Shin’en “very pleased” with FAST Racing Neo sales thus far
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U eShop | 12 Comments
FAST Racing Neo only just landed on the Wii U eShop a few weeks back. That being said, Shin’en is happy with the game’s sales performance thus far.
Speaking with Nintendo Life, Manfred Linzner from Shin’en said the studio is “very pleased” with how the racer is doing. He said:
“We had a bet running in the company on how many copies would be sold on day one. Martin called the highest number. And he was right. It was almost exactly the number he predicted. We are very pleased with the sales so far, but on the other side our preceding investment was very high as well. Anyway, currently it looks pretty bright for the sales.”
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UK software sales (Week ending 12/19/2015) – 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. Mario Kart 8 – Nintendo
2. Splatoon – Nintendo
3. Super Mario Maker – Nintendo
4. Just Dance 2016 – Ubisoft
5. Yoshi’s Woolly World – Nintendo
6. Xenoblade Chronicles X – Nintendo
7. Super Smash Bros. for Wii U – Nintendo
8. Skylanders SuperChargers – Activision
9. Mario Party 10 – Nintendo
10. Disney Infinity 3.0 – Disney Interactive Studios
3DS
1. Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer – Nintendo
2. Tomodachi Life – Nintendo
3. Mario Kart 7 – Nintendo
4. New Super Mario Bros. 2 – Nintendo
5. Pokemon Y – Nintendo
6. Mario & Luigi: Dream Team Bros. – Nintendo
7. Mario Golf: World Tour – Nintendo
8. Animal Crossing: New Leaf – Nintendo
9. Pokemon Alpha Sapphire – Nintendo
10. Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam Bros. – Nintendo
Source: Chart-Track
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UK software sales (Week ending 12/19/2015)
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Over a million copies of Monster Strike shipped in two days
Posted on 9 years ago by Matthew(@matthewburr) in 3DS, News | 1 Comment
Monster Strike 3DS, originally a mobile phone smash game has shipped over a million copies in Japan in only two days. The currently Japan exclusive game is a beefed-up version of the phone game with additions to both the story and gameplay as well as the removal of microtransactions. Sales numbers include both physical and digital copies of the game.
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The Legend of Dark Witch 2’s first day revenue slightly above its predecessor
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, News | 0 comments
First day revenue for The Legend of Dark Witch 2 was “a little bit over its predecessor”, Circle Entertainment has revealed.
The company said on Twitter a couple of days ago:
First day revenue of The Legend of Dark Witch 2 has a little bit over its predecessor, thanks for everyone keep to support it! Appreciate!
— CIRCLE Ent. (@CIRCLE_Ent) December 18, 2015
It’s rare that publishers share specific data for eShop games, so we probably won’t be getting any specifics as to how The Legend of Dark Witch 2 is doing. This is an encouraging sign for the game though!
Japanese sales: top 10 publishers of 2015
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 13 Comments
Famitsu has shared a comprehensive listing of the top 10 publishers of 2015 based on sales in Japan. It’s not quite the full year though, as the tracking period was between December 29, 2014 and November 29, 2015.
In any case, here’s the publisher ranking:
1. Nintendo – 7.090.000
2. Bandai Namco – 4.100.000
3. Square Enix – 2.910.000
4. Capcom – 2.690.000
5. Level 5 – 2.420.000
6. Konami – 1.230.000
7. Sony Computer Entertainment – 1.120.000
8. Koei Tecmo – 860.000
9. Sega – 810.000
10. Pokemon Company – 750.000
Head past the break for the top five game sales by publisher. Keep in mind that digital sales are not included.
Media Create software sales (12/7 – 12/13) – Top 50
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 2 Comments
This week’s expanded Japanese software sales are as follows:
01./01. [3DS] Monster Hunter X #
02./03. [3DS] Yo-Kai Watch Busters: Red Cat Team / White Dog Squad
03./04. [WIU] Splatoon #
04./05. [WIU] Super Mario Maker #
05./00. [PSV] Valkyrie Drive: Bhikkhuni #
06./00. [PSV] Steins;Gate 0
07./00. [PS4] Steins;Gate 0
08./02. [3DS] Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam
09./08. [3DS] Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer #
10./00. [PS4] Gravity Rush Remastered #
11./00. [PS4] Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Siege
12./00. [PSV] The Idolm@ster: Must Songs – Red Board / Blue Board
13./07. [3DS] Disney Magic World 2 #
14./09. [PSV] Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition
15./00. [PSV] The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky SC Evolution #
16./16. [3DS] Rhythm Heaven: The Best+
17./12. [3DS] Sumikko Gurashi: Omise Hajimerundesu
18./10. [PS4] Call of Duty: Black Ops III #
19./00. [PS3] Steins;Gate 0
20./11. [PS4] Star Wars: Battlefront #
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Bundles boost Wii U hardware sales in Japan
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 57 Comments
During the week of December 7, Wii U sold 47,000 units in Japan. Media Create points out that sales for the system were up 15,000 units compared to the previous week. As for the increase, that’s thanks to the bundles featuring Splatoon and Super Mario Maker. These two products sold roughly 36,000 Wii U units alone, which is a 146.06 percent rise compared to last week.
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Renegade Kid says Dementium Remastered sales “have been very low so far”
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, News | 23 Comments
Renegade Kid co-founder recently made some comments in which he said sales have been disappointing for Xeodrifter and Moon Chronicles on the 3DS eShop. Unfortunately for the developer, it also appears that Dementium Remastered is off to a slow start.
In an interview with We Got This Covered, Watsham said that the game’s sales “have been very low so far.” He added that they’ve been “Much lower than I expected.”
Watsham’s words in full:
“The sales of Dementium Remastered have been very low so far. Much lower than I expected. My expectations were based on how our other games have sold, and as such were already quite conservative. I am very surprised that they are lower than my conservative projections. We will still continue with releasing the game in Europe and also release Dementium II Remastered, but the sales results definitely make us pause with future development on 3DS beyond Mutant Mudds Super Challenge and Treasurenauts, which is very unfortunate. In an ideal world, I would love to continue developing games for 3DS. It is my personal favorite console to play games on, but if we can’t generate enough revenue from our games to cover the cost of 4 people with no office space, then something must change.”
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French sales: 280k for Splatoon, 145k for Mario Maker, 40k for Xenoblade X, more
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 11 Comments
Nintendo of France shared sales numbers for a variety of titles today. We have figures for Wii U and 3DS games, plus the Animal Crossing amiibo cards.
Lifetime sales of Splatoon in France are now sitting at 280,000 copies. It’s the second most popular game after Mario Kart 8.
Also on Wii U, Super Mario Maker has sold 145,000 units thus far in France. Xenoblade Chronicles X, a game which just launched this month, has already moved 40,000 copies.
Moving on to 3DS, sales for Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer are at 220,000 units. New Style Boutique 2 – Fashion Forward has sold 110,000 copies.
Finally, one note about amiibo. Nearly 200,000 packs of Animal Crossing amiibo cards have been purchased by French consumers.
