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NPD: Splinter Cell: Blacklist Wii U Apparently Accounts For Less Than 2% Of Total Sales

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NeoGaf user CreamSugar, who is generally right about NPD sales figures, says that Splinter Cell: Blacklist for Wii U only accounted for 1.6% of total sales for the well-received stealth title. The Xbox 360 version of the game accounted for 70% of the total sales. This would mean the Wii U version only sold around 5,000 copies, which is a dire amount if correct. Hopefully this won’t deter Ubisoft for releasing other AAA titles on the platform.

Thanks, Iceazeama

266 thoughts on “NPD: Splinter Cell: Blacklist Wii U Apparently Accounts For Less Than 2% Of Total Sales”

      1. I think you are expressing your point the wrong way. Splinter cell is a great game but we can’t coup up with less content for the same price. Rayman should send them 2 messages.
        1. Good great ports sells and the bad message.
        2. Only platformes sells wich could be a plus if they start making 3d platformers again.

        1. I get what you’re saying. Maybe I over reacted, but the more this happens, the less likely we will get non-Nintendo games and may even see a drop in Indie support. We may not like all the games and may not get the full versions (which is shitty) but the fact Developers are investing in the WiiU at all with a small install base and knowledge of the PS4’s potential, we’re in real danger of not seeing Dev support.

      2. Rayman Legends sold better on Wii U… so yeah… Maybe Ubisoft should fix their strategies a little instead of just breaking their deals with Nintendo.

    1. Exactly! if developers want their games to sell on the wii u then they should actually take the time to work all the bugs out of them and make sure they have everything that the other versions have. the reason why i haven’t gotten it yet is because of all the complaints of all the bugs in it, even after their recent patch, and they didn’t even have same system co-op which you would think would be very easy to do for the wii u. Maybe when the game gets down to the price it really should be then i will get it, but only after they fix the issues that are still plaguing it.

      Step up your game developers and stop putting out haft assed, untested, ports and actually make some real games.

    1. Yeah, except America is exactly where it WOULD sell if it was going to. You can be damn sure that total doesn’t change much if you add in Japan and Europe.

      1. I’m calling BS on this! Usualy the size of the miiverse community roughly equates to about 1/4 of the games sales. It pretty much always works out that way for what ever strange reason. Splinter cell USA community is over 9000! Putting the game at roughly over 30,000

        Whilst this logic seems silly and completely random. This correlation of 1/4 miiverse size (roughly) to total games sold has been seen over and over,

        1. SomeHow i think you are right. A few days ago i noticed that there are over 160,000+ records on COD leaderboard but only 82,000+ are registered on CODmiiverse community.

          I for one don’t join communities without owning the game first

          1. Yeh. Examples like NSMBU community is about 500K but we know it sold 2 mill. And it’s like that for the large majority of games. The community is roughly 1/4 (maybe 1/2 or 1/3rd a 1/5th) the size of the total games sold

        2. I actually noticed that this morning. :p
          Still, the Miiverse includes all regions right? (or am I mistaken?)
          That said, the number is still pretty low compared to total games sold, yeah?

          1. I know, but about 90% of those posts are made up of owners of the game. It’s weird but I’m right! I;ve checked about 10 community’s for games which I knew the sales figure. And each time the community is roughly 1/4 the size of the total games sold. Sometimes more sometimes less.

      2. Well, the game is not fast paced fps, so might be why its not selling in America.
        Other point would be it was kind of gimped, Gamepad features just cant make up for the loss of offline co-op, which was really must have with small online community Wii U has.

        I just hope they wont start gimping Watch_Dogs or Ass Creed 4.
        That would be a death blow for their Wii U support.

        1. Except North America is where the franchise has always sold the most. So your first argument is bunk.

          As for the game being “gimped,” I highly doubt the lack of co-op was a large deterrent for people.

    1. I was stupid enough to buy this game and play it and compared to earlier Splinter Cell games it is a shit game. Double agent was the last true Splinter Cell. Conviction and Blacklist are pure shit.

      This series needs to die. And while we need third party support on the Wii U, we don’t need to titles like this. I’d rather have one of the new titles that Ubisoft announced, than this turd of a game.

