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mii-gamer on 06 August 2013

it will pass it this holiday. The Wii U will have a good holiday just the period after that is what i am worrying about



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oniyide on 06 August 2013
zorg1000 said:
oniyide said:
zorg1000 said:
oniyide said:
TK14 said:
They assumed it would pass Vita sooner because they assumed the games would come out sooner. The games have now started to come (Pikmin) and with basically two worthwhile games per month thru December (most of which are first party) I believe Wii U will pass the Vita sometime in December shortly after the release of Super Mario 3D World (supported by DKC: TF, LOZ: WW HD, Wii Fit U, Wii Party U, M&S Olympics, Sonic Lost World, etc.) Don't underestimate Nintendo systems during the holidays...especially when there are many new first-party games releasing around that time.

If you want to discuss something really "funny"...how about we discuss whether the 3DS will sell more in October thru December than Vita has in its lifetime? Seriously, I think its possible with Pokemon and Zelda coming out October and November. Not a Vita-hater...just a Nintendo-supporter, which is unfortunately rare on these forums.


you must be high or you might be on the wrong forum if you said there are few MS supporters that woudl be accurate and nobody is discussing that because no one is disputing it, so what would be the point? just stating the obvious. What games did people assume would come? We knew what games were coming and when. and that doesnt make those predictions any less wrong.

Pikmin 3, Wonderful 101, Rayman Legends and Wii Fit U were all originally Q1-Q2 releases but got delayed. Had those titles all came out as planned there would be no drought and sales would be better. I think about 5 million by now would have been possible, which isnt above Vita but damn close.


Even when those games got reported that they were going to be delayed people were still saying it would pass Vita by now so im not buying it, hell we got the delay news pretty early on. Also i seriously doubt those games would have pushed it to 5 mil, a series that hasnt been seen since GC and isnt exactly setting up the charts(its doing alright but nothing crazy), a new IP in a niche genre, a series that peaked long ago, Wii Fit U was the only one that would have done someting IMHO but even then you cant be too sure.

I wasnt aware people still thought that after the delay. And im not claiming any of those games would have done amazing just that it would have essentially doubled the amount of quality exclusives on Wii U and prevented such a long drought. Who know ehat its sales would be now but im inclined to believe they would currently be much better.


Rayman would have been timed exclusive but i see your point, I dont think it would have been much better, better yes, but not much



Locknuts on 06 August 2013

Yeah, late 2014 unless Mario Kart causes sales to somehow explode.



Conegamer on 06 August 2013

I would imagine the Wii U will have a stronger holiday than the Vita, so the gap should be around 500k come the end of the year. So it should pass it by about June next year.



 

Here lies the dearly departed Nintendomination Thread.

zippy on 06 August 2013
OdinHades said:
I don't think it will ever happen. The Wii U lacks focus and the way I see it, Nintendo doesn't know what the hell to do. Sure, some Mario games and Smash Bros. will help a little, but I don't think it will be the big turnaround like with the 3DS. After all, the 3DS skyrocketed only in Japan and those folks aren't all that interested in home consoles right now. On top of that, Pikmin and other games only managed a slight boost, nothing major. And we all know how the gameucbe worked out with all those Nintendo games. People are just not into that tablet thingy like they were into Wiimote.

Nintendo will do something about it, but so will Sony. Killzone should do a decent boost, other than that, I think Vita will be heavily advertised as a PS4 accessory. I could be horribly wrong, but I think the PS4 might really help the Vita. You can do lots of stuff with those two consoles, Sony just needs to get the message out. And a bundle for 499 would be killer. Same price as Xbox One but with a Vita inside. That would be one hell of a deal.

It's near impossible tp predict by now, but I'll say Wii U won't ever catch up and will stay behind Vita for good. Of course, that is not really a victory for Sony as we are comparing home consoles with handhelds. Apples and oranges... you get the whole idea... But it sure is some ammo for every fanboy dicsussion where the Vita gets hate. ;)



Vita advertised as a PS4 accessory? isnt that basically a Wii U? however before that you mention people arent into the tablet thingy...im confused. Isnt that what the Vita will actually be if linked with PS4, a tablet controller.



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tbone51 on 06 August 2013
think-man said:
TK14 said:
They assumed it would pass Vita sooner because they assumed the games would come out sooner. The games have now started to come (Pikmin) and with basically two worthwhile games per month thru December (most of which are first party) I believe Wii U will pass the Vita sometime in December shortly after the release of Super Mario 3D World (supported by DKC: TF, LOZ: WW HD, Wii Fit U, Wii Party U, M&S Olympics, Sonic Lost World, etc.) Don't underestimate Nintendo systems during the holidays...especially when there are many new first-party games releasing around that time.

If you want to discuss something really "funny"...how about we discuss whether the 3DS will sell more in October thru December than Vita has in its lifetime? Seriously, I think its possible with Pokemon and Zelda coming out October and November. Not a Vita-hater...just a Nintendo-supporter, which is unfortunately rare on these forums.

LMAO Nintendo supporters are not rare in these forums, go look on the Nintendomination thread (I think thats what its called)



wat are you trying to say



Player2 on 06 August 2013

If it doesn't happen next year, probably never.



tbone51 on 06 August 2013

Here you guys goooo

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread.php?id=157842&page=1



Player2 on 06 August 2013
tbone51 said:
think-man said:
 

LMAO Nintendo supporters are not rare in these forums, go look on the Nintendomination thread (I think thats what its called)



wat are you trying to say

I dunno, do we have a Nintendo thread?



tbone51 on 06 August 2013
Player2 said:
tbone51 said:
think-man said:
 

LMAO Nintendo supporters are not rare in these forums, go look on the Nintendomination thread (I think thats what its called)



wat are you trying to say

I dunno, do we have a Nintendo thread?



kinda, i run nintendo here supposedly lol