UK’s 50 best-selling video games of 2015
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 13 Comments
Chart-Track has published a listing of the top 50 best-selling games in the UK during 2015. Just one Nintendo-made title made the list, but a number of third-party releases are sprinkled in as well.
On with the list:
December 2015 NPD: Xenoblade Chronicles X and Devil’s Third sales, LTD Wii U/3DS games
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Additional information from the December NPD report has emerged. We have sales for two Wii U titles that debuted in North America, plus lifetime sales for a bunch of 3DS and Wii U titles.
Leaks from NPD reveal that Xenoblade Chronicles X sold over 200,000 copies in the United States last month. Devil’s Third, on the other hand, had sales over 3,000 units. Neither figure includes digital sales.
The same source has also come through with lifetime sales figures for a multitude of 3DS and Wii U titles. The lineup includes Zelda: Majora’s Mask 3D (almost at 1 million), Yo-kai Watch, Xenoblade Chronicles 3D, Splatoon, Yoshi’s Woolly World, Shovel Knight, and more. Head past the break for the full list.
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Media Create software sales (1/4/16 – 1/10/16) – Top 50
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This week’s expanded Japanese software sales are as follows:
01./01. [3DS] Monster Hunter X #
02./02. [3DS] Monster Strike
03./03. [WIU] Splatoon #
04./04. [WIU] Super Mario Maker #
05./06. [PSV] Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition
06./05. [3DS] Yo-Kai Watch Busters: Red Cat Team / White Dog Squad
07./11. [PSV] Mobile Suit Gundam Extreme Vs-Force
08./08. [3DS] Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer #
09./09. [PS4] Fallout 4 #
10./10. [3DS] Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam
11./07. [3DS] Rhythm Heaven: The Best+
12./14. [PS4] Call of Duty: Black Ops III #
13./13. [PS4] Star Wars: Battlefront #
14./24. [PS4] Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Siege
15./23. [PS4] Grand Theft Auto V [1/1][New Price Edition]
16./12. [3DS] Disney Magic World 2 #
17./18. [PS4] Minecraft: PlayStation 4 Edition
18./19. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf #
19./17. [3DS] New Super Mario Bros. 2 #
20./15. [3DS] Downtown no Gaki no Tsukai Yaarahen de!! Zettai ni Tsukamatte Haikenai Gasu Kurobikari Land
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December 2015 NPD: Wii U has second-best month in terms of new physical software sales
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 12 Comments
From a Nintendo perspective, there’s not too much to report on from the latest NPD sales. Wii U and 3DS games were completely absent from the December chart as well as overall top 10 sales in 2015. However, GamesBeat did manage to obtain an interesting piece of information from analyst Liam Callahan.
Callahan said that Wii U experienced its second-best month “in terms of new physical software unit sales.” The holiday season likely played a big role in that, as well as games such as Super Mario Maker.
Top 100 best-selling games in Japan for 2015, top 5 publishers
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NeoGAF’s hiska-kun has put together a huge list of the top 100 best-selling games in Japan during 2015. The results are based on data collected by Famitsu between December 29, 2014 and December 27, 2015.
Here’s the full lineup:
01. [3DS] Monster Hunter X #
02. [3DS] Yo-Kai Watch Busters: Red Cat Team / White Dog Squad
03. [3DS] Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer #
04. [WIU] Splatoon
05. [3DS] Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King
06. [WIU] Super Mario Maker #
07. [3DS] Monster Strike
08. [3DS] Yo-kai Watch 2: Shin Uchi
09. [3DS] Rhythm Heaven: The Best+
10. [3DS] Fire Emblem Fates: Black Kingdom / White Kingdom #
December 2015 NPD: Super Mario Maker has sold over 1 million copies in the U.S.
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Update: No separate post for the top 10 in December. No Wii U/3DS game (including third-parties) made the list unfortunately. Same goes for the full 2015 year top 10.
Super Mario Maker has sold over one million copies in the United States alone, Nintendo has announced. That news comes as part of the December 2015 NPD report, which we should be hearing more about shortly.
Five other Wii U games have also reached Super Mario Maker’s milestone. Mario Kart 8, Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, Super Mario 3D World, New Super Mario Bros. U, and Splatoon have all sold more than one million copies in the United States.
More: NPD, sales, Super Mario Maker, top
LEGO Marvel Super Heroes has sold over one million copies in the UK
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 1 Comment
LEGO Marvel Super Heroes has sold over one million units in the UK, Warner Bros. Interactive announced. The game saw the second-largest LEGO launch thus far, falling only behind LEGO Indiana Jones. 84,400 units were sold upon release.
In a statement passed along to MCV, sales and marketing director Spencer Crossley said:
“The game’s appeal is a unique blend of clever humour and high quality gameplay from TT Games, along with the universal charm of LEGO and the hugely popular Marvel Universe.”
A new LEGO game based on Avengers, LEGO Marvel’s Avengers, is due out later this month.
