December 2014: Nintendo’s response – Wii U has its biggest month of sales ever
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Per usual, Nintendo has issued its response to the latest NPD report.
Wii U sales were their best ever in the U.S. for the month of December. Additionally, total hardware and software sales in 2014 rose by over 29 percent and over 75 percent respectively compared to the previous year.
Let’s not forget about the 3DS! The portable experienced its largest month ever for first-party software sales. Super Smash Bros. for 3DS has already sold over two million combined physical and digital copies while Pokemon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire have moved over 2.6 million physical and digital units.
On the amiibo front, figure sales “are nearly twice the sales of Super Smash Bros. for Wii U.” That means close to 2.6 million amiibo have been sold in the U.S. thus far.
Check out Nintendo’s full NPD response with more statistics and information below.
New GDC poll shows slight increase in developer plans to make Wii U games
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You may remember that, last year, a Game Developers Conference poll showed that only four percent of developers surveyed intended to make games for Wii U. GDC organizers today published its new annual state of the industry report, revealing that this statistic has increased slightly.
The percentage of developers planning to release a game on the Wii U rose slightly in 2014 compared to the previous year. Approximately six percent of survey participants said they are currently making a title that will launch on Wii U. That’s also up from 2013’s figure of just 4.6 percent.
GDC’s state of the industry report is based on results from over 2,000 North American developers who attended the conference in 2014.
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Best-selling games in the U.S. for 2014
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The NPD group has released a listing of the top 10 best-selling games in the U.S. for 2014. Super Smash Bros. for Wii U/3DS made the list, having taken the sixth spot. Check out the full results above.
December 2014 NPD: top 10 best-selling games in the U.S.
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NPD Group has released a listing of the top ten best-selling games in the U.S. for the month of December 2014. The results can be found below.
- Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare (Xbox 360, Xbox One, PS4, PS3, PC)
- Grand Theft Auto V (Xbox One, PS4, Xbox 360, PS3)
- Madden NFL 15 (Xbox 360, Xbox One, PS4, PS3)
- Super Smash Bros. (Wii U, 3DS)
- NBA 2K15 (Xbox 360, Xbox One, PS4, PS3, PC)
- Minecraft (Xbox 360, Xbox One, PS3, PS4)
- Far Cry 4 (PS4, Xbox One, Xbox 360, PS3, PC)
- Just Dance 2015 (Wii, Xbox 360, Wii U, Xbox One, PS4, PS3)
- Destiny (Xbox One, Xbox 360, PS4, PS3)
- FIFA 15 (Xbox 360, Xbox One, PS4, PS3, Wii, 3DS, Vita)
A better look at the Splatoon boxart
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Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric has received an update
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Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric has received a new update. It’s a sizable download, as it clocks in at roughly 1030MB. We’re not sure what the patch does at present, but we do know that Rise of Lyric has been bumped up to version 1.1.0.
On another note, it looks like this update may only be available in Europe at present. It should be out in North America soon if it hasn’t already arrived by the time you’re reading this.
UK’s top 100 best-selling games of 2014
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MCV has published a listing of the top 100 best-selling games in the UK for the year 2014. Check out the full lineup below.
1. FIFA 15
2. CALL OF DUTY: ADVANCED WARFARE
3. GRAND THEFT AUTO V
4. DESTINY
5. WATCH DOGS
6. MINECRAFT: XBOX EDITION
7. FIFA 14
8. FAR CRY 4
9. CALL OF DUTY: GHOSTS
10. ASSASSIN’S CREED UNITY
11. MINECRAFT: PLAYSTATION EDITION
12. TITANFALL
13. ASSASSIN’S CREED 4: BLACK FLAG
14. THE LEGO MOVIE VIDEO GAME
15. BATTLEFIELD 4
16. LEGO MARVEL SUPER HEROES
17. MIDDLE-EARTH: SHADOW OF MORDOR
18. LEGO BATMAN 3: BEYOND GOTHAM
19. DRIVECLUB
20. PLANTS VS ZOMBIES: GARDEN WARFARE
Splatoon screenshot (1/15/15)
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As usual, we’ll update this post with Nintendo’s official translation once that comes in.
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Updated fan-made amiibo compatibility chart
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Miiverse message from Aonuma about Zelda: Majora’s Mask 3D and new Hyrule Warriors DLC
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Zelda producer Eiji Aonuma took to Miiverse last night and posted a new message about The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask 3D and Hyrule Warriors. View it below.
