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Media Create Sales: Week 2, 2014 (Jan 06 - Jan 12)
- Thread starter Chris1964
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I don't know. The last time they cut off a system early, the DS happened. Whereas the one time they waited too long, we got the Wii U.
Yeah probably. I would assume all of those game swill be first half of 2014, so we have basically no idea about the second half of the year.
Anyone care to be a little less vague?
Media Create doesn't includes bundled sales of those games on software list (Don't know why)
Principate
Saint Titanfall
The DS started very slowly and they had to end early production of the GBA, in order to push it (because the GBA was eating into it's sales).
JustAnotherOtaku
Member
Nice to see Kirby start off so well. Very well deserved.
Vita (not complete)
January : Dragon Ball Z - Battle of Z (23), UtaKumi 575 (23), Tokyo Operation Abyss (30), Disgaea 4 Returns (30), Amagami+ (30), Rozen Maiden (30)
February: Terraria (6), Puyo Puyo Tetris (6), Super Heroine Chronicles (6), Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds (13), Valhalla Knights 3 Gold (27), Deception IV (27), Infinite Stratos 2 (27)
March: Hatsune Miku Project Diva F2 (6), Soul Sacrifice Delta (6), We without Wings (13), Sengoku Musou 4 (20), J-Stars Victory VS (20), Neptunia Rebirth 2 (20), Natural Doctrine (20), Pro Baseball Spirits 2014 (20), Phantasy Star Online 2: Episode 2 (27), Atelier Ayesha Plus (27), Winning Post 8 (27), Golden Time Vivid Memories (27)
April: Super Robot Taisen Z 3 (10), Chrono Materia (17), Sword Art Online: Hollow Memories (24), Moero Chronicles (24)
Correct me if I am wrong but MK Wii has sold close to 35,000,000 units. The game managed close to 25,000,000 units before being bundled and moved another 10,000,000 or so after the bundle released. These numbers are just off the top of my head.
Mario Kart obviously moves consoles. What might not be a bad idea would be to launch a MK8 bundle day one at $279.99, cut the price of the naked console to $249.99 and release MK8 at $39.99.
Plinko
Wildcard berths that can't beat teams without a winning record should have homefield advantage
Bruno MB
Member
Could someone post the sales of all (3D) Marios in the same timeframe, please? I remember the first week from 3D World was sadly the worst, but did it sell good enough in dezember to change that?
3D Mario Platformers - Week 8
[N64] Super Mario 64 (Nintendo) {1996.06.23} - 44.790* / 507.287**
[NDS] Super Mario 64 DS (Nintendo) {2004.12.02} - 26.078 / 586.253
[GCN] Super Mario Sunshine (Nintendo) {2002.07.19} - 13.739 / 581.765
[WII] Super Mario Galaxy (Nintendo) {2007.11.01} - 109.029 / 680.165
[WII] Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Nintendo) {2010.05.27} - 15.513 / 680.395
[3DS] Super Mario 3D Land (Nintendo) {2011.11.03} - 201.141 / 1.042.511
[WIU] Super Mario 3D World (Nintendo) {2013.11.21} - 14.584 / 485.022
*Weekly number includes week 8 and 9 combined.
**LTD week 9
Higgins113
Banned
A 30k light
Iwata will be ejected from his seat soon enough. #FreeArakawa
Waiting on one crazy idea of a game is a dumb thing to do. NCL's output needs to seriously improve. A few amount of games is the better thing as well as promoting what they have in the works. Where the HD Remakes at?
Blame the GBA for that.
There'll be more iterations in currently succesful franchises and a decent (japanese) first party support. Sony Japan seems to be working better for the last 1-2 years.
That's a pretty decent line up. Does Terraria have a retail version like the PS3 one?
At first glance, the big titles missing here would be Persona 4 Dance in late summer and Phantasy Star Nova which hasn't gotten a release date yet.
