Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate Continues to Dominate in Japan as New Nintendo 3DS Leads Hardware Sales

all new hardware increases.... except for Xbox One... lol

Hell Yeah!

Fingers crossed for a MM hardware bundle! Also I wonder what caused the ps4 bump?

Looks like another good week for Nintendo! I'm actually quite amazed Animal Crossing is still in the top 20.

Wii U isn't doing to good only a matter of time before PS4 becomes the dominant home console in Japan as well.

I've never played a Monster Hunter game and yet they're going ape doggeyoopsiepoopiepoodle for it in Japan. Is it REALLY that good?

Is it next week they get new bundles in Japan? I'm sure there will be a boost but at this point it's all irrelevant for consoles in Japan. Even the best selling would manage 500,000 a year at this rate. In North America and Europe they do that in a month.

I don't know why, Wii U is managing to have a worse 2014 in Japan than 2013. 527,000 sold at this time last year, 448,000 this year.

3DS had done 3.88 million this time last year, and 2.22 million this year.

Quirky JRPGs are becoming more and more on PS4. Nintendo should've seriously stole that market from Sony and tried to put it on Wii U. Consoles may struggle but JRPGS make a big difference.

If only there was a Monster Hunter 4 on Wii U...

I need that bundle!!!!

Simple and awesome at the same time! Although I will manage with my Pokemon XY 3DS XL, if it doesn't come out in the US.

I am starting to miss water combat though.... Even if it is annoying!

@Peach64 @Jazzer94 - The Wii U MK8 bundle - announced for Japan last month - finally releases in Japan tomorrow, same day as Captain Toad Treasure Tracker - so hopefully for Nintendo next weeks Wii U number looks better. SSBU is Dec 6 so maybe it can keep up some momentum? I'm guessing amiibo release Dec 6th as well - Google let me down - and that's the big unknown me thinks. The Japanese seem to love their collectibles, but will they buy a Wii U to play w/ them now that they have the new NFC enabled new 3DS systems? (I know new is redundant, but that's what Nintendo gets w/ that name.)

Not really sure what PS4 is getting besides LBP3 in Dec so maybe Wii U can hang w/ it for awhile, but I think PS4 has some heavy hitters to start off 2015. So it's kind of now or never for Wii U, for the 3rd time, but for real this time.

You've got to wonder why Microsoft even bothers to release in Japan... they will never get a foothold in that market

If they drop that bundle in the U.S. I will preorder asap!

I wonder if home consoles will ever make a big impact in japan again, the focus has very obviously shifted to handhelds. I think the next few years will be quite interesting looking at how buying habits change. I dont see home consoles getting any major traction over there unless they come with a gimick that captures the imagination like the wii did

Abysmal numbers continue for Wii U. Pretty soon PS4 will overtake it.

@Blast RPGs only make a big difference to Japanese gamers, I think we can agree. The Nintendo DS had a lot of RPGs but I think a lot of them were one-offs, save for Etrian Odyssey which made the jump to 3DS. For some reason, RPGs number only a few for 3DS. I think that, for some reason, it was a lot easier for companies to release games for Nintendo DS, but it became a flood of games and since it was so heavily pirated, they strayed away from Nintendo systems because they are easier to hack than Sony's.

Ok monster hunter 4 ultimate is selling like hot cakes in japan. 2 million in like 1 month right? thats alot, wish super smash bros could sell that good

Really sad that Wii U is getting bad sale numbers. PS4 is selling well even when there are not many interesting games on it at the moment. The new 3DS LL is being a beast though so congrats to Nintendo - If only they could find a way to bump those Wii U numbers up.

Wii U is really lagging behind, and not just in Japan. This is last week's numbers:
N. America Europe Japan Global
PS4 96,165 108,775 8,423 260,931
3DS 55,121 64,047 66,688 200,030
XOne 80,550 36,918 941 145,819
WiiU 30,682 19,513 4,164 58,648

When competing consoles with limited software are selling more than double in every region, the Wii U is in a really crap spot.

@darthllama I agree. The WiiU has the best software and it still is not resonating with consumers. Nintendo really needs to make some bold moves to turn this thing around.

Thats right cause everyday hunt day ~

@OneBagTravel I really is a fantastic cultural phenomenon! I just wish it had the same love and dedication in the West. . . . .

@Jazzer94

Not that that's saying much...

@rjejr

It is what it is. I've accepted that the console just isn't going to catch on, and that it'll probably end up sitting alongside the GameCube as equals, not just sales wise, but games-wise too.

