EternalDarko
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Wait a second, HOLD the internets: Are they saying that all of their 500k units have been pre-ordered??
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Wii U games preorders attach rate doubling Wii's one at Gamestop
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fabricated backlash
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Not with the 3DS.
Joeshabadoo
Member
Yea dude, apparently lots of people want to have some Nintendo fun
Buy a capcom game with on disc DLC and don't unlock the DLC?
Except that are always wrong, after the Dreamcast of course.
What bitchin' target deal?
KojiKnight
Member
God I love that fucking game. Need a sequel (not ExciteBots).
Alex
Member
Not very surprising, the Wii was really focused around Wii Sports as the whole spectacle of the launch. There was Zelda (which, regardless of what people think of it, did debut on the Wii like a month+ before the Gamecube), but nothing really huge, I liked Trauma Center though... Can't actually remember games beyond those three.
Wii-U has a lot more broad appeal software, but without anything quite so universal. Even if they're ports of already released games things like CoD and AC will sell just because they're CoD and AC.
On a personal level, I'm a little annoyed that the stuff seeing ports, for my tastes, is largely the disappointing fare of the year. Darksiders 2, Ninja Gaiden 3, Mass Effect 3, Assassins Creed 3, etc. and none of the truly high quality stuff I'd actually want to see spread it's wings more is heading over. Like Sleeping Dogs, Xcom, or Borderlands 2. Especially surprised at no Borderlands 2.
Wii-U has a lot more broad appeal software, but without anything quite so universal. Even if they're ports of already released games things like CoD and AC will sell just because they're CoD and AC.
On a personal level, I'm a little annoyed that the stuff seeing ports, for my tastes, is largely the disappointing fare of the year. Darksiders 2, Ninja Gaiden 3, Mass Effect 3, Assassins Creed 3, etc. and none of the truly high quality stuff I'd actually want to see spread it's wings more is heading over. Like Sleeping Dogs, Xcom, or Borderlands 2. Especially surprised at no Borderlands 2.
Yet they still won't have mandatory midnight releases/Sunday early opens. SMH.
Borderlands 2 is such a natural fit. Not even committing to that means Wii U probably won't even get a late port of GTA V.
Borderlands 2 is such a natural fit. Not even committing to that means Wii U probably won't even get a late port of GTA V.
Saint Gregory
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well that's not too surpr....
Half a million at launch? Just in the US? And only at Gamestop?
There has to be a decimal missing there somewhere but the 1.2 million game preorders says otherwise. holy shit.
WHAAAATTT???
Half a million at launch? Just in the US? And only at Gamestop?
There has to be a decimal missing there somewhere but the 1.2 million game preorders says otherwise. holy shit.
andthebeatgoeson
Junior Member
Or GAF was right and they'll only have 50K at launch and each gamestop customer will have an attachment rate of 24. ZOMG.
Not surprising, while some smaller games were great only Twilight Princess was a popular Must Have at the Wii's launch with warning signs about Red Steel all over the place. In contrast We have NSMBU filling Twilight Princess's spot, and ZombiU being the real deal where Red Steel wasn't. Then you get people pre-ordering AC3/Batman/Darksiders 2, which CAN be the best console versions whereas the same situation wasn't guaranteed for Wii simply due to the controls being fundamentally different rather than updated.
http://edge.media-server.com/m/p/g2seg557/lan/en
GAMESTOP said:
GameStop has stores 4503 stores in the US and 2180 stores across Canada, Italy, Australia, Germany, France, Spain, Sweden, UK, Ireland, Norway, Denmark, Austria, Finland, Switzerland, Portugal, New Zealand. (http://phx.corporate-ir.net/External.File?item=UGFyZW50SUQ9MTM5OTk3fENoaWxkSUQ9LTF8VHlwZT0z&t=1 pdf p.5)
Saint Gregory
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OK, that makes more sense. Still though, with that store breakdown most of the 500,000 units are going to end up in the US. That's a lot for a single retailer, especially since Walmart usually gets more than GS.
CrashPrime
Member
So, this is good news, right?
Pretty impressive numbers. They've gotten nothing from my pre-order, though (unless they count NL on my deluxe). I plan on downloading NSMBU (2D Mario will have replay value so I want it on the system) and then picking up Little Inferno off the eShop as well. I'll wait and see on other games.
The double of zero is zero.
Well, there's a lot of Deluxe pre-orders I'm sure, but that IS a factor too.
You know that if this is the case, then for every person out there who bought a Wii with nothing but Wii Sports, there's someone who bought a Wii with 16 games?
Averages, how do they work?
I think the Wii's lifetime attach rate is maybe 1 game lower than the PS3?
tekken is 18th on the best selling wiiu list
then you have me, i have 3 kids(8,8,11 now), they love games. our wii attach rate is...~120 at last count including wiiware and VC games.
we'll have 6 games as of tuesday.
ac3
blobs2
zombiu
nsmbu
nintendoland
and one more- tekken, sonic, or rabbids.
OldJadedGamer
Banned
Or some eBay fun.
Dion Blaster
Member
How crazy would that be if
PS1 : PS2 :: Wii : Wii U
and the Wii brand isn't a fad like many claim?
PS1 : PS2 :: Wii : Wii U
and the Wii brand isn't a fad like many claim?
Holiday and new hardware launch sales tend to follow a similar pattern. This being both in one. November sales are driven by hype, December sales by brand recognition. So I'm expecting ZombiU to be the #2 (or 3) selling game for the WiiU in November, but then to fall way back in December.
Buy 2 game get 1 50% off. Applies to all Wii U games, but only Wii U games.
Couple notes:
- This ad only runs through Wednesday and this deal is not a part of the Balck Friday 2 Day ad.
- Target prorates the discount through each title. So its technically 1/6 off each game. You can return the third game and it doesn't effect the discount of the other games.
- You must buy 3 different games.
It's true. I've held the ad personally. I'm somewhat surprised pictures have been taken yet. Its
Buy 2 game get 1 50% off. Applies to all Wii U games, but only Wii U games.
Couple notes:
- This ad only runs through Wednesday and this deal is not a part of the Balck Friday 2 Day ad.
- Target prorates the discount through each title. So its technically 1/6 off each game. You can return the third game and it doesn't effect the discount of the other games.
- You must buy 3 different games.
Baconsammy
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Of course that's true. I understand completely how averages work. And then you check and see the sales numbers for what those people bought in droves. What becomes apparent immediately is why third parties ignored the Wii.
Plinko
Wildcard berths that can't beat teams without a winning record should have homefield advantage
Remember that Amazon isn't carrying this. That's a TON of extra inventory for B&M retailers.
I was going to make that same post but decided to just let it ride.