Nintendo Releases Drop in UK Charts in Face of Major Multi-Platform Titles

Well they've got more games in the charts then they've had in awhile.

How is Frozen still on here?

I just dont get Europe's fascination with FIFA.

@whodatninja Rule no.1 in Europe: Don't talk or argue about football! It's always no. 1 in everything.

fanatsy life needs to sell better. i so want a sequel to that game! it is so damn good

Being from Germany I can confirm that sport news is at least 75% Fußball news and the only sport non to semi sport interested persons come togehter to watch... and game.
In my case Fifa 2000 was the last game of that series I possessed. ^^
I dont get the Tomodachi Life hype, but I think SSB, MK8 and Fantasy Life could easily do a bit better.

@whodatninja I can only speak about what happens in Italy, well here a console without FIFA or PES is a dead console, and this is the ugly truth. The funny thing is that when you take a look at the charts of the best-selling games, in the top five there are always... ALWAYS... in any given moment of the year at least one game from the "Call of duty" franchise and one game from the "FIFA" franchise; most often the top five includes 4 titles from these two franchises equally divided between the PS3 and the Xbox 360 version.
And I guess that in many other european countries it's more or less the same...

I apologize on behalf of 95% of the gaming population here in the U.K for this chart......

Whose figures actually contribute to these charts ?

@Takerkaneanite6 apology accepted. Don't allow Bayonetta 2 to fail there or I will take my acceptance back!

Poor old Hyrule Warriors. I hope Nintendo at least try to push their recent releases this Christmas.

@whodatninja I live in sweden, and i dont get it either, people here have horrible taste in games xD

@shigulicious It's a game that on paper, looks like it would sell well here, however, this is the U.K and most likely will still have their collective heads up Fifa and E.A's collective behinds...

I'm guessing the others will drop like flies while Smash rises next week.

I get being a bit deflated when a great game bombs, but that's a really good top ten. No way are Hyrule Warriors or Fantasy Life better than these top sellers.

@whodatninja Have you ever been to Scotland... The football obsession is unreal!!

Damn Brits have no taste in games. Only FIFA and FPS crap.

Nintendo should lessen their focus on Europe. The business lies with NA and Japan.

Those charts have a glitch in them. The press release mentions Skylanders at number 7, the console specific charts have Skylanders yet the all formats charts seem to missing it entirely.

@unrandomsam From their website:
"GfK Chart-Track reports are based on retail/web sales where the data is captured electronically each day via EPoS systems. Reports are generated using an Oracle relational database, integrated with a custom-built PC-based processing system."

@JosieC84 - FPS games always seem to do very well in Australia too. Destiny is number 1 at present . Every country has a main sports game that always does well. FIFA is ours because of the culture of football in the UK. In Australia EA golf games always do well. So.... Don't throw stones in glass houses.

I'm from USA and I can't blame just the UK for scooping up sports games and FPS games, it's the same way here :^| Only some of us seem to be interested in new and unique adventure/exploration/rpg-ish games.

@Cyberbotv2 - Nintendo is a Worldwide Company that should focus on every country.

@WYLD-WOO : I agree, but if you're getting hit hard by the competition, with an audience far more interested in genres you don't support I say back out. Just my opinion, but I would love to see Nintendo do better in Europe.

I think the last sports game that played was back on my N64. I had NHL and the hockey was fun. Never been into football or soccer. I don't really have much of a choice since there are no sports games on my WiiU anyways.

@Yurikun I remember a hockey game for N64 (or was it PS1) where you could get into fights with other players, health bar and everything. That was fun as heck!

@Cyberboltv2 - Hold it!!! That's the same opinion that EA / Ubisoft and CAPCOM have. I say the complete opposite to you. More marketing, deals and special offers in Europe should be happening, IMO.

@Yurikun - What about a well known basketball game by 2K?

@whodatninja - That was EA's NHL, I believe...

@DakotaM47 Because kids love it. Disney did try to rerelease the film this Xmas with an added sing a long for a reason ya know (Even though it got slammed with complains and looks uncertain now)

@WYLD-WOO I don't think I've ever played any Basket ball game. But I did enjoy BaseBall on the NES. Does that count?

Sad for Hyrule Warriors, frankly its a great game, people are judging it on the fact that its not a Zelda game, but a blend of two genres, and frankly it works! They should honestly release a demo, that may just convince people that its worth a shot!

@WYLD-WOO I know that Australia is just as bad! Gamers just don't have much taste anymore. The industry is just overrun with FPS games. It's tragic!

@Cyberbotv2 no thats just stupid. Not every one in europe buys football games. Nintendo needs to raise its profile across the gaming community and advertise better.

@Takerkaneanite6 We live in a nation of morons. I think people in the UK have forgotten how to use their imaginations

@stanleecroup Agreed- by the way, nice Phasmid

@whodatninja It is the same as the USA obsession with Madden.

Yup the main diff between the USA and EU...is that we spread our sports games out over four main sports.

Football being the biggest, and Basketball being a close second, especially for video games because of the nature of the sport allowing an individual to control one of five players (instead of 11) and the fast back and forth.

Then there is baseball, but baseball season lasts like half the year and it's a slow paced game, so even though it's really popular and the sport most likely to be played by amateur athletes, it just doesn't have the fast paced action of football or basketball.

Finally, there is Hockey, which we share a love with alongside Canada. Hockey is traditionally a cold weather sport, and half the USA is cold while half is hot...so while in states like New Jersey and Michigan you have a huge Hockey fanbase...Arizona and Oklahoma not so much.

I hate sport games but if the wiiu had Fiffa and PES on it and had there annual releases, the console would sell better. FACT

Can anyone tell me how to unlock that stage in smash brothers 3 ds? I thought i had unlocked everything but I dont recall ever playing on that stage.

I have a feeling that in order to relax it's licensing rules to win back third parties in the next gen Nintendo might have to go for fully digital, with physical copies of games completely phased out. WIth digital distribution they could change their policy of the publisher paying the cost of manufacture.

But NIntendo needs to find a way to broaden their appeal with out throwing away their best attributes. Unlike many folks out there I think they can do this without firing all the current directors. Miyamoto and Iwata aren't spring chickens, I would hope that they can bring in new employees and promote from within. They do have a new building that will be a part of their operations, so who knows what the future will bring. I just hope they deal with this challenge seriously but with calmness.

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