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kurasakiichimaru on 29 July 2013
ZackNormandin said:
According to these numbers, the GCN beat the PS3 too...lol.

Just give the Wii U until the end of next year. You'll see some big numbers.


GC wasn't being sold at $599 though.



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SnowPrince on 29 July 2013

WIIU Doomed but not as doomed as the PS3 apparently.



oniyide on 29 July 2013
catofellow said:
One factor in my opinion going against Nintendo long term is their use of an IBM CPU. Apple, Sony, and Microsoft have all ended support for IBM CPU's, and Nintendo is the last holdout I am aware of in the gaming software space. Software developers would like to focus on x86 processors or ARM processors, both to allow for ports between platforms, and to reduce the skill sets they need to maintain within staff.

Nintendo will enjoy XBOX 360 and PS3 ports for the time being, but eventually the Wii U will be significantly under powered compared to modern consoles and PC's with a completely different architecture. That will not make it easy for developers to port to or from other platforms. I'm no techie, but I think this will be an issue long term.


really? their barely getting PS360 ports now, i dont think its going to be to bright in the future, hope im wrong.



zorg1000 on 29 July 2013
kurasakiichimaru said:
ZackNormandin said:
According to these numbers, the GCN beat the PS3 too...lol.

Just give the Wii U until the end of next year. You'll see some big numbers.


GC wasn't being sold at $599 though.

GC wasnt the cheapest Blu Ray player on the market



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Soundwave on 30 July 2013
zorg1000 said:
kurasakiichimaru said:
ZackNormandin said:
According to these numbers, the GCN beat the PS3 too...lol.

Just give the Wii U until the end of next year. You'll see some big numbers.


GC wasn't being sold at $599 though.

GC wasnt the cheapest Blu Ray player on the market

I don't think Blu-Ray was really that big of a sales point early on.

Blu-Ray still to this day isn't as popular as the DVD format, a lot of people simply haven't seen the need to upgrade.

Back in 2006, the selection of Blu-Ray titles was extremely limited and most people were not going to pay $600 for that even with a Playstation attached to it.

The PS3's horrid sales through its first year pretty much tell the story. The PS4 at $399.99 will easily beat the PS3's first year.



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Soundwave on 30 July 2013
Osc89 said:
It would be nice to see this kept up to date. I'd like to see how many Nintendo game releases it takes to get the Wii U up to the Gamecube.

I had a look, and these seem to be the numbers:

April - 38,000 Diff - 43,935
May - 36,000 Diff - 75,063
June - 42,000 Diff - 171,100

So the Wii U is behind the Gamecube by 701,491 in NA right now.


Thanks for updating the thread btw. Gonna be a long time for the Wii U to catch up looking at it, a 700k and rising margin is not going to be easily erased.



zorg1000 on 30 July 2013
Soundwave said:
zorg1000 said:
kurasakiichimaru said:
ZackNormandin said:
According to these numbers, the GCN beat the PS3 too...lol.

Just give the Wii U until the end of next year. You'll see some big numbers.


GC wasn't being sold at $599 though.

GC wasnt the cheapest Blu Ray player on the market

I don't think Blu-Ray was really that big of a sales point early on.

Blu-Ray still to this day isn't as popular as the DVD format, a lot of people simply haven't seen the need to upgrade.

Back in 2006, the selection of Blu-Ray titles was extremely limited and most people were not going to pay $600 for that even with a Playstation attached to it.

The PS3's horrid sales through its first year pretty much tell the story. The PS4 at $399.99 will easily beat the PS3's first year.

I was just trying to point out that there are more factors than simply price as to why consoles sell good or bad.



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Osc89 on 30 July 2013
Soundwave said:
Osc89 said:
It would be nice to see this kept up to date. I'd like to see how many Nintendo game releases it takes to get the Wii U up to the Gamecube.

I had a look, and these seem to be the numbers:

April - 38,000 Diff - 43,935
May - 36,000 Diff - 75,063
June - 42,000 Diff - 171,100

So the Wii U is behind the Gamecube by 701,491 in NA right now.


Thanks for updating the thread btw. Gonna be a long time for the Wii U to catch up looking at it, a 700k and rising margin is not going to be easily erased.


Might need to double check those numbers, as I just Googled around as I wasn't sure where to get official NPD numbers. You're right, it isn't looking too great right now. It would be pretty cool to get it in a graph, or show the other regions as well. Do you know if the Wii U is doing better in the others or worse compared to NA?



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Soundwave on 30 July 2013
Osc89 said:
Soundwave said:
Osc89 said:
It would be nice to see this kept up to date. I'd like to see how many Nintendo game releases it takes to get the Wii U up to the Gamecube.

I had a look, and these seem to be the numbers:

April - 38,000 Diff - 43,935
May - 36,000 Diff - 75,063
June - 42,000 Diff - 171,100

So the Wii U is behind the Gamecube by 701,491 in NA right now.


Thanks for updating the thread btw. Gonna be a long time for the Wii U to catch up looking at it, a 700k and rising margin is not going to be easily erased.


Might need to double check those numbers, as I just Googled around as I wasn't sure where to get official NPD numbers. You're right, it isn't looking too great right now. It would be pretty cool to get it in a graph, or show the other regions as well. Do you know if the Wii U is doing better in the others or worse compared to NA?


I believe it's doing worse in Japan to this point because the GameCube got a reasonable boost in December 2001 from Smash Brothers + spice orange and black GameCube models launching.

Europe ... is harder to say. Probably pretty close to the GameCube if I had to guess.



bobgamez on 30 July 2013
Soundwave said:
zorg1000 said:
kurasakiichimaru said:
ZackNormandin said:
According to these numbers, the GCN beat the PS3 too...lol.

Just give the Wii U until the end of next year. You'll see some big numbers.


GC wasn't being sold at $599 though.

GC wasnt the cheapest Blu Ray player on the market

I don't think Blu-Ray was really that big of a sales point early on.

Blu-Ray still to this day isn't as popular as the DVD format, a lot of people simply haven't seen the need to upgrade.

Back in 2006, the selection of Blu-Ray titles was extremely limited and most people were not going to pay $600 for that even with a Playstation attached to it.

The PS3's horrid sales through its first year pretty much tell the story. The PS4 at $399.99 will easily beat the PS3's first year.


thats not much of an accomplishment