| Name | Projected Sales | Date | ||
| Van "Wii U Owner" Cruncheon | 87,000 | 3/2 | ||
| Shaka Khan | 82,000 | 3/2 | ||
| Joe Molotov | 75,000 | 3/12 | ||
| Pringo | 72,000 | 3/2 | ||
| Premium Lager | 70,000 | 3/2 | ||
| Flannel Boy | 66,666 | 3/2 | ||
| ferrarimanf355 | 65,000 | 3/4 | ||
| pilonv1 | 64,000 | 3/2 | ||
| hampster | 63,000 | 3/2 | ||
| originalz | 62,000 | 3/2 | ||
| quietID | 60,000 | 3/11 | ||
| Phoenix Dark | 56,000 | 3/2 | ||
| MCD | 55,000 | 3/12 | ||
| Steve Youngblood | 53,000 | 3/2 | ||
| thisismyusername | 50,000 | 3/3 | ||
| momo | 49,000 | 3/2 | ||
| Himumu | 45,000 | 3/3 | ||
| Huff | 45,000 | 3/2 | ||
| DCharlie | 44,000 | 3/3 | ||
| Tiesto | 42,000 | 3/2 | ||
| Arbys Roast Beef Sandwich | 41,500 | 3/2 | ||
| Creepy Old Guy | 39,500 | 3/2 | ||
| Trent Dole | 39,000 | 3/2 | ||
| The Experiment | 37,000 | 3/2 | ||
| G the Ressurected | 35,500 | 3/2 | ||
| Great Rumbler | 34,500 | 3/2 | ||
| Mr. Gundam | 32,367 | 3/2 | ||
| Howard Alan Treesong | 28,500 | 3/2 | ||
| Borys | 27,000 | 3/2 |
Are you really expecting it to do so bad again, or have there been some signals?
didn't it sell 50k in jan?
put me in for 42k.. Does the loser pick the steam game to gift?
Put me down for 82k. I'm skewing this motherfucker.
Their choosing. Fuck this, Iron Roses or nothing.
Ntards are getting tax returns this month brehs, best believe the WiiU will put up >50K
I'm currently looking for the most offensively uguu game to put on the loser's credit card
I'm currently looking for the most offensively uguu game to put on the loser's credit card :rejoice
Ntards are getting tax returns this month brehs, best believe the WiiU will put up >50K
Patel making an NPD thread? My how times have changed.
Patel making an NPD thread? My how times have changed.
I QUIT THE GAME INDUSTRY
this is the only way I can get my jollies anymore
Patel making an NPD thread? My how times have changed.
I QUIT THE GAME INDUSTRY
this is the only way I can get my jollies anymore
WAIT WHAT
my last day's March 15th! moving to the Pacific Northwest and a minor career change
Total Wii sales? Or Wii sales minus returned units? Also, is Wal-Mart counted?
As of right now, the two people most likely to lose are Borys and Prole.
66,666
As of right now, the two people most likely to lose are Borys and Prole.
Put me down for 82k. I'm skewing this motherfucker.
:gladbron Shaka, you CRAY
Patel making an NPD thread? My how times have changed.
I QUIT THE GAME INDUSTRY
this is the only way I can get my jollies anymore
WAIT WHAT
my last day's March 15th! moving to the Pacific Northwest and a minor career change
Patel making an NPD thread? My how times have changed.
I QUIT THE GAME INDUSTRY
this is the only way I can get my jollies anymore
WAIT WHAT
my last day's March 15th! moving to the Pacific Northwest and a minor career change
I'm so jealous. Fuck this shit, seriously
would participate if I had the money :sadcamspoiler (click to show/hide)Fuck just realised thats Camron's face in Killah Season when his niece gets killed. He was just taking her out for pizza, because she got good grades.[close]
I'm just gonna sit back and watch the festivities
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50,000 seems like a reasonable prediction to me. But given the misfortune I've got a feeling in my gut it'd be worse than that.
(Oh and I'm not in, just musing aloud since that's what the thread is for.)
I'm thinking I should close signups at midnight PST tonight (March 12)Be sure to tell Borys to get his game picked out for the winner, mang.
Everyone seems to think that Borys is the likely loser here, but I'm not so sure. Any number less than 57K and it's Van Cruncheon that has to pony up that massive sum.
