Mandalore76 on 28 June 2012
| S.Peelman said: At the end of the 8th Gen I think it'll be around 82 million, so in the 80-89 range. I don't see it catching Wii numbers, as a lot of the casual crowd and the 'impulse buys' will be lost to Nintendo. I don't see it fail either, because Nintendo fans alone secure like 40-50 million sales, and I think it'll be able to sway some of the PS360 crowd too. As a Nintendo fan myself, of course I hope it'll be stellar and sells like 200 million, but realistically that's never going to happen :P. |
Nintendo fans alone did not secure 40-50 million sales for Gamecube. This isn't a knock on Gamecube by the way. I owned one and enjoyed playing games on it. I just had to point out the wrongness in that statement. Personally, I chose 60-69 million as what I thought was a conservative estimate for Wii U. Yes, they will lose the "casual"/motion-craze gamer, but I still have high hopes for the system and it's new controller screen innovation, and intend to own one as well.
