Will Wii U's holiday sales match last years?

[Mummelmann]

t3mporary_126 said:

Mummelmann said:
It will decrease by quite a bit, I don't think anyone in their right mind would gamble on selling 1.8 million or more in December this year.
1.5 million would be amazing but I think it could prove hard.
If the BF week sales are below 350k by any measure, anything above 1 million for December should be celebrated.

Why 350k? Is that a standard for most console? Too bad VGchartz doesn't let us check past weekly sales data (I think).

No, just my personal take on it. Seeing as how hardware sales ususally drop by quite a bit in the next couple of weeks after and the last week of December is typically substantially down and more aligned to late/mid November sales, 350k is about the level it would have to be in order to keep enough momentum for a decent December and reach anything above 1 million sales for the last 5 weeks of the year.

I think it could fall below this 350k though, 330k wouldn't be a disaster, 200k would. For reference; the Wii usually had a 40-50% boost most years in Black Friday week, with the same percentage, the Wii U would reach only 160-175k which would be abysmal by anyone's metric.