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Wii U to sell 20,000,000 ?

No way for sell less. 29 5.82%
 
i will be shocked if will sell less... 38 7.63%
 
50 / 50 chance 91 18.27%
 
hardly, but not impossible 158 31.73%
 
not a chance. 182 36.55%
 
Total:498
captain carot on 02 May 2015

We wont have a price cut as long as Nintendo is not capable of a major hardware revision.
If someone manages to build a single chip design in a smaller manufacturing step instead of this MCM design right now, mainboard redesign, thus smaller PSU etc. it is unlikely.
And if Nintendo does so, please do a four meter USB charge cable for the gamepad instead of its PSU.

Other option would be getting rid of the gamepad.



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Ali_16x on 02 May 2015

4 million for 2015? They have no big sellers for 2015 like Mario Kart 8 or SSB, not happening.



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Ryng on 02 May 2015
Ali_16x said:
4 million for 2015? They have no big sellers for 2015 like Mario Kart 8 or SSB, not happening.

Again... Smash was nothing.



GdaTyler on 02 May 2015

15M is the maximum I see as it only sells 3 million a year. It's successor will probably be released in 2-3 years anyways.



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kinisking on 02 May 2015
Ryng_Tolu said:
Ali_16x said:
4 million for 2015? They have no big sellers for 2015 like Mario Kart 8 or SSB, not happening.

Again... Smash was nothing.

This isn't Kirby canvas we're talking about. This is smash. Smash is definitely something and it's 2 or 3rd best system seller for Wii u. In fact it's the main reason I want a wii u. Same for many people 



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Protendo on 02 May 2015

Judging by the casuals I know.

The Wii motion controls were new fun and the console was a great party platform.

The Wii-U touch screen is not new (cell phone games, DS, have all done touch screen) and it isn't the great party system the Wii was.



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Ryng on 02 May 2015
kinisking said:
Ryng_Tolu said:
Ali_16x said:
4 million for 2015? They have no big sellers for 2015 like Mario Kart 8 or SSB, not happening.

Again... Smash was nothing.

This isn't Kirby canvas we're talking about. This is smash. Smash is definitely something and it's 2 or 3rd best system seller for Wii u. In fact it's the main reason I want a wii u. Same for many people 

The most people have bought a 3DS for Smash. of course is not a surprised...

  • 1 month before Wii U version
  • A bundle with 3DS limited
A games like Zelda will sell more Wii U than Smash Bros, even with less sales... with a bundle even XenoBlade can sell more Wii U.

captain carot on 03 May 2015

Nope. Xenoblade wont sell more Wii U's. At least outside Japan.
The only JRPG that is that big is Final Fantasy. And that happens to be another 'not on Wii U' game.
I hope Xenoblade X sells more than one million copys. Just dont expect it to move a major amount of consoles outside Japan.

After 2D Mario, 3D Mario, Mario Kart and Smash Bros there is actually one known system seller left. That's Zelda. That's 2016 now.
All 2015 games are somwhere between niche and sells quite good but not a major console seller.

As long as Nintendo does not manage to reduce the hardware cost (major hardware revision) there will as well be no price cut.

4 million in 2015 is way to optimistic right now. 3 million units seems realistic, 3.5 million at the very best.



Samus Aran on 03 May 2015
captain carot said:
Nope. Xenoblade wont sell more Wii U's. At least outside Japan.
The only JRPG that is that big is Final Fantasy. And that happens to be another 'not on Wii U' game.
I hope Xenoblade X sells more than one million copys. Just dont expect it to move a major amount of consoles outside Japan.

After 2D Mario, 3D Mario, Mario Kart and Smash Bros there is actually one known system seller left. That's Zelda. That's 2016 now.
All 2015 games are somwhere between niche and sells quite good but not a major console seller.

As long as Nintendo does not manage to reduce the hardware cost (major hardware revision) there will as well be no price cut.

4 million in 2015 is way to optimistic right now. 3 million units seems realistic, 3.5 million at the very best.

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JazzB1987 on 03 May 2015

Not enough effective marketing for idiots to fall for.