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Forums - Sales Discussion - This new found certainty of Nintendo fans that the Wii U will end up 2. is kinda unfounded

 

Do you think the Wii U will finish second this gen?

Yes 313 58.07%
 
No 165 30.61%
 
Results 60 11.13%
 
Total:538
Fusioncode said:
toastboy44562 said:
Why is this a question? Xbox one will absolutely destroy wii u this christmas

toastboy has spoken! We may as well end this thread now. 


I agree, end of dicussion homies



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DerNebel said:

Result of the poll for now, very telling I think.

Do you think the Wii U will finish second this gen?

Yes 140 57.85%
 
No 75 30.99%
 
Results 27 11.16%
 
Total: 242

the site has more Ninty fans than Xbox fans



The Xbox One is overtracked on here imo. You'll be lucky to find 4.6m in homes across the world imo. There's no way in hell that there's as many as 5.0m. The console has been a bit of a flop so far tbh. Not as big a flop as the Wii U but a flop all the same.

It's only been doing 'okay' in the US and it's completely tanking in Europe.



Fusioncode said:
toastboy44562 said:
Why is this a question? Xbox one will absolutely destroy wii u this christmas

toastboy has spoken! We may as well end this thread now. 

wii u was so close to  newly xbone in the last two weeks of december in 2013 ...now with mk8 doubling effect...super-hyped smash bros and hyrule warriors,wii u will be destroyed this cristmas?



oniyide said:
DerNebel said:

Result of the poll for now, very telling I think.

Do you think the Wii U will finish second this gen?

Yes 140 57.85%
 
No 75 30.99%
 
Results 27 11.16%
 
Total: 242

the site has more Ninty fans than Xbox fans


what...sony fans could also have voted wii u:P



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oniyide said:
DerNebel said:

Result of the poll for now, very telling I think.

Do you think the Wii U will finish second this gen?

Yes 140 57.85%
 
No 75 30.99%
 
Results 27 11.16%
 
Total: 242

the site has more Ninty fans than Xbox fans

I find polls to be pretty worthless when talking about sales predictions, majority of people vote for what they want instead of what they think regardless of fanbase.



When the herd loses its way, the shepard must kill the bull that leads them astray.

zorg1000 said:
oniyide said:
DerNebel said:

Result of the poll for now, very telling I think.

Do you think the Wii U will finish second this gen?

Yes 140 57.85%
 
No 75 30.99%
 
Results 27 11.16%
 
Total: 242

the site has more Ninty fans than Xbox fans

I find polls to be pretty worthless when talking about sales predictions, majority of people vote for what they want instead of what they think regardless of fanbase.

yeah i know, hence why it favors Ninty so much



Angelv577 said:

Guys, cannot we wait until the holidays to have a better picture as to where everything is heading?


Finally, the voice of reason :). Its utterly pointless to disuss this now.



 

Wanna revisit this? :P



Slade6alpha said:
People are really jumping the gun with Wii U locking in second from what I've seen. Nintendo launched one of it's biggest IPs exclusively for the Wii U. While the Xbox One really has no system selling exclusives that will push consoles until Halo. Add on to the fact that the Xbox One is guaranteed 3rd party support and to me that equates to a much higher % chance that one will have the second place locked down. However, nothing is set in stone... except the PS4 being number one overall, unless something monumentally charastophic happens.


Except all the multiplats will likely sell better on PS4 anyway, so that third party support isn't all too great, and Wii U exclusives can potentially outsell XBO exclusives.

It's a moot point anyway, as both are pathetically behind the PS4 and right now it's a bit sad.  Especially if you consider that the PS4 isn't relying on gimmicks or that sort of thing.  They're all essentially the same, but PS4 is better.  Gen seems locked at Ps4>>>>XBO>>Wii U.  Not sure how they will sell overall at the end of the gen though, as these consoles seem front loaded sales wise, and I can't see them expanding their audience much outside of the gamer audience, which is needed for 100 million sales +.

Unless a miracle happens for XBO, Wii U, and something really bad happens to PS4, this gen is pretty much locked.  But who knows, Nintendo can always stumble across an IP that takes off and sells platforms, or that Amiibo thing will work out.  While Nintendo character based IPs and long standing franchises sell alot, people tend to forget(or ignore, because "Nintendo doesn't develop new IPs") it's their new IPs that sometimes sell in freakish amounts, and it happens in every gen, on every console/handheld.  So that's always something to watch out for.

Not sure what MS has up it's sleeve right now, as it just seems to be a lower caste PS4.  I asked this before in another thread, but apart from Halo, what other franchises do they have that can sell?  What other features or things would that have that could potentially one-up the PS4 or at least get it going in a decent head to head with it?  I can't see Quantum Break doing THAT well.  And being just pretty wont cut it.