      1. while i agree with u about double agent, i had it on 360, and LOVED THE HELL OUT OF IT, black list is allot better then conviction! problem with it is, it is TOO EASY, even on perfectionist, with the new press a to do EVERYTHING mechanic its just too dumbed down, even the mark and execute makes the game to easy, granted you cant use it on max difficulty, but still the games missions are too simple, regardless i bought it on wii u and LOVE IT, the online is a total joke, ubisoft makes terrible nat code, the online lobby match making system is total garbage, and just dont work, its like assassins creed 3, that game had the same problem, when you look for a online lobby to join the game fails to find one, and so it seems like no one is playing online, granted the install base is small on wii u but their are people playing online, but the match making is garbage!

        It was working fine for me, but since the patch it has stopped working LMAO!
        Shame really but people should still go out and buy it,the wii u version is by far the best console version of black list and so ubisoft should be supported!

        1. I totally agree with you. I bought this game DAY ONE from the eshop. I love it to be honest. It’s beautiful, clever. Maybe a little easy… but that is ok with me. I hope more wii u owners get this.

          I have it on my 360 too (hacked) and I can definitely see the difference with the wii u version. Also the 360 version has alot of screen tearing even after I installed the texture pack.

          Get the wii u version. It’s very very fun.

    1. That and outsourcing the multiplayer and still not having it fixed yet. I think it’s a good game on its own, but a terrible Splinter Cell game

    2. So, Nintendo fans are pissed when a game has local offline co-op and pissed when it doesn’t have it.

      Pretend “gamers” on the internet are a silly bunch of people.

      1. No, real Nintendo fans are angry when a game lacks features available in other versions…

        But people complaining for the lack of anything when the game already has been stated to not have any online or local multiplayer then I don’t belong to those because it doesn’t help me…

        How about writing to Nintendo or stating your opinions on Miiverse instead…

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  2. Lack of offline co op is a piss poor excuse. It had better graphics and the gameplay was more fun with the gamepad. Lets not forget the offscreen play.

    This is very, very disappointing. As much as I love Nintendo, I cannot stand the idiots who go around and try to get people to boycott good games. (Yes, people tried to boycott this one.)

    FYI: you arent always victims.

      1. Catch-22. Don’t buy the games and the devs are even less likely to support the system in the future. Even with an insignificant loss of certain features, if more people go the game, then devs would be more inclined to make a complete game for the system in the future.

        1. We should not allow this no matter the consequences. The reasons on why their games are not selling are clear and they should be the ones to fix it not us after all no matter how many millions they risk consumers are risking even more buying incomplete things.

          1. As I said, it’s a catch-22. Gamers aren’t going to support because of devs, devs aren’t going to support because of gamers. The circle will continue until one side breaks.

            However, if gamers were really concerned about getting better and more complete support, they would still support the games that are being released now, even if they have some insignificant differences to other versions. Bearing through these few titles with more consumer support will open the gates to devs putting more faith into the system and giving more complete games and more resources put into Wii U development.

            1. But if they want to test the waters properly you send a boat not a bathtub. The only game I have se that can be used has measures for third party’s not are games released at the same time has other consoles like rayman legends, and resident evil revelations because they are the same version with out missing features.

        2. Then how about making it 25% cheaper for Wii U owners if it lacks a feature or several?…

          That’s justice…

          Then I’ll happily buy them but not a full price…

                1. Well they shall not be missed anyway…

                  Ubisoft used to be so much better than this…

                  And that goes to everybody else including the Electron Army…

                  1. Better controls and graphics, and no screen tearing. Yet you still complain about 1 small feature.

                    You must be a self appointed commander.

                    1. Doesn’t justify anything to me…

                      But if it does to others then fine but it’s my money, I decide where it goes to the same as the rest…

                    2. Gotta agree with Commander. It’s up to the developers to make a game that’s worth purchasing to the consumers.

                      I will never buy software just to support struggling hardware. Strong titles that I’m interested in get my money.

      2. Nintendo commander I have always liked you. But You dont even OWN a wii u as yet. So stop talking shit!!!!!!!!! The game is superior on wii u. Offline co op is not a major reason to not purchase this wonderful game. Play online and it’s still fun there…. thank god it was patched. NOw it’s flawless.

    1. Main reason I was hyped to hell with this game, was wet dreams of coop one player on gamepad and other one on tv.

      I still got the game, havent had time to play it enough to form an opinion.