And ya know what? I can definitely live with that. I'd rather have great games and no sales than great sales and no games. At least Nintendo has finally moved on from this bygone Wii era and are really pumping out the kind of games I like to see now.

@JaxonH - I could see Wii U surpassing Gamecube for good games if they keep up the pace, though we both know I have an odd taste in games. Starfox Adventures is 1 of my favorite games, and Luigi's Mansion was really good, and the 2 Pikmin games.

But here's the thing, 'ld like to see Wii U get at least a few third party games, particularly Madden, but FIFA as well, a baseball game would be nice. My nephew plays w/ his dad all the time on his Wii, they have all the Madden games. I'm not going to be the one to tell them to upgrade to a Wii U if Wii U isn't getting any Madden games, I'm not going to be that uncle. W/ what Nintneod has it should be manageable to sell Wii U, and w/ X1 sales being so low maybe get a few 3rd parties to come on board.

But if Nitneod isn't going to make the effort to sell their own system, then I'm not making the effort to tell anybody to buy 1. And that's sad b/c my kids have cousins all over the states and I'l like for them to be able to play games together, but I don't want to keep hearing why doesn't Wii U have this game and this game and this game. At least if Ntinedo made the effort - more bundles, varying bundles, price cut, give-aways, marketing and advertising, at least then I could say well at least they tried.

@Tsurii897 - "Seems I really need to tone the work a bit down and get more sleep :/"

Take it from somebody who spends way too much time caring about this stuff, spend more time on uni, less time worrying about amiibo.

@rjejr I tell people about Wii U all the time. Most of the time they haven't a clue what I'm talking about when I tell them what games I'm playing, but I usually explain it to them and show them a few trailers so they understand.

I just tell em pretty much every game you've heard of, isn't going to be on the system. But you'll find an entirely new library of favorite games. It's a completely different way to game (right and proper way if you ask me, with games that still aren't afraid to be just that- games). I tell em you like CoD? Assassin's Creed? You like GTA and all that jab? Forget about those games. You won't find any of em on the Wii U. But you will find some of the best games I've ever played in my life- games that nobody talks about or seems to know about. But they put AAA to shame. That's usually what I tell them, and half the time they end up buying a Wii U. I'm working on coworker number five right now, who wants a Wii U after he gets a new TV.

Hey, on the bright side, concerning Madden and FIFA- Madden 13 and FIFA 13 are on the Wii U- which are basically the exact same games that just came out. In fact, those games should have you covered for the next five years or so

I'm waiting for that new monster hunter 3ds and game to come dominate me lol.

3DS is killing it in Japan. PS4 sales are just about double wiiU this week. I have no doubt Nintendo are working on the "fusion". If anybody can find a way to sell a portable and home console all in one that breaks the mould it's Nintendo. And the need to do it and get it right on the first try seems to grow with every passing week.

@JaxonH - I'm pretty sure you can sell anybody anything you put your mind to, but the way you explain it Wii U sounds like a 2nd console purchase for people who have already purchased their 1st console of choice to play the games they want, and are buying a Wii U to play the games you told them they want.

Which is fine for people who have the money for 2 consoles and have already purchased a PS4 or X1. But I think (in hindsight) part of Wii U's problem is it came out 1 year before the others and some people were waiting to buy 1 of the other 2. It wouldnt surprise me at some point in the future Wii U sales are equal to or surpass X1. PS3 was way behind 360 but it caught up, eventually. In a couple of years after Wii U gets cut in price to $199 and the "Players Select" lineup includes SM3DW, MK8, SSBU and Zelda U that more people will pick up Wii U as a 2nd console and FINALLY retire their Wii (it will help once Just Dance and Skylanders stop coming out on Wii as well). But by then it will be too late for Wii U to get Madden or FIFA. Which would bring up the issue if Nintedo's next home console - Fusion or whatever - will ever see any 3rd party support? I know that's 3 or 4 years out but I'm always thinking big picture.

So keep up the good work pushing the Wii U - every sale helps.

@rjejr Indeed every sale does help, but I think I do it not to increase Nintendo's hardware numbers, but because I like others to share in the joy I feel when I play these games. Joy is meant to be shared, and I can't help myself sometimes when I see people who love video games are oblivious to what they're missing

@JaxonH - Sorry if implied anything nefarious. It is all about the games, and Wii U has some of the most fun games out there. Too bad people want the broken games and yearlys, but that's what they want. And even you can't tell people they don't want what they want, and not everybody can afford 2 "real" systems.