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NEWS: Japan's Video Game Rankings, May 26-June 1




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lostrune



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PostPosted: Wed Jun 04, 2014 2:34 pm Reply with quote
All hail Lord Nintendo Laughing
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Primus



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PostPosted: Wed Jun 04, 2014 2:46 pm Reply with quote
lostrune wrote:
All hail Lord Nintendo Laughing


Maybe Lord 3DS, because while Mario Kart 8 sold well, Wii U's hardware numbers are disappointing.
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 04, 2014 3:30 pm Reply with quote
Primus wrote:
lostrune wrote:
All hail Lord Nintendo Laughing


Maybe Lord 3DS, because while Mario Kart 8 sold well, Wii U's hardware numbers are disappointing.


Yeah, and all the other console sales continue to sink in Japan. Sad Well at least I'm happy to see Infamous: Second Son ranking high on Japan's chart. Very Happy
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Gonna get Mario Kart 8 tomorrow!
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 04, 2014 6:34 pm Reply with quote
Primus wrote:
lostrune wrote:
All hail Lord Nintendo Laughing


Maybe Lord 3DS, because while Mario Kart 8 sold well, Wii U's hardware numbers are disappointing.


Did you miss the part where it was the highest selling console in the region?
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Primus



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PostPosted: Wed Jun 04, 2014 8:28 pm Reply with quote
lizardking461 wrote:
Primus wrote:
lostrune wrote:
All hail Lord Nintendo Laughing


Maybe Lord 3DS, because while Mario Kart 8 sold well, Wii U's hardware numbers are disappointing.


Did you miss the part where it was the highest selling console in the region?


Selling 19,000 units in a period where a 350k seller launched isn't really good. 3DS still sold more when you combine the LL and regular model too.

Mario Kart is one of the marquee titles for the machine, and its week 1 sales indicate that the majority of people interested already owned a Wii U. That's a scary thought given the platform hasn't sold well. Hopefully Mario Kart's small boost to hardware won't drop off next week.
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 04, 2014 9:48 pm Reply with quote
Here's Siliconera's take:

"This Week In Sales: Even Mario Kart 8 Can’t Help Wii U Sales"

  • Mario Kart 8 was released in Japan on May 29th for the Wii U, and the game sold 325,892 copies. That’s a fairly decent amount, but unfortunately it’s also significantly lower than its predecessors.

    Here’s how Mario Kart 8’s first week compares to the opening week sales of Mario Kart Wii and Mario Kart 7:

    Mario Kart Wii (2008) – 593,576

    Mario Kart 7 (2011) – 423,619

    The argument could be made that Mario Kart Wii on the Wii and Mario Kart 7 on the Nintendo 3DS debuted on platforms that had sold far more many units than the Wii U has, which is why the new game’s opening sales were lower. Unfortunately, another fact that must be taken into consideration is that Mario Kart 8’s release barely helped Wii U hardware sales.

    The Wii U sold just 19,312 units for the week—lower than the Nintendo 3DS during a week where the 3DS had no new games released for it. That isn’t a good sign, and it brings back some rather unfortunate memories of Super Mario 3D World, another major Wii U game that started out slow and failed to turn the system’s fortunes around.

    In the coming months, Nintendo will release Bayonetta 2, Hyrule Warriors and Super Smash Bros. for the Wii U. I doubt Bayonetta and Hyrule Warriors will do much to help sales in Japan, so at this point, it looks as though all hopes are riding on Smash to help pull the platform out of dire straits.


I think, if not for the 3DS, Japan's video game market is contracting.
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Primus



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PostPosted: Thu Jun 05, 2014 8:10 am Reply with quote
3DS hardware sales are down huge in Japan from what they were last year. Software is still selling, so that's not all bad news. The only platform up year-over-year is Vita, and that's because it didn't so very well in 2013. Its gains are far from enough to offset everything else's decline.
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