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Materia-Blade on 15 March 2015
SocialistSlayer said:
Materia-Blade said:

It' doesn't look like it will sell 15m.


i dont think your right, there's no way it will sell much less. it will likely sell between 14.5-17 million. with it likely landing closer to 17 than 14.5

Are you serious? I'm saying it will sell way more than 15m.



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SocialistSlayer on 15 March 2015
Materia-Blade said:
SocialistSlayer said:


i dont think your right, there's no way it will sell much less. it will likely sell between 14.5-17 million. with it likely landing closer to 17 than 14.5

Are you serious? I'm saying it will sell way more than 15m.

oh... really?

well i certainly disagree with that, i say it will finish about 16.25 million



 

CosmicSex on 15 March 2015
Kerotan said:
CosmicSex said:

I wasn't around and i paid little attention to gaming forums but I thought during the last few years of the Wii the general feeling was the mass market had moved on from the Wii long before the Wii U came out.  I'm actually really surprised this site was predicting such a big successor.  I know different forums have different demographics but still.  

well the Nintendo bias on this site is obvious but it stops short of being obnoxious most of the time.  The problem is when you the forum breaks down into group thought. 



Kerotan on 15 March 2015
CosmicSex said:
Kerotan said:

I wasn't around and i paid little attention to gaming forums but I thought during the last few years of the Wii the general feeling was the mass market had moved on from the Wii long before the Wii U came out.  I'm actually really surprised this site was predicting such a big successor.  I know different forums have different demographics but still.  

well the Nintendo bias on this site is obvious but it stops short of being obnoxious most of the time.  The problem is when you the forum breaks down into group thought. 


You mean like a herd mentality?  Either way it's an eye opener and i never though thought nintendo fans were so prominent on this site until I signed up.  Probably because the ps3 vs 360 battle was so ferocious.  



torok on 16 March 2015
shikamaru317 said:
Interesting to look at an old thread like this in retrospect. So many people disagreeing with man-bear-pig, and it turned out he was absolutely right. Not only does it not look like Wii U will reach 40m, at this point even 20m isn't a sure thing.


We have to give Turkish some credit. He predicted 20M on this thread so he even has beaten MBP!



Bet with jetforcejiminy: PS4 will pass the Wii lifetime numbers.

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finalrpgfantasy on 16 March 2015

People were very optimistic back then.



man-bear-pig on 16 March 2015
torok said:
shikamaru317 said:
Interesting to look at an old thread like this in retrospect. So many people disagreeing with man-bear-pig, and it turned out he was absolutely right. Not only does it not look like Wii U will reach 40m, at this point even 20m isn't a sure thing.


We have to give Turkish some credit. He predicted 20M on this thread so he even has beaten MBP!


Turkish edited his post recently



My prediction threads:

Wii U will sell under 40m units (made on 14th September 2012)

PS Vita will sell under 20m units (made on 30th September 2012)

Wii U will sell under 7m in 2013 - I was right

Halo 4 first 9 weeks sales prediction

PS4 to be down YOY in 2015

torok on 16 March 2015
man-bear-pig said:
torok said:


We have to give Turkish some credit. He predicted 20M on this thread so he even has beaten MBP!


Turkish edited his post recently

 

Stealth edit... Sold Snake would be proud. So it looks like you're still king, MBP.



Bet with jetforcejiminy: PS4 will pass the Wii lifetime numbers.

jlmurph2 on 19 August 2015
BenVTrigger said:
Unfortuantly for those of you disagreeing with me I have a rediculous accuracy when it comes to these things mostly to do with the fact that I see real numbers every day and dont carry any personal feeling into numbers.

And anyone saying 40 million or less are very wrong. Casuals are the ones doing much of the current pre-orders


Man...were the pre-orders THAT good?

Its almost 3 years later and its just gotten to 10 million.



darkenergy on 19 August 2015

Another amazing prediction from Man-Bear-Pig.



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