Analyst WiiU GameStop sales below expectations

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DaRev on 05 January 2013

HappySqurriel said:

runqvist said:

TheLastStarFighter said:

WiiU has decent Buzz, just not Wii-level buzz. But I would dispute the women coment. This is purely anecdotal, but I've twice been in a gamestop when a group of girls were literally squealling over WiiU. Also, a (reletavely) large percentage of MiiVerse posters are chicks. Chicks dig nintendo, especially Mario Bros. and Mariokart. Playing NSMBU it's full of girls playing. I think to get into Wii-level of lady love it needs WiiFit and something else...something new, fun and accessible. Something trendy. But it is popular with the ladies nonetheless. They make up a big chunk of the Nintendo "core".

Weren't you the numbers guy? What are the numbers based on facts in this post?

I don't have solid numbers, but I would put an estimate of 40% to 60% of Miiverse postings go to female Mii avatars ...

Personally, I would argue that Nintendo isn't having problems with the so-called "casual" gamers because I see evidence that social gamers, lapsed gamers, "girl gamers", and whatnot are buying the system in decent numbers. Where I see the sales falling short is the elitest graphic-whore gamer who previously bought the Wii to try it out, and then spent 5 years complaining that it was collecting dust while refusing to buy good games on the system.

Exactly - that's the difference between Wii and Wii U numbers. Wii U has not attracted the majority of the hardcore gamers at the early stage of its life, as the Wii did. However, this does spell good news for the Wii in the long run, IMO, as this means that these same gamers that abandoned the Wii early on will be the ones that will be picking up Wii U 2 -3 years after its launch and when it has really hit its stride with exclusive Zelda's and Metroids, etc.

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