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HikenNoAce on 29 July 2013
zorg1000 said:
HikenNoAce said:
zorg1000 said:
HikenNoAce said:
Wow, that is embarrassing for Nintendo. They do not have the higher price excuse like the PS3 did.


They do have the lack of games excuse tho. I know PS3 didnt have the best line up early on but if remember correctly it was much better than Wii U at this point.

And another thing is PS3 was one of the cheaper blu ray players of the time and alot of people were buying it for that early on and gaming was just a nice extra to go along with it.


It certainly didn't have Mario, Pikmin and MH.

Pikmin 3 has been out for 2 weeks and did boost sales

Monster Hunter is a 3 year old port of a Wii game that has also been on 3DS for a year longer.

That leaves basically Mario and nobody spends $350 just for Mario.


Well, MH ports sold a lot on the other systems. And $350 for Mario is still better than $599 for nothing.



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zorg1000 on 29 July 2013
HikenNoAce said:
zorg1000 said:
HikenNoAce said:
zorg1000 said:
HikenNoAce said:
Wow, that is embarrassing for Nintendo. They do not have the higher price excuse like the PS3 did.


They do have the lack of games excuse tho. I know PS3 didnt have the best line up early on but if remember correctly it was much better than Wii U at this point.

And another thing is PS3 was one of the cheaper blu ray players of the time and alot of people were buying it for that early on and gaming was just a nice extra to go along with it.


It certainly didn't have Mario, Pikmin and MH.

Pikmin 3 has been out for 2 weeks and did boost sales

Monster Hunter is a 3 year old port of a Wii game that has also been on 3DS for a year longer.

That leaves basically Mario and nobody spends $350 just for Mario.


Well, MH ports sold a lot on the other systems. And $350 for Mario is still better than $599 for nothing.

Yes but it was the third time it was released and had already sold about 3 million on Wii/3DS, almost everybody who wanted it has played it on one of those 2 consoles.

And it was $599 for a blu ray player that played games when standalone blu rays could cost up to $1000 at the time.



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Zappykins on 29 July 2013

Good Job little WiiU!



 

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NobleTeam360 on 29 July 2013

I hope the Wii U can start selling better in the United States and Europe.



justinian on 29 July 2013
superchunk said:
justinian said:

Although correct this comparison has a significant flaw. The Wii U was available in all the main markets within a month. The x360 was not available in Europe until months after the NA launch. The x360 sales you are comparing the wii u with is pratically just the x360s NA sales vs the wii u's global.

Did you just rewrite history? X360 was worldwide in Nov/Dec just like WiiU. I think you're confusing X360 with PS3 which did not launch in Europe until March.

Sorry.. my very bad. Must stay of the liqour. Got my consoles twisted.

@MikeRox

Yes, it was the PS3 and NOT the x360 that launched much later in Europe.



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HikenNoAce on 29 July 2013
zorg1000 said:
HikenNoAce said:
zorg1000 said:
HikenNoAce said:
zorg1000 said:
HikenNoAce said:
Wow, that is embarrassing for Nintendo. They do not have the higher price excuse like the PS3 did.


They do have the lack of games excuse tho. I know PS3 didnt have the best line up early on but if remember correctly it was much better than Wii U at this point.

And another thing is PS3 was one of the cheaper blu ray players of the time and alot of people were buying it for that early on and gaming was just a nice extra to go along with it.


It certainly didn't have Mario, Pikmin and MH.

Pikmin 3 has been out for 2 weeks and did boost sales

Monster Hunter is a 3 year old port of a Wii game that has also been on 3DS for a year longer.

That leaves basically Mario and nobody spends $350 just for Mario.


Well, MH ports sold a lot on the other systems. And $350 for Mario is still better than $599 for nothing.

Yes but it was the third time it was released and had already sold about 3 million on Wii/3DS, almost everybody who wanted it has played it on one of those 2 consoles.

And it was $599 for a blu ray player that played games when standalone blu rays could cost up to $1000 at the time.

Within the first year, Blu-Ray players were already cheaper than the PS3.



ZackNormandin on 29 July 2013

The only thing I can say is this:

Wait until the Wii U is 2 years old. That would be November 2014.
If the system hasn't sold some serious units by then, I'd be disappointed.

Of course, it's common knowledge that the Wii U will see some BIG numbers once Mario Kart 8 and Smash Bros. is out. Also, the next big Zelda is promised to move some units. As well as a bunch of unannounced titles at 2014's E3 Direct/Presentation/Whatever they're going to do.

Wii U has a lot of hope. One thing I'd love to see right now is a complete redesign of the WaraWara Plaza. It's just awful and needs a lot of fixing. I wouldn't mind something much simpler.



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zorg1000 on 29 July 2013
HikenNoAce said:
zorg1000 said:
HikenNoAce said:
zorg1000 said:
HikenNoAce said:
zorg1000 said:
HikenNoAce said:
Wow, that is embarrassing for Nintendo. They do not have the higher price excuse like the PS3 did.


They do have the lack of games excuse tho. I know PS3 didnt have the best line up early on but if remember correctly it was much better than Wii U at this point.

And another thing is PS3 was one of the cheaper blu ray players of the time and alot of people were buying it for that early on and gaming was just a nice extra to go along with it.


It certainly didn't have Mario, Pikmin and MH.

Pikmin 3 has been out for 2 weeks and did boost sales

Monster Hunter is a 3 year old port of a Wii game that has also been on 3DS for a year longer.

That leaves basically Mario and nobody spends $350 just for Mario.


Well, MH ports sold a lot on the other systems. And $350 for Mario is still better than $599 for nothing.

Yes but it was the third time it was released and had already sold about 3 million on Wii/3DS, almost everybody who wanted it has played it on one of those 2 consoles.

And it was $599 for a blu ray player that played games when standalone blu rays could cost up to $1000 at the time.

Within the first year, Blu-Ray players were already cheaper than the PS3.

Idk about in japan but here in the states PS3 was cheaper or equel to most blu ray players.

http://www.afterdawn.com/news/article.cfm/2007/11/02/sony_planning_blu-ray_player_price_drop

http://www.highdefdigest.com/news/show/High-Def_Retailing/Black_Friday_2007_Best_Blu-ray_HD_DVD_Player_Deals_So_Far/1198



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HikenNoAce on 29 July 2013
ZackNormandin said:
The only thing I can say is this:

Wait until the Wii U is 2 years old. That would be November 2014.
If the system hasn't sold some serious units by then, I'd be disappointed.

Of course, it's common knowledge that the Wii U will see some BIG numbers once Mario Kart 8 and Smash Bros. is out. Also, the next big Zelda is promised to move some units. As well as a bunch of unannounced titles at 2014's E3 Direct/Presentation/Whatever they're going to do.

Wii U has a lot of hope. One thing I'd love to see right now is a complete redesign of the WaraWara Plaza. It's just awful and needs a lot of fixing. I wouldn't mind something much simpler.

2D Mario is big as well. That didn't help the Wii. You'd be crazy to think that those games will get Wii numbers.



phenom08 on 29 July 2013

^So one Mario game is all it should have taken? Ok bud