A look into the sales of indie games on Wii U and 3DS
Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, News, Wii U eShop | 8 Comments
tinyBuild’s Mike Rose held a panel at GDC 2015 today titled “The Turning Tide: Independent Game Sales in 2015”. During the session, Rose touched on the performance of indie titles across a variety of platforms, including the eShop.
On Wii U, it seems that the lowest number developers can expect lies between 300 and 1,000 units. This would be a game that receives poor reviews, lacks marketing, or is exclusive to the platform. The best-case scenario allows games to see sales at around 60,000 copies, with most revenue coming from other platforms.
The situation is apparently much brighter on 3DS. The low-end of the spectrum falls between 1,000 and 5,000 units (poorly rated, no marketing), while the high-end is 50,000 to 200,000 copies (big exposure from Nintendo, multi-platform).
Rose also mentioned in his same talk that developers who ported their games to 3DS and received Japanese localization saw sales that exceeded expectations. Those who ported titles to Wii U via Unity felt it was worth it since the process was relatively easy.
UK software sales (Week ending 2/28)
Posted on 10 years ago by Kirara Koneko(@KiraraKoneko) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 0 comments
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UK software sales (Week ending 2/28) – Wii U/3DS charts
Posted on 10 years ago by Kirara Koneko(@KiraraKoneko) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 0 comments
The latest Wii U/3DS specific UK software sales are as follows:
Wii U
1. Mario Kart 8 – Nintendo
2. Super Smash Bros. – Nintendo
3. Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker – Nintendo
4. Super Mario 3D World – Nintendo
5. New Super Mario Bros. U – Nintendo
6. FIFA 13 – EA Sports
7. Hyrule Warriors – Nintendo
8. Disney Infinity 2.0 – Avalanche Software
9. Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze – Nintendo
10. Bayonetta 2 – Nintendo
3DS
1. The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask 3D – Nintendo
2. Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate – Capcom
3. Pokemon Omega Ruby – Nintendo
4. Tomodachi Life – Nintendo
5. Super Smash Bros. – Nintendo
6. Pokemon Alpha Sapphire – Nintendo
7. Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask – Level 5
8. Mario Kart 7 – Nintendo
9. New Super Mario Bros. 2 – nintendo
10. Animal Crossing: New Leaf – Nintendo
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Media Create software sales (2/16 – 2/22) – Top 50
Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 0 comments
This week’s expanded Japanese software sales are as follows:
01./00. [PSV] God Eater 2: Rage Burst
02./01. [3DS] The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask 3D #
03./00. [PS4] God Eater 2: Rage Burst
04./00. [PS4] The Order: 1886 #
05./00. [PS4] Dead or Alive 5: Last Round #
06./04. [3DS] Yo-kai Watch 2: Shin Uchi
07./07. [PS3] Dragon Ball: Xenoverse
08./00. [PS3] Dead or Alive 5: Last Round #
09./08. [3DS] Pokemon Omega Ruby / Alpha Sapphire
10./02. [PS3] Samurai Warriors 4-II #
11./11. [3DS] Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate #
12./10. [3DS] Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS
13./09. [PS4] Dragon Ball: Xenoverse
14./00. [PSV] Otoko Yuukaku
15./05. [PSV] Samurai Warriors 4-II #
16./00. [PSV] Hakuoki: Zuisouroku – Omokagebana #
17./18. [WIU] Super Smash Bros. for Wii U #
18./21. [WIU] Mario Kart 8 #
19./22. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf #
20./00. [PSV] Furaiki 3
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Japan’s best-selling games of January 2015
Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 1 Comment
Famitsu has shared a listing of the top 30 best-selling games in Japan for the month of January 2015. You can check out the full results below.
