When we get the number of how many they sold it will be a real indication of the success, but for sure the hype is real and also I can really imagine people want to go to stores to try out a VR headset and I've been to gamescon and a VR meeting, when you try it out, you want it.

lol really?

Its not a suprise if it sells fast out the door on launch. Its how good its legs are. Also how much did they shop to stores? I have a good feeling it wasn't many.

Not 100% sure, but Gamestop hyped the WiiU like crazy before launch.
http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2012/09/gamestop_closes_wii_u_pre_orders_in_the_us
http://wiiudaily.com/2012/11/gamestop-wii-u-game-pre-orders/

and a few months after launch you get:
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2013-03-28-gamestop-wii-u-sales-disappointing-this-year

What I meant to say was, don't trust Gamestop when it comes to preorders.

No one can remember... because it never happened.

not literally...

November 27, 2012

Pacther "...believes Nintendo will ship 3 million consoles to stores by Christmas, and that all 3 million will sell out. Pacther also thinks that Nintendo will sell 5.5 million Wii U consoles by March 2013, which is on par with what Nintendo has forecast"

http://ohnotheydidnt.livejournal.com/73743712.html?thread=13026172768

(As always Pachter is opposite world)

Otherwise the reports in late november 2012 was that Wii U FW almost sold as much as Wii FW!

ktay95 said: The nice way of saying shipment numbers are small

^^

While I really believe shipment were just very small, the PSVR will definetly help because of the marketshare of the PS4 and may actually be a key differentiator in the success of the VR in general (like the DVD with the PS2) which is cool.

Oh xbox guys. You care too much about PSVR.

You can still play The Wicher 3 on Cinematic mode.  It's not VR, but at least it's something.