    2. agreed, black list on wii u is the best version on consoles, and is a great wii u game, so it dont have local co op, big deal, GET OVER IT!
      i HATE self pretentious fan boys who think everyone owes them some thing, this game is a great port, and is far better then the other versions, at least ubisoft is giving wii u some support, unlike ea, but at this rate ubi will also say wii u owners can get stuffed! its because of retarded pretendo fan-boys who buy or play nothing but platform games/nintendo games, seriously they fail to realise that the games industry has moved on, their are allot of great third party games, and why any gamer would want to miss out on these i dont understand!

      Seriously its why i own and game on all platforms, because i love to game, i dont miss nothing, i just wish more nintendo gamers would start to play other games besides just nintendo games and plat-formers!
      Ubisoft has supported wii u allot, and yes black list had local co-op missing but maybe if more people bought the game they would have patched it in later, even without it its still a great game brimming with content, it has online co-op, online pvp, it has a decent single player, and most important its the definitive console version of the game and not just another lazy port!

      Nobody bothered to buy need for speed most wanted on wii u either, and that too was the best on wii u,the developers took their time to give wii u a great version, and still nintendo fan-boys didn’t bother with it, its annoying as hell!
      I own all platforms so for me i can easily play these games on my PS3,PC,OR 360, but i want to play them on my wii u, but these damn lazy third party devs and lazy pretendo fan-boys are just getting on my nerves, these new age nintendo fans dont have a clue, i have been playing nintendo since they first started, and believe me we need more third party support, and its up to us to support the good developers!

      hell i saw so many cry babies saying lets boycott black list because Michael ironside isn’t doing the voice of sam fisher, how sad is that?
      I loved the guy too, but come off it, you cant be a real fan of the franchise if your willing to not play a great entry into the franchise just because of a voice over!
      Is this how pathetic the games industry and the gamers have become??

    3. Ok if you went to mc d with two of you’re mates and you all order a big mac meal and all pay the same. All 3 meal come out and your is missing the big mac and the other 2 are not would you still be happy you pay the same as the other 2??

      Rayman was a full game nothing missing and got a lot of support. other game with anything missing will wait till in the bargain bin. I will not support bullshit . give me my big mac….

  3. I still need to pick up my copy for the Wii U been to busy playing Rayman Legends on Wii U and Diablo 3 and Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5… Plus next Thursday I’m picking up Wonderful 101!

        1. That is when no good online games are available…

          Those games tend to have so much more replay ability compared to games like Splinter Cell, specially if you have friends or family members you can play with which obviously most Nintendo fans appears to have…

          But things will start to change when Mario Kart 8 and SSB4 are unleashed…

    1. You don’t have to feal guilty specialy if you bough rayman legends.
      I do want this game with all my heart but I wont change important things I need my money for just to make some company happy.

  4. It’s obvious… I mean, we all know the situation: Wii U has slow sales, and it’s just because it lacks GREAT games from Nintendo which, fortunately, they are coming…

    Now, with these games that, you know, are almost the same of PS360, nobody has to expect they can raise the sales. Read: who buy the Wii U to play a PS360 game???

    Wii U deserves something more than that.

    And, by the way, sorry for my English

    1. I will buy tons of 360 games wiiu versions specialy if they had multiplayer cuz live is overrated and it cost money but I know what you mean specialy if the others have more content.

  5. maybe next time they will remember adding all of the features to the game , why would i buy shitty port when i can get it on another console for cheaper and much better quality ??

  6. I am truly sorry but all these games aimed at the male teen and early twen gamers just dont appeal to a mature gamer like me…thats why i dont buy them. I rather play rayman coop with my girlfriend and windwaker single player.

        1. no….. im just saying mature gamer is just a word. it means nothing. rayman and WW are just as mature as splinter cell in every way but not being in the M rated status but being in the E rated status.

          mature gamer really?? is there such thing as a mature gamer, that sounds retarded. that means your mature one minute while playing GTA but then not when you start playing rayman. if anything there is such thing as baby gamer. the people who bow down to a corporation and wear diapers because there babies and cant handle criticism about a plastic box. baby gamers.

  7. who’s gonna buy a wii u version if it has less features? most people have xbox 360 or ps3 and have the complete features of the game…

  8. Look at them, you just have to read all the comments above to understand this mentality that the Nintendo babies have. They only make excuses when a game doesn’t sell well on their baby console of choice.

