Company CEO Yves Guillemot was speaking with Game Informer last week and revealed that Nintendo's latest console hasn't generated much income for Ubisoft since it launched, with Wii
U game sales making up only 3 % and 4 % of its total for the fiscal year that ended in March and the year before, respectively.
The big buzz in video games as of late is Nintendo's recent adjustment of their financial forecast for the fiscal year (ending March 31st, 2014), with Wii U console sales down to 2.8 million units from 9 million, and for Wii
U game sales to 19 million units from 38 million.
Ubisoft executive director for EMEA territories Alain Corre called for a Wii U price drop in March to help Wii
U game sales.
Not exact matches
The success of «Mario Kart 8»
game software released in May is helping boost Wii
U sales.
While actual
sales data isn't available yet, «early» market checks suggest the
game is also helping Nintendo sell more Wii
U units, she adds.
The arrival of Nintendo's Wii
U last year didn't invigorate
game sales, which research firm NPD Group said have dropped 9 per cent over last year.
Nintendo's alarming 70 % and 25 % reductions of its full - year forecast of Wii
U and 3DS
sales, respectively, have sparked endless debates about the future of the company — should it abandon hardware altogether, start making mobile
games, or buy its former rival Sega?
Games available on higher - supported platforms isn't going to generate many new Wii
U sales — it's only going to give the current owners some new
games.
Still, for Soul Calibur fans who would like to play the
game on their Wii
U, hopefully
sales for the console will pick up enough for Namco Bandai to consider it worth publishing for.
The Wii
U has a few great
games on it, but not enough to foster interest and rival the
sales of the 3DS, PS4 or Xbox One.
It's a fact, the Wii
U may stray the people away from Wii
games, and that will have a big impact on the potential holiday
sales Mario Party 9 could gain by the end of the year.
Perhaps partly due to the Wii
U's overall lackluster
sales, and partly due to Nintendo fans (astoundingly) being disappointed at the
game's initial reveal, instead wishing for a new Metroid title from Retro Studios (because apparently one DKC from Retro was enough, but three Metroids weren't???).
It's a great buy, but as with most Wii
U games, the
sales weren't very high, even for the already low install base.
The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker will be a massive hit on the Wii
U and will result in increased
sales, but that
game isn't scheduled for release for another 6 months.
Over the past few years of its life, it's been very rare that the top 20 software charts in Japan featured several Wii
U games, but this week there are five that are in the top five for
sales.
It's achieved almost 700k sold in Japan and despite other Wii
U games like Hyrule Warriors, Bayonetta 2, and Fatal Frame 5 missing from the charts shortly after release, the Wii
U saw a small bump in
sales.
I dislike EA, and kind of dislike Ubisoft as of late, but third parties need to read into these numbers and see that there is potential for
sales with the Wii
U. Nintendo's willingness to merge their franchises with other franchises is what will sell third party
games on the Wii
U and I have no idea why companies are not trying to do what Hyrule Warriors is doing.
Super Smash Bros. for Wii
U got great reviews, as well as good
sales, and would be a really good
game to port to Switch.
Today's JP eShop News, with a trailer and some screenshots for Dasshutsu Adventure: Dai Nana no Yogen, screenshots for World End Economica Episode 2, full trailer for Digimon Universe: Appli Monsters — Cyber Arena, Amazon Video now available on Wii
U, dreeps Alarm Playing
Game releasing later this year on Nintendo 3DS, Rideon Japan
Sale, new Nintendo eShop releases and sale for Boku wa Koukuu Kanseikan Airport 3D on Nintendo 3DS, and demo version for Kobito Game Tai
Sale, new Nintendo eShop releases and
sale for Boku wa Koukuu Kanseikan Airport 3D on Nintendo 3DS, and demo version for Kobito Game Tai
sale for Boku wa Koukuu Kanseikan Airport 3D on Nintendo 3DS, and demo version for Kobito
Game Taisen!
Van Ginkel also mentioned that it's likely we'll see a Toki Tori 2 demo on the Wii
U, and that they're hoping Nintendo offers some of the features that Steam has, including putting
games on
sale.
For Christmas, Nintendo had a major
sale on the Nintendo eShop in Europe, with over 350
games on Nintendo Switch, Wii
U, and Nintendo 3DS discounted for a couple of weeks.
However, this is the first full week of
sales since Xenoblade Chronicles X released in Japan last week, so we can see how much of an impact the release of the
game had on Wii
U sales.
