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  1. Posted · Edited by liger05

    I had better not have to wait for these to trickle out again.... (Hell I had better see many more games than just that on the eShop next week!)

     

    it will be trickle style. This is what Nintendo do. Makes no sense!!

     

    If they give us 3 games a week I can understand. I just dont want the 1 game a week or no games a week BS

  3. Posted

    All I want now from the 3DS is GBA/SNES VC games. Please Nintendo get this done.

     

    Reggie Fils-Aime: our digital sales are soaring. #1

    http://www.gamesindustry.biz/article...es-are-soaring

     

    The experiment is paying off. Reggie Fils-Aime, president of Nintendo of America, says digital downloads are fast becoming a notable contributor to the company's bottom line - and he expects the trend to continue its rapid rise.

     

    "We have 15 Nintendo-published titles available, both physically and digitally [on the 3DS]," he says. "So far in 2013, of those 15 available in this format, 11 percent of sales have come through full digital downloads of those games."

     

    The numbers get more impressive with some individual titles. Fils-Aime says Fire Emblem Awakening has sold 240,000 units life-to-date in the US - with one-third of those in digital form.

     

    "When the NPD numbers come out later this week, you're going to see life-to-date 3DS game sales surpass 20 million units in the US," says Fils-Aime. "And that's just physical. It doesn't include digital sales. ... So far in 2013 - through April 15 - 3DS game sales are up 55 percent versus last year, counting both physical and digital."

     

    The 3DS was criticized initially for a slow ramp of games, something Nintendo has tried to counter with releases like Luigi's Mansion (which Fils-Aime says has sold 415,000 units so far) and today's Nintendo Direct announcements. Over the next nine months, he says, "the pace is going to be dramatically ramped up."

     

    That's also going to be true of the Wii U, he says - but it appears the company is keeping that powder dry for E3.

     

    "What I would say about Wii U - and what Mr. Iwata has said - is that the pace of launches has been slower than we hoped. But as we prepare for E3, the pace of launches for Wii U is going to dramatically increase."

     

    With so many people downloading titles can Nintendo now sort out the account system.

  4. Posted

    This week in Japan

     

    3DS LL 28,139

    3DS 18,584

    Vita 14,112

    PS3 14,039

    Wii U 9,984

    PSP 7,566

    Wii 1,383

    Xbox 360 492

     

    Media Create Sales: Week 15, 2013 (Apr 08 - Apr 14)

     

    01./01. [3DS] Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon <ACT> (Nintendo) {2013.03.20} (¥4.800) - 56.562 / 515.975 (-17%)

    02./00. [3DS] Card Fight!! Vanguard: Ride to Victory!! <TBL> (FuRyu) {2013.04.11} (¥5.229) - 44.538 / NEW

    03./02. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf # <ETC> (Nintendo) {2012.11.08} (¥4.800) - 36.709 / 3.062.077 (-25%)

    04./03. [PS3] One Piece: Pirate Warriors 2 # <ACT> (Bandai Namco Games) {2013.03.20} (¥8.190) - 12.799 / 370.758 (-52%)

    05./04. [PS3] Pro Baseball Spirits 2013 <SPT> (Konami) {2013.03.20} (¥7.980) - 8.059 / 149.725 (-48%)

    06./07. [WII] Taiko no Tatsujin Wii: Super Deluxe Edition # <ACT> (Bandai Namco Games) {2012.11.29} (¥5.040) - 6.983 / 449.305 (-39%)

    07./08. [PSV] Muramasa Rebirth <RPG> (Marvelous AQL) {2013.03.28} (¥4.980) - 6.492 / 63.287 (-42%)

    08./05. [PSP] Pro Baseball Spirits 2013 <SPT> (Konami) {2013.03.20} (¥3.980) - 6.487 / 124.326 (-54%)

    09./14. [3DS] New Super Mario Bros. 2 # <ACT> (Nintendo) {2012.07.28} (¥4.800) - 6.473 / 1.996.530 (-33%)

    10./11. [PSP] Sword Art Online: Infinity Moment # <RPG> (Bandai Namco Games) {2013.03.14} (¥6.280) - 6.435 / 186.444 (-39%)

