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Title: Rayman Legends Sells Best on Wii U in Opening Week
Post by: Killer_Man_Jaro on September 02, 2013, 05:22:09 PM

The draw of Murfy's GamePad antics proves to be too much to resist.

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/35328

Rayman Legends has sold more copies on Wii U than on any other platform since going on sale on August 30 in the UK, according to the latest Chart-Track figures.

The Wii U version reportedly accounted for about 45% of the retail sales of the limbless legend's latest platformer, which was formerly pegged as a Wii U exclusive until it was delayed earlier this year to enable multi-platform support.

By comparison, the Xbox 360 version made up 30% of the game's sales, whilst the PS3 edition took 24% and the PC version a meagre 1%. These statistics do not factor in the title's digital sales on any of the systems.

Overall, the opening week sales of Legends in the UK were around a 20% increase on the first-week sales of the previous entry in the series, Rayman Origins, which was released in late 2011.

Rayman Legends will launch across North America tomorrow, on September 3.

Title: Re: Rayman Legends Sells Best on Wii U in Opening Week
Post by: Leo13 on September 02, 2013, 05:28:00 PM
So can we download this game tonight at midnight? or will it come up on the eShop at some random time tomorrow?
I'd like to hit download tonight before I go to bed so that I can play a few levels before I go to work tomorrow.
Title: Re: Rayman Legends Sells Best on Wii U in Opening Week
Post by: Shaymin on September 02, 2013, 09:22:14 PM
45% of 1500 is...
Title: Re: Rayman Legends Sells Best on Wii U in Opening Week
Post by: BranDonk Kong on September 02, 2013, 09:40:13 PM
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Title: Re: Rayman Legends Sells Best on Wii U in Opening Week
Post by: azeke on September 03, 2013, 03:06:16 AM
Actual (rather pityful) numbers don't matter. What matters is the fact that no matter how anemic, sparse and abused Wii U audience is, it still paid some attention to Ubisoft's delayed release. While on other platforms with huge install bases it was just a white noise.
Title: Re: Rayman Legends Sells Best on Wii U in Opening Week
Post by: broodwars on September 03, 2013, 02:13:00 PM
Quote from: azeke on September 03, 2013, 03:06:16 AM
Actual (rather pityful) numbers don't matter. What matters is the fact that no matter how anemic, sparse and abused Wii U audience is, it still paid some attention to Ubisoft's delayed release. While on other platforms with huge install bases it was just a white noise.

To be fair, on the other platforms it's actually a pretty crowded time right now. This is what I'm looking at picking up in just the next 2 weeks:

- Rayman Legends (Vita)
- Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons (PSN)
- Disney Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse (PSN)
- Kickbeat (PSN)
- Killzone Mercenary (Vita)
- Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 ReMIX (PS3)
- Puppeteer (PS3)

Yeah, I'm getting Rayman, but it's an expensive 2 weeks for me.  I'm just lucky I don't give a **** about GTA 5 or Wonderful 101 anymore, or it would be even more ridiculous.

It's looking like Rayman Legends will be the bargain bin sleeper hit that Rayman Origins was.  Considering that Wii U store demos are still playing the launch day Rayman demo and considering the Wii U's lack of games right now, I would hope that it would be selling better on Wii U.  From the looks of it, though, selling "better" will be small consolation given the overall sales numbers.
Title: Re: Rayman Legends Sells Best on Wii U in Opening Week
Post by: Leo13 on September 03, 2013, 04:57:13 PM
With the Wii U version selling the best I think they might have sold more back in February before they made enemies out of so many people with the postponement. I'm getting it anyway, but I really wanted it back then and I think a lot of us Wii U owners were dying for a new game they could have had a very high attach rate.