Wii U beaten by the Dreamcast - what now?

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ps4tw said:

vivster said:
How can it be beaten by the Dreamcast if it's still selling and some of its biggest games are yet to come out?

Dreamcast sold quicker and yet was still seen as a failure. Begs the question why Nintendo are still flogging a dead horse. 

Exactly, Dreamcast sold quicker... in the beginning. The Dreamcast had record numbers in Japan the first year and a half and Dreamcast sold great in the west for a full year. And then PS2 came out in March in Japan and it stopped selling there. PS2 came out in October and November in the west and it stopped selling there. And in 2001 they announced they were discontiuing it and that caused sales to drop even more. Wii U on the other hand had a mediocre launch and a terrible first year. Dreamcast had a record breaking launch and a great first year in both Japan and the west. At this point Dreamcast was almost completly dead selling barely anything. And Wii U is still selling at a steady rate and is up YoY.

And also Dreamcast was sold at a loss and Sega was in finacial trouble. But even if it did last as long as lets say GameCube or Xbox, it wouldn't have sold as much because the sales 2001 and after were very bad.