Topic: Wii U eShop Thread (and Charts)

[Soren]

So the eShop charts are up for the first time. I have no idea how often they'll be updated but they're a pretty good barometer for what people are downloading. 4 of the top 5 best sellers are download only games!


Recent Best Sellers (same as the All Best Sellers)
1) Trine 2: Director's Cut
2) Nano Assault Neo
3) New Super Mario Bros. U
4) Mighty Switch Force HD Edition
5) Little Inferno
6) Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed
7) ZombiU
  Scribblenauts Unlimited
9) Assasins' Creed III
10) Darksiders II
11) Chasing Aurora
12) Tekken Tag Tournament 2
13) Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor's Edge
14) Nintendo Land
15) Madden NFL 13
16) Warriors Orochi 3 Hyper
17) Disney Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two
18) Marvel Avengers: Battle for Earth
19) Just Dance 4
20) NBA 2k13


Recent Ratings (sames as All User Ratings)
1) Batman Arkham City Armored Edition - 5 stars (318 rates)
2) Just Dance 4 - 5 stars (38)
3) Mass Effect 3 Special Edition - 5 stars (102)
4) NSMBU - 5 stars (3932)
5) Mighty Switch Force HD Edition - 4 1/2 stars (152)
6) Netflix - 4 1/2 stars (1855)
7) Call of Duty: Black Ops II - 4 1/2 stars (946)
  Trine 2 - 4 1/2 stars (407)
9) Tekken Tag Tournament 2 - 4 1/2 stars (198)
10) Skylanders Giants - 4 1/2 stars (55)
11) Nano Assault Neo - 4 1/2 stars (415)
12) Warriors Orochi 3 - 4 1/2 stars (85)
13) Assasins Creed III - 4 1/2 stars (665)
14) Darksiders II - 4 1/2 stars (153)
15) Ninja Gaiden 3 - 4 1/2 stars (274)
16) Sonic & All-Stars Racing - 4 1/2 stars (548)
17) Nintendo Land - 4 1/2 stars (4826)
18) Scribblenauts Unlimited - 4 1/2 stars (532)
19) ZombiU - 4 1/2 stars (1923)
20) Little Inferno - 4 1/2 stars (371)


Recently Popular
1) Nintendo Direct
2) Trine 2 Director's Cut Video
3) Nano Assault Neo Video
4) Marvel Avengers Video
5) Mighty Switch Force HD Video


- I guess I'm not really surprised that the eShop games are at the top. I am surprised that almost all of them are so high. I guess people are buying more than one and that's good.
- I have no idea how they are weighing the ratings chart. I would assume a 5 star NSMBU rating would carry more influence than a 5 star Just Dance 4 rating based on the # of people that have rated it. But...
- It's going to be interesting seeing how these charts evolve as the weeks go by and we get new releases of retail games.

[ShyGuy]

Nice to see some good games at the top of the best sellers list.


I wonder in the future if we will see third party ports to the Wii U that only come out on the eshop? Would save a lot of money versus selling them retail. Probably sell better for old ports as well. If they ported BioShock 1 and 2 and sold it for $50 on the eshop, I think people would bite.

[Soren]

Holy crap a sale!


Trine 2: 15.99 till January 7
Little Inferno: 9.99 till January 4
Chasing Aurora: 7.99 till January 3.




Definitely getting Little Inferno now.

[azeke]

Holy crap a sale!

Trine was "on sale" since day one on european eShop. It was like 14 euro.

Funny thing i noticed, after you buy a game they don't show you current price for the software... It just says "purchased". Is that a way to avoid buyer's remorse, eh?

[BlkPaladin]

Something like that. Don't blame them that much trying to avoid the entitled people from complaining.

[MegaByte]

Isn't that the standard for download software stores?

[NWR_insanolord]

I know Apple's various app stores do it that way, but I'm pretty sure Sony shows the price, but with a little shopping bag icon indicating you already owned it.

[azeke]

Isn't that the standard for download software stores?

I know for certain Steam doesn't do this.

[shingi_70]

The Xbox replaces the purchase with a Play Now even in the market.

Good to see nintendo is being more free about having sales. Hopefully they do this for the 3DS as well.

[Soren]

Memo to Nintendo: Sales work! Keep at it. Trine 2 and Little Inferno are at the top of the recent best sellers list and even Chasing Aurora, which had a lukewarm reception in reviews, cracked the top 5.


Recent Best Sellers
1- Trine 2
2- Little Inferno
3- NSMBU
4- Nano Assault Neo
5- Chasing Aurora
6- Might Switch Force
7- Sonic & All-Stars
8- ZombiU
9- Scribblenauts Unlimited
10- Assasin's Creed 3
11- Batman
12- Darksiders 2
13- Tekken Tag
14- Madden 13
15- Just Dance 4
16- Wheel of Fortune
17- Ninja Gaiden 3
18- Epic Mickey 2
19- Nintendo Land
20- Jeopardy


All Best Sellers
1- Trine 2
2- Nano Assault Neo
3- Little Inferno
4- NSMBU
5- Mighty Switch Force
6- ZombiU
7- Sonic & All-Stars
8- Chasing Aurora
9- Scribblenauts Unlimited
10- Assassin's Creed 3
11- Darksiders 2
12- Ninja Gaiden 3
13- Tekken Tag
14- Nintendo Land
15- Madden 13
16- Batman
17- Just Dance 4
18- Epic Mickey 2
19- Warriors Orochi
20- NBA 2k13

[Soren]

Surprise, Runner 2 drops tomorrow.

Wii U The clear difference with the Wii U version is that you can play the entire game on either your gamepad or your TV.  Also, because it is the newest platform with the most memory, it has the best overall load times of any of the consoles.  Initial loading may be a bit slower, but it speeds up as you play since we can keep more content in memory, which means fewer loads overall.

http://www.runner2.com/blog/2013/2/21/build-differences.html

[Pixelated Pixies]

I'm really happy to see Trine 2 is doing so well. It's surprising to see any third party title top any charts on a Nintendo platform, but it's very much welcome.

[TJ Spyke]

Any updates on the charts?