Joeâ $ ™ s Diner (Wii
U), Jewel Match 3 (Nintendo 3DS) and more
games from Joindots are on
sale until 8:59 a.m. PT on April 21.
This gave a boost to Wii
U consoles
sales in Japan as well, jumping from 13k to 18k within the same week, but will the
game continue to sell?
Regardless of
sales, adding exclusives like «Fatal Frame» to «Bayonetta 2» and «Hyrule Warriors» will do a lot to shift consumer impressions of the Wii
U. «Lego City» was great, and sold pretty well, but did nothing to make the Wii
U wall at our local
game stores look any more balanced.
Aside from my personal personal opinion, I think a (major) Pokémon
game on Wii
U will greatly boost the console
sales.
Today's Japanese news: screenshots for the latest batch of Puzzle & Dragons X DLC, two Resident Evil
games available as Wii Downloads on Wii
U, Cosen
sale on the Nintendo eShop, livestream recording for Kunio - Kun Nekketsu Complete Famicom Collection, and latest gameplay video for TorqueL!
Today, Pikii announced a
sale on several Wii
U and Nintendo 3DS
games in Japan, on the Nintendo eShop.
The Japanese Wii
U version of the
game entered the Media Create
sales charts as the highest - selling
game in the country during its debut week, with 69,675 copies sold, and was credited for a sharp increase in Wii
U hardware
sales in the same period.
Nintendo has announced its digital
game discounts for the Holidays, called «Cyber Deals», and there's something for everyone — there are plenty of Switch, Wii
U, and 3DS
games on
sales.
making a wii
u version would cost the company too much money tp produce if they know it wont
sale due to wii
u over price system and
games.
Starting today, and until October 19th, the following
games from Kemco are on
sale on the Nintendo eShop of the Wii
U:
Nintendo do have hopes for a good end to the year, though, with Super Smash Bros. arriving on both 3DS and Wii
U sure to push more software and hardware
sales, while there are fresh Pokémon
games in Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire.
This came up in a previous conversation too when the Wii
U game went on
sale at GameStop, I mentioned that I * might * pick it up at that price but that the 3DS demo had turned me off of it mostly.
Ubisoft
Game Sale: Select Wii U and Nintendo 3DS games are on sale for up to 75 percent off until 8:59 a.m. PT on Feb.
Sale: Select Wii
U and Nintendo 3DS
games are on
sale for up to 75 percent off until 8:59 a.m. PT on Feb.
sale for up to 75 percent off until 8:59 a.m. PT on Feb. 16.
34,000
game sales were accounted for during the month, and that includes Nintendo Land that is bundled with the Wii
U Deluxe.
Hyrule Warriors»
sales were half those of the
game's first release on Wii
U, but Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze also continued to place well in fourth.
Get Mario
games if you want — I will — but if 3rd party means anything to you buy those first and get Mario further down the line — if Marios
sales were a bit slow, the next one will come to Wii
U because Nintendo HAS to support Wii
U, 3rd parties don't and they will go to PS4 and
U will miss out.
But I can totally see how the lack of
games can keep the
sales of the console low and how it might frustrate folks who only own the Wii
U.
I think once the Wii
U OS isn't so freaking slow (patch coming in April), the word of mouth and local
game party type scenarios will also drive some more of the casual
sales.
Put the baby
games on the back burner and then Wii
U sales can happen, but they had better hurry up!
«LEGO City Undercover: The Chase Begins builds on the same action - filled
game play and humor of LEGO City Undercover for Wii
U,» said Scott Moffitt, Nintendo of America's executive vice president of
Sales & Marketing.
It's an awesome
game — and judging by
sales numbers of the wii
u version vs. the number of wii
u owners — the
game did very well.