01. [3DS] Yo-Kai Watch 2: Shinuchi (Level-5) – 642.516 (634.709 / 7807)
02. [3DS] Pokemon Omega Ruby / Alpha Sapphire (Pokemon Company) – 366.131 (361.437 / 4694)
03. [PS3] Tales of Zestiria (Bandai Namco) – 316.824 ( 316.824 / – )
04. [3DS] Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS (Nintendo) – 259.750 (252.313 / 7437)
05. [WIU] Super Smash Bros for Wii U (Nintendo) – 206.634 (198.582 / 8052)
06. [3DS] Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate (Capcom) – 141.602 (138.266 / 3336)
07. [WIU] Mario Kart 8 (Nintendo) – 111.380 (104.549 / 6831)
08. [3DS] Final Fantasy Explorers (Square Enix) – 95.512 (89.484 / 6028)
09. [3DS] Yo-Kai Watch 2: Ganso / Honke (Level-5) – 90.806 (88.928 / 1878)
10. [PSV] Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition (Mojang) – 83.054 ( – / 83.054)
11. [PSP] Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V Tag Force Special (Konami) – 79.958 ( – / 79.958)
12. [PSV] Gundam Breaker 2 (Bandai Namco) – 66.204 (55.538 / 10.666)
13. [3DS] Legend of Legacy (Furyu) – 61.559 (56.594 / 4965)
14. [PS3] Gundam Breaker 2 (Bandai Namco) – 54.212 (49.398 / 4814)
15. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf (Nintendo) – 53.981 (51.325 / 2656)
16. [PS4] Grand Theft Auto V (Rockstar) – 51.789 (47.238 / 4551)
17. [PS4] Minecraft: PlayStation 4 Edition (Mojang) – 49.479 ( – / 49.479)
18. [WIU] Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker (Nintendo) – 39.418 (38.613 / 805)
19. [3DS] Sumikko Gurashi: Koko ga Ochitsukundesu (Nippon Columbia) – 38.599 (37.666 / 933)
20. [3DS] Aikatsu! 365-Hi no Idol Days (Bandai Namco) – 37.679 (37.092 / 587)
21. [3DS] One Piece: Super Grand Battle! X (Bandai Namco) – 36.839 (36.247 / 592)
22. [PSV] Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei: Out of Order (Bandai Namco) – 36.833 (35.182 / 1651)
23. [3DS] Mario Kart 7 (Nintendo) – 35.619 (35.375 / 244)
24. [WIU] Kirby and the Rainbow Curse (Nintendo) – 35.172 (33.334 / 1838)
25. [3DS] Attack on Titan: The Last Wings of Mankind – Chain (Spike Chunsoft) – 33.443 (32.158 / 1285)
26. [PS3] Minecraft: PlayStation 3 Edition (Mojang) – 32.397 ( – / 32.397)
27. [3DS] Kenka Bancho 6: Blood and Soul (Spike Chunsoft) – 32.033 (30.794 / 1239)
28. [3DS] Gotouchi Tetsudou: Gotouchi Chara to Nihon Zenkoku no Tabi (Bandai Namco) – 31.431 (30.662 / 769)
29. [PS3] World Soccer Winning Eleven 2015 (Konami) – 27.573 (24.884 / 2689)
30. [WIU] Taiko no Tatsujin: Tokumori! (Bandai Namco) – 27.251 (26.758 / 493)
Media Create sales (2/16 – 2/22)
Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, New Nintendo 3DS, News, Wii U | 19 Comments
The latest Japanese hardware sales from Media Create are as follows:
Vita – 35,203
PS4 – 24,737
New 3DS LL – 23,466
New 3DS – 8,657
Wii U – 6,070
PS3 – 5,810
3DS LL – 3,343
3DS – 2,707
Xbox One – 1,381
Vita TV – 731
For comparison’s sake, here are the hardware numbers from last week:
New 3DS LL – 41,821
PS4 – 21,381
Vita – 10,901
New 3DS – 9,584
Wii U – 7,007
PS3 – 6,683
3DS LL – 4,126
3DS – 3,214
Vita TV – 588
Xbox One – 191
And here are the software charts:
1. [PSV] God Eater 2 Rage Burst – 234,180 / NEW
2. [3DS] Zelda: Majora’s Mask 3D – 72,181 / 302,246
3. [PS4] God Eater 2 Rage Burst – 37,824 / NEW
4. [PS4] The Order: 1886 – 25,023 / NEW
5. [PS4] Dead or Alive 5: Last Round – 24,457 / NEW
6. [3DS] Yo-Kai Watch 2: Shinuchi – 17,738 / 2,497/462
7. [PS3] Dragon Ball Xenoverse – 12,211 / 72,838
8. [PS3] Dead or Alive 5 Last Round – 11,271 / NEW
9. [3DS] Pokemon Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire – 11,256 / 2,525,177
10. [PS3] Samurai Warriors 4-II – 8,936 / 53,510
11. [3DS] Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate – 7,910 / 2,478,064
