[Mau ®]

The Wii U sucks.

[gloamingtheplain]

Originally posted by CODE: RED

Most of Sony's first party titles are quite different from each other or even within franchises. The Uncharted series is quite varied for example.

But Sony tends to retire or sell franchises after the core story is told, and prefers new IPs over numbered titles. That's why you don't get many first party franchises, most games are one-offs regardless of sales.

And the reason why Nintendo get away with it is because they re-tell the core story differently each game.

But they never continue it because that would mean it would have to end. & judging from the lack of similar games from Nintendo, the don't have a back-up plan.

[gloamingtheplain]

Originally posted by Comedor

News: Mario Kart 8 boosts UK Wii U hardware sales 666%

http://www.computerandvideogames.com...are-sales-666/

But how much did the Wii U sell the previous week in the UK? Raising 666% isn't anything special if Nintendo only shifted a few hundred consoles the previous week

[Comedor]

Originally posted by gloamingtheplain

But how much did the Wii U sell the previous week in the UK? Raising 666% isn't anything special if Nintendo only shifted a few hundred consoles the previous week

That's not in question, she said it "hardly shifted units", and that's lie, MK8 was responsible for a boost of 666%, end of story.

[BTrisc]

Nintendo doesn't have to worry about 3rd party developers delaying games for the Wii U.

Besides, I'm READY for Destiny and Evolve to slay me.

[H-I-M]

Yall Nintendo fans have gotten way too confident since Mario Kart got released, acting like now the Wii U will go from doing worse than the GC to pulling Wii numbers

[BTrisc]

Originally posted by H-I-M

Yall Nintendo fans have gotten way too confident since Mario Kart got released, acting like now the Wii U will go from doing worse than the GC to pulling Wii numbers

Giving me Diamond Chanteuse teas without the sarcasm.

[gloamingtheplain]

Originally posted by Comedor

That's not in question, she said it "hardly shifted units", and that's lie, MK8 was responsible for a boost of 666%, end of story.

The poster claimed that the Wii U hardly shifted units, not that it didn't help shift them.
If the Wii U was selling next to nothing and rose 666% and still sold next to nothing, that's still hardly shifting units, isn't it?

If the Wii U sold (for example) 100 units the previous week, it means the Wii U only sold 666 units.
That's hardly shifting units. It may have risen the total sales by a large amount, but it's still barely selling.

[BTrisc]

At the end of the day, Nintendo's big franchises will always pull in big numbers in the short term, but ultimately the hardware needs to be good to ensure long term success.

[Flare]

Originally posted by H-I-M

Yall Nintendo fans have gotten way too confident since Mario Kart got released, acting like now the Wii U will go from doing worse than the GC to pulling Wii numbers

Like I said a few pages ago, let the Nintendivas have their moment.
It may be the last.
You all never want anyone but Sony stans to be happy.

[gloamingtheplain]

Originally posted by Flare

Like I said a few pages ago, let the Nintendivas have their moment.
It may be the last.
You all never want anyone but Sony stans to be happy.

If Nintendo fans (Nintendivas I use) kept hold of their moment rather than go to try and drag the other two and ruin the moment, then there would have been happy Nintendo fans

[Dark Matter]

Originally posted by Comedor

That's not in question, she said it "hardly shifted units", and that's lie, MK8 was responsible for a boost of 666%, end of story.

Wii U sold 11,000 units last week in the UK. That's terrible, even if its 6 times more than the previous week.

PS4 and Xbox One still outsold Wii U last week in the UK. The latter didn't even have a new bundle of any sort.

[gloamingtheplain]

Originally posted by CODE: RED

Wii U sold 11,000 units last week in the UK. That's terrible, even if its 6 times more than the previous week.

PS4 and Xbox One still outsold Wii U last week in the UK. The latter didn't even have a new bundle of any sort.

How much did the other two sell last week?



EDIT: Was Mario Kart released last week or this week in the UK?

[Dark Matter]

Mario Kart 8 came out last week here in the UK, and Wii U sold 11,000 units last week. The game didn't shift consoles.

[Icannot]

Nintendo fans should be happy they still have games to play on, instead of talking **** about other consoles for not having games.

[Flare]

Originally posted by CODE: RED

Mario Kart 8 came out last week here in the UK, and Wii U sold 11,000 units last week. The game didn't shift consoles.

1) Mario Kart 8 came out May 30th, same day as everywhere else (except a few retailers who broke the street date). Which is actually in-between the upcoming tracking week for the UK so Mario Kart didn't get a full week of sales yet. These are indisputable facts.

2) 82% of all Wii U consoles sold were Mario Kart 8 bundles. (http://www.computerandvideogames.com...are-sales-666/)

3) The week prior, Wii U sold approximately, 1,655 in sales. (http://www.vgchartz.com/weekly/41784/UK/)

If there was a 666% increase it sold around 11k as you said. HOWEVER, here's where your logic is skewed.

82% of 11k is around 9k.
The highest selling console (PS4) sold 8k last week in the UK. If all these numbers are true, Wii U was launched right back into competitive levels with PS4 and Xbox One with Mario Kart 8 leading the way.

Not only did Mario Kart impact with its own sales but, it put Wii U at the very least, near #3 (if not #2) of the top consoles in the UK for that week without as many days as Watch Dogs had too in the UK (since WD will have a full week of tracking)

That's impressive and real impact. Give it some credit.

[Attitude]

Originally posted by Icannot

Nintendo fans should be happy they still have games to play on, instead of talking **** about other consoles for not having games.

Let's not act like the Microsoft and Sony fans weren't making fun of Wii U owners during its dry spells.

[gloamingtheplain]

At the end of the day the Wii U sold decent but if it was a console seller, it should have sold more than the other consoles, not around the same.

The Wii U did pick up, but it's doubtful it's going to save the console like Nintendo hoped.

Meanwhile Mario Kart slayed first week

& there's no need to worry about Sony's third party games.

and the X-Box hasn't got great exclusives and aren't getting all the third party games.
And is basically in a worse place than both the Wii U and PS4, in theory.

[_Fey]

wow so happy I have a Wii U and Pink Gold Peach Kart to play.

[brIt-()nstar]

Now the Nintendo peasants are using vgchartz numbers. Teh irony.