This is why I don't understand doomsday articles this early in a consoles life span, The Wii
u barely has any games worth buying yet, but as soon as it does then the sales will skyrocket, I like the Wii u, Now I just wish I had more money to buy more game's, Man I want Lego City, Think about it if Monster hunter can make the sale's raise this much what will happen when Super smash bros Wii u, Pikmin 3, Mario kart U, Yoshi's yarn, 3d Mario game, Zelda Wind waker HD, Zelda HD, possible Metroid game, possible Gamecube games coming to the VC, The VC being fully released with GBA games, What ever Retro is working on, Game and Wario looks fun I doubt it will be a console seller, And many other unannounced game's are released all the «Is the Wii u doomed?!»
u barely has any
games worth buying yet, but as soon as it does then the
sales will skyrocket, I like the Wii
u, Now I just wish I had more money to buy more game's, Man I want Lego City, Think about it if Monster hunter can make the sale's raise this much what will happen when Super smash bros Wii u, Pikmin 3, Mario kart U, Yoshi's yarn, 3d Mario game, Zelda Wind waker HD, Zelda HD, possible Metroid game, possible Gamecube games coming to the VC, The VC being fully released with GBA games, What ever Retro is working on, Game and Wario looks fun I doubt it will be a console seller, And many other unannounced game's are released all the «Is the Wii u doomed?!»
u, Now I just wish I had more money to buy more
game's, Man I want Lego City, Think about it if Monster hunter can make the sale's raise this much what will happen when Super smash bros Wii u, Pikmin 3, Mario kart U, Yoshi's yarn, 3d Mario game, Zelda Wind waker HD, Zelda HD, possible Metroid game, possible Gamecube games coming to the VC, The VC being fully released with GBA games, What ever Retro is working on, Game and Wario looks fun I doubt it will be a console seller, And many other unannounced game's are released all the «Is the Wii u doomed?!&ra
game's, Man I want Lego City, Think about it if Monster hunter can make the
sale's raise this much what will happen when Super smash bros Wii
u, Pikmin 3, Mario kart U, Yoshi's yarn, 3d Mario game, Zelda Wind waker HD, Zelda HD, possible Metroid game, possible Gamecube games coming to the VC, The VC being fully released with GBA games, What ever Retro is working on, Game and Wario looks fun I doubt it will be a console seller, And many other unannounced game's are released all the «Is the Wii u doomed?!»
u, Pikmin 3, Mario kart
U, Yoshi's yarn, 3d Mario game, Zelda Wind waker HD, Zelda HD, possible Metroid game, possible Gamecube games coming to the VC, The VC being fully released with GBA games, What ever Retro is working on, Game and Wario looks fun I doubt it will be a console seller, And many other unannounced game's are released all the «Is the Wii u doomed?!»
U, Yoshi's yarn, 3d Mario
game, Zelda Wind waker HD, Zelda HD, possible Metroid game, possible Gamecube games coming to the VC, The VC being fully released with GBA games, What ever Retro is working on, Game and Wario looks fun I doubt it will be a console seller, And many other unannounced game's are released all the «Is the Wii u doomed?!&ra
game, Zelda Wind waker HD, Zelda HD, possible Metroid
game, possible Gamecube games coming to the VC, The VC being fully released with GBA games, What ever Retro is working on, Game and Wario looks fun I doubt it will be a console seller, And many other unannounced game's are released all the «Is the Wii u doomed?!&ra
game, possible Gamecube
games coming to the VC, The VC being fully released with GBA
games, What ever Retro is working on,
Game and Wario looks fun I doubt it will be a console seller, And many other unannounced game's are released all the «Is the Wii u doomed?!&ra
Game and Wario looks fun I doubt it will be a console seller, And many other unannounced
game's are released all the «Is the Wii u doomed?!&ra
game's are released all the «Is the Wii
u doomed?!»
u doomed?!»
What's great about this news... Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate isn't just a third party
game, it's an upgraded port of an old
game and yet this title alone skyrockets Wii
U sales.
The first
sales data from UK
game retailers reveals that the Wii
U sales have increased 125 % since the release of Monster Hunter 3.
Don't forget it's not just MH that has increased Wii
U sales, but LEGO City Undercover too, it's an awesome
game.
Pikmin 3, Wonderfull 101, e3 Games, Wii fit
U,
Game and Wario, Mario kart (possibly), Holiday season
sales, Price drop USA?
Capcom has been highly pleased with the performance of Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate on both 3DS and Wii
U, but Capcom's consumer
games division direct Katsuhiko Ichii thinks the company can break
sales records with Monster Hunter 4 on the 3DS.
As for the Wii
U, the
games are streaming in... we already had Rayman and Wonderful 101 (plus many others) and the holiday season is coming with many more hits like Wind Waker HD, Donkey Kong, Mario Kart, Mario World, Smash Bros., Sonic: Lost World, Bayonetta 2, etc... the Wii
U sales will begin to flip to the positive.