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Wii U games preorders attach rate doubling Wii's one at Gamestop
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I stealth edited in shame. "0 to 1" was still pretty glib, though.
DragonSworne
Banned
Yea, I didn't think of that... :/
Given the allotment amount, I don't think standalone the game will sell 1 million.
Yeah what in the hell is going on here. This can't be right... that seems almost impossible.
What is Monster Games working on now? I'd kill for a new Excite game for Wii U from them.
Frankfurter
Member
Wait what, Gamestop alone has 500,000 preorders for WiiU consoles? That sounds sorta wrong, because most of that should be from the USA (dunno about the other European countries, but atleast over here in Germany I don't think Gamestop has a big marketshare).
KojiKnight
Member
It does make judging whether the game is popular or not pretty hard... If most of the systems sold with it (premium) that means we can only judge it's sales based on the minority of system owners.
Rebel Leader
THE POWER OF BUTTERSCOTCH BOTTOMS
I don't know how their waitlist actually works. I figure people just go to every GameStop in their city to put their name down.
Criminally under-appreciated
Yes, an article from 2009 is still relevant.
Wii attach rate is about 8,65 according to Nintendo's H1 2012 results. PS3 is just a bit higher with the Xbox 360 being just another bit higher.
Wii still has a good one though, 8.66 is good.
I feel like I'm related by blood to everyone who lives ExciteTruck like I do.
GiantEnemyGoomba
Member
They were responsible for Captain Falcon's Twister Race and are only going to be making minigames for collections like Nintendo Land.
joke
I just wanted to get numbers covering the early months, since we're talking about console launches, not lifetime.
grimshawish
Banned
There are more must haves and more variety amongst demographics. So its not too surprising.
Most people will get something like Mario and a 3D game.
Which is why its good Rayman shifted tbh.
Its difficult now because sword play is SO involved; can you have a mirror mode? That could cause confusion but am not against it.
Most people will get something like Mario and a 3D game.
Which is why its good Rayman shifted tbh.
Its difficult now because sword play is SO involved; can you have a mirror mode? That could cause confusion but am not against it.
Baconsammy
Banned
500,000 for Gamestop alone would indicate that the predicted 300K WiiUs in November for all of the US was way off.
Actually Vita's launch games were much better than 3DS' but nice try!
TheChewyWaffles
Member
This isn't because of a better launch lineup. It's because they're selling fewer consoles to people who only wanted the Wii as a Wii Sports Machine.
Gianni Merryman
Member
Anyway Wii U's launch line-up is way bigger and more diversified than Wii's:
platforms: NSMBU, Trine
puzzle games: Scribblenauts, Toki tori
shemups: Nano assault
racing games: Sonic team racing
fps: Blops 2
action: NG3, Arkham city
etc.
We don't know yet how many of these launch titles are actually good, not until we play them/read reviews of them, still as for the sheer quantity of titles Wii U's line-up is evidently superior.
Jaded Alyx
Member
In which parallel dimension?
grimshawish
Banned
Is that a gaf prediction or Nintendo forecast?
300K is pretty small for launch week let alone the rest of the month and Black Friday.
In cheap 'BUT IT GOES AGAINST MY WORLD VIEW' meme Universe. I do think it was slightly lower; but the bigger issue is that many people were probs 100% Nintendo.
Indeed, an overlooked, underestimated title.
Got Zelda at launch, but that was put on the backburner.
Because I first got into WiiSports, then Excite.
theviolenthero
Member
That 500,000 number is NOT for day one pre-orders.
A LOT of those people won't get systems until December or January.
What's with the negativity? The tie ratio is already 2.4 with just preorders. That's great. People are going to buy more software on top of that.
Interestingly, GameStop did a conference call just a few days after the Wii launch, and they pegged its tie ratio at 3.0.
http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=11795
Baconsammy
Banned
It was an analyst's breakdown for worldwide November/December distribution of Wii Us. One of the factors affecting those numbers were production problems making the Wii U in China (I think it was based on workers being on strike, or maybe it was a factory fire. I forget which).
looking at wiiu games on gamestop and sorting by "best selling";
top ten selling wiiu games:
NSMBU is #1
ZombiU is #2
BLops2 is #3
sonic racing #4
scribblenauts #5
nintendoland #6
AC3 #7
Epic Disney 2 #8
NG3 #9
skylanders giants #10
ZombiU is -currently- selling better than Blops2.
top ten selling wiiu games:
NSMBU is #1
ZombiU is #2
BLops2 is #3
sonic racing #4
scribblenauts #5
nintendoland #6
AC3 #7
Epic Disney 2 #8
NG3 #9
skylanders giants #10
ZombiU is -currently- selling better than Blops2.
grimshawish
Banned
Oh right yeah - I think Nintendo basically (and iirc it was both a strike/fire
) came out and said officially that wasn't the case.Great news, and I think what many people here are planning on at launch.
ZombiU should do excellent.
xxbrothawizxx63
Member
Walmart has even been calling some people up and canceling their pre-orders because they're unable to fulfill it...
Goldenroad
Member
Half of the Wii U's (the non-delux ones) don't come with a bundled game, so it would make sense that people would also pre-order a game with it. The original Wii, as we all recall, came bundled with Wii Sports, so people did not feel the need to pre-order a game along with it.
andthebeatgoeson
Junior Member
Wait, GS is being allocated 500K just with their chain? Wow. More consoles than last time, indeed.
Edit: Didn't Wii sell 500K November 2006?
Edit: Didn't Wii sell 500K November 2006?
Barack Lesnar
Banned
I'm aware of that and it doesn't disprove my point.
andthebeatgoeson
Junior Member
It's a conspiracy to keep them out.
BTW, even if it's not a day 1 allocation, Wii sold 1.1 million in Nov & Dec 2006. I have a hard time believing they are talking about any consoles past Holiday 2012. That would be a conspiracy theory. Talking about consoles that won't sell until January.
KojiKnight
Member
Deluxe is the higher selling unit as per several articles on gaf, so less than half of Wii U, but I agree it plays a factor.
Yep!
Joeshabadoo
Member
*brofist*
I need more awesome Nintendo published games with custom soundtrack options (not saying that feature was the best aspect of the game, far from it, just sayin)
*pours out some of his 40 for ExciteBots* No one will ever truly love you like they should
A direct sequel to Excite Truck on WiiU from Monster could be AMAZING. Expanded online, lots of options for gamepad features, tilt steering intact, richer color pallet, sense of speed up to 11. Gottdamn, that's some boner-inducing shit.
Anyway, so great to see ZombiU doing well!
Sho_Nuff82
Member
I don't know how this board would react if Wii U Black Ops 2 outsold NSMB.
KojiKnight
Member
More confusing/upseting was the fact that they took it out of ExciteBots citing "possible piracy concerns" when the homebrew hacks never used Excitetruck for hacking to begin with (or even use SD card as the vector of attack, sans Super Smash Bros Brawl)
andthebeatgoeson
Junior Member
I would be happy. NSMB will have long legs and a key 3rd party game selling well is nothing but goodness for the Wii U owners. We should want decent 3rd party games to sell well.
Dynamite Ringo Matsuri
Member
Exactly. NSMBU will sell for AGES to come, but all eyes will be on how third parties do this season. That GS list seems very promising, as it ensures that seemingly every major 3rd party title is gonna be getting a piece of the pie this holiday