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Forums - Sales Discussion - Prediction: Wii U Sales Before Jan 2013 (With Poll)

 

How much will Wii U sell before January 2013?

Less Than 2m 30 13.39%
 
2.0m - 2.5m 22 9.82%
 
2.5m - 3.0m 50 22.32%
 
3.0m - 3.5m 42 18.75%
 
3.5m - 4.0m 24 10.71%
 
More Than 4m 56 25.00%
 
Total:224

After months of anticipation, we now finally know all the necessary details regarding Wii U (Price, SKUs, Launch Games, Launch Dates, etc) to predict Wii U sales through the holidays, and of course to make a purchase

The period that includes the prediction starts from the North American launch on the week ending Nov 24th 2012 until the week ending Jan 5th 2013. That makes it 7 weeks in NA (similar to Wii), 6 weeks in EU (one week longer), and 5 weeks in Japan (one week shorter). Include weekly breakdowns if possible.

Now... PREDICT!



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2.5 - 3 million



5 - 8 million



btw, here's my prediction:

Week Ending Japan North America Europe Global
24/11/2012   500,000   500000
01/12/2012   150,000 300,000 450000
08/12/2012 300,000 135,000 150,000 585000
15/12/2012 210,000 150,000 110,000 470000
22/12/2012 190,000 200,000 120,000 510000
29/12/2012 90,000 120,000 75,000 285000
05/01/2013 110,000 45,000 45,000 200000
Total 900,000 1,300,000 800,000 3,000,000


Depends on how many units can be produced. I doubt 4 million can be sold because Nintendo can not put that many on shelf in time. I guess 2.5 million are realistic.



Ongoing bet with think-man: He wins if MH4 releases in any shape or form on PSV in 2013, I win if it doesn't.

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I think 5 million by then, as you can see in my sig



Xbox One, PS4 and Switch (+ Many Retro Consoles)

'When the people are being beaten with a stick, they are not much happier if it is called the people's stick'- Mikhail Bakunin

Prediction: Switch will sell better than Wii U Lifetime Sales by Jan 1st 2018

4 million, should be at least 1 million 1st week.



It's quite clear it's all based on supply this holiday. I'd say they can ship around 3m, but being an optimist I voted for 3.0-3.5m.



I can see any where from 3-4 million.



Depends on how much thet ship. For every console at launch it has always been shipped=sold, even PS3 sold-out with that ridicolous price. You have to wait past the first month to assess the impact of the new item on the market.