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Okay, I'm not talking about "Nintendo's downfall". I'm specifically talking about their home consoles that plug into your TV.
The could make it epic by doing a Christmas Day Nintendo Direct to announce the next Zelda.Rumors have Nintendo revealing the new Zelda sometime after the Wind Waker HD launch.
I can see them doing a direct a month or so after release, showing a recap/sales numbers of Wind Waker and a trailer of the new Zelda.
If they can release Smash Bros, Mario Kart, and Zelda in 2014 that would be epic. Not to mention Bayonetta 2 and Xenoblade HD.
It's been an inexcusably long drought for the Wii U, but they have an opportunity to do with the Wii U what they are doing with the 3DS.
Are you talking about X, or is there a rumored HD remake I haven't heard about?Xenoblade HD.
Now listen to my predictions . . .At some point we're talking so far into the future (2 consoles out) that it's almost impossible to predict what will happen.
WOW! JUST WOW! What happened to quality control? It doesn't even have cover art on it. I'm pretty sure someone did that on purpose.Got home from Best Buy with my new copy of Rayman Legends, but when I opened it up, this is what I saw:
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The case looks perfect on the back, so there's no way that happened on the way home. Now I have to go all the way back to return it for a new copy.
Indeed looks like the disk was hit by the circular cutout stamp twice.Probably something happened at the factory where it was pressed and it managed to make it through.
I think most places open it anyway so you can't come back the next day and return a new copy for your money back.Went back to Best Buy and the CS person there was nice enough to let me exchange for another copy, which happened to be their last copy of the Wii U version. I had her open it up at the counter just to double check that it was a good disc so I didn't waste more of my time going back.
She actually asked if I wanted her to open it to make sure it was not also dented. I was going to do that in the car anyway, so I said it was okay.I think most places open it anyway so you can't come back the next day and return a new copy for your money back.
if that new smash bros & kart turn out really good. that will be my deciding factor on getting a wii u. because i know the online community will be large. as it is now... no.If the X and SMT/Fire Emblem games end up being good, those along with Pikmin 3, some of the VC stuff (like Earthbound which I bought but have yet to play), and a few staples like SSB, Zelda, Mario Kart (and hopefully a Mario 64/Sunshine style Mario game) are all the games I really need to justify my Wii U purchase. Anything beyond that is gravy. Sure, Nintendo needs more than that - but I don't.
Never heard of such a thread but they have been mention in the "general" discussion thread from time to time.Don't we already have a thread for sales talk?
I'm pretty sure the Wii U's Wii mode works the same as the Wii did.
It's still pretty bad for a "AAA?" game that cost a lot to develop. I really don't think they planned on sales being that low. They sold what, 2 million New Super Mario U? If they continue to make games that lose money, I guarantee you that they stop making any games that have the remotest chance of losing money. Nintendo is being dragged into the current gen with all the problems that hit other publishers.It was the 10th best selling game in August and its only one one system. 115,000 units isnt bad at all.
I'm not so sure about that..Yeah, but this isn't a flash-in-the-pan 360/PS3 release that needs to make 90% of its money in the first month. Pikmin 3 will have a long tail and sell just fine over the life of the system. No, it will never make NSMB numbers, but it doesn't have to.
That's why I had it written (AAA?)...Since when is Pikmin a AAA franchise? Just because it's first party doesn't mean it's AAA.
If this tracks the same as most games, it will be on target to sell between 250,000-350,000 lifetime.People often mistake what makes an AAA title.
Nintendo games usually keep selling well over the life of the game. Fire Emblem only sold 180k its first month but is considered a huge success.
Like I said, being on one console only always makes the numbers look small when you see games sell millions at first.
So then maybe 350k is about what they will sell. Any idea how much those previous installments sold in the first month compared to lifetime sales?Pikmin sold 680,000 life time in the US. Pikmin 2 sold 480,000 life time in the US. Pikmin isn't exactly a huge Nintendo Franchise.
Whoa and I'm supposed to be the one with the problem here...So what traumatic childhood even scarred Blaster man so badly that he has to pull out his Pachter-fu every time he gets an opportunity to shit on Nintendo? Did a band of wayward ROBs murder his family and the only revenge is to post video game financial infographics with a righteous fury?
Well I didn't make the graph myself. I think you're right that it's higher than it should. IIRC they sold something like 180k in the last quarter.That may be a bit extreme, but the graph showing Wii U sales was pointless - though actually it seems from there that sales are much much higher than I have been hearing. Didn't one of the CAGcast guys, echoing Pachter, say they only sold 60,000 in the whole second quarter? Those numbers in the chart aren't great, but they are over 100K for every month except May. That's not nearly as bad as I've been hearing either stated or implied. Now if that continues through the price cut and holiday season, it would be a disaster.
But still, that really has nothing to do with Pikmin 3. If the numbers for that game are 100k+ in the first month, then, yeah, I'd say that is pretty good. That probably isn't too far off how Pikmin 2 did.
I agree that no one knows about it. I think that the price point is a problem too. $350 was too much and I believe that $300 probably is too. A big part of the unknown here is if the casual market is lost forever due to tablets and smartphones. For all we know, they may never return.All this talk got me back to playing Pikmin 3 again. That game really is fun - I had just put it aside for a while to play some 3DS games and Disney Infinity on the PS3. Also, afterwards I went messing around with TVii again. It really can be useful - on screen guide with instant channel switching when you select something. Plus there is MiiVerse support. My son and I had some fun drawing doodles on Rick Harrison (giving him hair for example). There is definitely some appeal to the things Nintendo is trying to do. It is too bad some influential gamers dismiss all that out of hand.
And for the casual crowd who bought Wiis for the one Wii Sports gimmick, there is a lot more casual-type stuff to do on the Wii U. Part of the problem is that no one knows about any of it. Considering that you also get a Wii with the Wii U (thus keeping your Wii Sports and other titles' compatibility while saving shelf space) it should be a no-brainer upgrade for a lot of people (at least the types who drop $400-$600 yearly for iPads and such).