I don't see why the tone is necessary. As someone who originally thought the switch was going to do well, but not great, it's interesting news.
He was either being sarcastic or referencing someone else's post in jest. I doubt he was serious.
If you pretend you don't have higher number for Switch, you can claim the attach rate is higher than it actually is, which looks good to the untrained eye I'd think.
I think they are allowing FY2016 information they have to be disseminated, but they don't want to allow a peak into their new fiscal year performance. That's why they are allowed to give the shipped numbers for US in March, but not for the period leading up to April. It is in line with the other number they give - the 2.7 million Switches, which is also shipped.
DecoReturns
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Nevermind then. I like to consider myself pretty good at reading sarcasm, but guess it got me this time
Lol...is this real?
100%
http://neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=819460
That thread is good cause it has a lot of funny edits to the graph.