WiiU will sell better than Gamecube.

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Mr Puggsly on 26 June 2013

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Suggesting it will sell less than the GameCube, or even near it, is ridiculous. It should easily beat it, and double it, on brand power alone.

Brand power isn't helping it much.

It needs some games.

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eFKac on 26 June 2013

Wow, what a bold prediction! It's hard to sell less than Gamecube with the current 3 players really, at least if any console won't get discontinued prematurely.
If you ask me, it will sell below 40 million units, but over N64. Still it will be a big failure compared to the Wii.

So it is happening...PS4 preorder.

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Conegamer on 26 June 2013

Mr Puggsly said:

Conegamer said:
Suggesting it will sell less than the GameCube, or even near it, is ridiculous. It should easily beat it, and double it, on brand power alone.

Brand power isn't helping it much.

It needs some games.

By brand power, I was referring to the Games, actually. But you are correct otherwise.

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curl-6 on 26 June 2013

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I can't really think of any reason why it will do better than the Gamecube.

Bigger audience today compared to a decade ago, slightly less gamer-alienating design decisions with their key franchises.

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mushroomboy5 on 26 June 2013

it'll beat gc sales but not reach wii u sales...50-60 million I reckon.

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binary solo on 26 June 2013

30-40 million I think

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Asriel on 26 June 2013

If, and this is a big if, Nintendo can continue a consistent line up through-out 2014 and 2015, I'd say Wii U could potentially be in the region of SNES level sales.

However, given Nintendo's complete mismanagement of the console transition, and their inability to ensure a consistent stream of software during the first two years of 3DS's life in the West, I'm not optimistic the Wii U can do much better than the N64. Nintendo have largely wasted the first year of the Wii U because of whatever internal problems have led to software delays, an inability to expand more aggressively, and an inability to effectively (for whatever reason) court more significant, sustained third party support. All these factors, combined with a high price and poor or non-existent marketing, have led to what have to be recognised as terrible post-launch sales.

Without a steady stream of software, Wii U isn't going to take off much better than the GameCube or N64. I'm a hugely dedicated fan of Nintendo's output, but they haven't sold Wii U to me yet. If it's going to take Nintendo so long and longer to convince their dedicated following that Wii U is worth owning, they're going to struggle terribly to reach a wider audience. A weak Nintendo is bad news for the industry in general, and I worry about whether or Nintendo have the capability to turn Wii U into anything more than a niche success.