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Wii U Console Sales Climb in Japan

While sales results in North America and Europe are infrequently shared and occasionally vague, it's easy to keep track of Japanese equivalents with the country's weekly charts. The trend has been largely the same for a long time — the 3DS is dominant. Last week brought a slightly underwhelming début for Super Mario 3D World, and while Mario's latest has had a relatively modest second week, the Wii U hardware sales have nevertheless continued an upward trend.

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ritsuka6663829d ago (Edited 3829d ago )

Well deserved. It's good to see that the Wii U is selling,such fantastic console.

GameSpawn3828d ago

Seeing as Japan isn't getting their PS4s until next freaking year I'm not surprised. It's the holiday season, they have to buy something too, and I'm sure the market has already been saturated with PS3s.

We all saw this coming from Japan. Nintendo and Sony never have issues on their home turf and sell well enough for each other. Microsoft should be the only one worried in this region.

On a side note: Anyone else think it is absurd and unfair that Sony chose to release the PS4 so late in their home region?

PSNrandom153828d ago

Yep with no competition out in japan, the wii u has the whole market for themselves, making it the console to get for christmas, so they better make the best of it. @gamespawn it is unfair but sony knows that they have japan locked. This is why they focused in the US and UK heavily. Also japan will get a bunch of games aimed specifically at them so the wait will be worth it.

AKR3829d ago

Have the launch of the new systems slowed it down? Naturally.

Is it the end?

No sir!

Muffins12233828d ago

Yes we will sell more than 100 wiiu units today instead of 0!!

deafdani3828d ago

But... neither the PS4 nor Xbox One are out in Japan yet.

:P

lastofgen3829d ago

I'm pulling for the wii-u's sales, as I am for the ps4 and xbox one as well.
Watching any of these 3 fall out of the race would be terrible.

Locknuts3829d ago

Yeah in the face of mobile gaming consoles need to show that they are still relevant beyond just a successful launch to the 'core' gamers. Any one dropping out would be an analysts' wet dream, but would make me very sad.

mediate-this3829d ago

Consoles will not die, if anything dies it will definitely be smart phones, new expensive iterations out every six months, every market implodes. The console market imploded in the 80's i believe, so the smart phones by natural cause of history will crash too, but when i dont know. Gaming is a huge community from the fgc, to rts to fps, we wont let it die. Phone gaming is not seeious gaming thats the difference

strigoi8143829d ago

hopefully next year will be the start of wiiU

wonderfulmonkeyman3829d ago

It seems Nintendo was right when they said that it would "Be more of a marathon than a sprint" for the Wii U.
Which is fine with me so long as I get my next-gen Zelda and Smash Bros.XD

GirlOnFire3828d ago

Soooo like PS game consoles? I'm glad X1 and PS4 held back from Japan so Wii U get the jump they need. I'm getting my 2nd Wii U next week! Gotta own them all at one point! ^~^

wonderfulmonkeyman3828d ago

I'm not sure which PS game consoles you're specifically referring to, but if any of them qualify for the comment, then yes, those too.

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10 Rarest PS3 Games Worth an Arm and a Leg

The Nerd Stash: “The PS3 marked a turning point in the industry, and among the sea of popular titles came the rare games that are worth more now than ever.”

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Burrito26a22h ago

Aquanauts Holiday at $500. Nice

jznrpg20h ago

I don’t collect games for their value I collect games I enjoyed playing. Many games I own are worth a lot of money but they must be games I want to play for me to purposely collect them. Most of this list isn’t games I would enjoy. I may have some of these games because I bought my friends PS2/3 Collection years ago and I never actually looked what was in it. It was a couple hundred games though still sitting in a box and I’m sure there are some good valuable games. I should go sift through it sometime.

Profchaos18h ago

I tend to agree for the most part rarity is linked to price
It's unusual that a rare game was popular with a few notable exceptions. Games released at the tail end of a consoles lifecycle which became popular years or decades later like little Samson on the NES or earthbound on SNES.
Or games that were banned after release in certain regions

Looking at this list there's nothing I'd be trying to collect either most of these games were fairly unpopular and bashed on their release leading to the scarcity seen now.
Especially NBA elite which I remember actually watching the news about how it got cancelled but had already shipped to retail it was so bad .

P_Bomb18h ago

I still have Afrika. Who knew it’d be worth something?

MrBaskerville12h ago

Was unaware that Verdict Day was rare, glad I still own my copy. Game is very good.

Chocoburger9h ago

She forgot to mention Ni no Kuni Wrath of the White Witch Wizard's Edition with Ninostarter bonuses. This is the second or third most expensive PS3 game, and I own a sealed copy.

https://ninokuni.fandom.com...

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Why a Survival Mode For The Next Animal Crossing Isn't as Wild as It Sounds

The Animal Crossing franchise may lean towards casual gaming, but it has laid the foundation for a future title to have a survival mode.

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PlayStation Plus Hidden Gem: Rocket Knight

“As a reimagining of a classic 2D platformer, Rocket Knight remains one of my favourite modern examples of the genre so let's see why.” - A.J. Maciejewski from Video Chums.

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