VGAnalyz Series: Ep02 - North America HW Sales by Manufacturer, by gen

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amp316 said:

RolStoppable said:

NintendoPie said:

RolStoppable said:

It is a failure. Nintendo's goal cannot and shouldn't be to do significantly worse than in the previous generation.

Compared to the DS's last generation? Yes. Compared to Sony's last generation (and most likely the Vita)? No.

You judge performance against the best, not an also-ran.

I agree.  A company should also be looking to improve upon hteir past performance.  If 3DS sells less than the DS, then it should be considered a failure.  If the Wii U has worse sales than the Wii they should not be happy either.

By the way, I like these threads.  They are a throwback to when people on this site used to talk about the numbers.

Well then I guess the Wii U will most likely be a "failure." While I do understand this logic, I think the title should be changed. It shouldn't be named a failure if it doesn't mark the sales of it's predecessor. The Wii U could beat out both the NexBox and the PS4, and not the Wii. I think that'll still be considered no where near a failure.