With Mario in the driver's seat, Wii U sales reportedly improve.
http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/rumor/36185
Wii U console sales in the United States reached approximately 230,000 units in November, a reliable industry source has informed us.
While official sales numbers have not been released, Nintendo did state via a press release that sales of the Wii U console increased 340% from October. From April through September, Nintendo sold 460,000 units worldwide, meaning Nintendo still needs to sell around 8 million systems by the end of March to reach their annual target of 9 million in sales.
Also revealed in the press release were sales of approximately 215,000 for Super Mario 3D World, the marquee Wii U title released on November 22nd.
...Nintendo still needs to sell over 7.5 million systems in December...
Nintendo moving to only one revenue stream with handhelds and being rid of consoles is incredibly risky. What happens when the handheld line starts to peter out? Then what?
It's a pity that Mario 3D World sold so poorly. It's a genuinely good game that does more with the Mario franchise than Nintendo's done in a decade. Unfortunately, it's shackled to the Wii U, so I can't say I'm surprised that it more or less failed, comparatively speaking.
It's a pity that Mario 3D World sold so poorly. It's a genuinely good game that does more with the Mario franchise than Nintendo's done in a decade. Unfortunately, it's shackled to the Wii U, so I can't say I'm surprised that it more or less failed, comparatively speaking.
You like it more than the Galaxy games?
On a side note, to all the people who boasted the 3DS' implausible recovery was proof that the Wii U was going to bounce back: how's that working out for you?
On a side note, to all the people who boasted the 3DS' implausible recovery was proof that the Wii U was going to bounce back: how's that working out for you?
On a side note, to all the people who boasted the 3DS' implausible recovery was proof that the Wii U was going to bounce back: how's that working out for you?3DS showed that a comeback could be done. It wasn't proof that a Wii U comeback absolutely would happen. I don't see how you could use one thing's performance as proof of another thing's performance, especially when the things being discussed are 3DS and Wii U as their circumstances couldn't be more different. Nintendo dominates the handheld market and its main problem was the price. The solution was easy. With Mario Kart 7 (and Super Mario 3D Land) less than six months away, Nintendo dropped the price to around where it should have been to begin with.
This makes me think that smash will get here in the spring and whatever else they wanted to add will become DLC.Sakurai has already said there are no plans for DLC. That doesn't mean there won't be DLC ever, but I doubt he's rushing the game then adding what was cut as DLC.
(9million sold by march 2014 huh, good luck with that)
On a side note, to all the people who boasted the 3DS' implausible recovery was proof that the Wii U was going to bounce back: how's that working out for you?
On a side note, to all the people who boasted the 3DS' implausible recovery was proof that the Wii U was going to bounce back: how's that working out for you?
Seems to be working out. Wii U is starting to sell more units again compared to the past few months after launch so looks like a bounce back is beginning.
I'm honestly curious how PS4 and Xbox One will perform in Jan-Feb-Mar