Well, it's an improvement on the last game or three sales wise.
But yeah, I hope the next game does better. I wonder if the gameplay changes hurt its sales? Or maybe the late release date?
New Wario series sales thread
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Well, it's an improvement on the last game or three sales wise.
But yeah, I hope the next game does better. I wonder if the gameplay changes hurt its sales? Or maybe the late release date?
Also looking back it's kind of crazy seeing how much WarioWare peaked with Touched and Smooth Moves. A lot's changed since then but still I wonder how well a WarioWare game would've done if it was released at the beginning of the Switch's lifespan like most previous entries.
First bit of data for Move It (for reference, GiT was #1 in its launch week)
Tbh I expect sales to be soft. It barely charted on Japanese store pre-orders and it doesn't seem to be charting at all on regional e-shops or online retaillers. When I checked the Canadian e-shop top sellers, it was wayyy down the list.
Tbh I expect sales to be soft. It barely charted on Japanese store pre-orders and it doesn't seem to be charting at all on regional e-shops or online retaillers. When I checked the Canadian e-shop top sellers, it was wayyy down the list.
I kinda feel worried by the sales for Move It simply because of its launch date. Super Mario Bros Wonder is a huge hit that obliterated the likes of Sonic Superstars in sales. It's going to overshadow pretty much any niche release for the next week or so.
That said, if it's like WarioWare Gold... maybe it'll be a slow and steady game that sells for months on end and eventually hits a respectable sales target. That seems rather likely to me.
That said, if it's like WarioWare Gold... maybe it'll be a slow and steady game that sells for months on end and eventually hits a respectable sales target. That seems rather likely to me.
In Spain, Move It launched at 1500 copies sold, a pretty steep drop from Get It Together (4K).
The Japanese numbers will be released tomorrow.
The Japanese numbers will be released tomorrow.
For the Oct 30 - Nov 5 period, Move It launched at the #3 spot in Japan with 29.584 units sold.
This is not a great debut. For comparison, WarioWare Gold launched at 35K and Get It Together at ~73k. I don't expect it to have much legs either because in the following weeks, the sequel to Momotaro (casual party game that sold extremely well) will launch and overshadow it as the family game for the holidays.
This is not a great debut. For comparison, WarioWare Gold launched at 35K and Get It Together at ~73k. I don't expect it to have much legs either because in the following weeks, the sequel to Momotaro (casual party game that sold extremely well) will launch and overshadow it as the family game for the holidays.
Err what's Momotaro? Is it really that big of a deal in Japan?
Momotaro Dentetsu, It's a digital board game by Konami and sold over 3.5 million copies as of earlier this year despite being only released in Japan.
Wow, I hope it grows over time. I think there are people like me who will be getting it later on. I mean, WarioWare is the best video games series of all time, after all. I'm sure it will be fine.
Not entirely surprised TBH. It's clear from the first trailers that there was little interest in Move It compared to Gold and GiT and It being released during a packed holiday season probably didn't help matters.
IMO, Nintendo should've probably held back on releasing another WarioWare so soon after GiT. It's not a franchise you can make multiple entries of on the same console. Hopefully, this doesn't mean doom for the series again.
IMO, Nintendo should've probably held back on releasing another WarioWare so soon after GiT. It's not a franchise you can make multiple entries of on the same console. Hopefully, this doesn't mean doom for the series again.
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The one mitigating factorI see is that the game looks very budget-conscious (not much content, all the voice clips are recycled from Gold, not that much voice-acting even if the cutscenes are fully voiced again, expensive charles martinet repalced by a complete newbie who I assume they aren't paying as much, etc). I don't think they'll be *happy* with its sales but if doesn't leg out, it probably won't be a huge loss.
For its 3rd week in Japan, Move It sold 10.487, bringing its retail sales in the country to a total of 53.411. The launch of Momorato Densetsu World didn't affect it as much as I thought it would but we'll see how it plays out over the following weeks.
How does this compare to other WarioWare games? Especially late console ones like Twisted, DIY and Gold?
Since I made this thread, a more comprehensive website called nichebarrier.com has started, which includes week-to-week sales figure. These are the ones for DIY, Twisted and Gold
It's worth noting that digital sales have gotten much stronger in Japan since Gold came out.
Okay that seems promising at least. Maybe there's a chance it'll work out as well as Gold did after all...