| Hedra42 said: At the beginning of May, it was reported that Nintendo had released a much more conservative forecast for Wii U for this fiscal year - 3.6 million units by March 31 2015. Mario Kart 8 and Smash Bros are the two strongest releases expected for the Wii U this year; the latter, along with its Amiibo figures, slated for 'winter', which could mean there's a chance it will miss the holiday season. Other games such as Hyrule Warriors and Bayonetta 2 will no doubt help things along, and Splatoon could be an additional wild card if it is released before the fiscal year end. However, we are 16 weeks into the fiscal year ending March 2015, (30% of the fiscal year gone) and so far, according to VGChartz, 844k Wii U units have been sold. This is far less than 30% of their target, and MK8 has already been out nearly 2 months. We're not quite at the end of the bonus game window yet, but already the Wii U sales are settling down. Are the current sales to date within Nintendo's expectations in terms of their forecast? Will the triple whammy of MK8, Smash Bros and Amiibo (if released on time for the holiday season) have what it takes to keep Wii U sales on target? Should Nintendo be concerned at this point that they might miss their targets again? Or does everything look like it's on track? Or is it simply too early to tell? |
The release is 'winter 2014'.
