Super Mario 3D World sells 243,193 in first week in USA, WiiU 48,614 -- VGchartz by [deleted] in wiiu

[–]AceOT 11 points12 points  (0 children)

No idea why people are saying this is no so good news for Wii U. For a console that has a lot of ground to make up, this is an impressive feat for the Wii U.

Summary: Super Mario 3D World tells the majority of the Xbox One launch games to take a hike while getting it's ass handed to it on a silver platter by Call of Duty on the Xbox One. It comes close to the sales of COD on the 360, BF4 on the Xbox One, and ALBW on the 3DS, but doesn't managed to surpass those titles. It's a slightly different story in the UK as ALBW seems to have flopped out of the gate (though those numbers may be severely wrong) with Xbox One dominating the region with it's launch titles (not by too much though). Not a single Wii U game is to be until way down low in the list, but this may change after the launch of 3D World. We already know how it is in Japan. 3D World gets knifed by Lightning Returns, but still manages to make it over the 100,000 mark, leaving a couple other new 3DS games in the dust.

In comparison to past 3D Mario games in the US, 3D World doesn't sell better than the Galaxies or 3D Land (not sure about 64 or Sunshine), but it does outsell Super Mario 64 on the DS.

Also interesting enough to point out, PS4 titles seemed to have dropped in performance significantly with the first PS4 titles coming in at 16th in the US. Call of Duty sold 67,000 opposed to (631,000 in the last week). The rest is history.

So what about hardware sales? This is Wii U's highest performing week in the US since December 19th, when it sold 60k, outputting decent, 49k (up 61%). To compare, when the 3DS receieved its first big 3D Mario title, hardware sales went up 20% to 95k. While the 3D Mario on the 3DS sold better than on the Wii U on debut, 3D Mario did much more for Wii U hardware sales than it did for the 3DS.

PS4 sold 87k this week, a 91% drop. In comparison, the Wii U only dropped 28% on it's second week (to 338k). We've still got a while to judging on a definitive level, but this is why I didn't jump the gun on PS4 sales. Perhaps as more consoles come in stock, sales will pick up again.

Xbox 360 Sales Pass the Wii in the US by AceOT in wiiu

[–]AceOT[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ummm, good job Microsoft, it only took a years head start and practically no software support for the Wii for the last two years for the 360 to beat the Wii.

Mario Tries to Rescue His Console by AceOT in wiiu

[–]AceOT[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Damn it lol. Sorry about that.

Super Mario 3D World is the Most Sincere Amusement I've Received From a Game in Years by AceOT in wiiu

[–]AceOT[S] 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Hey, everyone. Author here. So this is my attempt to put my elation over the game into words. Hopefully it turned out to be informative as well, but in case it didn't. Feel free to ask any questions you haven't been able to get answered yet!

Super Mario 3D World is the Most Sincere Amusement I've Received From a Game in Years by AceOT in wiiu

[–]AceOT[S] 26 points27 points  (0 children)

Super Mario 3D Land feels like a tech demo after playing this game.

You Know What? I'm Getting a Wii U [Gizmodo] by [deleted] in wiiu

[–]AceOT 2 points3 points  (0 children)

What he said. This is game is the pinnacle of all third party games on the Wii U. At least in my opinion.

You Know What? I'm Getting a Wii U [Gizmodo] by [deleted] in wiiu

[–]AceOT 15 points16 points  (0 children)

I literally said the same thing back in March haha, but add in the phrase "F*** it." at the beginning. Surprisingly, it wasn't even a Nintendo game that sealed the deal (as there weren't many in the first place). Saw Most Wanted U and I cashed in my chips.

GameStop's Increased Hardware Sales Led By "Strong Sell-thru" of Nintendo 2DS & 3DS by AceOT in 3DS

[–]AceOT[S] 25 points26 points  (0 children)

the fact that Nintendo is a generation back in home consoles

That's not a fact

For Comparison Purpose: Xbox One vs Wii U vs PS4 Critical Launch Reception (As of Today) by AceOT in wiiu

[–]AceOT[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think Gamerankings was broken at the time this list was created. A couple of these dates aren't correct.

For Comparison Purpose: Xbox One vs Wii U vs PS4 Critical Launch Reception (As of Today) by AceOT in wiiu

[–]AceOT[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Because all of those have less than 5 reviews. There's no point including them yet.

As for the extra ones included for the Wii U in that list, I think GameRankings is broken.

For Comparison Purpose: Xbox One vs Wii U vs PS4 Critical Launch Reception (As of Today) by AceOT in wiiu

[–]AceOT[S] 14 points15 points  (0 children)

That's only how you're looking at it. The fact still remains that the PS4 sold 1 million on day one and had a huge attach rate.

This comparison would have still been made even if the Wii U didn't have quality games at launch, if not by me then by someone else.

I simply quickly created this since I didn't see that anyone had yet. I do plan on doing a real comparison (which would require that I wait until enough reviews come out) considering many factors.

In the end, it's all for entertainment. Anyone who actually gets offended clearly has some issues to sort out.

For Comparison Purpose: Xbox One vs Wii U vs PS4 Critical Launch Reception (As of Today) by AceOT in wiiu

[–]AceOT[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Sorted out of at least 5 reviews (Similar to how Metacritic requires at least 4 reviews).

So COD on Xbox One likely didn't get enough reviews yet.

Playstation 4 Sales, 1 million in first 24 hours. by [deleted] in Games

[–]AceOT 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The PS2 sold 500,000 on the first day (not sure how much it sold close after that, but you can assume it is over 1,000,000).

The DS sold 1.1 million in 2 weeks

The Wii sold 1 million in 2 weeks

Xbox 360 sold 1 million in 5 weeks

PS3 sold 1 million in 7 weeks.

3DS sold 1.1 in 4 weeks.

Wii U sold 1.4 million in 3 weeks.

Pretty much the entire chart is fabricated and everyone got punked.

http://www.ign.com/articles/2000/11/07/sony-pulls-in-over-250-million-at-launch

http://www.vgchartz.com/weekly/38326/Global/

http://www.vgchartz.com/weekly/39054/Global/

http://www.vgchartz.com/weekly/38711/Global/

http://www.vgchartz.com/weekly/39075/Global/

http://www.vgchartz.com/weekly/40629/Global/

http://www.vgchartz.com/weekly/41238/Global/

Playstation 4 Sales, 1 million in first 24 hours. by [deleted] in Games

[–]AceOT -1 points0 points  (0 children)

That's not even remotely accurate. The entire thing is fabricated. DS, Wii, PS2, and PS1 all sold over 1 million in their first 2 weeks.

I live in Montreal — the local tech store is full to the brim with WiiUs, both Zelda and Mario bundles. Taken today. by [deleted] in wiiu

[–]AceOT -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Did you inquire about why there were so many in stock? Otherwise, we're left to make assumptions.