    They make excuses too because of the poor sales of the wonderful 101. Babies said they value gameplay over graphics yet a game like the wonderful 101 has sold pathetically in Japan (and it will be the same in the West). If a game doesn’t sell well they say the game is crap, so under their logic the wonderful 101 is also crap. This is the reason why the Wii U will get an influx of shovelware baby games just like the Wii did. Gameplay actually isn’t valued by them. Any innovative new type of game like the wonderful 101 isn’t appreciated by these babies.

    The other excuse the babies give is “everybody knows that nobody buys a Nintendo console for 3rd parties”. Under this idiotic logic that they have, why is any 3rd party developer going to bother making games for the Wii U.

    The truth is that these babies only want Mario and Pokemon games. Bring them the baby games, the same iteration of the same game year after year after year and they will buy it.

    1. im a nintendo fan, and i bought a wii u for watch dogs, sonic lost world, and ac 4… and my wishlist is composed of mostly 3rd party games… does that make me weird?

  9. It’s Ubis fault. I just hope they keep releasing future SC games for Nintendo platforms, otherwise this was just a meaningless experiment….

  10. Stuff is left out ’cause developers DO NOT have enough faith in the console.
    Sorry, but ignoring the painfully obvious elephant in the room doesn’t kill it.

  11. Bravo Nintendo gamers for standing up against whimsy feature reduced messes of games. Let chimps that are xbots buy DRM spyware lol. Highest gaming IQs have always been nintendo gamers. We don’t bow down to any one.

    1. yeah but you guys will bend over for nintendo and take abuse, aka shovelware, gimmicks, weak consoles, no 3rd party, shitty online and to top it off nintendos games becoming shitier and lazier. if any fanbase bows down to anyone its the nintendo fanbase.

      1. YOU ARE SUCH A FAGGOT!! YOU MUST LIKE NINTENDO IF YOU KEEP COMING HERE BECAUSE YOU ARE SUCH A FAGGOT FOR MARIO COCK THAT YOU JUST WANT HIM TO BLOW A LOAD INTO YOUR MOUTH!!

        XBOX ONE FOREVER!!

    2. “We don’t bow down to any one.”

      I don’t know about that. There seems to be a lot of Nintendo worship going on in here.

      That said, having the “highest gaming IQs” doesn’t seem likely considering that not supporting games on the system is the very reason devs are reluctant to put more resources into it.

          1. When have Nintendo games missed features with the ps3 and 360 versions of their games? Since the first day they announce their games the say what is goin to have and we base our decision on that. Example smash bros and Mario kart confirmed to have online. Mario 3d land confirmed since day one it will not have. See my point?

                  1. Excuses I can live with has long has they are given early to help me make my decisions. See I can do deep thoughts comments too :P

              1. Hey I’m just debating not hate here for you or your opinions. :) after all if I debate someone else I will not see the ends of the insults.

      1. Wait? How you know I worship Nintendo? :P

        I am debating to get Batman Origin for Wii U instead of PS3 but I want the pre-order bonus though. So I am not quite sure. I have to decide quickly. :(

          1. Yea, they are available but I kinda hoping to download it off eShop like the 1st day digital from Sony if you get what I talking about.

            I don’t know if any game stores got Batman Origin digital copy with pre-order.

  12. I’m not surprised. The game doesn’t appeal to the Nintendo demographic. It’s dark, gritty, ultra-realistic, macho, M-rated. This in contrast to Rayman Legends which is colorful and cartoony and probably did much better on the platform.

  13. THAT’S BECAUSE THE WII U AND PS4 SUCK COMPARED TO THE XBOX ONE.
    I’D SUCK OFF ANYONE FROM THE XBOX TEAM BECAUSE THEY ARE PWNING YOU STUPID NINTENDO FAGS!!

    XBOX ONE FOREVER!!

    ALSO, IF ANYONE WANTS TO FIGHT ME ABOUT IT, LOOK ME UP ON FACEBOOK BUT YOU ARE ALL JUST FUCKING CHICKENS SEEING HOW YOU ALL SUCK MARIO’S COCK!!

