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zorg1000 on 06 February 2015
SjOne said:
This will be the peak year for Wii U. After most of its AAA franchises launch its no way but down from here


I wouldn't be surprised if 2014 was actually the peak year. More consistant lineup along with price cut could get the job done this year but I think it's safe to say if NSMBU+Nintendo Land+Pikmin 3+Wind Waker HD+Wii Party U+3D World+Tropical Freeze+Mario Kart+Hyrule Warriors+Bayonetta 2+Smash Bros+Captain Toad haven't convinced people to get a Wii U, this year's titles wont do much since many of them belong to similar genres and franchises as previously released titles.



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SjOne on 06 February 2015
zorg1000 said:
SjOne said:
This will be the peak year for Wii U. After most of its AAA franchises launch its no way but down from here


I wouldn't be surprised if 2014 was actually the peak year. More consistant lineup along with price cut could get the job done this year but I think it's safe to say if NSMBU+Nintendo Land+Pikmin 3+Wind Waker HD+Wii Party U+3D World+Tropical Freeze+Mario Kart+Hyrule Warriors+Bayonetta 2+Smash Bros+Captain Toad haven't convinced people to get a Wii U, this year's titles wont do much since many of them belong to similar genres and franchises as previously released titles.


That may be true. Its sales last holiday season were down 11% compared to the year prior even with a superior lineup. It'd be a miracle for Wii U to even reach 18 million. But sales are up this year compared to last so its on the path to continuing the trend.



DolPhanTendo on 06 February 2015

Can moderators get out all the negativity out of here please. The only people that bring this crap are Nintendo haters. We get it PS4 is smashing the competition right now go write about it on Sony's thread, reason why the put Nintendo discussion and Sony discussion.



jmorris724 on 06 February 2015

so have nintendo given up? i get that kart and smash will make things less worse, but it's not like they're trying that hard.



Keybladewielder on 06 February 2015

Nice to see it's ahead so far



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TomaTito on 06 February 2015

I look forward to the quaterly updates with graphs in gaming discussion with all the other consoles/threads that have spawn-off !



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jonathanalis on 06 February 2015

peak year.



kopstudent89 on 06 February 2015

Well it really needs to make soe ground until June when MK8 released.



zorg1000 on 06 February 2015
SjOne said:
zorg1000 said:


I wouldn't be surprised if 2014 was actually the peak year. More consistant lineup along with price cut could get the job done this year but I think it's safe to say if NSMBU+Nintendo Land+Pikmin 3+Wind Waker HD+Wii Party U+3D World+Tropical Freeze+Mario Kart+Hyrule Warriors+Bayonetta 2+Smash Bros+Captain Toad haven't convinced people to get a Wii U, this year's titles wont do much since many of them belong to similar genres and franchises as previously released titles.


That may be true. Its sales last holiday season were down 11% compared to the year prior even with a superior lineup. It'd be a miracle for Wii U to even reach 18 million. But sales are up this year compared to last so its on the path to continuing the trend.

Ya but it's only 4 weeks into the year, Mario Kart gave a large boost in late Spring thru early Summer, I'm not sure if any of these new games can give that sort of large boost. Also Smash Bros+Amiibo couldn't cause sales to be up YoY for the holidays so I'm not sure if Zelda can make this holiday bigger. Wii U needs a hefty price cut in order to see a big increase in sales, I don't think a small $50 cut will do too much especially if the others recieve price cuts this year as well.

Like I said, it's possible this year is higher but with Nintendo having already released most of their big guns, I don't personally see this year being up.



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Michael-5 on 06 February 2015

Could you maybe add a column for cumulative difference as a % difference from 2014's number (So +5% atm or whatever)?



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