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A rough week for Nintendo (UK charts)

GamesAsylum rounds-up this week's UK charts. It's not a very good week for Nintendo, that's for sure.

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evilbart4145d ago (Edited 4145d ago )

With only a few hundred thousand wii u's sold in the UK and probably a lot of them sitting under christmas trees how can they compare sales of software against the xbox and ps3 with a 70 million install base.
Its simple maths i dont understand the constant wave of negative wii u articles i think the system is amazing and am really enjoying it

NonShinyGoose4145d ago

Who is comparing the sales against Xbox and PS3? There's nothing of the sort in that article.

It isn't even a purposely negative story - it's just a round-up of the UK charts. What you see in the story are facts.

Moreover, what about Paper Mario on 3DS entering at #40? There are hundreds of thousands of 3DS consoles out there now. The game has got off to a bad start so we're reporting it.

GameTechZero4145d ago

The Paper Mario series has never been a big seller in the UK (worked at a video game shop for years and this was always the case when a new Paper Mario came out in the UK). Also Nintendo have barely advertised it. I know people who love the game and had no idea a new one was coming out on the 3DS.

lazyboyblue4145d ago

40k they sold. They wish they'd sold hundreds of thousands in the uk.
You're right though, it's a great machine.

evilbart4145d ago

Your title says 'A rough week for Nintendo' when in reality the percentage of games sold to systems owned is on par with xbox and ps3 so how is it a rough week for Nintendo,it's a brand new console obviously the games are going to be low in the charts untill the install base signifinetely increses

NonShinyGoose4145d ago

The headline is "A rough week for Nintendo" because two of their games have dropped significantly and a big new release has entered at a lowly #40.

How is that *not* a rough week?

wiiulee4145d ago

haters come out of nowhere with silly articles,...last i checked the wiiu is not even a week old

MmaFan-Qc4145d ago

for a brand new console, its a bad way to start.

sorry to burst your bubble.

evilbart4145d ago

Well you would have to burst five of my bubbles you are the one with only a single bubble

NonShinyGoose4145d ago

Nintendo told Eurogamer they expected WiiU games to enter the top 5. They didn't even make top 10. For Nintendo Land to drop to 20 must be disappointing.

We're loving the WiiU so far - there's no hate here.

MsmackyM4145d ago

Dumb article, who really expects Wii U software to top charts this early in the console's life.

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The 3DS and Wii U eShop is shutting down in 2023 - download these games before they’re gone

Nintendo will be shutting down the eShop for the 3DS and Wii U completely in 2023. Makes sure to check out these games before they do.

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MadLad782d ago (Edited 782d ago )

If they're not important enough to be held on their own official storefront then they're not important enough to give your money to Nintendo.

Buy these, physically, used or simply emulate them.

This article comes off as nothing more than advertising games that Nintendo, themselves, don't care to offer you... buy now!

ocelot07782d ago

Wait hang on where all the outrage? I swear when Sony tried to do this with PS3 last year. There was outrage from all corners of the gaming universe.

Why does no one care Nintendo is doing it?

MadLad782d ago (Edited 782d ago )

There has been.
A lot of it.

Simply type in "3DS" in Google and tell me what you see.

ocelot07781d ago

Oh I have a fair few websites reporting on it. But where is the outcry on here? I remember their was 2-3 approved top voted articles when Sony announced they where closing the PS3 store. All slating them and not caring about customers.

I should of worded it better. Where is all the outrage on n4g?

MadLad781d ago (Edited 781d ago )

N4G is a fanboy site, mainly frequented by only Sony.
Microsoft is their direct competition, so you'll typically only see articles that are made to rile up those fanbases.

Nintendo does it's own thing, so they're rarely brought up, aside from their fans. The most you get is the same typical two or three posters claiming Nintendo is only for infants.

If you come to N4G for educated discourse and reasonable discussion, this isn't the place. Sad as it is.

pietro1212781d ago

It's lame that it is shutting down. Now I feel rushed buying all the rpgs I missed out on the system.

XxINFERNUSxX781d ago

You guys know that even archive.org has 3DS roms, and all other console roms. I'm downloading 846GB of 3DS roms and will add the best games to my soon to be soft modded New 3DS 😁. Might as well throw in DS and other emulators in there to. Guys this would be the best way to play and enjoy the 3DS. Just need to buy a bigger micro SD card and format it to FAT32, which you can if it's even 256GB or larger there are ways.

XxINFERNUSxX781d ago

This should help if you want to soft mod it excellent guide and up to the latest and probably last 3DS firmware update: https://www.youtube.com/wat...

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The Most Disappointing Video Game Sequels - Part Seven

Phil writes, "There's little that hurts a gamer more than hearing that a sequel to one of their favorite games is coming out, it releases, and it turns out to be a dud. It's happened to the best of us. It's like having the rug pulled out from under you when a sequel you've been hyping based off of love for its predecessor does less than satisfy when it finally launches. Sometimes it's due to the formula being changed too much and not for the better. Other times it's because the game is missing what made the original so good.

Whatever the reasons may be, SPC is back with a look at six more disappointing video game sequels that failed to deliver or failed to satisfy for one reason or another."

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History Lesson: 9 great game ideas that never took off

Xbox Snap, Game Boy Micro… we miss them all.

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