Nintendo: Wii U Sales Increase 685% in th UK due to Wind Waker HD - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 11 October 2013 / 19,539 Views
Nintendo has told MCVUK that sales for the Wii U in the UK has increased 685 percent for the week ending October 5. The increase in sales is due to the release of The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker HD, as well as a price cut.
This is a good sign for the console which has struggled all year. The Wii U sold just 1,268 units the week before Wind Waker HD, according to VGChartz. That would put last weeks sale at 8,685 units.
Nintendo has several games that will be released later this year that will help keep sales up. Super Mario 3D World, Sonic Lost World, Wii Fit U, and Wii Party U.
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If the rest of Europe saw the same boost, that means it sold 38,544 units in Europe. Ignoring any boost in NA, that would put sales around the 73,000 mark, but likely NA saw a boost too. Wii U likely sold over 90,000 units last week. Still not as high as 360, but it's a needed boost.
Good for Wii U. Hopefully the planned games can boost or maintain it.
Glad to see some positive sales data for the Wiiu. Hopefully a sign of better times ahead.
Wii U isn't out of the woods yet, but it is good that a price cut has bumped up sales. It's BS that the sales increase is due to Wind Waker HD, so the title of the article is wrong and misleading. At best Wind Waker HD is responsible for a doubling of sales, but the other 585% of the increase is due to price cut. Which is actually what Nintendo would want, the price cut has clearly put Wii U into a price range that a lot more people are willing to buy into.
It's typical. A lot of people always think sales of a system are fully based on a game(s) it has received, ignoring any price cuts. Same happened with the 3DS. "Mario and Zelda saved it", but no one mentions the 70$ price cut.
This is nothing but good news. If WiiU keeps going at this pace then it'll have a brighter future ahead of it. Also, as for next year's lineup, we don't know for sure WHAT Nintendo's next big games will be aside from MK8 and SMB4, but they could very well have more titles up their sleeves. I think there's a potential for WiiU to outsell PS4 and most definitely XBox One, but mainly if Nintendo plays their cards right. Still, this is a step in the right direction.
You couldn't be more biased if you tried. Rofl "WiiU to outsell PS4 and most definitely XBox One". Nintendo fanboys may grow up and move on, and new generations may take the previous ones place but the cookie mold doesn't change. Its stays the same.
Wasn't the price cut also introduced this week? As much as Wind Waker helped, I believe that the price cut, which was announced and thus few people would not wait for it, was the major factor. Anyway, it is still good news to Nintendo.
Remember how OoT boost 3DS sales and then Mario come after that.
I went to my local games retailer today and there were several copies of the Wind waker for sale. I can see it beeing a significant boost. Nintendo wants to ride the zelda wave with the Wii U.
well it's something :)
If the whole of Europe follows wiiu will do almost 40K.
I hope for it, 3DS numbers in all regions except Japan (that it seems is locked down by the 3DS).
Good news: according to the front charts, WiiU has indeed increased in Europe. 34k sold, with another 39k in America. That brings its worldwide total to nearly twice the amount of last week's: 87k!
Wow... they are celebrating 8000 units sold due to release of first Zelda HD game... the Wii U continues to be an epic failure.
I have no idea what the big deal is. We all know Nintendos IP always moves consoles, that is never an issue. As good as this news may be, Nintendo still isn't addressing its bigger issues, it's still stuck between a rock and a hard place.
would they be able to maintain this with ps4 and xb1 on the horizon?
why you ask that as if someone knows that?
Maybe. Thanks to the price cut, Wii U sits right between PS3/360 and
PS4/One, so if Wii U's holiday offering compares well to what is being offered on PS3/360, it has a shot.
Super Mario a week before Black Friday says........PS What?
They could but at the same time it's going to get extremely rough in the holidays when games like watchdogs, COD: Ghosts, BF4, AC4, and GT6 are all there together obliterating the line-up that the WII U has. I most likely think that it won't hold-up considering that this holiday is facing some crazy ass competition everywhere.
Once upon a time, the same question was asked when Vita was about to be released when 3DS was in a similar slump. Well, it's already past that and the winner of the two is obvious (it's 3DS). Based on that, I see WiiU maintaining its momentum. It's certainly nowhere near finished.
While I love Nintendo I can't help but feel they brought this on them selves.
With the Wii they had it made but they didn't show enough support and I personally was always disapointed not more games like New Super Mario Bros Wii showed up on the console and then when it did have a good game it stayed at $40 forever. Just a couple months ago Mario Galaxy 2 was still $50. Looks like it's finally $30.00 right now but that's still a 2010 game!
In comparison Red Dead GOTY edition is only $22.99!
It's kinda sad that the boost came from a remastered gamecube game. You know that the system is in deep shit if it got a boost from a gamecube game.
It's just impossible for you not b*tch about something Nintendo related isn't it?
I would think the exact opposite( well not exactly but similar) if a gamecube remake can do this , then a real new game would do even better, meaning the system has ton of potential
@S.Peelman It's over dude. One of the most acclaimed gamecube game didn't do gang busters as expected.
@luiaots I wonder what happened to pikmin 3 and wonderful 101 ?
Do you even realise how stupid you sound sometimes? It's supposed to be a good sign that a REMAKE boosted sales by 3-4times in ALL territories except Japan meaning an actual NEW game of a BIG franchise will do wonders for the system. And please stop being an idiot, anyone with half a brain wouldn't expect 1 niche game and 1 VERY niche game to boost system sales . Then again, that's probably your case, you think with only half of your brain most of the time. That, or you like posting comments that make no sense (like you just did) that are borderline flamebait. Hence, all the downvotes.
Now go ahead, and SPIN it like you always do in your next reply. Im not expecting a very smart response from you anyways so im already prepared mentally to see the next stupidity you will post.
While I love Nintendo I can't help but feel they brought this on them selves.
With the Wii they had it made but they didn't show enough support and I personally was always disapointed not more games like New Super Mario Bros Wii showed up on the console and then when it did have a good game it stayed at $40 forever. Just a couple months ago Mario Galaxy 2 was still $50. Looks like it's finally $30.00 right now but that's still a 2010 game!
In comparison Red Dead GOTY edition is only $22.99!
