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Wii U peak>GameCube peak?

Yes, 11 games next year= high sales 124 57.94%
 
No, Wii U(nderperformer) 90 42.06%
 
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DarkRPGamer007 on 14 December 2014

I'm calling it now, Wii U's peak will be higher than GameCube's peak. GameCube peaked in the fiscal year 2003 with 5.76m units sold according to http://vgsales.wikia.com/wiki/Nintendo_GameCube, and I'm predicting next year that Wii U will sell anywhere from 6-8m units. Really hoping for 8m+, but 6m is forseeable. Anyway, I think in fiscal year 2015 that Wii U will sell over 6m units, beating the GameCube's peak, and then eventually beating the GameCube lifetime.



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Jizz_Beard_thePirate on 14 December 2014

Thats great but just don't get your hopes up too high with the wiiU. I do hope that, that is the case non the less though



                  

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POE on 14 December 2014

I still believe the Wii U will sell more life time than the Gamecube.



Skullwaker on 14 December 2014

The interesting thing about the Gamecube is that it wasn't selling half bad in its first couple years due to many important games coming out early in its lifespan. After that though, it tanked. The Wii U is a different beast in that its first year was almost nonexistent. I think it's still possible for it to outsell the GC lifetime, especially with so many flagship titles left to come out. It depends.



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DarkRPGamer007 on 14 December 2014
Skullwaker said:
The interesting thing about the Gamecube is that it wasn't selling half bad in its first couple years due to many important games coming out early in its lifespan. After that though, it tanked. The Wii U is a different beast in that its first year was almost nonexistent. I think it's still possible for it to outsell the GC lifetime, especially with so many flagship titles left to come out. It depends.


Yeah Wii U probably will have better legs than GameCube and even N64



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Slarvax on 14 December 2014

I'm very impressed that this year hasn't been much higher than 2013. I could see 2015 being the peak, but I'm not too sure.



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Locknuts on 14 December 2014

How OP?



AnthonyW86 on 14 December 2014
Skullwaker said:
The interesting thing about the Gamecube is that it wasn't selling half bad in its first couple years due to many important games coming out early in its lifespan. After that though, it tanked. The Wii U is a different beast in that its first year was almost nonexistent. I think it's still possible for it to outsell the GC lifetime, especially with so many flagship titles left to come out. It depends.


The only difference in games is that Gamecube got a Zelda game early and Wii-U hasn't yet. What Smash has proved however is that a lot of people that are interested in these titles already own a Wii-U. I really don't see Wii-U ever catching up to Gamecube. 



KyleeStrutt on 14 December 2014

Can't agree with you there, 2014 was the peak year of WiiU, I expect it to end with around 5m.

That 6m-8m is a really crazy figure, you really expect WiiU to nearly double it sales next year?



st0pnsw0p on 14 December 2014
DarkRPGamer007 said:

Yeah Wii U probably will have better legs than GameCube and even N64

Why, though? What makes you think that?