I actually had an argument with a Vita fanboy on youtube about this subject last night lol. He was saying Vita outsells consistently week on week. Now if you were to look this year so far you would get that impression and predictably he cherry picked the last 5 weeks or so as evidence he was right . So I took a quick look and found 6 weeks from 2013, it was the last 6 weeks in the year, and Wii U outsold Vita all 6 weeks. See how easy is it to make yourself look right. When I get time I'm going to go through every week since Wii U and see which of the two "doomed" systems wins the title of best selling :P.

With MK8 on the horizon, Wii U should be ahead of it for a while, unless Vita gets one of those otaku Japanese exclusives that make it spike for a week then plummet back down.

Mummelmann said: Should I feel bad for mentally comparing this to winning a boxing match against Stephen Hawking?

Not at all.

Wasn't the Wii U meant to outsell WW Vita sales in like March 2012 though? :P

Picking specific weeks is petty, but overall so far Vita has had a very unexpected surge in Japan. Whilst Sony are incapable of turning that into a boost in the West though, Wii U is pretty much guaranteed to outsell the Vita overall for the most part this year IMO though.

I do hope Mario Kart gives Wii U a massive boost. My copy arrived today, but I'm holding off til Saturday for playing it as I'm having a Mario Kart party :D

The WiiU is awesome and deserve to sell more than that.

Don't be an idiot! ... There's no way Nintendo could manufacture that many by 2015.

The WiiU can experience a pretty staggering jump if the WiiU competitive push works out for them with MK8 and SSB. Especially if they offer a good (and given their system, free) online experience to foster a community between tournaments.

On the other side, if they release a decent catalog of games over several genres they may also get a decent kick. Vita, conversely, is fairly niche in its audience.

I think some people thought that but, realisticly it wasn't going to happen given how long Vita have been out by that point and the fact every new console seems to come out of the gate and have good sales at first and  then crash to extreme low sales, the PS4 being exception since it has had stable after its launch.

It is pretty petty to pick specific weeks, but this person keep on insisting he was right that Vita has consistenly outsold Wii U no matter how times he was told he had no proof. I always thought Sony could it improve Vita in Japan because that market cares for handhelds more than any other market and there are a lot of Japanses sepcific games that Vita gets that help it.

I hope Wii U gets a good boost too, and we will see what happens. Enjoy your party sounds like fun ;D.

Small victory to celebrate while contemplating it's still just 34k. With VGC accuracy it could all be wrong anyway.

Mummelmann said: Should I feel bad for mentally comparing this to winning a boxing match against Stephen Hawking?

How rude. Stephen Hawking would sell way better than the Vita.