March should be pretty good, if they can announce a small price-cut for Hatsune Miku and SSD release it should build up some momentum again.
It'll be even better if NCL can manage a £199.99/$239.99 MK8 bundle. It needs to happen, either way.
slow DS sales were at 3DS levels.
There's a way higher chance of that. It really isn't that hard to accomplish, it doesn't affect anybody who already bought a Wii U with a Pad, no developers are pushing it (not even EAD!) and there's a greater chance of success without the Pad than with.
They just need to switch course in the marketing department, and optimize the home menu and eShop for Wii remote (also add stickers on a couple games saying "requires GamePad"). Maybe patch 3D World, too.
Possibly in Media Create, but not Famitsu
edit: actually I'm just gonna say almost certainly in Media Create
Phoenician_Viking
Banned
IIRC Knack is bundled with every console sold in Japan. I read that on this site. If that´s true, than Knack might sell more than Mario in Japan.
Gravity Rush 2 is for this year too.
This is exactly the kind of thing the WiiU could do with. A few/long months of solid to top notch releases.
Vita list is complete for January and February and it's not impressive.
March was big for Vita last year.
Should have, perhaps, but that doesn't mean Nintendo isn't capable of adjusting course as needed.
And boy fuck is it ever needed.
Glass Rebel
Member
SCEJ's 2014 Vita games probably won't push sales a lot though, Soul Sacrifice Delta is an expanded version, Gravity Rush 2 is a sequel and Freedom Wars is feeding into the same audience SS, Toukiden and God Eater 2 have been serving.
We'll see what else they have in store for this year.
Phoenician_Viking
Banned
It was the Playstation UK chief who said that, and it was true. We had that thread on Gaf.
It would require a lot of developers to patch their games. I'm not sure any third parties want to deal with it anymore.
Principate
Saint Titanfall
3DS Beat DS first years and much of second. Also doesn't remove the glaring issue of cannibalisation, and transition of software.
That's the difference. Vita was getting third party support (even though largely ports and niche titles) well before it started doing OK.
Wii U is getting NO third party support, and it won't unless it somehow starts doing more than just OK.
Then they have to redesign the whole UI cause you use the tablet for pretty much everything. The Shop, Miiverse and a lot of games wont work without it. Removing the tablet controller wont accomplish anything.
Gravity Rush 2, Over my Dead Body 2, Freedom Wars and Sen no Kiseki 2nd should sell as well.
IncandescentPrecept
Banned
Well, I'm comparing the numbers to the 2013 numbers, not 2012.
The lineup is way better than last year, and should keep the YOY momentum going.
Principate
Saint Titanfall
The Vita's early numbers of 2013 were just as terrible as it's 2012 numbers, momentum and all that.
I didn't said they were the identical. More or less they were the same.
It's not a matter of what you or anyone thinks. It's simply the reality, things take time. You can say "NCL make your output better" they probably agree but so long as developing a new game takes 2 years you won't see the fruits of this labor for some time. We can berate that they should have been even more proactive but it doesn't help now. Even a slew of Sony-style HD remakes would take a good 6 months to churn out.
So it will drop until March...
I need to learn some japanese to play Super Robot Wars Z3
Sod 3rd part support for the moment. NCL themselves should be setting an example for the 3rd parties to take note and possibly follow. I've moaned about this many times before, but Iwata having NCL doing it all on their own is the most stupid thing he's ever done. There should be teams in the Western branches helping out with output. Hell, HD remakes should be used to plug the holes.
IncandescentPrecept
Banned
They were worse actually but the Vita still went on to almost double 2012's numbers in 2013. This year, it's off to a much better start so I fully expect sales to keep going up YoY.
It beat the DS struggling years numbers, just barely.
Now the 3DS is something ridiculous like 50% behind the DS, and all signs point to it having already peaked when even juggernauts like Pokemon and Monster Hunter did absolutely nothing for the system last year...