  14. Big 3 arent overrated.

    Fanboys once again in fight, im gonna love this show! Anyway while you guys fight here, im gonna eat some popcorn, drink coke, play some DKCR 3D and watch your funny comments. Remember to make it good show bitches.

    1. YOU MUST BE THE BIGGEST FAGGOT HERE BECAUSE YOU PLAY 3DS INSTEAD OF THE MORE SUPERIOR WINDOWS 8 PHONES!!!

      XBOX ONE FOREVER!!

            1. COMING FROM A NOOB WHO LIKES THE WORST ANIMATOR ON THE INTERNET!! YOU ARE SUCH A FAGGOT!!!

              XBOX ONE FOREVER!!!

              WII POO AND PS4SKIN MUST DIE!!!

      1. Big 3 arent overrated.

        I play with all consoles. I liked Xbox and Xbox360, but not sure about one. Fuck to be honest i dont even think which system i use, because i just play games. Its about games not about system. I hate fanboys like you.

        1. SHUT UP YOU FUCKING R TARD!!! YOU ARE SUCH A FUCKING FAGGOT!!! XBOX ONE IS FUCKING AMAZING!! DESTINY IS JUST A RIP OFF OF HALO BECAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE SHIT AND I FUCKING HATE THAT DICKHEAD BUNGIE FOR GIVING THE PS4SKIN THE DLC FIRST WHEN IT SHOULD BE ON THE XBOX ONE!!

          XBOX ONE FOREVER!!!

            1. ONLY AUSTIC FAGGOTS LIKE YOU USE VIDEOS AS AN EXCUSE!! SUCH A FAGGOT!!! COME FIGHT ME ON FACEBOOK IF YOU ARE FEELING TOUGH ENOUGH YOU FAGGOT!!!

              XBOX ONE FOREVER!!!

                1. WHAT?!!? LIKE HOW REGGIE WATCHES YOU FAP ON THE WII U GAMEFLAB CONTROLLER?? LOL NSA WILL BE AFTER NINTENDON’T AND FONY!! YOU ARE SUCH A FAGGOT!!

                  XBOX ONE FOREVER!!

          1. Big 3 arent overrated.

            So im faggot because i play games, instead of complaining and whining about systems like most here? Ok, have fun with your one, i really hope it changes your life to better when you get it since its so awesome piece of plastic lol. Now if you excuse me, im gonna play DKCR 3D and have fun unlike you who still is mad about plastic box.

            1. YET YOU ARE PLAYING ON A PIECE OF PLASTIC!! WOW YOU ARE SUCH A NINTENFAG!!! LOL!! YOU ARE SO PATHETIC YOU TRY AND USE DONKEY KONG AS A WAY TO HIDE HOW GAY YOU ARE!! XBOX ONE WILL DESTROY THE WII POO AND THE PS4SKIN!!

                    1. WHY ARE YOU GIVING ME YOUR DAD’S EMAIL?!?!? LOL I’M GUESSING YOU WENT INTO A VAN FULL OF OLD MEN WITH CAMERAS WHICH IS WHY YOU CHANGED YOUR USER NAME TO SOMETHING ELSE!!! FAGGOT!!

                      XBOX ONE FOREVER!!!

                    1. YEAH HE IS JUST SHOWING ME A VIDEO OF HIS MOM JUST BECAUSE HE LIKES MARIO COCK!!!

                      XBOX ONE FOREVER!!!

          2. Hahaha the Xbox one blows. Everyone I know that owned a360 has now preorderd the ps4 except my homie Nick who is going to wait and see how they do first.

  15. strange, you seem to say it sold a total of 312500 copies all platforms, vgchartz(i kno it’s not reliable) says 660000 which is double that..

  16. blame ninty for that..they’re not selling enough consoles in the first place. They promised a powerful consoles at e3 2011 and then by release time it was underpowered (again). Gamers and (therefore) 3rd Parties are walking away from the consoles..

        1. PS4SKIN IS A HORRIBLE CONSOLE AND IS WEAK COMPARED TO THE XBOX ONE WHICH HAS A MUCH MORE BEAUTIFUL COCK FOR ME TO SUCK!!

  17. Trash it let you They pile in the ass!
    So it will be with all the games in the future, if they will not try to have the Wii U works better!

    1. Hmm… I guess what you are saying. We could compared the sales to number of Wii U sold. But you got to know companies, they want to make a lot of sales regardless which console it is for.