    11./13. [PS3] Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 ReMIX <RPG> (Square Enix) {2013.03.14} (¥6.980) - 5.993 / 189.169 (-39%)

    12./18. [PSV] Soul Sacrifice # <ACT> (Sony Computer Entertainment) {2013.03.07} (¥5.980) - 5.049 / 160.663 (-28%)

    13./12. [WIU] Dragon Quest X: Rise of the Five Tribes Online # <RPG> (Square Enix) {2013.03.30} (¥6.980) - 4.969 / 48.171 (-50%)

    14./09. [PSP] Fate/Extra CCC # <RPG> (Marvelous AQL) {2013.03.28} (¥6.279) - 4.878 / 88.889 (-56%)

    15./19. [3DS] Mario Kart 7 <RCE> (Nintendo) {2011.12.01} (¥4.800) - 4.775 / 2.025.127 (-31%)

    16./21. [3DS] Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate (Best Price!) <ACT> (Capcom) {2012.11.15} (¥3.800) - 4.768 / 284.824

    17./10. [WIU] Game & Wario <ETC> (Nintendo) {2013.03.28} (¥4.935) - 4.719 / 38.274 (-57%)

    18./16. [PSV] One Piece: Pirate Warriors 2 <ACT> (Bandai Namco Games) {2013.03.20} (¥7.140) - 4.620 / 90.199 (-43%)

    19./20. [3DS] Professor Layton and the Legacy of Civilization A <ADV> (Level 5) {2013.02.28} (¥5.500) - 4.356 / 203.602 (-32%)

    20./22. [3DS] Taiko no Tatsujin: Chibi Dragon to Fushigi na Orb <ACT> (Bandai Namco Games) {2012.07.12} (¥5.040) - 4.110 / 466.189

     

    Top 20

     

    3DS - 8

    PS3 - 3

    PSP - 3

    PSV - 3

    WIU - 2

    WII - 1

     

    HARDWARE

    Code:

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    |System | This Week | Last Week | Last Year | YTD | Last YTD | LTD |

    ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    | 3DS # | 46.723 | 56.864 | 63.796 | 1.361.982 | 1.376.356 | 11.141.862 |

    | PSV | 14.112 | 19.328 | 8.250 | 369.499 | 219.685 | 1.500.324 |

    | PS3 | 14.039 | 16.807 | 17.765 | 334.760 | 457.757 | 9.194.844 |

    | WIU | 9.984 | 14.783 | | 251.727 | | 879.014 |

    | PSP # | 7.566 | 8.876 | 13.166 | 226.552 | 305.944 | 19.855.563 |

    | WII | 1.383 | 1.718 | 6.837 | 29.366 | 174.103 | 12.668.202 |

    | 360 | 492 | 536 | 1.373 | 10.576 | 23.313 | 1.624.410 |

    ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    | ALL | 94.299 | 118.912 | 113.832 | 2.584.462 | 2.605.926 | 56.864.219 |

    ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    | 3DSLL | 28.139 | 34.180 | | 847.698 | | 2.938.069 |

    | 3DS | 18.584 | 22.684 | 63.796 | 514.284 | 1.376.356 | 8.203.793 |

    | PSP | 7.566 | 8.876 | 13.166 | 226.552 | 305.944 | 19.679.576 |

    ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

     

    Luigi's Mansion - Great sales!!!

  7. Posted · Edited by liger05

    Gotta love that launch period. Who would of guessed @ E3 last year the game would be released after E3 2013? Still at least it finally has a confirmed release date for Japan and NA.

     

    Where is the Euro date?

  16. Posted

    I also think this is a key point. A lot of people speak ill of Sony on here but just take a look at this years line up for the PS3. It includes The Last of Us, Beyond and Puppeteer. That's 3 brand new exclusive IPs launching on the PS3 when PS4 is just around the corner. That's how you keep the momentum going and your products in customers minds.

     

    The idea that Sony or MS would abandon the 360/PS3 two years prior in preparation of their next consoles to release in 2013 sounds beyond absurd as that what it is and something that would never happen.

     

    I don’t know why Nintendo thought letting a console die a slow death was a good idea. A console that has failed yes but the Wii was a huge success and if they actually supported it like they should of it would have been past 100 mil sold easily right now.

