Some Wii U vs Wii launch comparisons (Sales)

[DanneSandin]

famousringo said:

Mummelmann said:

Console launches are usually set in stone, the interesting part is longterm sales. And this is where we'll see the vast differences (9-10 million first year kind of difference).

I'm glad to see people still talk about sales on this site from time to time, but Mummelmann's right. It's hard to draw conclusions while launch fever plus holiday blitz has supplies constrained all over.

I think it's safe to say the market isn't as bonkers over the Wii U as they were over the Wii. However, the hardware is more in line with what third party publishers  would like to see, so while Wii U may not enjoy the fever that Wii had, it may succeed in building better long term software support from publishers that don't rhyme with "win kendo."

Personally I wasn't aware that the Wii had released; but every one keeps telling me Wii was a phenomenon, and of course Wii U couldn't possible live up to that kind of hype. But what's going to be interesting is to see the launch of PS720 and compare those to Wii U! Will they crush Wii U, or will they be even more disappointing than Nintendo's newest?