  18. I really wanted to buy this game, but all of the glitches in Multi player kept me away. thank god for miiverse, it let me know about said glitches.

    its simple really, you want a game to sell, then produce a game that isn’t bug filled an almost unplayable, and im not talking about a lack of offline co-op, i mean the terrible online glitches.

    Also, i think we can agree that 5000 is considerably low when you consider the miiverse community and the fact that eshop buys arent counted here. Thats how i was going to buy it.

    Also want to point out that eb games, or gamestop barely had any copies, and when they did, they only had a couple, so even if people wanted to buy at retail, they couldnt.

    funny enough, i also saw more than a few posts on miiverse claiming that gamestop employees were trying to convince people to not buy the wiiu version, saying it was the worst edition and such. one guy took it to the manager and got a $50 credit on his next purchase. now obviously, he could be lying, but i saw multiple posts like that on miiverse. so maybe there’s something to it. if so, thats disgusting, those reps are there to sell games, not persuade people to buy certain versions, unless they are….i dunno, but its ignorant as hell.

    1. Considering how well received Rayman Legends and ZombiU were for Wii U, I can’t imagine the support will be lost from a single game selling about average of what it was to be expected.

      Now, don’t be so over-dramatic.

  19. I am happy that Ubisoft did Blacklist for Wii U. Now if those sales figures are true then that’s a bit bad.

    At least they’re getting some money from it. But at least Ubisoft showed their support for Wii U. I bought the game and it’s an impressive game. Gameplay is spot on.

    I will continue to buy their games as they’re putting in the most effort!

  20. OK, the Wii U has sold somewhere around 4 million units, right? And the Xbox 360 and PS3 has sold around 78 millions each. So the install base of the Wii U is roughly 2.5% of that of the other two consoles. Considering the Windows version also sold some units, 2% of total sales is not a bad figure, is it?

  21. Well, that’s wrong. If you log onto shadownet it shows how many people are playing/registered on each system. The Wii U is showing 16000ish. Not a huge amount more however. It must be selling well on the eshop than? Also, that means that the PS3 has only sold less than 28 percent of the sales as well, which according to this would put it at 140000 units, and for a system that has 80 million units on the market that’s a .175% adoption rate… On the Wii U it’s .142% adoption rate, so essentially the same percentage as the PS3. Of course that’s going off the numbers stated by the NPD, but not counting any online purchases apparently.

  22. That also means this game has only sold 500000 pieces of software in total. Kind of a shame as it’s a great game, and very over looked obviously.

  23. Although i really want local coop and its missing on the Wii U version, its still is a very good game. I got my copy day 1 and it is one of the good games I have played recently. Support 3rd parties as much as you can. Yes, it is missing features which really is a bummer. But don’t say its a crap game just as an excuse for poor sales because the game isn’t crap at all. Read the reviews. Play it with someone who owns a copy for a fair amoint of time then decide.

  24. I really don’t think SC for Wii U having less features than other versions has anything to do with the install base being lower ( ignoring that Ray man Legends on Wii U outsold the other versions. )I think it has something to do with the majority of you Wii U owners liking only baby and easy games. After all if it wasn’t true, why didn’t W101 ever make top ten? Fuck you Nintendo sesame street players! Because of you kids, Platinum is no longer interested in making a fucking StarFox. You kids need to buy some fucking Wii U games besides Nintendo’s.

    1. and yet more bullshit from you
      nsmbu is tough as rocks as usual.. as is rayman legends
      both sold very well on the wii u

      splinter cell on the other hand has been dumbed down beyond recognition in recent years.. the first couple games were easy.. the latest releases have all been casualised

      1. hahahaahah NSMBU was easy as shit and so was super luigi u!!!!! WHAT!!!!! dont be stupid!!!!! they also were dull like usual, im boycotting that series, bastards were lucky that the wii u has no games, other wise those 2 would have been still on the shelves, there the same exact thing as nsmb wii. didi i say dull.

        damage control!!!!!

          1. zombi u was also unfinished because ubisoft, in a stroke of pure intelligence, decided to completely revamp the game one year prior to release
            and just because a game is hard that won’t result in great sales.. how stupid ist that?

