wraggster
November 27th, 2013, 22:11
It’s not often that a pair of games topping the charts brings bad news for their respective publishers.
PS3 title Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII and Wii U platformer Super Mario 3D World entered the weekly Japanese charts in first and second spots today, but both point to serious declines for their brands.
Gematsu (http://gematsu.com/2013/11/media-create-sales-111813-112413) points out that FF XIII enjoyed week one unit sales of 1.5m units. FF XIII-2 debuted with 605k. Lightning Returns managed just 277k.
Super Mario 3D World, which is adored by critics, managed just 99,588 units in its debut week – the lowest week one sales (http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=91495585&postcount=1) for a 3D Mario title ever on any platform.
Mario’s latest outing did little to help Wii U sales, either, which climbed just 5k week-on-week to 21k and were 42 units short of Vita.
The news is a blow to those who thought that the arrival of Nintendo’s powerhouse IPs would provide a much-needed boost for the struggling machine. It will be interesting to see if the European release this Friday has a more positive effect.
http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/japanese-sales-point-to-serious-declines-for-final-fantasy-and-3d-mario/0125039
PS3 title Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII and Wii U platformer Super Mario 3D World entered the weekly Japanese charts in first and second spots today, but both point to serious declines for their brands.
Gematsu (http://gematsu.com/2013/11/media-create-sales-111813-112413) points out that FF XIII enjoyed week one unit sales of 1.5m units. FF XIII-2 debuted with 605k. Lightning Returns managed just 277k.
Super Mario 3D World, which is adored by critics, managed just 99,588 units in its debut week – the lowest week one sales (http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=91495585&postcount=1) for a 3D Mario title ever on any platform.
Mario’s latest outing did little to help Wii U sales, either, which climbed just 5k week-on-week to 21k and were 42 units short of Vita.
The news is a blow to those who thought that the arrival of Nintendo’s powerhouse IPs would provide a much-needed boost for the struggling machine. It will be interesting to see if the European release this Friday has a more positive effect.
http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/japanese-sales-point-to-serious-declines-for-final-fantasy-and-3d-mario/0125039