Media Create sales (1/4/16 – 1/10/16)
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The latest Japanese hardware sales from Media Create are as follows:
New 3DS LL – 37,227
PS4 – 36,559
Vita – 31,338
Wii U – 24,722
New 3DS – 11,610
3DS – 9,698
PS3 – 2,784
3DS LL – 1,944
Xbox One – 293
For comparison’s sake, here are the hardware numbers from last week:
New 3DS LL – 73,778
PS4 – 65,427
Vita – 63,811
Wii U – 53,547
3DS – 21,621
New 3DS – 21,501
PS3 – 4,221
3DS LL – 3,205
Xbox One – 765
Vita TV – 670
And here are the software charts:
1. [3DS] Monster Hunter X – 65,227 / 2,587,086
2. [3DS] Monster Strike – 38,795 / 738,231
3. [WIU] Splatoon – 28,945 / 1,182,934
4. [WIU] Super Mario Maker – 25,854 / 752,739
5. [PSV] Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition – 23,161 / 607,878
6. [3DS] Yo-kai Watch Busters – 22,681 / 2,147,108
7. [PSV] Mobile Suit Gundam Extreme Vs Force – 13,643 / 121,406
8. [3DS] Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer – 10,689 / 1,312,374
9. [PS4] Fallout 4 – 10,457 / 188,877
10. [3DS] Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam – 9,497 / 207,812
11. [3DS] Rhythm Heaven: The Best Plus – 8,742 / 629,524
12. [PS4] Call of Duty: Black Ops III – 7,819 / 274,277
13. [PS4] Star Wars Battlefront – 6,036 / 198,511
14. [PS4] Rainbow Six Siege – 5,912 / 51,676
15. [PS4] Grand Theft Auto V (4,990 Yen Edition) – 5,654 / 54,300
16. [3DS] Disney Magical World 2 – 5,351 / 257,705
17. [PS4] Minecraft: PlayStation 4 Edition – 5,350 / 38,251
18. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf – 5,186 / 4,115,727
19. [3DS] New Super Mario Bros. 2 – 5,002 / 2,426,042
20. [3DS] Downtown no Gaki no Tsukai ya Arahende!! Zettai Ni Tsukamatte Ha Ikenai Gasu Kuropikari Land – 4,860 / 27,280
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Juicy Beast disappointed with Toto Temple Deluxe’s sales
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U eShop | 10 Comments
In a new developer blog, Juicy Beast stated that Toto Temple Deluxe “didn’t sell very well”. The developer shared some potential reasons as to why the game didn’t perform as well as the studio had hoped.
Here’s a notable excerpt from the piece:
There’s a good possibility that the game didn’t have good enough “hooks” to captivate people’s attention. Sure, “fighting your friends to put an egg-laying goat on your head” sounds funny and weird, but it doesn’t really give you a clear idea of what it’s like to play Toto Temple Deluxe.
At the end of the day, we think the biggest factor is because it’s a local-multiplayer game with no online play. The game is aiming at a pretty niche audience by requiring actual human friends to play, and we can’t ignore the impact it has on sales. A quick look at comments on YouTube, Reddit and such, and it’s obvious that a lot of people are simply not buying the game for this very reason (that along a lack of solo experience).
On top of all this, we also think the game came out almost 2 years too late. Back in 2014, when the local-multiplayer boom was happening, Toto Temple Deluxe’s development felt more logical. Today, it feels a bit out of place, as we think a lot of player might have bought popular local-multiplayer games in the past, then realised that they would play them less and less frequently. We definitely can’t blame them, since it’s pretty much the same for us.
There’s plenty more about the creation of Toto Temple Deluxe in Juicy Beast’s post. You can read the full thing right here.
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UK software sales (Week ending 01/09/2016) – Wii U/3DS charts
Posted on 9 years ago by Matt(@OnePunchMaz) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 0 comments
This week’s Wii U/3DS-specific UK software sales are as follows:
Wii U
1. Splatoon – Nintendo
2. Mario Kart 8 – Nintendo
3. Super Mario Maker – Nintendo
4. Super Smash Bros. for Wii U – Nintendo
5. Yoshi’s Woolly World – Nintendo
6. Mario Party 10 – Nintendo
7. Xenoblade Chronicles X – Nintendo
8. Just Dance 2016 – Ubisoft
9. Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker
10. Disney Infinity 3.0 – Disney Interactive Studios
3DS
1. Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer – Nintendo
2. Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam Bros. – Nintendo
3. Tomodachi Life – Nintendo
4. Mario Kart 7 – Nintendo
5. Pokemon Alpha Sapphire – Nintendo
6. Animal Crossing: New Leaf – Nintendo
7. New Super Mario Bros. 2 – Nintendo
8. Story of Seasons – Nintendo
9. Pokemon X – Nintendo
10. Pokemon Y – Nintendo
Source: Chart-Track