            1. Kahool the fool how quickly you forgot you said this: “and yet more bullshit from you
              nsmbu is tough as rocks as usual.. as is rayman legends
              both sold very well on the wii u”

              After all you brought up the more difficult a game is the better it sells yet you tried playing dumb in thinking I brought it up. After all according to you then W101 shouldn’t be a flop. Proofs majority of Wii U owners prefer easy games.

              1. “After all you brought up the more difficult a game is the better it sells”

                where did i say that? i was merely replying to your bullshit claim that wii u owners only buy easy games which is evidently absolute nonsense

                learn to read and remember your own comments for fucks sake
                gotta be kidding me

        1. you wrote
          “I think it has something to do with the majority of you Wii U owners liking only baby and easy games. ”
          and that’s utter bullshit

            1. i don’t have to explain anything
              you’re the one making claims here

              and if you can’t explain why it’s supposedly related to people not buying tough games on the wii u (which is wrong for obvious reasons) then your claim is bullshit
              simple as that

    2. seriously, im going to buy AC4 black flag when it goes on sale, like Ubisoft games always get cut in half in a couple of months and they also always have really good sales that make it 30$.

      If you guys see these ubisoft games on sale for 20-30$ in the future(which doesnt take long) and dont get them, that just proves that you wont buy anything not nintendo.

      thats what i did for need for speed most wanted u, 30$. not bad but 60$ no thats a rip off.

      im also waiting for nintendo titles like pikmin to go down, because that game isnt worth 60$ either!!!!! stupid nintendo titles never drop price though, thats how they get you…..

      seriously these people wouldnt buy AC4 watchdogs or SC even when they hit 20-30$ in 6 months or in a sale earlier.

      only some games are worth 60$ to me, X, GTA (most rockstar games) name a few. most 3rs parties drop the price by half in like 4 months and thats when to buy if not at launch, better than nothing. all the uncharteds, got them all for 20$ why because they fucking drop down in a year and the replay value isnt high at all.

      be smart with your money folks or unless you just wont but any 3rd party games like he said above, which i think you dont.

      most 3rd parties are the games that drop price, or have really good sale, like 6 months ago got far cry 3 for only 30$ where fucking NSMB wii was still full price!!!!

  25. Wii U’s install base has nothing to do with why Splinter Cell sold poorly on Wii U. After all once upon a fucking time Pikmin 3 outsold the last of Us. yet PS3’s install base is much bigger. You Nintendo fans make excuses for everything. And because SC sold so poorly on Wii U, it decreases the chance of GTA v coming to Wii U. You keep on boycotting 3rd party tittles. All that’s going to be left is Wii Party you and Mario games.

    1. splinter cell is more expensive on the wii u and has less features than on the other platforms

      why the FUCK should anyone buy it for wii u

        1. well it is more expensive in europe i was assuming the same would be true for the US

          still doesn’t change the fact that it’s incomplete though

          1. Incomplete because no online? Iol? And what you got to say if other 3rd parties avoid Wii u by looking who buys what from which console?

            1. yes incomplete
              and it’s not lacking online it’s lacking offline coop which is actually a very popular game mode on consoles.. imagine that

              maybe you should look up the definition of incomplete in a dictionary

              ” And what you got to say if other 3rd parties avoid Wii u by looking who buys what from which console?”

              other 3rd parties with half a brain will realize that customers are reluctant to buy incomplete games

              all the ones that don’t or are just looking for excuses not to bring their games to the platform can go kiss my ass for all i’m concerned, not much to expect from them anyway

  26. And didn’t Pikmin 3 come in second after Mine craft for Xbox. Yet you guys want to play dumb and assume about half of Wii U owners bought Splinter Cell. Splinter cell and GTA V could have changed that old kiddy Nintendo reputation. So next time a Sony drone or Xbox fan boy attacks on this site as Nintendo is for kids, shut the fuck up because you could have done something about it if you purchased what few 3rd party tittles Wii U had.

  27. Months ago when Sonydrones kept bashing about Wii U don’t have games. Nintendo fan boys kept on bragging about W101 coming. Now that it’s here, you ain’t bought it.

  28. It irks me that people always complain and find excuses for not buying a good game. Yet in reality, if you look at their game library- there aren’t any at all. You will just see NSMBU, Nintendo Land, Lego City Undercover and Pikmin 3. You won’t even see W101, Batman or Zombi U. Some don’t even own a Wii U and whine (unless you can’t afford it at the moment but I highly doubt that, there were series of sales that happpened). Where do you base your opinions if you haven’t experience it by yourself? SUPPORT A GOOD 3RD PARTY GAME! It will be better for all of us in the end.

