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SunofKratos on 08 December 2012
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Well right now i would say that the launch is not bad but also not that great either.
There are only 2 weeks of american sales data and one week of europe sales.We dont have first week sales of japan. So judging a console after two weeks of release is wrong. But to be fair it were you ninty fans which brought up all the nintendodominations and Wii u will destroy the compettion threads months before release.
No wonder that this will bring up all the doom artikles and threads once the first numbers are in.

So lets bring up some facts:

Amerika numbers good so far- good first week and huge drop in second week ( norm ally after black friday week)

EMAA Numbers: Ok numbers but not great numbers. Its only two days of sell Ok but there first week numbers for a new console are always high with all the preorders. The vita managed to sell more on opening week in Uk in a non holiday period than Wii u in a christmas time. Some will say its only because there arent many Wii u shipped.
Well i dont think that thats the reason. It might be a reason but personally i belief its more that people in Emaa are not convinced right now with the Wii U.

Japan: No data right now.

In the end it only depend how well the console will sell trough the whole 2013 and when Microsoft and Sony will anounce and release there next gen consoles.

Wii U had an good launch line up ( or not depends if you have already played most of the games on the ps3 opr not) but what it need now are a consistent amount of good games for the new year. Right know its lacking in that area as i cant see multiplats like Aliens Colonial Marines to be a sellpoint for the Wii U. And i dont really think that games like Pikmin, Rayman legends and Bayonetta 2 will be system sellers anyway.

Right now it looks likes that the Wii will maybe take the same route as the 3ds at the beginning or the vita. Only time will tell if that will become true.

Personally i believe that the Wii U will not repeat a gamecube like scenario but i also dont think it will be as succesfull as the wii. From look of the numbers i think i will be right with my predictions.