  17. Posted

    If it makes Nintendo money, it is not a failure. It'd be a severe disappointment, sure, but by no means a failure

     

    It’s not just about making Nintendo money. I have no doubt it will be profitable but it still has to achieve a certain margin of profitability to satisfy shareholders and investors. If it was simply about making money I am pretty certain Nintendo could of released a product that would of easily done that but that’s not the aim and nor should be as for the company to grow it needs to do more than just turn a profit. A product could be profitable but what about mindshare in the market place? A Gamecube result would mean Nintendo becoming pretty irrelevant in the home console market.

  18. Posted

    The question is though, who is the Wii U aimed at other than Nintendo fans?

     

    It doesn't have the 3rd party support and online features to appeal to the shooter crowd.

     

    The casuals have moved on and those with tablets are clearly not interested in a console with one slapped on the controller, especially when it's not as responsive as the ones they are used to using.

     

    As for Nintendo fans, we have still yet to see anything truly special from Nintendo themselves that sells the console, but we buy it because we know they will come....eventually. Problem is that the Nintendo only fanbase has been in decline for years.

     

    NES - 61.91 million

    SNES - 49.10 million

    N64 - 32.93 million

    GameCube - 21.74 million

     

    I don't know how accurate these numbers are ( Gaf ) but it paints a worrying picture. If Wii hadn't created an expanded audience for itself the trend may have continued and now with that audience seemingly moved on it could pick up where the Cube left off.

     

    The longer this situation goes on the more and more likely it looks as though as if the Wii U was rushed out for the holiday season. Given the lack of games and the state of the OS then it does certainly seem to be the case, which many have said in the past. I've said many times before and i'll say it again, just what in the blue hell was Nintendo doing for those 2 years, from the reveal to the actual launch of the console?

     

    I think a big mistake was deciding to let a previous hot product (wii) die a slow death and then 2 years later release a successor. Surely if you have a such a hot product it makes sense to launch a new one on the back of that instead of just deciding do nothing for 2 years and then expect things to continue as they did before.

     

    I don’t think Nintendo know who they are targeting with the Wii U other presuming or hoping that that Wii owners would automatically jump in but that was never going to happen when that wii audience moved on long ago.

     

    A drop off in sales is one thing but wii is on near 100 mil and if the wii u did GC numbers (which is no guarantee) that would be a monumental drop off and a huge failure. I think they would be majorly pleased if the console manages 30 mil lifetime sales right now.

     

    The Wii U/Nintendo has the potential to be one of those products which marketing/business majors in a few years’ time write papers on how a company managed to go from market leader to market irrelevance in such a short space of time.

  20. Posted · Edited by liger05

    We all know he is wrong most the time. My point is that he was wrong last month as he overestimated. If he has done so again then things are looking grim. Yes, we will see what happens come Thursday but its fun to speculate and I'm still expecting around 70k-80k numbers.

     

    He over estimated in January as well. He isnt always right but after the last 2 months dreadful sales in the US I wouldnt be shocked if it was 60k. Even if it was 80k it would still be dreadful in a 5 week month with 2 new releases.

     

    As each month passes I'm starting to think consumers are just not interested in a tablet style controller to play videogames with.

     

    I'm worried this thing is going to get eaten alive by a future $99 Xbox/PS3.

     

    Thats the problem. The 360 and PS3 are not going away so there will be a PS4/720 and then a very cheap 360 and PS3 aswell to compete against.

     

    It's going to be a struggle!

  24. Posted

    Looks like the rumour is true. GoNintendo just put up this week's Nintendo Download list and it's not there :(

     

    http://www.gonintendo.com/?mode=viewstory&id=199812

     

    FUCK! :mad: WHY!? :cry:

     

    Edit: Oh, official confirmation here.

     

    http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2013/04/nintendo_confirms_dr_kawashimars_devilish_brain_training_delay

     

    Nice to know that it's entirely strategic and not a production issue. So NOE have taken after Ubisoft... well, fuck you too!

     

    Guess I'll have to question every release right up until it's in my hands now. Knowing my luck, Fire Emblem Awakening will probably get pushed back till November now instead of coming out next week :mad:

     

    I can see why they are doing it considering what has recently been released and whats on the horizon however again the region that has to suffer is Europe.

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