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Max King of the Wild on 26 April 2013
Chandler said:
Salnax said:
Chandler said:
OP forgot Splinter Cell, Deus Ex, Resident Evil, Disney Infinity and The Wonderful 101.


No I didn't. I just suspected that they'd be released too soon to be considered part of the holiday lineup.


Splinter Cell and Rayman Legends are releasing like one week apart from each other at the end of august (23rd and 30th). That's a weird cutt-off point. Disney Infinity is around that time, too.

Oct, Nov, and Dec are considered the holidays... not so much Oct either just the very end of the month.



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Augen on 26 April 2013

What we know right now the holiday line up for about every console looks just okay. By July we should have a much clearer picture as to what is actually coming out in October-December window.



zorg1000 on 26 April 2013
Max King of the Wild said:
If anyone thinks its in for a good Holiday they will be sorely disappointed.

Not because it doesn't have the potential (it does) but retailers are having their shipments collecting dust. It appears Wii U is undertracked by at least 200k. Nintendo will most likely ship 500k this quarter (maybe less)... Nintendo is most likely scaling production down and retailers will probably be conservative with their orders. If Wii U starts selling it will most likely be met with supply issues which will hinder its "good holiday" people would like to see.

2 notable posters are expecting Nintendo to sell through 10mil by years end and it's those posters (and the ones who agree or seem to think Nintendo can do it) that I'm saying are going to be disappointed. If you are expecting around 8mil sold through and you consider that "a good holiday" then sure. I can agree those numbers are possible but I don't think that's really good.

I think it will have a pretty good holiday, if they cut the price in aug to coincide with Pikmin and Wii Fit it could drive up demand and Wind Waker in sept to continue momentum. That would give retailers more faith this holiday especially if 3D Mario/Mario Kart/Wii Sports 3 come out. 10 million seems a bit high but 8-9 million by the end of the year is doable which is right around what PS360 were after there first full year.



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Max King of the Wild on 26 April 2013
zorg1000 said:
Max King of the Wild said:
If anyone thinks its in for a good Holiday they will be sorely disappointed.

Not because it doesn't have the potential (it does) but retailers are having their shipments collecting dust. It appears Wii U is undertracked by at least 200k. Nintendo will most likely ship 500k this quarter (maybe less)... Nintendo is most likely scaling production down and retailers will probably be conservative with their orders. If Wii U starts selling it will most likely be met with supply issues which will hinder its "good holiday" people would like to see.

2 notable posters are expecting Nintendo to sell through 10mil by years end and it's those posters (and the ones who agree or seem to think Nintendo can do it) that I'm saying are going to be disappointed. If you are expecting around 8mil sold through and you consider that "a good holiday" then sure. I can agree those numbers are possible but I don't think that's really good.

I think it will have a pretty good holiday, if they cut the price in aug to coincide with Pikmin and Wii Fit it could drive up demand and Wind Waker in sept to continue momentum. That would give retailers more faith this holiday especially if 3D Mario/Mario Kart/Wii Sports 3 come out. 10 million seems a bit high but 8-9 million by the end of the year is doable which is right around what PS360 were after there first full year.

Wii U has already dropped behind the Ps3 in terms of shipped units and I think that trend will continue in the next quarters. That means less than 5.45mil shipped by September. The 8mil by years end is possible but it would rely heavily on 4th quarters sales.



zorg1000 on 26 April 2013
Max King of the Wild said:
zorg1000 said:
Max King of the Wild said:
If anyone thinks its in for a good Holiday they will be sorely disappointed.

Not because it doesn't have the potential (it does) but retailers are having their shipments collecting dust. It appears Wii U is undertracked by at least 200k. Nintendo will most likely ship 500k this quarter (maybe less)... Nintendo is most likely scaling production down and retailers will probably be conservative with their orders. If Wii U starts selling it will most likely be met with supply issues which will hinder its "good holiday" people would like to see.

2 notable posters are expecting Nintendo to sell through 10mil by years end and it's those posters (and the ones who agree or seem to think Nintendo can do it) that I'm saying are going to be disappointed. If you are expecting around 8mil sold through and you consider that "a good holiday" then sure. I can agree those numbers are possible but I don't think that's really good.

I think it will have a pretty good holiday, if they cut the price in aug to coincide with Pikmin and Wii Fit it could drive up demand and Wind Waker in sept to continue momentum. That would give retailers more faith this holiday especially if 3D Mario/Mario Kart/Wii Sports 3 come out. 10 million seems a bit high but 8-9 million by the end of the year is doable which is right around what PS360 were after there first full year.

Wii U has already dropped behind the Ps3 in terms of shipped units and I think that trend will continue in the next quarters. That means less than 5.45mil shipped by September. The 8mil by years end is possible but it would rely heavily on 4th quarters sales.

Thats true but I think this holiday will be better than 360s 06 and PS3s 07. price cut, pikmin, wii fit, wind waker, mario kart, 3D mario should be able to make that happen



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Chandler on 26 April 2013
Max King of the Wild said:
Chandler said:
Salnax said:
Chandler said:
OP forgot Splinter Cell, Deus Ex, Resident Evil, Disney Infinity and The Wonderful 101.


No I didn't. I just suspected that they'd be released too soon to be considered part of the holiday lineup.


Splinter Cell and Rayman Legends are releasing like one week apart from each other at the end of august (23rd and 30th). That's a weird cutt-off point. Disney Infinity is around that time, too.

Oct, Nov, and Dec are considered the holidays... not so much Oct either just the very end of the month.


The point is that Rayman Legends has been listed here and Splinter Cell has not.



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curtiswolf on 26 April 2013

this would be great if the WiiU games were normal. they have to throw stupid gamepad shit into every fucking games. oh and FUCK MARIO

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orniletter on 26 April 2013

It will have a good lineup: Zelda WW: HD, the new 3D Mario and Mario Kart are confirmed, the rest is just bonus :D !



Max King of the Wild on 26 April 2013
curtiswolf said:
this would be great if the WiiU games were normal. they have to throw stupid gamepad shit into every fucking games. oh and FUCK MARIO



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Salnax on 27 April 2013
Chandler said:
Max King of the Wild said:
Chandler said:
Salnax said:
Chandler said:
OP forgot Splinter Cell, Deus Ex, Resident Evil, Disney Infinity and The Wonderful 101.


No I didn't. I just suspected that they'd be released too soon to be considered part of the holiday lineup.


Splinter Cell and Rayman Legends are releasing like one week apart from each other at the end of august (23rd and 30th). That's a weird cutt-off point. Disney Infinity is around that time, too.

Oct, Nov, and Dec are considered the holidays... not so much Oct either just the very end of the month.


The point is that Rayman Legends has been listed here and Splinter Cell has not.


Back when I was writing the OP, I think Rayman was still slated for a September release.



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