12. [3DS] Super Smash Bros. for 3DS – 7,860 / 2,157,653
13. [PS4] Dragon Ball Xenoverse – 7,239 / 54,442
14. [PSV] Otoko Yukaku – 7,083 / NEW
15. [PSV] Samurai Warriors 4-II – 5,223 / 28,742
16. [PSV] Hakuouki: Zuisouroku Omokage Hana – 5,154 / NEW
17. [WIU] Super Smash Bros. for Wii U – 4,881 / 592,794
18. [WIU] Mario Kart 8 – 4,603 / 921,092
19. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf – 4,595 / 3,923,419
20. [PSV] Fuuraiki 3 – 4,435 / NEW
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Nintendo UK happy with performance of Zelda: Majora’s Mask 3D, Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate, and New 3DS thus far
Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, New Nintendo 3DS, News | 0 comments
This information comes from Nintendo UK’s director of marketing Shelly Pearce:
“We’re really pleased with how Majora’s Mask 3D and Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate have performed. Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate has significantly outperformed its predecessor and The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask 3D has debuted at the top spot in the individual format chart. We’ve also seen a strong start for the New 3DS and we’re looking forward to building this momentum.”
MCV notes that the launch of New 3DS caused the UK hardware market to rise 57 per cent week-on-week.
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UK software sales (Week ending 2/21) – Wii U/3DS charts
Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 1 Comment
The latest Wii U/3DS-specific UK software sales are as follows:
Wii U
1. Super Smash Bros. – Nintendo
2. Mario Kart 8 – Nintendo
3. Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker – Nintendo
4. Super Mario 3D World – Nintendo
5. New Super Mario Bros. U – Nintendo
6. FIFA 13 – EA Sports
7. Hyrule Warriors – Nintendo
8. LEGO Batman 3: Beyond Gotham – Warner Bros. Interactive
9. Disney Infinity 2.0 – Disney Interactive
10. LEGO Marvel Super Heroes – Warner Bros. Interactive
3DS
1. Zelda: Majora’s Mask 3D – Nintendo
2. Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate – Nintendo
3. Pokemon Omega Ruby – Nintendo
4. Tomodachi Life – Nintendo
5. Super Smash Bros. – Nintendo
6. Super Mario 3D Land – Nintendo
7. Pokemon Alpha Sapphire – Nintendo
8. Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask – Nintendo
9. Mario Kart 7 – Nintendo
10. Big Hero 6: Battle in the Bay – GSP/Avanquest
Source: Chart-Track
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UK software sales (Week ending 2/21)
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Media Create software sales (2/9 – 2/15) – Top 50
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This week’s expanded Japanese software sales are as follows:
01./00. [3DS] The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask 3D #
02./00. [PS3] Samurai Warriors 4-II #
03./00. [3DS] Nanatsu no Taizai: The Seven Deadly Sins – Unjust Sin
04./03. [3DS] Yo-kai Watch 2: Shin Uchi
05./00. [PSV] Samurai Warriors 4-II #
06./00. [PS4] Samurai Warriors 4-II #
07./01. [PS3] Dragon Ball: Xenoverse
08./05. [3DS] Pokemon Omega Ruby / Alpha Sapphire
09./02. [PS4] Dragon Ball: Xenoverse
10./10. [3DS] Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS
11./07. [3DS] Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate #
12./00. [PSV] Daitoshokan no Hitsujikai: Library Party
13./13. [PS3] Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin
14./00. [PSV] Ukiyo no Roushi
15./06. [PS4] Far Cry 4
16./14. [WIU] Kirby and the Rainbow Curse
17./00. [PSV] Hyakka Yakou
18./15. [WIU] Super Smash Bros. for Wii U #
19./11. [PS3] Far Cry 4
20./17. [3DS] Yo-kai Watch 2: Ganso / Honke