  29. i got broad of splinter cell and most 1st persons, i have not played this one yet will see what it is like before i say anything bad about it. all i can say is is about 5000 copies sold in a month in depress i mean that is not even 0.5% i don’t think, it is not surprising that is sold 69% of its sales on Xbox it is the console of the the first person shoot and sports game. but say that i think i might get this game if its any good

      1. Its different from COD where you can just run around shooting people. This one is more stealthy and strategic. Finding an online game is a little bit hard but they recently patched it. It is the first Wii U game that makes use of the gamepad for online chat when you are doing a coop mission or spy vs. mercs so you do not need to buy a headset. The use of gamepad alone through chat makes it really fun. I played a few games where I was instructing the other guy to take on the enemies while I hack the security or where we go separate ways and meet at the extraction point. But everyone has their own tastes so i suggest you go to a friend’s house and try it yourself.

  30. I think wii U is f***** up, i lost my faith, its not the consoles fault, but if you see big tittles selling 5000 copies, like this and W101… etc… You doubt about its feature.

    1. Honestly the day and day out barrage of negative news has taken its toll on allot fans and potential customers.

      Its a good system, but its hard to tell that if you read the news.

  31. Two reasons this game isn’t selling
    1. Miiverse had an influence on those who like online play. We who have the game know how horrible the online is.
    2. Potential customers can’t find it in stock at their store.

    1. Good now why didn’t W101 sell? You Ninety fans got every excuse about why Zombie U and Splinter cell not selling. Now tell me why a finished game like W101 is a flop?

  32. I bought the ps3 version cus it didnt have local co-op since i wanted to play with my brothers and pretty sure ubisoft screw wiiu buyers on this one..

  33. i’m pretty sure NDP only follows physical copies sold. Wii U gets most of it’s sales on the eShop something like 60% or more. so yeah only sold 5000 physical but it probably sold 10k more on the eshop. 15k isn’t too bad when you look at it that way

  34. Son of a bitch!!!! This is exactly what I was worried about. You honestly think we are going to get any motherfucking support now with shit sales like this. I would be absolutely pissed if I were Ubisoft. I mean they delayed the game just so they could put it on a Wii U and just cut only ONE feature so the Wii U version would arrive on time. Wii U owners are a bunch of whiney morons that don’t realize that they are killing their own system by petty things being taken out for a good reason. I understand not wanting watered down ports like Sniper Elite V2 but this is bullshit! It’s not even like Nintendo is supporting the Wii U that much either so what do you think is going to happen? We have a dead fucking system on our hands. Don’t say I didn’t fucking warn all of you assholes.

    1. Thank you Taylor! All we are going to be stuck on is Mario. Hell Wii U owners won’t even buy W101. What’s their excuse on that one? Hell 8 still wonder if they are even still interested in W102 since the kiddys are to coward to buy new shit. That was a Wii u exclusive hardcore tittle you fools just fucked up buy not buying. That game could have changed Ninety from being kiddy to being more mature. Who wants to bet hardcore bayonnetta 2 will flop too?

      1. And you Wii u owners defend your Wii U by bragging about games like X, Bayonnetta 2 and W101 but when 1/3 of the games finnaly arrives y’all don’t buy it!

        1. And because W101 was a flop I’m not buying that excuse Splinter Cell didn’t sell well because it was unfinished bullshit. Yet Ray man Legend a kiddy game sold the most on Wii U. Prove me wrong when Bayonetta 2 and X arrives.

          1. Lets see.. Wii U makes up 2% of the 3 consoles install bas that Splinter cell released on.. and it sold 2% of the over all sales.. That means sales tracked right on target with install base vs game sales.. So the same percent of Wii U console owners bought this game as the other consoles. I’d say that speaks enough to say it has nothing to do with the false kiddie perception. The fact that Rayman sold more on Wii U and the Splinter cell sales track on target with other consoles.. Just means Wii U owners are more Diverse in games they play not needing just violence and interactive movie games, but rather look for something more in there games. Sorry Xbox.. I’ve out grown you.

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