In a research note to investors today, Wedbush analyst Michael Pachter said that he believes Nintendo sold just 80,000 Wii U units in February -- the same number of original Wii units that sold. What's worse, the Wii U's sales were about half of the 165,000 PlayStation 3 units sold last month and far behind the Xbox 360's 225,000 unit sales, according to Pachter.
http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/187605/A_theory_behind_Januarys_weak_Wii_U_sales.php#.UUD70Bz_mSo (http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/187605/A_theory_behind_Januarys_weak_Wii_U_sales.php#.UUD70Bz_mSo)Quote from: CNETIn a research note to investors today, Wedbush analyst Michael Pachter said that he believes Nintendo sold just 80,000 Wii U units in February -- the same number of original Wii units that sold. What's worse, the Wii U's sales were about half of the 165,000 PlayStation 3 units sold last month and far behind the Xbox 360's 225,000 unit sales, according to Pachter.
And, even if total new Wii U sales were 100,000 in January, that would put an estimate of 80,000 for February
In a research note to investors today, Wedbush analyst Michael Pachter said that he believes Nintendo sold just 80,000 Wii U units in February -- the same number of original Wii units that sold. What's worse, the Wii U's sales were about half of the 165,000 PlayStation 3 units sold last month and far behind the Xbox 360's 225,000 unit sales, according to Pachter.
Name Projected Sales Date Shaka Khan 82,000 3/2
Pachter also said 120k for jan according to gaf ;)
I call for an EB investigation to be opening on Van "Wii U Owner" Cruncheon and Shaka Khan, both of whom have histories of being privy to information before the general public (see: Durango, 911).
Not that it's meant to be easy to make predictions like this, but I was scratching my head a little bit when I looked at a little bit of historical data after making my pick, here. And what caught me off guard was that -- in the limited data I looked at -- it seemed that February usually marked a jump over January. However, I don't know if that's a hard and fast rule that's always applicable, or if the recent data just served more as outliers. Also, I don't know if this year having January as a five week instead of a four week month in the NPDs would negate that.February is the start of tax refund time, so an increase makes sense.
Either way, I wasn't going to change it, but I began second-guessing whether or not my prediction was really low. A February jump coupled with some plausibility to the January returns should indicate that February would easily beat January. But, again, January was longer this year and there was no notable release for the Wii U this month either to drive sales.
So, the long and short of it? I don't know what the fuck I'm doing in attempting to make a so-called educated guess.
Not that it's meant to be easy to make predictions like this, but I was scratching my head a little bit when I looked at a little bit of historical data after making my pick, here. And what caught me off guard was that -- in the limited data I looked at -- it seemed that February usually marked a jump over January. However, I don't know if that's a hard and fast rule that's always applicable, or if the recent data just served more as outliers. Also, I don't know if this year having January as a five week instead of a four week month in the NPDs would negate that.February is the start of tax refund time, so an increase makes sense.
Either way, I wasn't going to change it, but I began second-guessing whether or not my prediction was really low. A February jump coupled with some plausibility to the January returns should indicate that February would easily beat January. But, again, January was longer this year and there was no notable release for the Wii U this month either to drive sales.
So, the long and short of it? I don't know what the fuck I'm doing in attempting to make a so-called educated guess.
Man are Sony and MS finally gonna drop the price of their consoles to 149 or what? Give the wiiu a final deathhug and create a few more sales?
No point. The WiiU is deathhugging itself, and reducing profits on hardware to move more units would be silly at this stage of the game. They'll drop once the new systems are out, though I can't see Sony halfing the PS3's price in one shot like that.
What if he wins?He won't win.
Even if it did sell 80,000 that is fucking terrible. So even when someone wins, that means Nintendo loses, which means we all win.And Borys is going to lose big, so that's a win-win.
If we do this again, perhaps it would be a better idea to PM your number to Treesong or whoever is running it; that would eliminate the ability to hedge on other people's bad predictions lolol BorysOn the one hand, that's fair. On the other hand, fuck you for rruining a +EV situation.
and we all just rest assured that the actual number is somewhere between 51,501 and 53,999.
Quoteand we all just rest assured that the actual number is somewhere between 51,501 and 53,999.
That is like posting exact number.
"The Wii U sold an estimated 55,000 units in January."
Read more at http://venturebeat.com/2013/03/14/february-npd-dead-space-3-takes-top-spot-crysis-3-cant-outpace-call-of-duty/#cLZHAtRXEtOwgOCr.99
Do we call it?
Thought this was about the Feb number, not last month's number, Howard.
40% per week rise for wiiu is impressive considering it had no new games in feb.
Many gaffers were predicting 20 -40k for WiiU , what are they to say now ?
