Nintendo is also finding out that many of its core fans have wizened up to them- They knew (unlike me) from the start that Nintendo would not have good 3rd party support (and or that it would not last) - they also knew Nintendo would take its sweet time to release its games and that a Nintendo home console s basically a 1st party machine-
They know the time to buy the Wii U is AFTER the games they (plus a decent library) want are released. They know that just because Nint...
Considering Nintendo has released all of its big games for 2013 and it s the holiday sales season those numbers are horrible- Are they better than atrocious # s from the summer when NO games were being released and it is the slowest shopping season of the year- absolutely- does beating 20 to 30k per weak global sales and being happy about it sound like extremely low expectations yes- If you or anyone want to set the bar for Nintendo on the lowest rung possible and pretend like the Wii U is...
The Wii U has not sold well since Nov/Dec 2012 (and those sales were under false pretenses that certain games would be released in the original launch window thru March/April 2013) and it is not selling well now- of course sales have gone up due to new game releases and the holiday shopping season- but the sales increase is far lower than expectations and so far, lower than last years comps-
There is no way to spin the wii U s performance to date- It has sold at historical...
Ubisoft and others seem to have figured it or pretty well-
Lets play videos, walk through etc have huge view # s for a reason- My year old has watched video games you tube videos (mostly re Nintendo games) and we base most purchase decisions off his watching the.
Additionally, the walk thus and LP s often help get thru parts of certain games that he otherwise may not have been able to figure out on his own, therefore offering help for him to continue p...
Well said
If you care about Nintendo and or own a Wii U, why would you defend Nintendo s handling of it? THey have done a poor job as it relates to the Wii U- The facts (hardware and software sales) back that up-
Nintendo has not even done a good job at being Nintendo with the Wii U-much less make changes, grow create new ways to entertain/captivate the market etc.
Most people who spend the time to constructively criticize the Wii U/Nintendo do so as fans and people...
I m lucky to get 2.5 hours- where can I find the new Nintendo battery w 8 hours cap? Is it difficult to switch out the old battery? How much do they cost?
I doubt Retro is gong to come out and say they would have much preferred to make the next Metroid but Nintendo Corp said "hell no-Metroid is going to cost too much and take too long- you already have the template for another 2D DK game so make it or else."
Are the NPD numbers based on sales at retailers or Nintendo s sales into the supply chain?
Same question re Pacthers estimate? Is he talking shipped by Nintendo or sold at retail- those numbers could be very different as we saw negative sales one quarter this year in Europe
I seriously doubt Retro chose to make DK- That was decided by Iwata I am sure- If you believe what Iwata or Reggie tell us then you need to look at their track record re being accountable/telling the truth
I m surprised Reggie does not tell all of us the Wii U has actually sold 8 million units this year- it would not be any less truthful or sincere than anything else he or Iwata have to say publicly as t relates to the Wii U
No really - we are blowing the doors off- there is not a Wii U in stock at a single retailers- we are selling millions a week
Mario 3D World just sold 2 million opening week in Japan too
Reggie is a shill- Nintendo did Donkey Kong instead of Metroid because it cost less to develop than a 3d Metroid would have= Nintendo seems to be having trouble getting out the games even though they seem to be taking shortcuts whenever possible- not feeling too confident in the long term viability of my investment in the Wii U
hopefully they will make it worth it for the few of us who bought it- if not it will be the last Nintendo console ill buy
I want to start a petition to Nintendo ASAP:
please please!!! give us more Mario games- and more platformers!! As a fan of Nintendo please ONLY develop and release 2d Mario games and 2d platformers!!!!
ONLY MARIO GAMES- our new Nintendo catch phrase OMG!
From a common sense perspective; of course the company needs to make sound business decisions and a company can t/shouldn t try to be all things to all consumers- HOWEVER, a business like Nintendo that sells non essential products and services to the consumer, they better damn well listen to their customers or they will end up with nothing but Wii U type sales to show for it sooner or later- The video game market place is far more competitive than it was in Nintenod s glory days- look how f...
OK I want a game company that would show a hot girl for no reason -
They only released 1 VC game on the Wii U!
Next week we will get 1/2 a game
Why in the world won t they release both more games and games from more recent consoles like the gamecube?????
LOL_WUT:
"jinx"
Ok how did your very clear statement of fact get 2 disagrees?
edit: Jinx again
The article is about sales in Japan- not Europe
The title and article are clear and to the point- not much to get confused about- Mario 3D did very bad in it s first reporting period in Japan re sales- but worse is the fact it failed to increase Wii U sales by a significant margin that was both expected and needed
The more important stat re Mario 3D sales is that it did not give Wii U consoles much of a bump- I think they did 15 or 20k during this reporting period-
The hope was Mario 3d would move ALOT of consoles in addition to software -
deafdani:
Nintendo s goal for this fiscal year is 9 million- not lifetime just this fiscal year- it is in their financial report and well documented