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osed125 on 21 December 2012

 

The Wii U have been doing some good numbers on both the U.S and Japan, but what's the deal with Europe? 

But before everyone says the Wii U is also doing bad on other regions take a look at this (All credit goes to Chandler, sorry for stealing your images :p)

As you can see only in Europe the Wii U is doing below expectations, what gives? Discuss 

 



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Kenology on 21 December 2012
Austerity!

man-bear-pig on 21 December 2012
Lack of interest me thinks. I foretold this would happen. Twisted tail! A thousand eyes! EPA! EPA! EPA!!!

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IIIIITHE1IIIII on 21 December 2012
2 New Super Mario Bros. Wii Wii 2009 Platform Nintendo NA: 13.04 EU: 6.36 JP: 4.60 Rest: 2.21 All: 26.21

 

There we have (some of) it. They are not very interested in New Super Mario Bros. U and already have PS3/360/PC for third party titles, so they will wait for more exclusive system sellers.



Mnementh on 21 December 2012
IIIIITHE1IIIII said:
2 New Super Mario Bros. Wii Wii 2009 Platform Nintendo NA: 13.04 EU: 6.36 JP: 4.60 Rest: 2.21 All: 26.21

 

There we have (some of) it. They are not very interested in New Super Mario Bros. U and already have PS3/360/PC for third party titles, so they will wait for more exclusive system sellers.


I don't buy that. WiiU has FIFA, that should do something in Europe.



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bananaking21 on 21 December 2012
its easy, the PS3 is killing it. its cheaper with better online and much much more games. simple as that

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DieAppleDie on 21 December 2012
Lack of ads before it was released
Overall lack of info
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Totaldemon on 21 December 2012
in europe the people dont give a shit about xbox or nintendo home consoles anymore only the portable, atleast in my country when you talk about a home console you dont need to mention which one is it because you are talking about playstation, even in the tv you only see playstation and 3ds commercials all day

bananaking21 on 21 December 2012
IIIIITHE1IIIII said:
2 New Super Mario Bros. Wii Wii 2009 Platform Nintendo NA: 13.04 EU: 6.36 JP: 4.60 Rest: 2.21 All: 26.21

 

There we have (some of) it. They are not very interested in New Super Mario Bros. U and already have PS3/360/PC for third party titles, so they will wait for more exclusive system sellers.


yeah it just sold 6.36 million. they clearly are not interested in the game. you do notice it sold in EU more than japan right? and WiiU numbers in japan are higher than in EU. its not because of SMB



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IIIIITHE1IIIII on 21 December 2012
Mnementh said:
IIIIITHE1IIIII said:
2 New Super Mario Bros. Wii Wii 2009 Platform Nintendo NA: 13.04 EU: 6.36 JP: 4.60 Rest: 2.21 All: 26.21

 

There we have (some of) it. They are not very interested in New Super Mario Bros. U and already have PS3/360/PC for third party titles, so they will wait for more exclusive system sellers.


I don't buy that. WiiU has FIFA, that should do something in Europe.

 

I'd expect all dedicated Fifa fans to already own a console capable of playing Fifa. Wii U need more exclusives that cater to Europeans.