Why do we have to guess and estimate WiiU , ps3 and vita numbers?
What's the point of npd if there are missing numbers ?
40% per week rise for wiiu is impressive considering it had no new games in feb.
Many gaffers were predicting 20 -40k for WiiU , what are they to say now ?
Why do we have to guess and estimate WiiU , ps3 and vita numbers?
What's the point of npd if there are missing numbers ?
This aggression will not stand
to be fair, fonebone sucks. so hard to tellAw, did I hurt your feelings somewhere?
40% per week rise for wiiu is impressive considering it had no new games in feb.
Many gaffers were predicting 20 -40k for WiiU , what are they to say now ?
Why do we have to guess and estimate WiiU , ps3 and vita numbers?
What's the point of npd if there are missing numbers ?
Wii U ~ 66k
Flannel Boy 66,666
ferrarimanf355 65,000
Did the Canadian's joke answer win?
And pilonv1 definitely got the gag prize.
:piss Shaka :piss2
Did the Canadian's joke answer win?
Malek finally wins at something. :tocry
From Pollack to Pollack. With love :heartbeat
Name your game Malek/ gimme your Steam ID (PM if you want).
66,666 still in play. :babylawdI still say if it's 66K then we should both be declared winners.
Guys, I think the big take away from this is just how much trouble MS and Sony are in if the successor to Wii is doing this badly. As panic Nintendo are the best Nintendo and they'll cut the price of the WiiU and have several AAA sure fire hits - plus it's cheaper to develop for so - given all these facts it seems pretty obvious that the WiiU is going to have a similar footprint to that of the Wii or Ds and the X720/Ps4 will almost certainly be "Vita'ed"
In short - these sales figures are yet more bad news for Ms and Sony and an obvious sign of global domination to come for Nintendo
Eh. I was only suggesting that to pile on Borys anyways. I was amazed I was close anyways.66,666 still in play. :babylawdI still say if it's 66K then we should both be declared winners.
It's not 66k exactly, of course. Flannel Boy is closer.
Look, it is stretching it just declaring one of us a winner.66,666 still in play. :babylawdI still say if it's 66K then we should both be declared winners.
Guys, I think the big take away from this is just how much trouble MS and Sony are in if the successor to Wii is doing this badly. As panic Nintendo are the best Nintendo and they'll cut the price of the WiiU and have several AAA sure fire hits - plus it's cheaper to develop for so - given all these facts it seems pretty obvious that the WiiU is going to have a similar footprint to that of the Wii or Ds and the X720/Ps4 will almost certainly be "Vita'ed"
In short - these sales figures are yet more bad news for Ms and Sony and an obvious sign of global domination to come for Nintendo
As if anyone intended to pay ferrariman anything in the first place. :hehI didn't expect to win anyways. :P
I didn't expect to win anyways. :P
i mean, even miyamoto's got to be considering porting pikmin 3 to vita or something
at this point, i'm quite confident there is no group thinking about making a game for the wii u.
It's not like I was going to tear myself away from Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed for another game, anyways. Just wanted to see someone else get humiliated.I didn't expect to win anyways. :P
Nah, I'm just kidding around, being a sore loser and all.
Did the Canadian's joke answer win?
Joke answer for a joke console.Malek finally wins at something. :tocry
:umadFrom Pollack to Pollack. With love :heartbeat
Name your game Malek/ gimme your Steam ID (PM if you want).
It's only fitting: The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings Enhanced Edition (won't be able to play until the end of April though).
malek4980
How many were taken back?
Poor WiiU, Nintendo made so many mistakes with horrible naming, no advertising, failing to launch games when they stopped making Wii games 2 years ago, and underpowered hardware due to the Japanese-centric power requirement of 40 watts. The only way the WiiU could have succeeded with 3rd parties was to make it powerful enough to have a vastly superior port over the 360/PS3 versions - otherwise why would anyone buy a 3rd party game on the WiiU, which means game developers don't even bother. Just imagine if Nintendo allowed the system to be 80 watts, enabling a much higher clocked CPU (the CPU was never going to be a true powerhouse due to wanting 100% Wii compatibility), a much more powerful AMD GPU, 2 GB GDDR5 memory, etc. Aside from multiplayer centric titles, gamers would have flocked to WiiU 3rd party titles if the WiiU ports were vastly superior in picture IQ and FPS.
As if anyone intended to pay ferrariman anything in the first place. :heh
So glad Shaka got nothing :pachah
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I might have lost the bet but at least Wii U lost as well :youngsabu