WiiU is doing horrible in America, we need to talk about it

[Conegamer]

Turkish said:

Mnementh said:
You doing it all wrong: WiiU is a MAJOR flop in America, we need to talk.
That's the correct code for joke-threads.

That would be offensive, I refrain from offending anyone. Just want to have a chit chat with what was who.

You do not need two near-identical threads made by yourself; in addition to another 3 or so threads from other users in the past hour or so, IN ADDITION to the still active NPD thread.

Your aim is not chit-chat. It is an attempt at doing a "Vita", as it were. Your post  would suggest this, even. Why is this? I don't know, there must be a reason. However, reiterating abuse is one thing, but 'playfully' masking it is another. I'd reccomend making it a joke thread. 

 

We should talk about it, though. There's little to talk about. 720 and PS4 remain on 0 sales, correct? If they come out at 75% and 65% of the Wii U sales respectively in their first December (assuming they launch in November), then we have a comparison. Then, the WiiU would not have done "horrible" in America. It is subjective. We are unaware of what market is willing to move up to the next generation, and when. For all we know it may not get better than this, and that would be sad. In this scenario would it be fair for a barrage of, I dunno, double the number of threads currently circulating from this NPD news (as it sells worse and there's direct comparison)? I think so. However, this move would likely not be made because I don't feel as though people will see it in that way.

You have the other side, though. The Wii sold gangbusters at launch, and the Wii U is selling below the PS3 in the respective December (which I must stress was NOT a horrible launch, look at the comparison threads). This does cause concern, but again no direct comparison can be made. The fairest would be to the 360 at its launch, but I have no figures to hand sadly. I do feel like a pricecut+Mario/other AAA 10mil+ series will launch shortly before the next consoles do, and as such will fend them off to make my initial argument a definite possibilty. Or, Nintendo could burn down their offices, brick all WiiU's and go out of business forever. That's just as likely a scenario as anything else for we know nothing concrete about the other consoles, so any discussion is meaningless.

 

So we've talked about it, and the take-home message really is "what "is" horrible"? Selling on the low-end of expectations is one thing, but that's purely subjective. If I predicted it to sell 150k in December then I'd be stunned, for example. Without this direct comparison, which will give us information about the gen switchover and the current state of the market, that's all we can do. That's a purely neutral standpoint I feel, and one I shall stand by.

I hope this has answered your "questions".